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Committee backs jurisdictional transfer of two city properties for animal care and SFMTA needs
Summary
The Land Use & Transportation Committee recommended transferring 1419 Bryant Street and 1200 Fifteenth Street between SFMTA and Animal Care & Control at no cost, with SFMTA planning to relocate parking enforcement to Fifteenth Street and ACC to expand shelter operations at Bryant.
The Land Use and Transportation Committee on Nov. 4 recommended sending to the full Board a jurisdictional transfer of two city properties — 1419 Bryant Street and 1200 Fifteenth Street — that would shift oversight between the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency and Animal Care & Control at no monetary exchange.
Claudia Gorham, deputy managing director of the Real Estate Division, told the committee the Fifteenth Street parcel contains approximately 29,000 rentable square feet but is not adequate for ACC's uses, while the Bryant Street site currently holds about 3,300 square feet. Under the proposed exchange, the Bryant Street property would be upgraded and expanded to about 44,000 square feet by adding a second floor within the existing building envelope.
Jason Gallegos, SFMTA real estate manager, said the agency plans to relocate its parking enforcement headquarters to the Fifteenth Street site and to continue using adjacent yard, parking and maintenance areas near Flynn Yard. He said SFMTA has evaluated renovation and new construction options and estimated early construction could begin in 2021–2022, though the timeline will depend on entitlements and any historic‑resource review.
Chair Aaron Peskin said appraisals done in 2016 showed comparable fair market values for the two parcels, and that interdepartmental agreements and a memorandum of understanding were completed after reviews by SFMTA and planning. With no public commenters present, Peskin closed comment and moved the item with a recommendation; the committee took the motion without objection and agreed to forward the measure to the full Board.
What happens next
The committee’s positive recommendation sends the jurisdictional transfer to the full Board of Supervisors for consideration on the Nov. 12 agenda. Construction timing, potential designs (renovation vs. demolition and rebuild) and environmental review steps remain to be finalized by SFMTA and the Real Estate Division.
