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San Francisco committee hears public push to preserve Potrero police station as city weighs surplus-land list
Summary
The Land Use & Transportation Committee reviewed the city—s first surplus-property report under Prop K, heard neighborhood appeals to remove the historic Potrero Police Station (2300 Third Street) from the transfer list, received feasibility criteria from MOHCD and updates from enterprise agencies, and filed the report without objection.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors— Land Use & Transportation Committee on Monday held its first public hearing on the city—s updated surplus-property process under last year—s Proposition K, reviewing a list of city-owned sites and receiving community pleas to shield the historic Potrero Police Station from disposition.
"I share the perspective that the old patrol station at 2300 Third Street is not the most feasible site for affordable housing development," Chair Supervisor Malia Cohen said, urging colleagues to consider removing the property from the transfer list and to weigh community-serving reuses.
The hearing reviewed the process established by the 2002 surplus-property ordinance as amended by voters in 2015. City Administrator Naomi Kelly and John Updike, director of the Department of Real Estate, described the new workflow: departments flag candidate parcels, Real Estate and MOHCD conduct feasibility analyses…
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