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Commissioners ask staff for update after public warning that state housing laws could enable demolition of McCroskey building
Summary
A resident warned the commission that state ministerial housing laws (amendments to AB 2011) and a later amendment could allow demolition of the McCroskey building at 1687 Market St.; commissioners asked planning staff to add the item to a future agenda and to brief them and local assemblymembers.
During general public comment at the Jan. 15 San Francisco Historic Preservation Commission meeting, resident and longtime preservation advocate Richard Carrillo warned commissioners that a developer may be able to use recent state ministerial housing laws to demolish the McCroskey building at 1687 Market Street.
Carrillo, who said he works for the city but was speaking as a resident, told the commission the development application for the McCroskey building was filed in 2024 and that an amendment to AB 2011 — he cited an amendment he associated with Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (referred to in testimony as AB 2243) — creates an exemption for projects with earlier application dates, potentially allowing demolition to proceed despite local preservation objections.
Commissioner Nagas Warren asked planning staff for clarification; planning staff said they did not have full details at the meeting but offered to research the project. Staff suggested placing the matter on a future agenda, and commissioners asked to be updated. The commission president agreed to add the item to the next meeting's agenda; planning staff also said they could have a planner contact Commissioner Nagas Warren and that staff would notify the city's new assemblymember and Assemblymember Haney about the commission’s concern.
No formal action was taken. Commissioners requested staff follow up with more information on the McCroskey project and on the state law provisions Carrillo described, and to place an update on the commission’s next agenda.
