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Small Business Commission backs removing conditional-use rule on Van Ness to fill large vacancies
Summary
The commission voted to support Board of Supervisors file 250101 to remove conditional-use requirements for formula retail on Van Ness Avenue, endorsing an incremental change to address high vacancy while urging protections for legacy businesses and attention to food-access equity.
The San Francisco Small Business Commission voted March 24 to support a planning-code change aimed at easing the entry of formula retail along Van Ness Avenue between Broadway and Redwood Street to address persistent large vacant storefronts.
Lorenzo Rosas, legislative aide to Supervisor Cheryl (last name not specified in the transcript), told the commission the corridor has “an over 50% ground floor commercial vacancy rate” compared with a citywide retail vacancy rate of about 7.7% in the fourth quarter of 2024 and said the conditional-use authorization (CUA) process deters potential tenants. “In a time when new business…
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