San Francisco Board of Appeals met Oct. 16, 2019. Public commenters raised complaints about restaurant smoke and an allegedly illegal Verizon pole installation; the board considered meeting-hours policy, denied a rehearing request for 1946 Eighteenth Avenue, granted a conditioned permit for Hampshire Street remodeling (removing Unit 821, limiting hours, requiring 48-hour notice) and continued a variance appeal for 1606 Jones Street to Nov. 13, 2019.