How are things going on San Francisco? Well, the Planning Commission is hearing a Discretionary Review filed by an ice cream shop to prevent a different ice cream shop from opening across the street.
Why are there so many empty storefronts in San Francisco? Rent is high, yes, but permitting a business can take literally years.
Take this totally normal, very cool advice from commercial real estate agents about how to prepare for the permit process.
Buckle up, y'all. This evening, the San Francisco Board of Appeals will hear the case of whether the so-called Sunset Tower meets the Planning Code rules. SF Planning days it doesn't—and the developer has appealed.
🗳️ BREAKING: Results are in for these CA ballot measures—
✅ Prop 7 (low-income housing must not be visible from the ocean)
❌ Prop 8 (human rights for cyclists)
✅ Prop 37 (new housing must have a parking stall in living room)
✅ Prop 38 (cars can vote)
❌ Prop 39 (dialysis)
Cars are one of the most amazing and wonderful inventions in all of history. They serve us. They connect us. They liberate us.
The future should have lots more cars. Self-driving cars. Flying cars. Space cars! Cars are fantastic.
Hello San Francisco. I'm at the SF Planning Department attending a pre-application meeting for 955 Sansome Ave. I estimate there are 50 people here to protest the development of a 24-story mixed-use building in North Beach.