SF Planning Commission · Public Comment

450-474 O'FARRELL STREET

50-474 · 450-474 O'FARRELL STREET

75comments
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13hearings
2017201820192020202120222023in person2017-11-30 — 4 comments, 0% in favour (click to read)2018-06-28 — 20 comments, 83% in favour (click to read)2018-09-13 — 10 comments, 100% in favour (click to read)2019-10-03 — 1 comments, 100% in favour (click to read)2021-01-07 — 1 comments, position not recorded (click to read)2021-01-21 — 1 comments, position not recorded (click to read)2021-02-04 — 1 comments, 0% in favour (click to read)2021-03-11 — 1 comments, 100% in favour (click to read)2021-04-15 — 17 comments, 53% in favour (click to read)2021-06-10 — 1 comments, position not recorded (click to read)2021-06-24 — 16 comments, 50% in favour (click to read)2023-05-04 — 2 comments, 50% in favour (click to read)email
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Hearings

30 Nov 2017 — no actionNov 201728 Jun 2018 — approve13 Sep 2018 — approve03 Oct 2019 — no action07 Jan 2021 — continuance21 Jan 2021 — continuance04 Feb 2021 — continuance11 Mar 2021 — continuance01 Apr 2021 — continuance15 Apr 2021 — continuance10 Jun 2021 — continuance24 Jun 2021 — approve with conditions04 May 2023 — approve with conditionsMay 2023
approved  continued  denied / withdrawn  · 13 hearings · hover a marker for the date and outcome

Comments by hearing (75)

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2017-11-30 · 4 comments · 0 / 4
Ryan Patterson · spoken · 2017-11-30 · oppose
540 Jones St. concerns
Mike Buhler · spoken · 2017-11-30 · oppose
Significant adverse impacts
Richard Hack · spoken · 2017-11-30 · oppose
Not all housing is good: The proposed 450 O'Farrell project is unduly massive and asks for numerous exemptions. If there were a proper alternative to the full project, we could go for that. Two other problems are the detached, rather antisocial behavior of the moribund church, and the interference with busy traffic, including two bus lines, that would result from the placing of bulldozers, cement trucks, backh… show more
Amos Gregory · spoken · 2017-11-30 · oppose
Opposed as it stands today
2018-06-28 · 20 comments · 15 / 3
David Cincotta · spoken · 2018-06-28 · support
Feasibility reports
Michael Nulty · spoken · 2018-06-28 · oppose
Blighted site
Amos Gregory · spoken · 2018-06-28 · oppose
Community based art projects
John Lassy · spoken · 2018-06-28 · support
Support
Brian Shee · spoken · 2018-06-28 · support
Support
Jim Warshell · spoken · 2018-06-28 · neutral
Retain the historic asset
Mike Buhler · spoken · 2018-06-28 · neutral
Preserve existing structure, facadism
Vintan Frost · spoken · 2018-06-28 · support
Support
Corey Smith · spoken · 2018-06-28 · support
Support
John Mitchell · spoken · 2018-06-28 · support
Support
Felicia Smith · spoken · 2018-06-28 · support
Support
Lindsay Mulcaheny · spoken · 2018-06-28 · support
Support
David Murray · spoken · 2018-06-28 · support
Support
Richard Hack · spoken · 2018-06-28 · oppose
Bad precedent
Sister Marie Benedict · spoken · 2018-06-28 · support
Support
Del Seymour · spoken · 2018-06-28 · support
provide a neighborhood, dignity
Tyler Epting · spoken · 2018-06-28 · support
Outreach
Dan Oberling · spoken · 2018-06-28 · support
Design presentation
Ella Strong · spoken · 2018-06-28 · support
Project presentation
David Elliott Lewis · spoken · 2018-06-28 · support
Site neglect, overall benefit
2018-09-13 · 10 comments · 9 / 0
Jim Warshell · spoken · 2018-09-13 · neutral
Remedies for complete demolition
John Nulty · spoken · 2018-09-13 · support
Affordability
Michael Nulty · spoken · 2018-09-13 · support
Support
Mike Buhler · spoken · 2018-09-13 · support
Full preservation alternative facadism
Mervin Green · spoken · 2018-09-13 · support
Support
Del Seymour · spoken · 2018-09-13 · support
Support
David Elliott Lewis · spoken · 2018-09-13 · support
Support
Joseph Brown · spoken · 2018-09-13 · support
Support
Tyler Evje · spoken · 2018-09-13 · support
Project presentation
Corey Smith · spoken · 2018-09-13 · support
Approve it now
2019-10-03 · 1 comments · 1 / 0
John Ennis · spoken · 2019-10-03 · support
Project presentation
2021-01-07 · 1 comments · no positions recorded
Christian Hammond · spoken · 2021-01-07 · —
Continuance
2021-01-21 · 1 comments · no positions recorded
Ela Strong · spoken · 2021-01-21 · —
Continuance
2021-02-04 · 1 comments · 0 / 1
Ella Strong · spoken · 2021-02-04 · oppose
Request continuance
2021-03-11 · 1 comments · 1 / 0
Tes Welborn · spoken · 2021-03-11 · support
Support continuance, permanent housing
2021-04-15 · 17 comments · 9 / 8
Mark Nelson · spoken · 2021-04-15 · support
Right kind of housing
Michael Nulty · spoken · 2021-04-15 · oppose
Request to redesign, asking for continuance -Anastasia Yovanopolous–Needs to be revised, density and overcrowding
Sara Ogilvie · spoken · 2021-04-15 · support
Support
Jeff Pollack · spoken · 2021-04-15 · support
Climate crisis
Patricia Kephart · spoken · 2021-04-15 · support
Support
Gail Seagraves · spoken · 2021-04-15 · oppose
Need for family housing
David Elliott Lewis · spoken · 2021-04-15 · oppose
Need to be revised, public health
Gabriela Ruiz · spoken · 2021-04-15 · oppose
Community engagement, equity
Corey Smith · spoken · 2021-04-15 · support
Support
Steven Jennings · spoken · 2021-04-15 · oppose
Need family units
Susan Bryan · spoken · 2021-04-15 · oppose
Overcrowding
Amos Gregory · spoken · 2021-04-15 · oppose
Not taking care of our needs, social equity studies
Alexander Zucker · spoken · 2021-04-15 · support
Project sponsor
David Murray · spoken · 2021-04-15 · support
Project sponsor
Ella Strong · spoken · 2021-04-15 · support
Project sponsor
John Nulty · spoken · 2021-04-15 · oppose
Oppose
Richard Tanner · spoken · 2021-04-15 · support
Response to questions
2021-06-10 · 1 comments · no positions recorded
Sue Hestor · spoken · 2021-06-10 · —
Calendar for June 24, 2021
2021-06-24 · 16 comments · 8 / 8
Ela Strong · spoken · 2021-06-24 · support
Project sponsor
Teresa Ichsan · spoken · 2021-06-24 · support
Response to questions
David Cincotta · spoken · 2021-06-24 · support
Response to questions
John McCormick · spoken · 2021-06-24 · oppose
Oppose, no community engagement
Mike Chen · spoken · 2021-06-24 · support
Support
Michael Nulty · spoken · 2021-06-24 · oppose
No community partners
John Mitchell · spoken · 2021-06-24 · support
Support
Patricia Kephart · spoken · 2021-06-24 · support
Need a new church
Felicia Smith · spoken · 2021-06-24 · oppose
Family housing not group housing
Anastasia Yovanopoulos · spoken · 2021-06-24 · oppose
Affordable units
Curtis Bradford · spoken · 2021-06-24 · oppose
Oppose, not ready for approval
Kathy Vaughn · spoken · 2021-06-24 · oppose
Does not meet the needs of neighborhood
Corey Smith · spoken · 2021-06-24 · support
Petitions
David Elliott Lewis · spoken · 2021-06-24 · oppose
Not properly designed
Del Seagraves · spoken · 2021-06-24 · oppose
Dense neighborhood
Richard Hannum · spoken · 2021-06-24 · support
Project sponsor
2023-05-04 · 2 comments · 1 / 1
John Kevlin · spoken · 2023-05-04 · support
Project sponsor presentation
Andy Fennel · spoken · 2023-05-04 · oppose
Concerns, basement