Demolition OK'd For Florida Street Home Contractors Say They Tore Down By Accident

San Francisco CA

24 September, 2021

7:09 PM

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By Annika Hom, Mission Local September 24, 2021 The Planning Commission voted 4 to 2 Thursday to approve the demolition of 1068 Florida St., a site where a demolition contractor in 2018 tore down part of the building without any permits. While the commissioners and neighborhood residents lamented the illegal demolition, the majority of the commission generally agreed that adding a new building would be preferable to keeping the property as it is: a derelict home to vermin and trash. "There's like a million raccoons living there, and the tarp flaps so loud," said Nora Barber, who moved in a few doors from the site two years ago. "Something has to be done about this; it can't stay like this forever." To read the full article, click here. Mission Local covers San Francisco from the vantage point of the Mission, a neighborhood with all of the promise and problems of a major city. You can support Mission Local here.