Permit Irregularities Abound On Properties Of Angus McCarthy, President Of Department Of Building Inspection's Commission

San Francisco CA

26 September, 2021

11:14 AM

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By Joe Eskenazi, Mission Local September 25, 2021 Because this is San Francisco, this story starts with a party. It was May 2015, and Mayor Ed Lee had just turned 63. The city's Residential Builders Association, the politically significant group of largely Irish immigrant builders, threw him a fantastic soiree. A cavalcade of elected officials, politicos, movers and shakers descended upon a spacious and elegant Forest Hill home for cake, Irish dancing, drinks and an all-around good time. Because this is San Francisco, it warrants mentioning that the permitting situation for the spacious and elegant home hosting this party is a bizarre amalgamation of confusing irregularities; the permit enabling the construction of the downstairs living space where revelers at the mayoral shindig sat on couches and mingled had never been signed off and was never inspected by Department of Building Inspection personnel – not even to this day. 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.