Seven rental units become a $32 million mansion; is this even remotely legal? - 48 hills

"Under city law, consolidating or eliminating any rental units requires a conditional use permit from the City Planning Commission. The planners say no such permit was issued for the Vallejo Street property. The same appears to be true for the much larger mansion on Jackson and Presidio."

"This historic property was originally built as an apartment complex in 1905. Today, it is a private residence and single-family estate. The award-winning firm of Butler Armsden Architects transformed the apartment building into a luxurious compound, a process of reconstruction and renovation that took 10 years."

"City property records presented to the Planning Commission show that as recently as 2017, the property at Jackson and Presidio was listed as seven units. Now it's a massive single-family mansion. I can find no record at the Planning Commission of a CU permit for that address, or even an application for one."

The Board of Supervisors continued a hearing regarding an illegal conversion of four rental units into a single mansion located in North Beach. San Francisco law requires a conditional use permit from the City Planning Commission to consolidate or eliminate rental units, but no such permit was issued for the Vallejo Street property. A similar violation appears to have occurred at a Jackson and Presidio address, where city records show the property was listed as seven units as recently as 2017 but is now a massive single-family mansion. No conditional use permit or application was found on record at the Planning Commission for that address either. The appeal hearing has been postponed to April 7 to allow the Department of Building Inspection to examine the property.

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