Planning Commission, December 18, 2025
Votes on Continuance of multiple items, 6-0
How this board votes
The Planning Commission approved 86% of 37 recorded land-use decisions this period. Most frequent dissent: Gilbert Williams (10 of 65 recorded votes).
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See the full board record, member by memberWhat happened
The San Francisco Planning Commission's most consequential action was approving (5-1, Commissioner Moore dissenting) a mandatory discretionary review at 1 Montgomery Street (case 2025-007116DRM), allowing Empire (founder Ghazi Shami) to close the ~7,500 sq ft public rooftop terra…
- Jurisdiction
- San Francisco, CA
- Governing body
- Advisory (makes a recommendation)
- Date
- December 18, 2025
- Decisions
- 3 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Voted, 6-0
Free sample: decision 1 of 3
Continuance of multiple items
Item 1 (case 2024-010467CUA at 50 Quint Street, CUA) continued to 01/08/2026; Item 2 (case 2025-007500CUA at 2785 San Bruno Avenue, CUA) continued to 01/22/2026; Item 3 (case 2023-005928ENV, Westside potable emergency firefighting water system project appeal of preliminary mitigated negative declaration) continued to 03/26/2026; Item 11 (case 2025-006120DRP at 2620 20th Street, DR) continued to 01/22/2026. Passed unanimously 6-0.
The other decisions are listed below by title. The full write-up, verbatim conditions, and the audio at each vote are in Pro.
Meeting Summary
The San Francisco Planning Commission's most consequential action was approving (5-1, Commissioner Moore dissenting) a mandatory discretionary review at 1 Montgomery Street (case 2025-007116DRM), allowing Empire (founder Ghazi Shami) to close the ~7,500 sq ft public rooftop terra…
Key Decisions (3)
Continuance of multiple items
Discretionary review at 2338 19th Avenue - switch to in-lieu fee
Discretionary review at 1 Montgomery Street - rooftop terrace conditions
Development Activity (2)
Empire headquarters at 1 Montgomery Street
Commercial
Five two-family residential buildings at 2338 19th Avenue
Residential
Market Signals (5)
Commercial Demand
Downtown San Francisco commercial recovery remains fragile with buildings 60%…
Infrastructure
Privately owned public open spaces (POPOS) with weekday 9am-6pm access…
Housing Demand
Below-market-rate ownership units of larger size (~2,000-3,000 sq ft, ~90%…
Who Spoke (43)
On the record: the chair, 5 commissioners, 8 staff members, 2 applicants, 3 applicant's representatives, and 20 members of the public.
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