Diamond Heights family housing project secures approval from SF planning body
The San Francisco Planning Commission has approved 24 units of family housing in Diamond Heights that had generated much opposition from nearby residents.
The project will also fund $3 million toward the construction of affordable housing elsewhere in the city. The oversight body unanimously voted 7-0 at its February 3 meeting to support the market-rate development from On Diamond LLC, an affiliate of the San Francisco-based Emerald Fund.
Planning staff had recommended that the commission approve the project set to transform a Diamond Heights hillside. "Is 24 units good on a challenging site like this, I would suggest it is," said planning commission vice president Kathrin Moore.
It is the first sizeable family housing development to be built in that section of the city's 8th supervisorial district in years.
