SF planners recommend approval for controversial Diamond Heights housing project
A controversial market-rate housing project proposed for a Diamond Heights hillside has secured a recommendation for approval from the San Francisco Planning Department.
The city's planning commission is set to vote on the development at its meeting Thursday. Initially set to take place last summer, the hearing had been delayed for months as the developer of the project tried to broker a deal with neighborhood leaders who had objected to the all market-rate family housing set to be built at the intersection of Diamond Heights Boulevard and Diamond Street.
They reached a deal in early January, as the Bay Area Reporter was first to report, allowing for the project to be heard at the commission's February 3 meeting.
In her report recommending approval for the project, planner Gabriela Pantoja noted that the new residences will be near public transportation, commercial corridors, and jobs.
