Dogbio
In an eight-to-two vote in September the San Francisco Board of Supervisors exempted MBC BioLabs’ proposed 700 Indiana Street project from further environmental review. District 10 Supervisor Shamann Walton was one of the two dissenting votes. Earlier this year, the Dogpatch Neighborhood Association and Potrero Boosters filed a California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) appeal stating that MBC BioLabs and the Planning Department didn’t sufficiently analyze the project’s potential environmental impacts nor identify mitigations related to hazardous materials, shadowing of Dogpatch Arts Plaza, air quality, and noise. “Two of the three supervisors who represent the type of zoning present at 700 Indiana Street agreed that there were CEQA issues with the project,” Potrero Boosters President J.R. Eppler said. “The other supervisors unfortunately did not agree. We’ll remain focused on amending the Planning Code to ensure that these questions don’t come up again.” In late October, the City’s Board of Appeals will hear Planning Code arguments and determine whether or not the project can proceed.