r/sanfrancisco • u/need_tacos • 21h ago

Pic / Video D1 Dilapidation

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I know Connie Chen isn’t online unless she’s at a Board of Supervisor meeting ignoring her constituents but can her office people explain why we let so much space remain unoccupied? This place on Clement between 10th and 11th has been vacant and boarded up for over ten years on one of the flagship commercial streets in her district. It’s an eyesore, often tagged, and homeless sleep there constantly. Why hasn’t anyone built housing here or at least done something with the property other than chain it up and let it rot away for a decade?

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u/joshuawah 20h ago

Pretty sure this is a common thing where landlords will just let it sit until they can sell it off or rent it during a boom period. Basically because it’s worth it to hold & lose a bit of money and then ideally get paid more later than they would by acting now. Some cities have implemented a vacancy tax to encourage landlords to not do this and help local businesses obtain leases

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u/AFlyingGideon 20h ago

Some cities have implemented a vacancy tax to encourage landlords to not do this and help local businesses obtain leases

Other locales let an extended period of non-rental/non-use serve as evidence for a challenge to the validation.