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*** SPECIAL NOTICE: The Board of Appeals will be moving its office from 1660 Mission Street # 3036 to 1650 Mission Street # 304. Our moving date is set for Thursday, August 28, 2008. If you need assistance on this date, please visit Board staff at either location since telephone service may be disrupted on Aug. 28, 2008 for up to several hours. The main telephone number, 415-575-6880, will remain the same, and should be fully operational by Friday morning, August 29, 2008.

Statement of Purpose & Mission:
The mission of the Board of Appeals, a quasi-judicial body created originally under the Charter of 1932, is the processing, hearing and deciding of appeals of departmental decisions involving the granting, denial, suspension, or revocation of permits, licenses, and other use entitlements by various commissions, departments, bureaus, agencies and officers of the City & County of San Francisco. The granting or denial of variances and other determinations by the Zoning Administrator, and discretionary review decisions and downtown building authorizations of the Planning Commission are included.

Charter & Code Sections Governing the Board of Appeals:

City Charter Section 4.106; Business & Tax Regulations Code, Article 1, Sections 8, 8a, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 29, 30 and 31; and Administrative Code, Chapter 10G.  All Charter and Code sections may be accessed online by going to sfgov.org and clicking on the link entitled "Municipal Codes."

 

Board of Appeals (Dept. 37), 2008-2009

Michael Garcia	President
Frank Fung	Vice President
Tanya Peterson	Commissioner
Kendall Goh	Commissioner
Rafael Mandelman	Commissioner

 

 

 

Note: The Board of Appeals was previously known as the Board of Permit Appeals.
Appeals of real property assessments are handled by the Assessment Appeals Board.