By J. K. Dineen : sfchronicle – excerpt
A seven-story affordable housing complex in San Francisco’s Sunset District will be allowed to go forward despite a neighborhood association’s lawsuit seeking a temporary restraining order that would have suspended pre-development work on the project.
On Wednesday San Francisco Superior Court Judge Charles Haines denied a request for injunctive relief that was filed by attorneys for the Mid-Sunset Neighborhood Association, according to court records.
The west side neighborhood group had filed a lawsuit on Tuesday alleging that the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corp.’s project at 2550 Irving St. represented a breach of contract, negligence and breach of “implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.”…(more)
This deal will cost the folks who are pushing it a lot of votes next time they run for office. The entire west side of the city is battling two major issues with City Hall. The forced development of projects they hate and the closure of major streets in the neighborhood that filters the traffic from Marin and San Mateo into arrow neighborhood streets. The battle lines are being drawn and the results of the clash could put an end to the current regime. No amount of lipstick or press briefings can hide the pig under the mask.