Architect in San Francisco. Principal at OpenScope Studio (openscopestudio.bsky.social). Working in SF + LA. Housing, #Architecture, London, Buffalo and #gardens.
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"Sinclair said, the closure of a University of California, San Francisco research center and the JFK Drive shutdown brought fewer Richmond District residents to the Sunset." - he opened the shop a YEAR AFTER JFK DRIVE WAS CLOSED TO CARS
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All the people who were pushing for the building code freeze in California are looking dumber by the minute
Thanks CNN everyone forgot
And she doesn't qualify to use the residential code because she has more than 2 units
This is not a local code requirement, this is the California Building Code. San Francisco never adopted the IRC.
Cities across the country face a glut of vacant ground floor commercial space. Los Angeles is looking to allow housing conversions under a new proposed ADU law. More from @openscopestudio.bsky.social here openscopestudio.com/los-angeles-...
I'm in favor of changing ceiling height requirements for legalizing apartments but this article is wrong. This isn't some local amendment that's the issue. She has a 3 unit building that wouldn't fall under the residential code even if SF had adopted it:
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And here’s a half completed German distribution panel for everyone to marvel/rage at.
Say goodbye to a British cheese shop, hello to American fare on 9th and Irving. Here are the changes around the Sunset District in June.
Trump pardoned people who literally smeared shit on the capitol walls
Breaking news: U.S. Park Police officers arrested former Olympian David Hearn on a misdemeanor charge of destruction of government property.
Hearn said he touched the Reflecting Pool’s detached liner but “didn’t destroy or break or peel anything.”
David Hearn said he touched the Reflecting Pool’s detached liner but “didn’t destroy or break or peel anything.” Trump accused vandals of sabotaging the refurbishment.
Proposed Los Angeles ADU ordinance adds 3 feet of height for detached ADUs and opens ground-floor commercial conversions on mixed-use lots. Here's what property owners need to know.
A single local building code amendment apparently raised the cost of legalizing two ADUs by a million dollars.
Under CA's Residential Code, "habitable spaces like bedrooms must have ceiling heights of at least 7 feet, which Roberts’ two studios do." But SF's code requires "7 feet, 6 inches." 🎁link:
