Home Depot appeal heads to full board
The seemingly never-ending battle between Bernal Heights, The Bayview, and Home Depot is coming to a head again in front of the full Board of Supervisors.
From the Examiner today, "The Atlanta-based Home Depot chain has tried repeatedly to open a store somewhere in San Francisco but has been blocked until now. In spring 2004, supervisors enacted tight restrictions on "big-box" stores over 120,000 square feet but exempted the Home Deport project because Bayview residents had been working on it to boost their economically stressed area."
Personally, I hate this idea. I have plenty of sympathy for the folks who need the jobs that would be created by this store, but realistically many of the people that would work at the Bayshore store would just be moving from their jobs at the Colma store. Is ANYONE really inconvenienced by the additional 5 minute drive down I-280? Although I do want to see Bayshore stay industrial and inexpensive, putting a Home Depot in will not only dramatically change the landscape and traffic congestion, but will force a lot of smaller business to shut down and will raise rents in the area.
If you live nearby, you're running out of time to make your opinion heard. Once this gets approved, the whole Bayshore area will be forever affected, and if you look around the country at the impact that Home Depot has had, there will be nothing gained from this new store other than a savings of a five minute drive to Colma. Everyone loses in my book, even the 100 people with their new jobs who may be pushed out of the area due to further development with or without the store.
posted by Matt Lanning @ 8:53 AM
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I live in that area, and honestly, the store would be horrible there. The existing streets would be too crowded, the other mom and pops in the area would get shut out, and in general, it doesn't fit in with San Francisco as a whole. Costco is as big box as we get, and even still, I'll go to the one in South San Francisco to avoid the headaches of that store.
Home Depot is a home wreaker and should not be allowed in any city under any circumstances. They remodeled my kitchen in 2000 and didn't finish until 2004. 4 years to the week and that wouldn't have happened unless I got the Orange County Register involved. The Home Depot must be stopped at all cost!!!! Diane E. Costa Mesa CA
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