The print shop building at Mission & 15th Streets is finally headed towards a new life, but not without the usual suspects doing everything they can to keep the block completely unused, undeveloped, and crime-ridden.

“Mission Gardens is a 194-unit project proposed at 1880 Mission St. at 15th Street that the Planning Commission will consider Thursday. What makes this development battle a bit different is that the developer, Agustin Rosas-Maxemin, who reportedly grew up in the Mission, has won over some neighborhood groups.”

Today’s Examiner talks to those who want to complain, “They may call it Mission Gardens, but certainly no fruit will fall for the poor,” said Richard Marquez, a member of the Mission Agenda. “If anything, it’ll be ‘Mission: Impossible’ to get into the garden.”

What is your ‘agenda’, Mr. Marquez? Let’s keep an ENTIRE city block vacant, unused, underutilized, and continue to provide a perfect place for drug deals and prostitution. Let’s block any sort of housing that might get built there for fear that someone who has a job might be able to have a home. Let’s continue to disrupt the process and keep the supply of housing artificially low. That’s exactly what I need… Lower supply equals higher housing prices. I guess we all have you to thank for contributing to San Francisco’s unaffordability…

“If the project is approved, it may not be the only condo project on the block. Developers hope to turn the Armory, a city landmark vacant for 30 years, into about 170 units. [...] the combination of the two projects will cut down on drug activity, vandalism and theft on the block.”

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