Planning Commissioners,

We, the undersigned neighbors, urge you NOT to approve the request for Conditional Use Authorization for 2398 Folsom St. DBA Fort Point Beer Company. Do not allow the change from trade shop to a "restaurant" with accessory brewery. They will not be functioning as a restaurant but as a bar that sells hotdogs and snacks tombe consumed while drinking beer.

We are seeing much valued trade shop and PDR lost to beer and wine bars using loopholes under the restaurant code. We have seen no enforcement from Planning to make sure that these (in reality) bars are up to code and doing business as intended.
Timbuk2 evicted the prior community-serving tenants: an auto repair shop, a welding shop, a tattoo shop... all run by locals and employing locals - saying they needed the room. They are now saying they have too much room.

Only 6 of the 70 letters of support are by Mission organizations, and ALL have received financial donations from Fort Point. The actual neighbors are all in opposition to this proposed brew pub that will bring over one thousand beer drinkers per night to our quiet street. This bar will not be serving the neighborhood; it will be a destination.

Those opposed to this project include: United to Save the Mission, which represents 14+ organizations including: Calle 24, La Raza Centro Legal, MEDA, Our Mission NO Eviction, Cultural Action Network, Homies, Pacific Felt Factory, Mission Housing, Women's Building, La Cocina, and local neighborhood residents and businesses that truly represents the needs of our community.

This project is out of scale with the community, is non-family serving, and will seat up to 150 patrons that will increase Uber, Lyft rides, cars and taxis in a tight residential area. A single white zone space will not accommodate up to 150 drop offs per seating per hour.

This project is neither desirable or necessary. VOTE NO on the CU.