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Abatement Appeals Board (AAB) meeting

Abatement Appeals Board

Meeting details

Date and time

How to participate

In-person

City Hall1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
Room 408
San Francisco, CA 94102

Online

Watch and participate live by clicking on the "Join the meeting online" button. If you want to remain anonymous, you can put "Public" or "public@public.com" in the fields. Online webinar password: 1118
Join the meeting online
Public Comment call-in number415-655-0001
Access Code: 2664 124 0866, then press # — see "Call in and make a public comment during the meeting" for detailed instructions.

Overview

Note room change for this meeting is Room 408.

Members of the Building Inspection Commission and Abatement Appeals Board will attend their respective meetings in-person. Members of the public are invited to observe the meeting in-person or remotely online as described below. Members of the public attending the meeting in person will have an opportunity to provide public comment on every item.

In addition to in-person public comment, the Building Inspection Commission and Abatement Appeals Board will hear up to 60 minutes of remote public comment on each respective agenda item. The Building Inspection Commission and Abatement Appeals Board will hear remote public comment on each respective item in the order that commenters add themselves to the queue to comment on the item.

Because of the 60-minute time limit, it is possible that not every person in the queue will have an opportunity to provide remote public comment. Remote public comment from people who have received an accommodation due to disability (as described below) will not count toward the 60-minute limit.

To ensure this body receives your comment on any agenda item in advance of the meeting, please email dbi.commission@sfgov.org or call (628) 652-3510 by 5pm on Tuesday, November 17, 2026.

Agenda

1

Call to order and roll call

2

Approval of Minutes (Discussion and Possible Action)

  • Discussion and possible action to adopt the minutes for a Regular meeting held on:
    • October 21, 2026
  • Public Comment
3

New Appeals: Orders of Abatement (Discussion and Action)

CASE NO. 6981: 237 Ordway Street - Complaint # 202544161

Owners of Record & Appellant: OROURKE AIDAN ANTHONY

ACTION REQUESTED BY APPELLANT: Appellant appeals the December 13, 2026 Order of Abatement and assessment of costs.

a. Presentations by parties *

b. Public comment

c. Party rebuttals

d. Commissioner questions

e. Deliberation and possible action by the Abatement Appeals Board.

* Presentation order may be modified by presiding officer for good cause

4

General Public Comment

Members of the public may address the Board on matters that are within the Board’s jurisdiction and are not on today’s agenda. Speakers shall address their remarks to the Board as a whole and not to individual Board members or Department personnel.

5

Adjournment

Copies of materials referred to in the agenda will be available online, by emailing dbi.commission@sfgov.org or by calling (628) 652-3510 during regular office hours.

Any materials distributed to the members of the Abatement Appeals Board within 72 hours of the meeting, or after the agenda packet has been delivered to the members, are available for inspection at the Department of Building Inspection at 49 South Van Ness Avenue Suite 500 San Francisco CA 94103 during regular office hours.

Meeting resources

Related documents

Agenda for 11-18-2026

DBI AAB Agenda 111826

Notices

Call in and make a public comment during the meeting

  • Dial (415) 655-0001 and enter the Access Code:
    2664 124 0866
  • Press #
  • Press # again to be connected to the meeting (you will hear a beep)

Make a public comment 

  • After you've joined the call, listen to the meeting and wait until it's time for public comment
  • When the clerk announces it's time for public comment, dial *3 to get added to the speaker line
  • You will hear “You have raised your hand to ask a question. Please wait to speak until the host calls on you"
  • When you hear "Your line has been unmuted," you can make your public comment

When you call

  • Make sure you're in a quiet place
  • Speak slowly and clearly
  • Turn off any TVs or radios

Submit a public comment before the meeting

If you cannot attend live, you may submit written comments regarding a calendared item to the BIC Commission Secretary at dbi.aab@sfgov.org or by calling (628) 652-3510.

Comments submitted by 5 pm on Tuesday, November 17, 2026 before the meeting will be included in the record.

These written comments shall be made a part of the official public record and these comments will be brought to the attention of the members of the Building Inspection Commission. (Twenty copies are necessary.) This is pursuant to Section 67.7-1(c) of the San Francisco Administrative Code.

Sunshine Ordinance

Government's duty is to serve the public, reaching its decisions in full view of the public. Commissions, boards, councils and other agencies of the City exist to conduct the people's business. This ordinance assures that deliberations are conducted before the people and that City operations are open to the people's review.For more information on your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance or to report a violation of the ordinance, contact the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force:

  • By mail at 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244, San Francisco, CA 94102-4689
  • By phone at 415-554-7854
  • By email at sotf@sfgov.org

Disability access for in-person meetings

The meeting will be held at the City Hall Building, located at 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, 4th Floor, Room 408 (note change in the room location.)

TRANSIT: The nearest accessible BART station is Civic Center. Accessible MUNI Metro lines are the F, J, K, L, M, N, T (exit at Civic Center or Van Ness stations). MUNI bus routes also serving the area are the 5, 6, 7, 9, 19, 21, 47, 49. For more information regarding MUNI accessible services, call (415) 701-4485 or call 311.

PARKING: Accessible parking is available at the Civic Center Underground Parking Garage (McAllister and Polk), and at the Performing Arts Parking Garage (Grove and Franklin). Accessible curbside parking spaces are located all around City Hall.
Wheelchair-accessible entrances are located on Van Ness Avenue and Grove Street. There are elevators and accessible restrooms located on every floor.

DISABILITY ACCOMMODATIONS: Accessible seating for persons with disabilities (including those using wheelchairs) will be available. To request assistive listening devices, real time captioning, sign language interpreters, readers, large print agendas or other accommodations, please contact the Commission Secretary, Sonya Harris, at (628) 652-3510, or dbi.commission@sfgov.org at least 72 hours in advance of the hearing to help ensure availability.

ALLERGIES: In order to assist the City in accommodating persons with severe allergies, environmental illness, multiple chemical sensitivity, or related disabilities, please refrain from wearing scented products to Commission hearings

Cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices

The ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. Please be advised that the Chair or the Interim Chair may order the removal from the meeting of anyone responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound-producing electronic devices.

Language access

To request an interpreter for a specific item during the meeting, please contact the Commission Secretary, Sonya Harris, at 628-652-3510 or by email at sonya.harris@sfgov.org at least 48 hours in advance of the hearing.

For questions about the Language Access Ordinance, please contact OCEIA at 415-581-2360 and ask for the Executive Director or Language Access Compliance Officer.

Minutes

Minutes are posted online 10 days after approval by the BIC.

Lobbying activity

Individuals and entities that influence or attempt to influence local legislative or administrative action may be required by the San Francisco Lobbyist Ordinance to register and report lobbying activity.

For more information about the Lobbyist Ordinance, contact the Ethics Commission:

  • Mail: 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 220, San Francisco, CA 94102
  • Telephone: 415-252-3100
  • Fax 415-252- 3112
  • Website: sfethics.org

Political contributions

SF Campaign & Governmental Conduct Code section 1.127 prohibits any person with a financial interest in certain land use matters from making a political contribution to any committee controlled by an individual currently holding, or seeking election to, the office of Mayor, Supervisor, or City Attorney. Solicitation or acceptance of such a contribution is also prohibited.

Be aware that certain matters pending before or acted upon by the Building Inspection Commission may constitute land use matters under section 1.127.

Please visit sfethics.org to learn more about whether your involvement in such matters affects your ability to make political contributions, or contact the Ethics Commission at ethics.commission@sfgov.org or 415-252-3100.

Ramaytush Ohlone Land acknowledgement

The Building Inspection Commission acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone, who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco Peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramaytush Ohlone have never ceded, lost, nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. As guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the Ancestors, Elders, and Relatives of the Ramaytush Ohlone community and by affirming their sovereign rights as First Peoples.