The City’s civil suit against San Francisco’s former Building Inspection Commission President, and current Port Commissioner, Mel Murphy, has been expanded to include Murphy’s newly disclosed property at 1025 Hampshire Street in the Mission. From the City Attorney’s office: “In willful defiance of Planning Code restrictions that limit residential... Read More »
City Attorney Dennis Herrera has just filed suit against the former president of San Francisco’s Building Inspection Commission, and current Port Commissioner, Mel Murphy. An investigation spurred by the collapse of a Murphy’s hillside home at 125 Crown Terrace back in 2013 has uncovered “a far-reaching pattern of unlawful business... Read More »
A report by Department of Building Inspection chief Tom Hui cites “ to follow and implement the approved plans and the sequence of construction” for leading to the collapse of 125 Crown Terrace in December. The Twin Peaks home was being supported by three reinforcing towers at the... Read More »
Having collapsed last month, what little remains of the original home at 125 Crown Terrace has been jacked, hoisted, and craned back up the hill a bit. According to a plugged-in tipster, the remains will be surrounded by new construction and become part of the garage, a supposed city... Read More »
Two days after our piece about the “remodeling” in progress at 2178 Pine Street, the permit for the approved project was suspended and a notice of violation was sent. Three days after the permit for 2178 Pine Street was suspended, 125 Crown Terrace collapsed, another approved “remodeling” which had... Read More »
It was yesterday morning that a plugged-in neighbor found himself looking up at the approved “remodeling” of 125 Crown Terrace underway and thinking, “that can’t be stable.” And it wasn’t. Read More »
The Twin Peaks house at 125 Crown Terrace which partially collapsed last night and slid down the hill toward Graystone Terrace is owned by Mel Murphy, the prominent and well-connected local developer who once served as president of San Francisco’s Building Inspection Commission. Having been denied a demolition permit... Read More »
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