303-311 12th Ave, San Francisco, CA 94118

The property at 303-311 12th Avenue in San Francisco's Inner Richmond neighborhood is a two-story, mixed-use multi-family residential building with 5 units and approximately 1,800 square feet of ground floor commercial space, built in 1906 and currently owned by the William R Buda Trust. The building has undergone several significant changes over the past three decades, including multiple roofing projects (1996, 2001, 2016) and various commercial space conversions.

Most notably, there were unauthorized construction modifications in 2020 that led to a building violation when new interior walls were added to the commercial space, though this was subsequently abated by September 2020. The commercial space has transitioned from medical services to retail/wholesale use, with the most recent change in 2023 involving the conversion to a jewelry store with accessory wholesale sales. Recent concerns have centered around storefront utilization and compliance issues, including a 2022 complaint regarding a change of use to a jewelry store without proper permits and violations of storefront transparency requirements.

The property has been subject to regular maintenance and accessibility upgrades, including electrical modifications for handicap access in 2007 and most recently, in 2023, work to comply with the ABE program for sidewalk accessibility. There have been multiple 311 calls in recent months regarding garbage and debris issues around the property, with the most recent complaints occurring in late 2024, though these are external to the building itself. The property has generally maintained active response to building violations and required permits, with most historical violations showing as abated or resolved, including plumbing work for gas lines in 2022 and electrical upgrades in 2020.