1396-1398 La Playa, San Francisco, CA 94122

The property at 1396-1398 La Playa is a 2-story multi-family residential building located in San Francisco's Outer Sunset neighborhood, containing two units and built in 1908, with ground floor commercial space. Recent records from January 2025 indicate multiple sanitation issues in the vicinity, including three reports of overflowing city garbage cans and two instances of furniture being abandoned, with some cases remaining open.

The building has a documented history of maintenance and improvement work, including sidewalk repairs (2004), stucco replacement (2001), and roofing work (2001). In the 1990s, there were significant changes to the ground floor commercial space, including the demolition of an existing bar/restaurant and conversion to a café, followed by a hardship documentation process. The planning records reveal several important developments regarding the property's commercial use, including the approval of a commissary kitchen for a mobile food truck operation related to Java Beach, and various permits concerning the café's operation.

Notably, there have been regulatory actions regarding bar operating hours in the RH-3 district, with records showing both limitations and subsequent removals of NCU termination dates. The building has experienced minimal fire-related incidents, with only one malfunctioning alarm recorded. A tenant buyout was recorded in November 2018 for two tenants at 1392 La Playa Street in the amount of $13,254.