3836 17th St, San Francisco, CA 94114

The two-story, six-unit multi-family residential building at 3836 17th Street, owned by Tom Leonard, was constructed in 1965 in the Eureka Valley/Dolores Heights neighborhood. The building's records reveal several significant maintenance and safety issues, particularly highlighted during a routine inspection in 2001 that identified multiple fire safety violations, including egress obstructions, combustible storage concerns, a malfunctioning fire escape ladder, and the need for fire extinguisher maintenance and smoke detector installation.

These violations were all abated by June 19, 2001. More recent issues occurred in 2018, when tenants reported problems including black mold, malfunctioning windows, refrigerator issues, stove problems, and dirty common area stairs, along with multiple building code compliance matters such as garbage bin relocation and smoke detector repairs, though these complaints were resolved by September 2018. The building underwent reroofing work in 1997 and has had minimal major structural modifications since then, with the most recent permitted work being a street space-related project in 2019 valued at $1.

The property has generated numerous 311 calls in late 2024, primarily related to parking enforcement and street maintenance issues, though these external matters are not directly related to the building's condition. The most recent complaints mainly involve exterior concerns such as graffiti, litter, and parking violations, with officers typically unable to locate specific problems upon response. While the building has experienced several maintenance issues over the years, the records indicate that these have generally been addressed promptly through proper channels, with no active violations currently on file.