54-64 Sumner St, San Francisco, CA 94103

The two-story, six-unit apartment building at 54-64 Sumner Street in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood, owned by Carroll Lacey M, has a significant history of safety compliance issues and recent structural improvements. Built in 1909, the property has undergone several important modifications to meet modern safety standards, most notably a seismic retrofit completed in 2023 at a cost of $75,000, following earlier attempts to address soft-story concerns in 2015 which were withdrawn. The building faced several violations in 2022-2024 related to the Mandatory Soft Story Program and associated monitoring requirements, though these were ultimately abated.

A substantial set of violations was documented in 2011, including issues with handrails, fire extinguishers, self-closing doors, and building permits, all of which were addressed by April 2011. The property has maintained regular safety inspections since the early 1990s, with routine inspections recorded in 1995, 2007, and 2011. Recent building safety concerns have been relatively minimal, with only standard discrepancies noted, such as a fire sprinkler system violation in January 2020 that was quickly addressed.

The building's most recent fire safety record shows only two incidents in 2020: a false alarm and a malfunctioning smoke detector, neither resulting in injuries. More recently, there has been a series of parking-related issues around the property, with multiple reports of sidewalk parking violations in late 2024, though these are external to the building's safety and maintenance concerns. The most current records indicate that all major safety compliance issues, particularly those related to the soft-story retrofit program, have been resolved, with the building now holding a completed CFC (Certificate of Final Completion) status for the seismic improvements.