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SF clears the way for a new Holocaust Center (+ James Richards Way)

San Francisco Land Use and Transportation Committee: 2245 Post Street rezoned 3-0 to clear a new 34,000-sq-ft JFCS Holocaust Center, plus James Richards Way and an 1896 firehouse landmark.
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San Francisco
Land Use and Transportation Committee Meeting
March 9, 2026

TL;DR

  • 2245 Post Street rezoned to clear the way for a new 34,000-sq-ft JFCS Holocaust Center, with technical CEQA findings amended in.
  • One block of Oakdale Avenue between Third Street and Newhall Street will be co-named "James Richards Way," honoring the Bayview community organizer and ABU co-founder.
  • Engine Company No. 33 at 117 Broad Street, built in 1896, kicked off the city landmark designation process.

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