Longtime SF code offender the Academy of Art University may finally be brought to heel

[KamaAina]

http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/longtime-sf-code-offender-the-academy-of-art-university-may-finally-be-brought-to-heel/Content

The for-profit Academy of Art University's 2295 Taylor St. location appears from the outside to fit in nicely with the two- and three-story buildings in its North Beach locale. But the building is a thorn in San Francisco's side.

That's because it was illegally converted from a 5,000-square-foot commercial space, and garage, into a 20,000-square-foot school site....

"They are running afoul of the Planning Department in monumentally big ways because they are a scofflaw," said Hestor, who described the university as "the most uncontrolled institution ever seen in this city."...

"There's an arrogance," resident Patricia Vaughey said of the university's approach to code violations. "They believe they can do whatever they want."

Here's a thought. Make them build a campus on the Presidio and take all those buildings back to house actual residents! Treasure Island would also work.

[arcane1]

1. I like your suggestion!

[NBachers]

2. I watched building after building converted from residential to Academy of Art facility.

I don't know how they've gotten away with it for so long.

Maybe the fix is in with the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges. Academy of Art can buy up all of City College of San Francisco after the Accrediting Commission permanently revokes CCSF's accreditation.

They seem to have more money than God. Maybe some of that money's gone into the wrong (or right) pockets.

[KamaAina]

3. Don't give them any ideas!