San Francisco Metblogs » neighborhood activism http://sf.metblogs.com Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:59:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Planning Commission denies permit to American Apparel http://sf.metblogs.com/2009/02/05/planning-commission-denies-permit-to-amap/ http://sf.metblogs.com/2009/02/05/planning-commission-denies-permit-to-amap/#comments Fri, 06 Feb 2009 06:49:52 +0000 Mark Pritchard http://sf.metblogs.com/?p=5326 Less than a month after local writer-activist Stephen Elliott began organizing a campaign against a proposed American Apparel store on Valencia St., the San Francisco Planning Commission denied a permit to the controversial clothing manufacturer-retailer.

The vote by the commission was 7-0, the Stop American Apparel website reported.

Update: Elliott, who was in New York last night promoting his new online magazine The Rumpus, blogged about the commission’s vote and his efforts.

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