{"id":282129,"date":"2026-04-23T14:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T14:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/282129\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T14:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T14:57:08","slug":"disruptive-sf-tesla-charging-lot-sparks-crackdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/282129\/","title":{"rendered":"Disruptive SF Tesla charging lot sparks crackdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

San Francisco is cracking down on a problematic Tesla charging lot<\/a> in Cow Hollow, making changes on-site and pushing for new citywide restrictions. After months of disruption and complaints from neighbors, the city has installed a chain-link gate preventing access to the lot from a narrow back alley. Officials also introduced new legislation that would regulate all future charging locations.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s been a messy road to get here.<\/p>\n

Prior to 2026, 1965 Lombard St. was just a parking lot: an unremarkable place for Hotel Del Sol\u2019s guest vehicles. That all changed following months of construction, when the lot was reborn as a 16-stall Tesla Supercharger hub operating 24 hours a day, unmanned.<\/p>\n

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Signs remind customers to be quiet at the Tesla charging lot at 1965 Lombard St. in San Francisco on April 22, 2026.<\/p>\n

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Signs remind customers to be quiet at the Tesla charging lot at 1965 Lombard St. in San Francisco on April 22, 2026.<\/p>\n

Douglas Zimmerman\/SFGATE<\/p>\n

The chaos was swift. Neighbors raised countless quality of life concerns, ranging from cars in the lot blasting bass at all hours of the night and streams of vehicles blocking garage entrances for long periods of time to other unexpected consequences, like drivers relieving themselves on surrounding buildings<\/a> while their vehicles charged.<\/p>\n

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Now, the city is cracking down even more.<\/p>\n

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In early March, a gate was installed on the Moulton Street side of the lot where residents\u2019 garages were being blocked in order to redirect traffic to the Lombard Street entrance. Jack Hebb, the communications director for District 2 Supervisor Stephen Sherrill, shared during a phone call with SFGATE\u00a0that \u201cresidents are hesitantly optimistic\u201d about efforts to improve issues around the lot.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hebb\u2019s sentiment was echoed by a neighbor on a recent Wednesday visit, who was outside with his grandkids. He said that since the gate went up, no one has urinated on his garage. (The streaks from previous incidents are still visible on his garage floor.)<\/p>\n

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A neighbor shows urine stains under their garage door, which is near the Tesla charging lot at 1965 Lombard St. in San Francisco on April 22, 2026.<\/p>\n

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While the gate addresses one of the issues, Hebb acknowledged that there is more to be done and that the supervisor\u2019s office is working on \u201cthe other public nuisances,\u201d including the late-night mayhem.<\/p>\n

Problems at the lot have also spurred new legislation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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At a Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, Supervisor Sherrill introduced legislation that would require unattended electric vehicle charging locations that operate overnight to obtain city approval before opening. The conditional use zoning controls would last 18 months and include a set of \u201cGood Neighbor Policies\u201d that cover noise, queue management and a community liaison for any locations that do not have staff on-site.<\/p>\n

The legislation targets what made the Lombard lot so contentious: Unlike a gas station where filling up takes just a few minutes, charge times for the Superchargers can take 15 minutes or more<\/a>, creating lines and backups.<\/p>\n

Sherrill said the legislation isn\u2019t meant to be anti-EV. \u201cThis is about the noise, and this is about the bad behavior \u2014 it\u2019s nothing more than that,\u201d he said during a phone call with SFGATE.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Tesla cars appear at the Tesla charging lot at 1965 Lombard St. in San Francisco on April 22, 2026.<\/p>\n

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Tesla cars appear at the Tesla charging lot at 1965 Lombard St. in San Francisco on April 22, 2026.<\/p>\n

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He added that early feedback from both colleagues and environmental groups has been positive. If meaningful progress is going to be made, \u201cwe have to ensure that residents\u2019 quality of life is prioritized,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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The legislation will now sit for 30 days before going to committee. \u201cWe want businesses here to be successful and to thrive, but they\u2019ve got to be good neighbors, and that\u2019s the way that we grow and we move forward as a city together,\u201d Sherrill said.<\/p>\n

Not everyone is as subtle.<\/p>\n

Laurel Calsoni, the most outspoken neighbor near the lot, didn\u2019t mince her words. \u201cIf this lot was under those arrogant Tesla executives windows, they would have closed the lot down by now,\u201d she wrote in an email to SFGATE.<\/p>\n

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