The second most valuable company in the world, Amazon has been gobbling up space throughout the southeast corner of the city, taking advantage of zoning meant to preserve blue-collar jobs in a market in which housing and office space have typically generated higher revenues.1 … On Tuesday, the controversy prompted San Francisco Supervisor Shamann Walton, who represents the neighborhood where the logistics center will be located, to introduce legislation that would seek to place an 18-month moratorium on all new parcel delivery services in the city, including Amazon’s proposed Seventh Street development. The legislation will go before the Land Use and Transportation Committee in the coming months, followed by a vote at the full Board of Supervisors.

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• 1. David Meckel, senior adviser to the president at CCA, said three daily shifts of 400 workers would generate 2,800 car trips, in addition to the 70 Amazon trucks that will be coming and going from the facility. The traffic could create a pedestrian nightmare for CCA’s 1,600 students as well as for residents at 888 Seventh St, a 224-unit that overlooks the future Amazon site. “To me it’s not about Amazon, it’s about the intensity of the use,” said Meckel. “I’d have the same concerns if it were FedEx or UPS. For me it’s about urban design.”