Of Human Bondage in the Mission

There's a hitch in all of this in that there's really nothing anyone can do about it. It was a private sale so no public hearing was needed and as Kink.com doesn't plan on making any changes to the building, the planning commission has no say in it.

For his part, Kink.com owner Peter Acworth says he's looking forward to dialoguing and that he wants to be a good neighbor. To that end, he promises to try and keep the area clean, tighten security around the building, and help the local economy by hiring mainly local actors. He also promised to only make free trade coffee and only use ropes made out of hemp.

In a way, this whole thing is a very "Only in San Francisco" thing. Businesses and housing were no-no's but an S&M movie studio isn't. And it's always entertaining listening to people in San Francisco talk about the fact that it's a porn studio without sounding like they're making judgments about it. Expect lots of "not that there's anything wrong with it" to be heard in the community meeting.