(Credit: Gary Raynaldo /  ©Diplomatic Times)  The Nigerian government shut down its San Francisco, California  consulate in 1989  that was located in this property at 3247 Jackson Street in the City’s  uber-wealthy Presidio  Heights district.  The Federal Republic of Nigeria reportedly still owns the abandoned 4,250 square-foot property worth an estimated $4,948,512. 

By Gary Raynaldo      DIPLOMATIC  TIMES

SAN  FRANCISCO –  The Nigerian government shut down its San Francisco, California  consulate in 1989  that was located in a 4,250 square-foot residential home at 3247 Jackson Street in the City’s  uber-wealthy Presidio  Heights district.   The 7-bedroom home is reportedly still owned by the Republic of Nigeria although it has been sitting empty for two decades.  Over the years, squatters have been living in the house that sits on a 4,022 square foot lot.  Neighbors have complained about squatters living  in the abandoned building  owned by a foreign government, and a security guard was posted on the property for a period of time back in 2011 to keep out intruders, according to the San Francisco Examiner.  The Nigerian government reportedly told a neighbor back then that it planned have the property return as its San Francisco Consulate.  However, that has not come to fruition and the  property remains abandoned. According to a San Francisco realtor, the property is worth an estimated $4,948,512. 

(Credit:  Gary Raynaldo /  ©Diplomatic Times) The property housing the former Nigerian Consulate in San Francisco  was built in 1910.

 Meanwhile,  US Wants To Evict Elderly Couple From San Francisco Mansion Owned by IRAN

(Photo Credit: by Gary Raynaldo /  ©Diplomatic Times) This 8,718 square-foot, 17-room   mansion located in the posh Presidio Heights section of San Francisco is the former Iranian Consulate. 

Bruce and Alexandra Owen have lived in a 17-room mansion in the wealthy Presidio Heights section of San Francisco that was once the former Iranian Consulate since 1984.  In 1980, the U.S. State Department tossed the Iranian government out of the 8,718-square-foot home, which had occupied it since 1969, and placed the residence on the rental market. Alexandra and her husband Bruce Owen moved into the mansion in 1984.  However,  the stucco and wood frame single family- residence built in 1927,  is still technically owed by the Republic of Iran which purchased it in 1969.  The property has been in the custody of the Department of State since the break in diplomatic relations in 1980.  So now,  comes the Department of State  with a lawsuit seeking to evict the elderly couple from the residence. The US government is going after the Owens  via the Ellis Act.  In its lawsuit filed July 17, 2019 (United States Department of State v. Bruce Owen and Alexandra Owen / US District Court Northern District of California Southern Division: Case 4:19-cv-04094 (DMR), the US government maintains that the State Department’s Office of Foreign Missions (OFM) is the custodian of the property pursuant to the Foreign Missions Act, 22 U.S.C. · § § 4301-4316; the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations; and the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations.  So, what happen is the US government is pulling the mansion off the rental market via the Ellis Act.  According to the US  lawsuit,  the Owens, who pay $5,523.19 per month in rent, are refusing to move.  Per the lawsuit, in June 2018, a senior officer at OFM inspected the property with Mr. Owen.