Permit Center Opening Late January 12 & 13, New Concrete Screening Program

Dear Customers,

Great news! The City continues to make solid progress towards launching the new online OpenGov permitting system in the coming weeks. You may recall that we’re starting with a couple of permit types, and we’ll then incorporate more in the weeks and months ahead.

To prepare for this transition, throughout January and February we are conducting daily trainings for City permitting staff. As a result, the Permit Center will be operating with about half our usual staff.

The Permit Center will also open at 10:00am on Monday, January 12 and Tuesday, January 13 to accommodate a large, system-wide training.

We want to make sure you are aware of these temporary changes so you can plan accordingly.

Permit Center hours of operation and additional information is available on their webpage. Thank you.

New Concrete Building Screening Program
The City has launched the Concrete Building Screening Program to help prepare San Francisco for the next big earthquake. Property owners of buildings subject to the program will be receiving notifications informing them that they need to provide information about their building and may need to hire a licensed architect, civil engineer or structural engineer to provide additional seismic design details.

This information will enable the City to identify if a building is concrete or rigid-wall-flexible-diaphragm (RWFD) so we can develop an inventory of buildings to evaluate San Francisco’s earthquake risk and seismic requirements.

We encourage licensed design professionals to contact clients with concrete or RWFD buildings and encourage them to submit their screening form. Property owners who do not submit their building information by the June 9, 2027 deadline will have their building automatically be enrolled in any potential future mandatory retrofit program.

For more information, visit sf.gov/dbi-concrete-screening.

Thank you for your support and understanding. Stay safe.