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How long do kitchen remodel permits take in San Francisco's Russian Hill neighborhood?

In the Russian Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, of the 76 kitchen remodel permits filed from October 2025 through September 2026 that have been issued, half were issued within 0 days, the same as a year earlier. Of the 60 permits filed from October 2023 through September 2024 that have reached final sign-off, half did so within 154 days of being issued, down from 179 days the year before.

From the city’s permit records, by the quarter each permit was filed. Data as of 8 October 2026. How to cite this · How this is calculated

How long until a permit is issued, and until final sign-off?

How long kitchen remodel permits take in San Francisco'sRussian Hill neighborhoodMedian days from filing to permit issuedMedian days from issue to final sign-offToo recent to judge01002003004002017201820192020202120222023202420252026DaysSource: San Francisco Department of Building Inspection permit data via DataSF, analysis by Permit Graph(permitgraph.org), CC BY 4.0.permitgraph.org/neighborhoods/russian-hill/kitchen · Data as of 8 October 2026By the quarter the permit was filed. A median counts only permits that finished the stage, so recent quarterslook faster than they will end up. Gaps: fewer than 5 permits.

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At a glance

StagePermits filedPermits countedMedian daysCounted a year earlierMedian a year earlier
Filed to permit issuedOctober 2025 through September 202676 issued081 issued0
Permit issued to final sign-offOctober 2023 through September 202460 finished15489 finished179

“Counted” is the permits the median was taken over: those filed in the window that have been issued, or that have reached final sign-off. The first stage covers the last four complete quarters, since most permits are issued within the year. The second covers the last four quarters that ended two or more years ago, so that most of their permits have had time to finish. Citywide, the median was 0 days to issue and 176 days from issue to final over the same quarters.

Every quarter since 2000

Quarter filedFiledIssuedMedian days to issueSlowest 10%Reached finalMedian days issue to finalSlowest 10%Never finaledSettled
2026-Q3211701810too recent
2026-Q221190435841450too recent
2026-Q1141402091231510too recent
2025-Q428264158131332620too recent
2025-Q32221120121463090too recent
2025-Q21818518131613270too recent
2025-Q12321085171754020too recent
2024-Q42121086121724610too recent
2024-Q32020154181995590yes
2024-Q22625074201784040yes
2024-Q12120022161453610yes
2023-Q411100361142560yes
2023-Q33130016281953562yes
2023-Q22321064171702754yes
2023-Q127240102231696691yes
2022-Q43029434211793386yes
2022-Q32420029171793822yes
2022-Q23837148322065314yes
2022-Q13635070312225532yes
2021-Q45654458441966977yes
2021-Q33939249321684034yes
2021-Q253520823718864113yes
2021-Q160580924419052510yes
2020-Q4514501383216032715yes
2020-Q3353432118262024786yes
2020-Q2141342130121945382yes
2020-Q1343216275213085708yes
2019-Q4595614654226681610yes
2019-Q338370173271316297yes
2019-Q243420513016664913yes
2019-Q13534168282226865yes
2018-Q43232026241718867yes
2018-Q33636046331654883yes
2018-Q24745229381886337yes
2018-Q14948015392715688yes
2017-Q43634052261964608yes
2017-Q32929070211984887yes
2017-Q24038044282023798yes
2017-Q13028032211484335yes
2016-Q425230320201784482yes
2016-Q338350237291373747yes
2016-Q2343106281474503yes
2016-Q13231027241224036yes
2015-Q43130552241063555yes
2015-Q34746049381774528yes
2015-Q25451049462166802yes
2015-Q12424011191343635yes
2014-Q43736065262387868yes
2014-Q33230073231685497yes
2014-Q22828038201174927yes
2014-Q12928061271343881yes
2013-Q428270146251455930yes
2013-Q32624097211108121yes
2013-Q2353303426972845yes
2013-Q12929011281623720yes
2012-Q4383706321313463yes
2012-Q3333309301436631yes
2012-Q2303002281183372yes
2012-Q1302904231373763yes
2011-Q42727043231363371yes
2011-Q3363608301345722yes
2011-Q22828033181213572yes
2011-Q12726022251743190yes
2010-Q4292902221423932yes
2010-Q3131205882133721yes
2010-Q22928022251434280yes
2010-Q12624030171864025yes
2009-Q41919012141692802yes
2009-Q3141407121203110yes
2009-Q21413014111703982yes
2009-Q1171706141703522yes
2008-Q4242406151232011yes
2008-Q3393706291782800yes
2008-Q2343405221603270yes
2008-Q1323201301582482yes
2007-Q4424105331713253yes
2007-Q3414101331533964yes
2007-Q2343400271223153yes
2007-Q1363602261602854yes
2006-Q412110061512580yes
2006-Q3282800212115282yes
2006-Q2232300182014742yes
2006-Q1171700161072101yes
2005-Q4161600121091721yes
2005-Q3343400251503063yes
2005-Q2272600201182892yes
2005-Q1272700221262060yes
2004-Q432310022904562yes
2004-Q3181800122002752yes
2004-Q2242400142103545yes
2004-Q121210011963393yes
2003-Q414140091924023yes
2003-Q3171700102613590yes
2003-Q215150061112203yes
2003-Q1232300131844100yes
2002-Q4292900123284232yes
2002-Q317160091252062yes
2002-Q2141400111752841yes
2002-Q1770040yes
2001-Q413130081763811yes
2001-Q3131306581756840yes
2001-Q21716010111223170yes
2001-Q1171703262203710yes
2000-Q4161503461792940yes
2000-Q3770430yes
2000-Q2191900101762860yes
2000-Q113130071362550yes

A blank median means fewer than 5 permits behind it: issued permits for the first stage, and for the second, finished permits whose final is dated after their issue (a permit never issued has no span). “Slowest 10%” is the 90th percentile: one permit in ten took at least this long. Download the table as CSV or JSON; both carry the source, license and data date.

What the numbers leave out

321 of the 3,022 kitchen remodel permits filed since 2000 (11%) have no final sign-off 3 years after they were issued or, if never issued, filed. A median over finished permits understates the real wait: the permits that never finish are not in it. Inspection records are not yet included: “final sign-off” is the city’s own completion date on the permit.

Project types in San Francisco's Russian Hill neighborhood

Shown apart, with their own page here: bathroom remodel (3,069 filed, 2,224 finished; contractors); kitchen remodel (3,022 filed, 2,219 finished; contractors); stairs (887 filed, 594 finished; contractors); deck (425 filed, 281 finished; contractors); roof deck (310 filed, 176 finished; contractors). Other types: 14,642 permits. All permits in San Francisco's Russian Hill neighborhood

Nearby neighborhoods

Nob Hill, North Beach, Chinatown; all of San Francisco; every neighborhood compared.

How this is calculated

Approved means the city issued the permit: the permit’s issue date. The first stage counts days from the filing date to the issue date, over permits issued on or after they were filed. Final sign-off means the city’s own status for the permit is “complete”, with its completion date; this site does not yet read inspection records, so the inspection date is not a separate stage. The second stage counts days from the issue date to the completion date, over permits that have reached it.

Permits are grouped by the quarter they were filed. A quarter’s median counts only its permits that have finished the stage, so recent quarters look faster than they will end up: their slow permits have not finished yet. Quarters that ended two or more years ago are marked settled; the rest are shaded in the chart. The headline’s first stage uses the last four complete quarters; its second uses the last four settled quarters.

The median is the middle permit: half took less, half more. The slowest 10% is the 90th percentile. A median needs at least 5 permits behind it, or it is left out. A project type is shown apart within a neighborhood only when it has 30 or more finished permits there; the rest are “other types”.

Never finaled means no final sign-off three years after the permit was issued (or filed, if never issued), and not expired, cancelled, withdrawn, revoked, disapproved, denied or suspended (the site’s “expired or cancelled” outcome). About a quarter of permits citywide end this way; often the work was done and nobody called for the final inspection. These permits are in the counts and not in the medians.

A permit’s neighborhood is the Analysis Neighborhood the city writes on the permit record (the official set of 41). Permits with none are counted citywide only; the page says how many. “Nearby” neighborhoods are the three nearest by the center of their permits. The site reloads the city’s data every night; permits filed since 1 January 2000 are included. The placement of a permit, its dates and its status are the city’s; the grouping and the words are this site’s. How to read these records.