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How long do deck permits take in San Francisco's Sunset/Parkside neighborhood?

In the Sunset/Parkside neighborhood of San Francisco, of the 59 deck permits filed from October 2025 through September 2026 that have been issued, half were issued within 11 days, down from 27 days a year earlier. Of the 41 permits filed from October 2023 through September 2024 that have reached final sign-off, half did so within 287 days of being issued, up from 239 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 deck permits take in San Francisco's Sunset/ParksideneighborhoodMedian days from filing to permit issuedMedian days from issue to final sign-offToo recent to judge01002003004005002017201820192020202120222023202420252026DaysSource: San Francisco Department of Building Inspection permit data via DataSF, analysis by Permit Graph(permitgraph.org), CC BY 4.0.permitgraph.org/neighborhoods/sunset-parkside/deck · 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 202659 issued1169 issued27
Permit issued to final sign-offOctober 2023 through September 202441 finished28752 finished239

“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 7 days to issue and 164 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-Q41000too recent
2026-Q3251393120too recent
2026-Q22013956661920too recent
2026-Q11817101019631830too recent
2025-Q418161842101502420too recent
2025-Q3212058143111263660too recent
2025-Q2201915119131503380too recent
2025-Q1129196081453270too recent
2024-Q4222138189131953250too recent
2024-Q3191824201162953610yes
2024-Q2109211276601940yes
2024-Q114131266113254390yes
2023-Q412103842083375730yes
2023-Q3181715541152285540yes
2023-Q2171713110152344822yes
2023-Q115102239592633802yes
2022-Q4171412191132395202yes
2022-Q3191819560153529372yes
2022-Q2242121192162967595yes
2022-Q12018321,080144028531yes
2021-Q4171777360162944661yes
2021-Q3161410367103508585yes
2021-Q2191960728143217924yes
2021-Q12116153588153867351yes
2020-Q41815108353143046121yes
2020-Q32319114639143287115yes
2020-Q23320yes
2020-Q1139412472343941yes
2019-Q4211762654144241,0176yes
2019-Q3252520437213558112yes
2019-Q2252346462192014492yes
2019-Q1353318565262467215yes
2018-Q4201710254172244621yes
2018-Q3211810497162621,1621yes
2018-Q2211921470162666121yes
2018-Q121172164142715222yes
2017-Q4201715147152067313yes
2017-Q3262518303212023704yes
2017-Q212111061102793611yes
2017-Q1202010393171713421yes
2016-Q4171612420151783631yes
2016-Q326248210211753373yes
2016-Q2211917267162427313yes
2016-Q11614812491672874yes
2015-Q4242416214192143572yes
2015-Q3191911344162344871yes
2015-Q220194136151463953yes
2015-Q125239202172284835yes
2014-Q421208357142378715yes
2014-Q35855083402092746yes
2014-Q227236210181366674yes
2014-Q113121223091743671yes
2013-Q41010722473886351yes
2013-Q32824332191543614yes
2013-Q21914715212984183yes
2013-Q11514464101523362yes
2012-Q419184223161563742yes
2012-Q31817436142015243yes
2012-Q2111133881064462yes
2012-Q11414099101862682yes
2011-Q410821037971411yes
2011-Q31413015111442472yes
2011-Q215111789771902yes
2011-Q1873166831790yes
2010-Q41313114611472580yes
2010-Q318171617822360yes
2010-Q2131319101021743yes
2010-Q116152109121164881yes
2009-Q423211185171583603yes
2009-Q3191829417792891yes
2009-Q2131313481161482yes
2009-Q11514021111582712yes
2008-Q4151414512872260yes
2008-Q320202283181072932yes
2008-Q232311115231173412yes
2008-Q121212149151353112yes
2007-Q424222153191763431yes
2007-Q3252506191322595yes
2007-Q216160161142214362yes
2007-Q115150186121882760yes
2006-Q41212009772533yes
2006-Q335320193231053424yes
2006-Q220200202161662794yes
2006-Q117170325131082592yes
2005-Q415130133102265471yes
2005-Q323220485161723163yes
2005-Q22119023131212112yes
2005-Q113130672121944080yes
2004-Q4660051962180yes
2004-Q31515014171312684yes
2004-Q21717017813731741yes
2004-Q119190128161663943yes
2003-Q413130289101014243yes
2003-Q317170221101333496yes
2003-Q2109025871354422yes
2003-Q11010010161302681yes
2002-Q48806451132011yes
2002-Q32120014914722334yes
2002-Q276321232yes
2002-Q11111001052900yes
2001-Q4550030yes
2001-Q3151501278962110yes
2001-Q212120879611580yes
2001-Q1141305071694010yes
2000-Q499017163064600yes
2000-Q3991518782534240yes
2000-Q287016840yes
2000-Q1121112179101182580yes

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

195 of the 1,899 deck permits filed since 2000 (10%) 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 Sunset/Parkside neighborhood

Shown apart, with their own page here: bathroom remodel (10,452 filed, 8,088 finished; contractors); kitchen remodel (7,313 filed, 5,521 finished; contractors); stairs (2,879 filed, 2,023 finished; contractors); deck (1,899 filed, 1,354 finished; contractors); roof deck (201 filed, 116 finished; contractors). Other types: 33,821 permits. All permits in San Francisco's Sunset/Parkside neighborhood

Nearby neighborhoods

Inner Sunset, Golden Gate Park, Lakeshore; 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.