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How long do building permits take in San Francisco's West of Twin Peaks neighborhood?

In the West of Twin Peaks neighborhood of San Francisco, of the 1,283 building 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 1,233 permits filed from October 2023 through September 2024 that have reached final sign-off, half did so within 99 days of being issued, down from 131 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 building permits take in San Francisco's West of TwinPeaks neighborhoodMedian days from filing to permit issuedMedian days from issue to final sign-offToo recent to judge0501001502002017201820192020202120222023202420252026DaysSource: San Francisco Department of Building Inspection permit data via DataSF, analysis by Permit Graph(permitgraph.org), CC BY 4.0.permitgraph.org/neighborhoods/west-of-twin-peaks · 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 20261,283 issued01,527 issued0
Permit issued to final sign-offOctober 2023 through September 20241,233 finished991,118 finished131

“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 98 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-Q411200too recent
2026-Q32892180273621640too recent
2026-Q2359317030156341060too recent
2026-Q1371349032227471500too recent
2025-Q4434399077258652240too recent
2025-Q3384365041258602320too recent
2025-Q2415398063307833350too recent
2025-Q1407385039305602330too recent
2024-Q4397379040296743000too recent
2024-Q3445421043325773220yes
2024-Q2443430039347993500yes
2024-Q1379358034303983840yes
2023-Q43493290452581244334yes
2023-Q342640305431111841583yes
2023-Q243740809733212440956yes
2023-Q133732005824812641963yes
2022-Q4335317122222718664273yes
2022-Q3356341018525413755472yes
2022-Q236333907026115462463yes
2022-Q139736808628513850869yes
2021-Q436234807726513054570yes
2021-Q336333308124615355269yes
2021-Q2372351011227513354567yes
2021-Q1354329017125314151273yes
2020-Q4362334018826212851464yes
2020-Q3329300416821110446487yes
2020-Q21301185117758035541yes
2020-Q1377347092238137586110yes
2019-Q44634300107278144578135yes
2019-Q3481457066284104425161yes
2019-Q2442418064275124573141yes
2019-Q1384377042263101468103yes
2018-Q44053830114231109605143yes
2018-Q3440423054280132550138yes
2018-Q2471450042313110447133yes
2018-Q14103870136251130515121yes
2017-Q4450433057271110484156yes
2017-Q3447431076271105479149yes
2017-Q2434409089285132556108yes
2017-Q1416402025272110447115yes
2016-Q43663530112236131525105yes
2016-Q3421407029264114425132yes
2016-Q2415399049268116440116yes
2016-Q137836807425810347995yes
2015-Q4420387033245114463129yes
2015-Q3475456035296104408144yes
2015-Q2427414041282126475109yes
2015-Q1416398030259118453127yes
2014-Q438437004825812439596yes
2014-Q3416402048276110418120yes
2014-Q2399383044261121499105yes
2014-Q135634403323310636397yes
2013-Q4458449042308104396121yes
2013-Q348647301833990359124yes
2013-Q244443502929199343129yes
2013-Q13763680142619341692yes
2012-Q4316313072218331682yes
2012-Q342941601430072331103yes
2012-Q23473380282407232082yes
2012-Q13022930432117432873yes
2011-Q4324318092138136291yes
2011-Q34324220133037629297yes
2011-Q2414405092939233699yes
2011-Q12932870162109636464yes
2010-Q438136801125510237895yes
2010-Q34053930827064310106yes
2010-Q24244140528587297109yes
2010-Q13713620221774361123yes
2009-Q43553460122176532989yes
2009-Q34163980824973323127yes
2009-Q2375367092337127996yes
2009-Q14053960820084324153yes
2008-Q44504400828576322110yes
2008-Q34604490326982330128yes
2008-Q24444410825888344136yes
2008-Q14143990621782277122yes
2007-Q44614500727690294100yes
2007-Q35064990428490370144yes
2007-Q24754700028479291111yes
2007-Q1389381002058326193yes
2006-Q4427425002529830146yes
2006-Q35245150031810434864yes
2006-Q2510506003299932271yes
2006-Q1418415002519928588yes
2005-Q4420413002538929192yes
2005-Q349148700293109364100yes
2005-Q247546805128911935991yes
2005-Q14264210024298314107yes
2004-Q44184140025510536588yes
2004-Q35285210029982300126yes
2004-Q24674610825382299105yes
2004-Q14834790129390318100yes
2003-Q44494440024696269108yes
2003-Q35305230028172247138yes
2003-Q24524500124393349118yes
2003-Q1385382002168128894yes
2002-Q442842301724397316110yes
2002-Q35034900025988322138yes
2002-Q24614530242188833547yes
2002-Q1430420021236803347yes
2001-Q44043960742061053069yes
2001-Q3443436030256872714yes
2001-Q2454439018233923282yes
2001-Q14314250202151063127yes
2000-Q44043920312051203213yes
2000-Q34764640272201183421yes
2000-Q24484300372251083473yes
2000-Q14244060701811394628yes

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

8,916 of the 44,160 building permits filed since 2000 (20%) 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. Citywide, 798 of 801,386 permits since 2000 (0%) name no neighborhood and count in the city's figures only. 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 West of Twin Peaks neighborhood

Shown apart, with their own page here: bathroom remodel (7,728 filed, 5,671 finished; contractors); kitchen remodel (5,824 filed, 4,292 finished; contractors); stairs (3,019 filed, 2,134 finished; contractors); deck (2,250 filed, 1,536 finished; contractors); roof deck (178 filed, 103 finished; contractors); pergola or trellis (59 filed, 31 finished; contractors). Other types: 30,476 permits.

Nearby neighborhoods

Oceanview/Merced/Ingleside, Outer Mission, Twin Peaks; 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.