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

In the West of Twin Peaks neighborhood of San Francisco, of the 92 stairs permits filed from October 2025 through September 2026 that have been issued, half were issued within 11 days, down from 20 days a year earlier. Of the 88 permits filed from October 2023 through September 2024 that have reached final sign-off, half did so within 210 days of being issued, down 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 stairs 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 judge01002003004005002017201820192020202120222023202420252026DaysSource: 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/stairs · 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 202692 issued1199 issued20
Permit issued to final sign-offOctober 2023 through September 202488 finished21087 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 175 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-Q3332402610too recent
2026-Q22519128220too recent
2026-Q125202213110881580too recent
2025-Q4332941192111361960too recent
2025-Q3272520143111782640too recent
2025-Q2272520135142244260too recent
2025-Q123237119151544460too recent
2024-Q4282628116152994410too recent
2024-Q3353416254212034590yes
2024-Q237361861272085230yes
2024-Q126268250212114690yes
2023-Q4282519232192886550yes
2023-Q3292810226212346464yes
2023-Q2343320297251543423yes
2023-Q1232210111181804734yes
2022-Q4333262471234068244yes
2022-Q3383519423283907415yes
2022-Q2342819296223607137yes
2022-Q1302729327224469055yes
2021-Q4232216135203437291yes
2021-Q3292636376204301,1985yes
2021-Q2312979348272747992yes
2021-Q1333072586263568844yes
2020-Q44441111435333597036yes
2020-Q3282486581154416866yes
2020-Q276166353617091yes
2020-Q126234211212827162yes
2019-Q4343026487243488765yes
2019-Q3252216276202837662yes
2019-Q2272715184252535922yes
2019-Q1312918145222601,0524yes
2018-Q4353136315272907663yes
2018-Q332306169252376005yes
2018-Q2313022187262006243yes
2018-Q1434022715311885353yes
2017-Q4252311276192698405yes
2017-Q3272542397213365553yes
2017-Q2464310311352927987yes
2017-Q13431198272214082yes
2016-Q4292816140232626091yes
2016-Q327244146192495181yes
2016-Q2373616282302387485yes
2016-Q1393613271312497963yes
2015-Q425235188212515194yes
2015-Q3313111249272826672yes
2015-Q2323012246222596375yes
2015-Q1252514274192467176yes
2014-Q42827382222801,0161yes
2014-Q320208543162604463yes
2014-Q2343210247253355937yes
2014-Q1252321269162154584yes
2013-Q427275100191505346yes
2013-Q329288259252163712yes
2013-Q22624061191032866yes
2013-Q12623144191264725yes
2012-Q42019245121061827yes
2012-Q33030022272103883yes
2012-Q2262305618982785yes
2012-Q119191987182014041yes
2011-Q42423111201384661yes
2011-Q3302803625993281yes
2011-Q227271122222206280yes
2011-Q12727365241504083yes
2010-Q426240166211353592yes
2010-Q329291203251363743yes
2010-Q234323214301574062yes
2010-Q11313091131663820yes
2009-Q431315283201122636yes
2009-Q326250171211385212yes
2009-Q2211701713542200yes
2009-Q130292127162193496yes
2008-Q443410153371954572yes
2008-Q326240149181384903yes
2008-Q237361217281343671yes
2008-Q127261174171245033yes
2007-Q44342117301844264yes
2007-Q332310524984621yes
2007-Q2302900241182890yes
2007-Q121210237181366730yes
2006-Q442410212241503011yes
2006-Q334340144281603531yes
2006-Q231310211231463423yes
2006-Q134330154231755303yes
2005-Q441410256281223064yes
2005-Q333330133201873994yes
2005-Q223230231141533573yes
2005-Q120200312161074282yes
2004-Q41514024781465592yes
2004-Q3232300141143103yes
2004-Q22423017817905363yes
2004-Q12424014717852081yes
2003-Q423230208171142473yes
2003-Q322220151141022673yes
2003-Q22323038181014232yes
2003-Q112120081222342yes
2002-Q423230224161484023yes
2002-Q32727092161062307yes
2002-Q22524068113338003yes
2002-Q122210191141221910yes
2001-Q423230228161663310yes
2001-Q328280151191583710yes
2001-Q23028052201353461yes
2001-Q11717062131452362yes
2000-Q42121092141283460yes
2000-Q319190103121963610yes
2000-Q22323013121082510yes
2000-Q125230117131473941yes

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

277 of the 3,019 stairs permits filed since 2000 (9%) 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 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. All permits in San Francisco's West of Twin Peaks neighborhood

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.