San Francisco Housing Permits Take a Median 280 Days to Issue, Longest Among Peer Cities

A new policy analysis from the city's Budget and Legislative Analyst lays out data gaps, multi-department bottlenecks, and seven recommendations aimed at streamlining the process. San Francisco's post-entitlement building permit process for housing projects takes a median of 280 days from application to issuance, the longest timeline among a group of comparable U.S. cities, according […]