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Public Works unveils Love Our Neighborhoods program; PermitSF changes remove sidewalk-table permits and add registration
Summary
Public Works Director Carla Short told the commission on July 24 that the department has launched a Love Our Neighborhoods program and that Mayor Lurie’s recently signed PermitSF legislation eliminates sidewalk‑table permits, replacing them with a registration process that takes effect Aug. 16, 2025.
Public Works Director Carla Short told the commission on July 24 that the department has launched a new Love Our Neighborhoods permit program and highlighted changes from the recently signed PermitSF package that alter how sidewalk tables and merchandise displays are regulated.
At the meeting Short said one of the program’s first approved projects will be a large “Heart SF” frame sponsored by Downtown SF Partnership to be installed at a reimagined Robert Frost Plaza at Market, Drumm and California Streets. The decorative frame is described as roughly 7 feet tall and 16 feet wide and will be part of broader downtown gateway improvements including seating, landscaping and interpretive plaques.
On permitting, Short said Mayor Lurie signed the PermitSF legislation into law on July 18. Under the new rules, which Short said take effect Aug. 16, business owners will no longer need a sidewalk‑tables permit and associated encroachment…
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