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DBI says preplan checks, site‑permit reforms cut backlog to six weeks; 48‑hour PTS lock and new sf.gov site coming
Summary
DBI officials told the Building Inspection Commission the department reduced plan‑review backlog from six months to about six weeks through preplan‑check staffing and will pursue a site‑permit reform to separate entitlement from construction review (target mid‑2023). DBI also described a 48‑hour electronic lock for inspection records and a website migration to sf.gov with a soft launch planned late Oct. and public launch in early Nov.
Department of Building Inspection officials on Oct. 19 described operational reforms intended to speed permitting, protect data integrity and improve customer access.
Neville Pereira, Deputy Director of Permit Services, said DBI’s recent preplan‑check change adds two senior plans examiners to screen incoming applications and make sure submissions are complete and routed to the appropriate agencies. “Currently we’re at six weeks instead of six months,” Pereira said, describing a cut in the oldest projects in the pipeline from roughly six months to a target of six to eight weeks.
Pereira outlined a site‑permit reform that would bifurcate discretionary entitlement (planning) work…
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