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DBI details steps to speed permits, adds new permit-services chief

Building Inspection Commission · December 16, 2020
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The San Francisco Department of Building Inspection outlined a package of permitting improvements — expanded appointments, a wait list, electronic plan-review enhancements and extra permit technicians — and introduced Sam Sheruri as the new chief administrative officer for permit services.

The San Francisco Department of Building Inspection (DBI) on Tuesday outlined a set of operational changes aimed at reducing permitting delays and improving customer service, and introduced a new permit-services chief.

Assistant Director Christine Gasparek told the Building Inspection Commission that DBI has expanded in-person and online permit options, ramped electronic plan review and increased staffing to raise daily permit issuance from roughly 50 per day at the height of shelter-in-place to close to 100 per day today. "We have fully been able to ramp that back up," Gasparek said, adding that DBI has issued more than 34,000 permits and…

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