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San Francisco planning and building staff pledge tighter coordination on permits, tracking and enforcement
Summary
At a Dec. 7 joint hearing, the Planning Commission and Building Inspection Commission reviewed steps to reduce permit delays, improve cross‑department training and build an integrated permit-tracking system; public commenters urged better transparency, unified notices and quicker remedies for stalled projects.
San Francisco’s Planning Commission and Building Inspection Commission met in a joint hearing Dec. 7 to address long-standing gaps between the two departments that residents and design professionals say delay building projects and complicate enforcement.
Department of Building Inspection Director Amy Lee and Planning Department zoning administrator Larry Badner told commissioners they have increased executive-level coordination, are revamping permit‑tracking databases and are working toward a single, integrated customer interface. Badner said planning and DBI see the same projects at different points: “Planning department creates the criteria for building, and then the building department…
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