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San Francisco to start centralized permitting portal Feb. 13, officials say

San Francisco Fire Commission · January 14, 2026
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Permit SF and the mayor's office told the Fire Commission the city will roll out a centralized OpenGov permitting portal for fire and building permits on Feb. 13, with a phased three‑year expansion to bring more departments and transparency to the permitting process.

Permit SF Director Liz Waddy and Florence Simon of the Mayor's Office of Innovation told the Fire Commission on Jan. 14 that San Francisco will begin rolling out a centralized permitting portal on Feb. 13, with the fire department and the Department of Building Inspection among the first to move online.

The portal, built on software from OpenGov, is intended to replace multiple agency-specific intake systems with a single public-facing portal that shows application status,…

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