San Francisco Building Permit Report Card
CA
D
Score: 53/100
Score Breakdown
Closure Rate72.4% (70% weight)
Year-over-Year Trend-8.5 pp (30% weight)
533,729
Total Permits
147,057
Open Permits
72.4%
Closure Rate
89,538
Stalled 5+ Years
San Francisco's closure rate is 4.7 percentage points below the 77.1% average across all tracked cities.
How This Grade Is Calculated
The score combines closure rate (70% weight) and year-over-year trend (30% weight). Closure rate measures the percentage of rate-eligible permits (those older than one year) that have been closed. Trend measures the change in closure rate compared to the prior year, clamped to +/- 10 percentage points.
Grade scale: A (90+), B (75-89), C (60-74), D (40-59), F (below 40).