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How long do deck permits take in San Francisco's West of Twin Peaks neighborhood?

In the West of Twin Peaks neighborhood of San Francisco, of the 55 deck permits filed from October 2025 through September 2026 that have been issued, half were issued within 2 days, down from 8 days a year earlier. Of the 54 permits filed from October 2023 through September 2024 that have reached final sign-off, half did so within 99 days of being issued, down from 186 days the year before.

From the city’s permit records, by the quarter each permit was filed. Data as of 8 October 2026. How to cite this · How this is calculated

How long until a permit is issued, and until final sign-off?

How long deck permits take in San Francisco's West of TwinPeaks neighborhoodMedian days from filing to permit issuedMedian days from issue to final sign-offToo recent to judge01002003004002017201820192020202120222023202420252026DaysSource: San Francisco Department of Building Inspection permit data via DataSF, analysis by Permit Graph(permitgraph.org), CC BY 4.0.permitgraph.org/neighborhoods/west-of-twin-peaks/deck · Data as of 8 October 2026By the quarter the permit was filed. A median counts only permits that finished the stage, so recent quarterslook faster than they will end up. Gaps: fewer than 5 permits.

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At a glance

StagePermits filedPermits countedMedian daysCounted a year earlierMedian a year earlier
Filed to permit issuedOctober 2025 through September 202655 issued261 issued8
Permit issued to final sign-offOctober 2023 through September 202454 finished9950 finished186

“Counted” is the permits the median was taken over: those filed in the window that have been issued, or that have reached final sign-off. The first stage covers the last four complete quarters, since most permits are issued within the year. The second covers the last four quarters that ended two or more years ago, so that most of their permits have had time to finish. Citywide, the median was 7 days to issue and 164 days from issue to final over the same quarters.

Every quarter since 2000

Quarter filedFiledIssuedMedian days to issueSlowest 10%Reached finalMedian days issue to finalSlowest 10%Never finaledSettled
2026-Q3311523030too recent
2026-Q2181315040too recent
2026-Q110614919210too recent
2025-Q42821221981642920too recent
2025-Q3201713165101052860too recent
2025-Q222216122162134080too recent
2025-Q1121111199752430too recent
2024-Q41312212355822270too recent
2024-Q3242322237161062850yes
2024-Q21817268012862480yes
2024-Q11916626012992450yes
2023-Q4201914280142285720yes
2023-Q320191258151162732yes
2023-Q2171626260121604870yes
2023-Q1121270335102155030yes
2022-Q4191944272133717423yes
2022-Q3181642506132145571yes
2022-Q2151212631893417482yes
2022-Q1171579385133757942yes
2021-Q4201921136123126096yes
2021-Q3201552211112635484yes
2021-Q22825100315212088014yes
2021-Q12320125328162887423yes
2020-Q42017126699102745544yes
2020-Q3211852620151371,0422yes
2020-Q23321yes
2020-Q11291427073176682yes
2019-Q4262242515162186142yes
2019-Q326237476171809805yes
2019-Q2232028281152305735yes
2019-Q1181717122132106043yes
2018-Q422188509151826643yes
2018-Q3222214393173567284yes
2018-Q2191942225171526042yes
2018-Q1302596715211465353yes
2017-Q4161547779103809985yes
2017-Q3151428339123504671yes
2017-Q2272615350222915823yes
2017-Q123200318171338212yes
2016-Q4212018221192118230yes
2016-Q315132420871633536yes
2016-Q2252416296191718474yes
2016-Q1201723213123867933yes
2015-Q4201566564132184953yes
2015-Q3282317447203006831yes
2015-Q223229305171906122yes
2015-Q11817095151073092yes
2014-Q41818481162725560yes
2014-Q3212011406143149006yes
2014-Q21312423911775851yes
2014-Q121197311142187412yes
2013-Q42927332019985913yes
2013-Q323225292221324610yes
2013-Q227245354211285884yes
2013-Q119175287152094671yes
2012-Q41716128121162783yes
2012-Q3242411112191114024yes
2012-Q224232102211533231yes
2012-Q11616694151253111yes
2011-Q419164115131585482yes
2011-Q32019210716963512yes
2011-Q22020494141303494yes
2011-Q11515175121164893yes
2010-Q4141412297111355751yes
2010-Q322216161181523453yes
2010-Q22020182192224161yes
2010-Q11010821482046881yes
2009-Q424232290131443585yes
2009-Q32323113219923942yes
2009-Q2191812116922551yes
2009-Q121201263181245981yes
2008-Q426250282201454272yes
2008-Q334340234221564138yes
2008-Q218171231141682611yes
2008-Q115144483112628080yes
2007-Q430280157221802991yes
2007-Q3282709821774071yes
2007-Q231310104231754002yes
2007-Q119190240141755780yes
2006-Q425240238211483102yes
2006-Q328280181231823470yes
2006-Q22626022916893300yes
2006-Q119190176141343212yes
2005-Q42120034313863220yes
2005-Q329290331201473632yes
2005-Q234320215221533081yes
2005-Q11616076121143711yes
2004-Q423230291161905242yes
2004-Q325250227181763742yes
2004-Q217160208111001981yes
2004-Q128280265191483772yes
2003-Q41616013091171442yes
2003-Q324240242172063743yes
2003-Q223230017783272yes
2003-Q1212189261151696380yes
2002-Q418170249111493363yes
2002-Q327250337151063216yes
2002-Q22827015210862784yes
2002-Q1181826198122343640yes
2001-Q41818118236111222053yes
2001-Q3201931182121703881yes
2001-Q227230194171142820yes
2001-Q115150313111462591yes
2000-Q423220227151294520yes
2000-Q323210111131683020yes
2000-Q223200279101243021yes
2000-Q118166118101243210yes

A blank median means fewer than 5 permits behind it: issued permits for the first stage, and for the second, finished permits whose final is dated after their issue (a permit never issued has no span). “Slowest 10%” is the 90th percentile: one permit in ten took at least this long. Download the table as CSV or JSON; both carry the source, license and data date.

What the numbers leave out

203 of the 2,250 deck permits filed since 2000 (9%) have no final sign-off 3 years after they were issued or, if never issued, filed. A median over finished permits understates the real wait: the permits that never finish are not in it. Inspection records are not yet included: “final sign-off” is the city’s own completion date on the permit.

Project types in San Francisco's West of Twin Peaks neighborhood

Shown apart, with their own page here: bathroom remodel (7,728 filed, 5,671 finished; contractors); kitchen remodel (5,824 filed, 4,292 finished; contractors); stairs (3,019 filed, 2,134 finished; contractors); deck (2,250 filed, 1,536 finished; contractors); roof deck (178 filed, 103 finished; contractors); pergola or trellis (59 filed, 31 finished; contractors). Other types: 30,476 permits. All permits in San Francisco's West of Twin Peaks neighborhood

Nearby neighborhoods

Oceanview/Merced/Ingleside, Outer Mission, Twin Peaks; all of San Francisco; every neighborhood compared.

How this is calculated

Approved means the city issued the permit: the permit’s issue date. The first stage counts days from the filing date to the issue date, over permits issued on or after they were filed. Final sign-off means the city’s own status for the permit is “complete”, with its completion date; this site does not yet read inspection records, so the inspection date is not a separate stage. The second stage counts days from the issue date to the completion date, over permits that have reached it.

Permits are grouped by the quarter they were filed. A quarter’s median counts only its permits that have finished the stage, so recent quarters look faster than they will end up: their slow permits have not finished yet. Quarters that ended two or more years ago are marked settled; the rest are shaded in the chart. The headline’s first stage uses the last four complete quarters; its second uses the last four settled quarters.

The median is the middle permit: half took less, half more. The slowest 10% is the 90th percentile. A median needs at least 5 permits behind it, or it is left out. A project type is shown apart within a neighborhood only when it has 30 or more finished permits there; the rest are “other types”.

Never finaled means no final sign-off three years after the permit was issued (or filed, if never issued), and not expired, cancelled, withdrawn, revoked, disapproved, denied or suspended (the site’s “expired or cancelled” outcome). About a quarter of permits citywide end this way; often the work was done and nobody called for the final inspection. These permits are in the counts and not in the medians.

A permit’s neighborhood is the Analysis Neighborhood the city writes on the permit record (the official set of 41). Permits with none are counted citywide only; the page says how many. “Nearby” neighborhoods are the three nearest by the center of their permits. The site reloads the city’s data every night; permits filed since 1 January 2000 are included. The placement of a permit, its dates and its status are the city’s; the grouping and the words are this site’s. How to read these records.