ImproveBayArea / SF Building Inspection

Report a building issue (SF)

Files a complaint directly with SF Department of Building Inspection.

DBI usually responds within 72 hours for housing complaints; commercial and structural complaints can take longer.

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Citywide DBI complaints overview

Context for your filing — recent activity across all of San Francisco.

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Daily summary

Updated 2026-11-12 06:13:41 UTC

Compares consecutive 90-day windows of complaints with a recorded neighborhood. UTC dates exclude the current day and the end date. Percentage changes require prior complaints and at least 20 complaints in either window.

2026-08-14 – 2026-11-12: 4,114 · 2026-05-16 – 2026-08-14: 4,039

Most-complained-about neighborhood (last 90 days):
Tenderloin — Complaints: 466 · Top division: Housing Inspection Services
Least-complained-about neighborhood (with >0 complaints):
Presidio — Complaints: 1
Trending up vs prior 90 days:
Japantown +155%, Lakeshore +56%, Nob Hill +52%
Trending down vs prior 90 days:
Sunset/Parkside −37%, Outer Mission −34%, Portola −33%

In the last 90 days, residents filed 4,114 complaints that included a recorded neighborhood, with the most-complained-about neighborhood being Tenderloin, which accounted for 466 complaints, primarily related to Housing Inspection Services. The least-complained-about neighborhood with at least one complaint was Presidio, with a single filing. Compared to the prior 90 days, complaints rose sharply in Japantown (+155%), Lakeshore (+56%) and Nob Hill (+52%), while they fell in Sunset/Parkside (‑37%), Outer Mission (‑34%) and Portola (‑33%).

Source: DataSF gm2e-bten · Summary by Cloudflare Workers AI (@cf/openai/gpt-oss-120b)

Complaint map

Up to 200 published complaints within 2 km of central San Francisco from the last three years. This is a bounded map sample.

Red = open · Amber = under inspection · Green = closed

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Latest 100 published complaints across San Francisco. Sorting and status filters apply to this sample.

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Source: DataSF gm2e-bten — DataSF Building Complaints dataset, refreshed daily.