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Locations of issued construction permits. This dataset can be a useful tool for tracking city real estate development trends, including neighborhoods most at risk of gentrification or disinvestment, as well as for tracking specific development projects and holding developers and city planners accountable. (More info)
| Question | Answer | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Openly licensed | Yes | |
| Available in bulk | Yes | |
| Up-to-date | Yes | |
| Available free online | Yes | |
| Available free of charge | Yes | |
| In an open format | CSV, JSON, RDF, TSV, XML | |
| findable | 4 | |
| findable_steps | Go to data.sfgov.org; search for "Building Permits"; first link | |
| licence_url | https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/pddl/1.0/ | Click on Show More, under "Licensing and Attribution" |
| Collected by government | Yes | |
| usability | 3 | |
| collector_name | San Francisco Department of Building Inspection | |
| characteristics | Date of issue, Expiration date, Address, Permit type, Work description | |
| location | href="https://data.sfgov.org/Housing-and-Buildings/Building-Permits/i98e-djp9" https://data.sfgov.org/Housing-and-Buildings/Building-P">rel="nofollow">https://data.sfgov.org/Housing-and-Buildings/Building-P - Building Permits |
