San Francisco Planning Department Project Records

A nightly updated list of development projects captured by PRJ records from the Planning Department's Accela database. Supplemental applications are linked as child records. The data originates from the City of San Francisco's permitting system.

Use Cases

• Track the status and scope of development projects based on PRJ records.
• Analyze the relationship between primary projects and supplemental applications based on the CHILD_ID column.
• Monitor urban development trends in San Francisco based on Planning Department records.

Strengths

• Updated nightly, suggesting relatively current data.
• Linked to a separate dataset for related child records, providing a broader context.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

City of San Francisco Planning Department

Collection Method

Records exported from the Planning Department's Accela permitting system.

Freshness

Updated nightly.

Geography

San Francisco