Privately-owned public open spaces (POPOS) are publicly accessible spaces in forms of plazas, terraces, atriums, small parks, and even snippets which are provided and maintained by private developers. In San Francisco, POPOS mostly appear in the Downtown office district area. Prior to 1985, developers provided POPOS under three general circumstances: voluntarily, in exchange for a density bonus, or as a condition of approval. The 1985 Downtown Plan created the first systemic requirements for developers to provide publicly accessible open space as a part of projects in C-3 Districts. The goal was to “provide in the downtown quality open space in sufficient quantity and variety to meet the needs of downtown workers, residents and visitors.” (See Planning Code Section 138 for regulations). Since then, project sponsors for residential projects may provide POPOS instead of their required open spaces in the Downtown Residential (DTR) and Eastern Neighborhoods (Section 135 of the Planning Code). Learn more at http://sf-planning.org/privately-owned-public-open-space-and-public-art-popos

Snapshot of San Francisco Development Pipeline. Tracking of construction and entitlement activity based on data from Department of Building Inspection's Permit Tracking and the Planning Department's Project & Permit Tracking System, processed quarterly. For more information please see http://sf-planning.org/pipeline-report
A data dictionary can be downloaded from here:http://layers.sfplanning.org/PipelineDataDictionary.xlsx

Zoning Districts from 2007. Part of the San Francisco Planning Code. Data is a zipped GIS shapefile.

The Civic Center Cultural Landscape Inventory provides information about the historic landscape features that contribute to the Civic Center Historic District. For more information please see the Civic Center Cultural Landscape Inventory website: http://sf-planning.org/civic-center-cultural-landscape-inventory

The dataset is a zipped ArcGIS map package.

Annual Planning Department Publication.Ten-year rolling time series of economic and commerce data.Go here for the document: http://www.sf-planning.org/modules/showdocument.aspx?documentid=8937

Zoning Districts from 1998. Part of the San Francisco Planning Code. Data is a zipped GIS shapefile.

Zoning Districts from 2000. Part of the San Francisco Planning Code. Data is a zipped GIS shapefile.

Historic Height & Bulk Districts from 2009. Part of the San Francisco Planning Code. Data is a zipped GIS shapefile.

Historic Height & Bulk Districts from 2011. Part of the San Francisco Planning Code. Data is a zipped GIS shapefile.

Zoning Districts from 2012. Part of the San Francisco Planning Code. Data is a zipped GIS shapefile.