Pursuant to San Francisco Charter § F1.102 of Appendix F, the San Francisco Park Evaluation Program (SFPEP) has regularly evaluated and assessed the conditions of all San Francisco civic plazas and squares, mini parks, neighborhood parks and playgrounds, parkways and regional parks since 2005. The City Services Auditor division of the Controller’s Office and Recreation & Parks Department (RPD) staff conduct quarterly evaluations. The Controller’s Office use the results to communicate the condition of San Francisco’s parks to RPD management and park staff, elected officials, and the public, and to improve park conditions by efficient resource allocation and improved maintenance. Starting with fiscal year 2015 with an updated maintenance evaluation standard, the data are collected and maintained in a source system within the Recreation & Parks Department.

The park evaluation data are summarized in this dataset here.

To see more details on each park's scores, please visit the new public dashboard: https://www.sf.gov/san-francisco-park-maintenance-scores

The City Survey asks residents to indicate their usage and satisfaction with city services and infrastructure like libraries, Muni, public safety, and street cleanliness. The City Survey was conducted every year from 1996 to 2004, and biennially from 2005 onward. The City Survey was not conducted in 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and resumed in 2023. Survey methodology was changed in 2015 from a mail to a phone survey, and expanded to include in-person and online options in 2023. Comparisons to previous years should be interpreted with caution.

Results should be weighted using the column "weight" in order to adjust for demographic differences between the City Survey sample and San Francisco's population. Please note that survey results were originally reported as unweighted until 1997. From 1997 onward, all City Survey results were reweighted with the exception of data from 2011. For ease of use, the column "weight" has been coded with a value of one for these years.

A code book is also attached to this dataset under About > Attachments. Neighborhood and Zip Code data have been hidden from this data set and are only available upon special request to citysurvey@sfgov.org.

For more information regarding San Francisco City Survey 1996-2023 Database, please visit the City Survey website at https://sf.gov/citysurvey or contact the San Francisco Controller's Office at citysurvey@sfgov.org.