Departments | San Francisco

311 Customer Service Center

We help San Francisco residents, visitors, and businesses access City services and information 24 hours a day, 7 days a week via phone, web, and mobile. We offer assistance in over 160 languages over the phone.

Adult Probation Department

We protect and serve the community, further justice, inspire change, and prioritize racial equity so that all people may thrive.

Airport

SFO offers the most nonstop service from the City and the Bay Area to the rest of the U.S. and the world.

Animal Care and Control

SFACC is SF’s only open door animal shelter. We also investigate animal cruelty and rescue wildlife.

Arts Commission

We support artists and arts nonprofits in San Francisco.

Asian Art Museum

Through the power of art, the Asian Art Museum brings the diverse cultures of Asia to life.

Assessment Appeals Board

We decide disputes between the Assessor's Office and property owners to equalize the valuation of taxable property in San Francisco.

Assessor-Recorder

We locate taxable property in SF, identify ownership, establish taxable value, and apply legal exemptions.

Behavioral Health

We provide mental health and substance use services for San Franciscans.

Board of Appeals

We provide a final administrative review process for appeals on a range of City determinations.

Board of Supervisors

The legislative branch of the City and County of San Francisco.

California Academy of Sciences

The mission of the California Academy of Sciences is to explore, explain, and sustain life.

Child Support Services

We help parents and legal guardians get financial and medical support for their children.

Children and Families Commission

First 5 designs, implements and funds solutions for the health, well-being and education of young children.

Children, Youth and Their Families

DCYF creates and facilitates innovative citywide policy and projects in support of children, youth and families.

City Administrator

With integrity, the Office of the City Administrator serves all San Franciscans and its visitors.

City Attorney

We provide legal services to the Mayor, Board of Supervisors, elected officials, and agencies of the City and County of San Francisco.

Civil Grand Jury

We scrutinizes the conduct of public business and investigate operations of the City and County of San Francisco.

Civil Service Commission

We maintain a fair system to make sure the City hires the best-qualified people for public service.

Committee on Information Technology

COIT is the main governance body that makes decisions regarding the future of the City’s technology.

Contract Monitoring Division

We oversee the City's contracting process to ensure economic justice for all.

Controller's Office

We work to ensure the City's financial integrity and accountability, making San Francisco a better place to live and work.

Convention Facilities Department

We are responsible for management and operations of the Moscone Center.

DataSF

We seek to transform the way the City works through the use of data.

Department of Building Inspection

DBI approves plans and issues permits for all construction in the City. We make sure buildings are safe and comply with building and housing codes.

Department of Disability and Aging Services

DAS coordinates services for older adults, veterans, people with disabilities, and their families.

Department of Elections

We conduct free, fair, and functional elections for the City and County of San Francisco.

Department of Emergency Management

DEM manages San Francisco's every day and not-so-everyday emergencies. DEM also helps everyone in San Francisco know how to prepare for emergencies, and what to do to be safe during one.

Department of Police Accountability

We investigate complaints about police officers and recommend policy changes.

Department of Public Health

We protect and promote the health of all San Franciscans.

Department of Technology

We provide innovative technology services that are resilient and secure to deliver equitable public services.

Digital Services

We transform how residents interact with the City by building services designed around the people that use them.

Disease Prevention and Control

We protect public health through clinics, Public Health Laboratory, and our chronic disease prevention team.

District Attorney

We promote public safety and responsible reform through restoring accountability and consequences to the criminal justice system in San Francisco.

DPH Office of Compliance and Privacy Affairs

The San Francisco Department of Public Health (DPH) Office of Compliance and Privacy Affairs (OCPA) promotes a high standard of conduct and integrity that is core to DPH’s mission and beliefs. OCPA provides guidance, resources, and support to clinical and other departmental operations to help protect patients, safeguard sensitive information, and help mitigate and prevent fraud, waste, and abuse.

Elections Commission

We oversee all public elections in San Francisco.

Emergency Medical Services Agency

The Emergency Medical Services Agency (EMSA) provides oversight for the Emergency Medical Services System in San Francisco. We direct, plan, monitor, and evaluate the San Francisco EMS System in collaboration with system and community providers.

Entertainment Commission

We permit and regulate entertainment for venues and events in San Francisco.

Environment Department

We provide solutions that advance climate protection and enhance quality of life for all San Franciscans.

Environmental Health

We help San Franciscans live, work, and do business safely through improving environments, protecting health, and promoting equity.

Ethics Commission

We educate about and enforce governmental ethics laws, including audits, investigations and enforcement.

Film SF

We champion filming in San Francisco to support a diversity of storytellers and our thriving production community.

Fine Arts Museums

The de Young and the Legion of Honor are the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Together, they are the City's largest public arts institution.

Fire commission

The Fire Commission ensures that the San Francisco Fire Department effectively implements its Mission

Fire Department

SFFD protects San Franciscans from fires and natural disasters, through education and emergency services.

Grants for the Arts

We provide general operating support for arts and culture organizations, and fund re-granting to individual artists and groups.

Historic Preservation Commission

We advise the City on San Francisco historic preservation goals, policies and programs.

Homelessness and Supportive Housing

HSH works to make homelessness in San Francisco rare, brief, and one time.

Human Resources

We oversee hiring for the City of San Francisco, including special job and career programs.

Human Rights Commission

The San Francisco Human Rights Commission works in service of the City’s anti-discrimination laws to further racial solidarity, equity, and healing.

Human Services Agency

HSA offers food and cash assistance, health insurance, job training, early education, and supportive care.

Jury Commissioner (Jury Duty)

Information about Jury Duty. You can also call the Juror Information Line on 415-551-3608.

Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council

We develop and implement a continuum of county-based responses to juvenile crime.

Juvenile Probation Commission

We oversee the Juvenile Probation Department.

Juvenile Probation Department

We promote community safety by helping juvenile justice-involved young people and their families to thrive.

Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center

Our mission is to provide a welcoming, therapeutic, and healing environment that promotes individual health and wellbeing.

Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development

MOHCD supports residents with affordable housing opportunities and essential services to build strong communities.

Mayor's Office of Innovation

We work with cross-sector partners to bring in new tools and ideas for some of the City's biggest impact areas.

Mayor's Office on Disability

The Mayor’s Officer on Disability assists City departments in making all programs, services, benefits, activities, and facilities owned, operated, or funded by the City and County of San Francisco accessible to and useable by individuals with disabilities.

Municipal Transportation Agency

The SFMTA manages Muni, walking, bicycling, parking, driving, paratransit, and taxis.

Office of Cannabis

We issue cannabis business permits, write cannabis regulations, and foster equity.

Office of Civic Engagement and Immigrant Affairs

We operate and fund programs that help immigrants. We also help the City meet the Language Access Ordinance.

Office of Community Investment & Infrastructure

OCII is responsible for development in Mission Bay, Transbay, and Hunters Point Shipyard and Candlestick Point.

Office of Contract Administration

We help the City procure goods and services to provide residents with essential government services.

Office of Economic and Workforce Development

OEWD strives to create a thriving and resilient economy, where barriers to economic and workforce opportunities are removed, and prosperity is shared equitably by all.

Office of Financial Empowerment

We work to strengthen the economic security and mobility of all San Franciscans.

Office of Labor Standards Enforcement

The San Francisco Office of Labor Standards Enforcement (OLSE) advances the welfare of San Francisco’s workers through the enforcement of labor laws, proactive public education, and high quality public service.

Office of Small Business

San Francisco's central point of information for small businesses.

Office of the Chief Medical Examiner

We are responsible for the medicolegal investigation and the certification of the cause of death and the manner of death for only those deaths under our jurisdiction (sudden, unexpected, or violent deaths); such as deaths outside a hospital or the care of a physician, accidental drug overdose, or suspected suicides or homicides. Find out more below.