Building Inspection Commission

We manage the Department of Building Inspection and oversee enforcement of the city's building codes.

Meetings

Schedule

Third Wednesday of every month. Meetings are accessible, open to the public, and aired live on SFGovTV Channel 78 and SFGovTV website. Meetings are held in-person and on WebEx.

Meeting recordings

Archives of Building Inspection Commission meeting recordings can be found at SFGovTV.

About

The San Francisco Building Inspection Commission and the Department of Building Inspection were created by voter referendum in 1994. The Building Inspection Commission was designed to provide representation for the various communities, which interact with the Building Department. The Building Inspection Commission recommends candidates to serve as the director of DBI, sets policy, hears various appeals on issues leading up to the issuance of building permits, sits as the Abatement Appeals Board to hear appeals of Director's Orders of Abatement, and provides a public forum through their monthly meetings.

People

Commission members

Currently, the seven different commission slots are filled by a structural engineer, a licensed architect, a residential tenant, a residential builder, a residential landlord, a community based non-profit housing developer, and a member of the general public at large. The Mayor appoints four positions and the President of the Board of Supervisors appoints three. 

 

 

8245,
Raquel Bito
President
Licensed Architect Seat
8245,
Jason Tam
Vice President
Landlord Seat
8245,
8245,
Angie Sommer
Licensed Structural Engineer Seat
8245,
Bianca Neumann
Non-Profit Seat
8245,
Earl Shaddix
Public Seat

Staff

8245,
Sonya Harris
Secretary
8245,
Monique Mustapha
Assistant secretary

Contact

Department of Building Inspection

Building Inspection Commission
49 South Van Ness
5th floor
San Francisco, CA 94103
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Phone

Request public records

Email dbi.sunshinerequests@sfgov.org to submit a request.