Community Benefit Districts

Community Benefit Districts (CBD), also known as Business Improvement Districts (BIDs), strive to improve the quality of life on commercial and mixed-use corridors. Each district is a partnership between the City and local communities. Local property owners vote to become a CBD and agree to pay an assessment. A nonprofit created by the neighborhood distributes the funding for various improvements.

Learn more about current CBDs in San Francisco below.

• Castro Community Benefit District
  • Andrea Aiello, Executive Director
    Phone: 415-500-1181
    Fax: 415-522-0395
    Email: execdirector@castrocbd.org
• Civic Center Community Benefit District
  • Tracy Everwine, Executive Director
    Phone: 415-658-7979
    Email: info@sfciviccenter.org
  • CBD Dispatch
    Phone: 415-781-4700
    Email: dispatch@sfciviccenter.org
• Discover Polk Community Benefit District
  • Duncan Ley, Co-Executive Director 
    Ben Bleiman, Co-Executive Director 
    Phone: 415-481-2845
    Email: info@discoverpolk.org
• Downtown Community Benefit District (DBA: Downtown SF Partnership)
  • Robbie Silver, Executive Director
    Phone: 415-484-8228
    Email: RSilver@downtownsf.org
• The East Cut Community Benefit District
  • Andrew Robinson, Executive Director 
    Phone: 415-536-5880
    Email: arobinson@theeastcut.org
• Fisherman’s Wharf Community Benefit District
  • Randall Scott, Executive Director 
    Phone: 415-673-3530
    Email: info@fwcbd.com
• Japantown Community Benefit District
  • Grace Horikiri, Executive Director
    Phone: 415-265-5207
    Email: info@jtowncbd.org
• Lower Polk Community Benefit District
  • Chris Schulman, Executive Director
    Phone: 415-775-1180
    Email: info@lowerpolkcbd.org
• Mid Market Community Benefit District
  • Tracy Everwine, Executive Director
    Phone: 415-957-5985
    Email: info@midmarketcbd.org
  • CBD Dispatch
    Phone: 415-543-5223
    Email: dispatch@midmarketcbd.org
• Moscone Expansion District
  • Paul Frentsos, Executive Director
    Email: paul@sftravel.com
• Noe Valley Community Benefit District
  • Debra Niemann, Executive Director
    Phone: 415-519-0093
    Email: info@noevalleyassociation.org
• Ocean Avenue Community Benefit District
  • Christian Martin, Executive Director 
    Phone: 650-273-6223
    Email: christianm@oaacbd.org 
• SoMa West Community Benefit District
  • Christian Martin, Executive Director
    Phone: 415-960-7228
    Email: info@swcbd.org
  • CBD Dispatch
• North of Market/Tenderloin Community Benefit District
  • Kate Robinson, Executive Director
    Phone: 415-292-4812
    Email: info@tlcbd.org
  • CBD Dispatch
    415-385-5490 (TLCBD Clean Team)
• Tourism Improvement District
  • Paul Frentsos, Executive Director
    Email: paul@sftravel.com
• Union Square Business Improvement District (DBA: Union Square Alliance)
  • Marisa Rodriguez, Executive Director 
    Phone: 415-781-7880
    Email: info@unionsquarebid.com
  • CBD Dispatch
    Phone: 415-781-4456
    Email: cleanandsafe@unionsquarebid.com
• Yerba Buena Community Benefit District
  • Scott Rowitz, Executive Director
    Phone: 415-644-0728
    Email: info@ybcbd.org
  • CBD Dispatch
    Call: 415-543-9223
    Text: 415-559-1362
    Email: dispatch@ybcbd.org

Email CBD.assessment@sfgov.org with any questions. In the subject line please write "CBD Inquiry (indicate neighborhood)."

For more immediate help, call 415-554-6969.