City hall to report twice yearly on efforts to cut red tape

Push to cut SF red tape produces first bill

A sweeping effort to speed up San Francisco’s permitting process has now yielded its first concrete legislative proposal: a measure to make it easier for homeowners to replace aging backyard structures.

City hall to report twice yearly on efforts to cut red tape

'It could be a small change in the process within city hall that actually ends up with a major impact on residents … . This is not a new innovative thinking, but … it has not trickled down far enough to help support municipal governments in a certain way.'