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San Francisco Charter Section F.102 (Proposition C, passed by the voters in November 2003) requires that:

• The City establish standards for street, sidewalk, and park maintenance;
• The City departments engaged in street, sidewalk, and park maintenance publish their schedules on the web, and;
• The Controller's Office conduct an annual performance audit of the City's street, sidewalk and park maintenance and cleaning operations.

Since July 2004, the Controller's Office's City Services Auditor (CSA) Division has worked with the Departments of Recreation and Park (REC) and Public Works (DPW) to develop maintenance standards and schedules and inspect for compliance. 

• Street and Sidewalk Maintenance Annual Report FY 2007-08
• FY 2007-08 Parks Annual Report: Park Scores Increased for Third Year and Differences Between District Averages Narrowed
• Street, Sidewalk, and Park Maintenance Annual Report FY 2006-07 
• Street, Sidewalk, and Park Maintenance Annual Report FY 2005-06
• Street, Sidewalk, and Park Maintenance Annual Report FY 2004-05

• Survey of San Francisco Park Users Spring 2007
• Reports on Selected Target Parks FY 2006-07
• Report on Inspection Results for All Parks FY 2005-06 (PDF)

Related Materials

	Park	Street and Sidewalk
Maintenance Standards*
Maintenance Schedule*
Department Web Pages

Schedules
CSA has assisted REC and DPW in developing schedules for street and park maintenance functions. The information is available at the individual park and street level.

Public Presentations
As the schedules and standards were being developed, CSA presented its findings to the Mayor in SFStat meetings as well as to public organizations such as the Parks, Recreation, Open Space Advisory Committee (PROSAC). DPW has two SFStat presentations related to the program. Please click on April 25th presentation to see how the standards were developed and the November 7th presentation to see evaluation results.

CSA thanks you for your interest and participation. If you need further information, please email the Controller's City Services Auditor Division at Performance.con@sfgov.org.