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53 Valparaiso St

San Francisco permit 202510086948 · Russian Hill

Home remodelOver-the-counter, with plansIssued
Street view · Oct 2017
Google Street View of 53 Valparaiso St, Oct 2017
Scope of work
As written on the permit application.

Common area. create 10' shear wall . remove sheetrock/drywall between apartment & hallway, replace in kind, 1hr rated min. remove rotten wood & replace. reinforce as sheer wall per plans

Timeline
Key dates from the city record.
Filed
Oct 8, 2025
Issued
Oct 8, 2025 (within 1 month of filing)
Completed
Not completed yet

For comparison, San Francisco permits with the same review (over-the-counter, with plans) filed in 2025 were typically issued within 1 month (median of 5,178 issued permits).

City plan review
Each review stop the plans went through, from the city's routing record.
Review stops
5 stops across 2 departments
Comments issued
None
Review stopFinishedResult

Apartment and hotel inspection

Building Inspection · HIS

Oct 8, 2025Approved

Intake

Building Inspection · INTAKE

Oct 8, 2025Administrative

Building plan review

Building Inspection · BLDG

Oct 8, 2025Approved

Fire prevention review

Fire Department · SFFD

Oct 8, 2025Approved

Central Permit Bureau

Building Inspection · CPB

Oct 8, 2025Administrative

Source: DataSF 87xy-gk8d (Building Permit Addenda with Routing), retrieved Nov 6, 2026. Reviewer names and notes are left out.

Permit details
Permit type
OTC alterations permit
Status
Issued
Estimated cost
$5,000
People named on this permit
Only people we matched to a California license are listed.
NameRoleLicense on permit
Kelsey Foster

Verdant Structural Engineers

EngineerC84568
Sources
Everything on this page comes from public records. Check them yourself.
Permit 202510086948 on the city's permit tracking site

San Francisco Department of Building Inspection, the official record