3838 California St

San Francisco permit 202601294867 · Presidio Heights

Commercial or tenant improvementOver-the-counter, with plansIssued

Street view · May 2025

Google Street View of 3838 California St, May 2025

Scope of work

As written on the permit application.

Suite #505: interior t.i. to convert an existing office to an exam room & convert a protion of an existing open office area to a storage room.mechanical, electrical & fire related shall be design build under seperate permit. no exterior work.

Timeline

Key dates from the city record.

Filed: Jan 29, 2026
Issued: Apr 30, 2026 (3 months after filing)
Completed: Not completed yet

For comparison, San Francisco permits with the same review (over-the-counter, with plans) filed in 2026 were typically issued within 1 month (median of 3,682 issued permits).

City plan review

Each review stop the plans went through, from the city's routing record.

Review stops: 7 stops across 4 departments
Comments issued: None

Review stop	Arrived	Finished	Result
Intake Building Inspection · INTAKE	Jan 29, 2026	Jan 29, 2026	Administrative
Building plan review Building Inspection · BLDG	Jan 29, 2026	Jan 29, 2026	Approved
Mechanical and energy plan review Building Inspection · MECH	Jan 29, 2026	Jan 29, 2026	Approved-Stipulated
Fire prevention review Fire Department · SFFD	Jan 29, 2026	Jan 29, 2026	Approved
Public Utilities Commission review Public Utilities · SFPUC	Jan 29, 2026	Jan 29, 2026	Approved
Public health review Public Health · HEALTH	Jan 30, 2026	Jan 30, 2026	Not Applicable
Central Permit Bureau Building Inspection · CPB	Apr 30, 2026	Apr 30, 2026	Administrative

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: $25,000

People named on this permit

Only people we matched to a California license are listed.

Name	Role	License on permit
Grant Takahashi Lee Gtl Architects	Architect	C31769

Sources

Everything on this page comes from public records. Check them yourself.

Permit 202601294867 on the city's permit tracking site

San Francisco Department of Building Inspection, the official record

DataSF Building PermitsAddress, scope, cost, dates and status
Retrieved Nov 5, 2026
DataSF Building Permit ContactsArchitects and engineers named on the permit
Retrieved Nov 5, 2026
DataSF Building Permit Addenda with RoutingPlan review stops and results
Retrieved Nov 6, 2026
Google Street ViewStreet photo
Taken May 2025