- The official name assigned to a segment of street or right-of-way that is legislated through the subdivision process and/or Board of Supervisors
- Street names are generally established when streets are created as a result of the development / subdivision of land codified in the City's subdivision codes
- Renaming streets can be initiated by members of the public or the Board of Supervisors according to the process documented by Public Works
Note: The above only applies to city-owned public streets
- Above is the street sign for Jack Kerouac Alley (formerly Adler Alley). On the street sign, both names are present for five years following a name change.
- New street names assigned during the development / subdivision of land
- Recordation of final parcel maps including new streets happens with the Office of the Assessor-Recorder
- Before recordation, subdivision maps are approved by the County Surveyor, the Public Works Director and the Board of Supervisors
- Part of the process defined in the City Subdivision Codes
- Renaming of streets requires:
- Petition with signatures submitted to Public Works for review with a submittal fee
- The resolution referred to the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
- A Public Hearing at the Land Use and Economic Development Committee
- Board of Supervisors approval
- Mayor's signature
- For official base maps to label the streets properly
- As a component part of a full address (see address formatting guidance)
- To validate against user submitted address data (e.g. in a form online)
- Official street names are maintained in the City's Official Basemap updated by Public Works staff
- The full list of valid City street names is available in the street names dataset
| Dataset | Description and Constraints | Reference Columns |
|---|---|---|
| Street Names | Contains a list of officially valid street names contained in the City's Basemap | fullstreetname composed of streetname & streettype & postdirection |
| San Francisco Basemap Street Centerlines | A geographic reference of the all basemap streets including a number of street components like the valid name | streetname composed of street & st_type |