Street Names

Definition

• 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

Illustration

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.

• 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.

Authority

• 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

Use

• 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)

Accepted values

• 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

Reference Datasets

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

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