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Records Available Online or Through a Different Process
Building and Code Enforcement Records
- Building records 2003 to present: https://opendsd.sandiego.gov/Web/Approvals/Search
- Building records 1955 to 2003 and architectural plans: https://www.sandiego.gov/development-services/records/request-form
- Zoning Designations: https://www.sandiego.gov/development-services/zoning
- Code Enforcement Case Records: https://aca-prod.accela.com/SANDIEGO/Default.aspx
Capital Improvement Projects
- Capital Improvement Projects by Council District: https://cipapp.sandiego.gov/cipdistrictnav.aspx
- CIP Project information: https://www.sandiego.gov/cip/projectinfo
City Clerk
- Council and Committee Meetings http://sandiego.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=31
- Official City Records: https://www.sandiego.gov/city-clerk/officialdocs
Community Plan Updates
Contracts
- Bids and Contracts: https://www.sandiego.gov/purchasing/bids-contracts
- PlanetBids: https://pbsystem.planetbids.com/portal/17950/portal-home
- Construction Contracts: https://www.sandiego.gov/cip/reports/constructioncontracts
Financial Records
- Unclaimed Monies: https://www.sandiego.gov/sites/default/files/unclaimedmonies-a-z.pdf
- Financial Reports: https://www.sandiego.gov/finance/financialrpts
- Proposed Budget: https://www.sandiego.gov/finance/proposed
- Business Tax Information: https://data.sandiego.gov/datasets/business-listings/ and https://www.sandiego.gov/treasurer/taxesfees/btax/nblactive
Fire Incidents Records
- Fire Incidents Data: https://data.sandiego.gov/datasets/fire-incidents/
Get It Done Data
- Get It Done Reports: https://www.sandiego.gov/get-it-done or https://data.sandiego.gov/datasets/get-it-done-311/
Parking Data
- Parking: All parking meter locations and transactions are on the City’s Open Data portal - https://data.sandiego.gov/
- Parking Citation Data - https://data.sandiego.gov/datasets/parking-citations/
Police Records
- Crime reports must be requested directly to SDPD: Records Division at 619-531-2846 or walk-in (1401 Broadway, San Diego, CA 92101) Monday through Friday between 7:30 am - 4:00 pm.
- Traffic accidents are only provided to those involved in the accident. Instructions are available at https://www.sandiego.gov/police/services/faqs/traffic#report
- SB1421/AB748 records: https://www.sandiego.gov/police/news/sb1421
- Crime Statistics and Maps: https://www.sandiego.gov/police/services/statistics
- RIPA Police Stop Data, Police Calls for Service, and Hate Crimes are available on the Open Data portal: https://data.sandiego.gov/datasets/?department=police
- SDPD Procedures Manual: https://www.sandiego.gov/police/about/procedures
- Crime Scene Laboratory records: https://www.sandiego.gov/police/services/crime-laboratory-documents Crime Scene Laboratory
Prevailing Wage (Certified Payroll Records)
- For Certified Payroll and Fringe Benefit records, submit an email to PWDPrevailingWage@sandiego.gov
Public Utilities Department
- Plumbing/GIS records: https://www.sandiego.gov/public-utilities/customer-service/your-home-plumbing/gis
- Point Loma Annual Reports: https://www.sandiego.gov/public-utilities/permits-construction/industrial-user-permits/pointlomawtp
- South Bay Annual Reports: https://www.sandiego.gov/public-utilities/permits-construction/industrial-user-permits/southbaywtp
Additional information or data may be available on the Departments’ homepages: https://www.sandiego.gov/city-hall/departments
Not City of San Diego Records:
The following are not records of the City of San Diego. You may contact the agencies identified below for these records.
- Vital Records (Birth, Death, Marriage records): County of San Diego at https://arcc.sdcounty.ca.gov/Pages/recorder.aspx
- Court records (including divorce records): San Diego Superior Court at http://www.sdcourt.ca.gov/
- Property Records (Property tax, real estate ownership records): County of San Diego at https://www.sdttc.com/
- Records for jurisdictions outside of the City of San Diego may be maintained by:
- County of San Diego at https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/;
- Sheriff’s Department at https://www.sdsheriff.net/ or
- individual cities’ websites within the County (i.e. Escondido, La Mesa, Vista, El Cajon)
- Public Housing or Rental Assistance: San Diego Housing Commission at https://www.sdhc.org/