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
  • https://aca-prod.accela.com/SANDIEGO/Default.aspx
• Building plans - Requires an in-person appointment: https://www.sandiego.gov/development-services/virtual-appointments
• Zoning Designations: https://www.sandiego.gov/development-services/zoning
• Building and Land Use Enforcement (BLUE) Records: https://aca-prod.accela.com/SANDIEGO/Default.aspx

Capital Improvement Projects

• Capital Improvements Project information – including by Council District, street address, project name, etc.:

   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

• https://www.sandiego.gov/planning/community/cpu

Contracts

• Bids and Contracts: https://www.sandiego.gov/purchasing/bids-contracts
• PlanetBids link: 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
• Adopted Budget: https://www.sandiego.gov/finance/annual
• Business Tax Information:
  • https://data.sandiego.gov/datasets/business-listings/
  • https://www.sandiego.gov/treasurer/taxesfees/btax/nblactive
• Transient Occupancy Tax – Active Certificates: https://data.sandiego.gov/datasets/tot-establishments/
• Short-Term Residential Occupancy (STRO) – Active Licenses: https://data.sandiego.gov/datasets/stro-licenses/
  • License Map: https://sandiego.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/sidebar/index.html?appid=95c57169391d4f1c92aa57448807e2a9

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
  • https://data.sandiego.gov/datasets/get-it-done-311/

Medical and Billing Records

• See instructions at https://www.sandiego.gov/fire/records-forms/victim-resources

Parking Data

• Parking: All parking meter locations and transactions are on the City’s Open Data portal:
  • https://data.sandiego.gov/datasets/parking-meters-transactions/
  • https://data.sandiego.gov/datasets/parking-meters-locations/
• Parking Citation Data: https://data.sandiego.gov/datasets/parking-citations/

Police Records

• Crime reports must be requested directly through SDPD Records Division: https://www.sandiego.gov/police/services/get-police-report
• Traffic accident reports are provided to parties involved. Instructions: www.sandiego.gov/police/services/traffic-accidents-reports-tickets-concerns#report
• SB1421/SB16/AB748 records: https://www.sandiego.gov/police/data-transparency/mandated-disclosures/sb16-sb1421-ab748  
• Crime Statistics and Maps: https://www.sandiego.gov/police/data-transparency/crime-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/data-transparency/policies-procedures
• Crime Scene Laboratory records: https://www.sandiego.gov/police/about/crime-lab/documents

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://www.sdarcc.gov/content/arcc/home/divisions/recorder-clerk/birth-death-marriage-certificate.html
• 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 (https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/content/sdc/cob/public-records.html); Sheriff’s Department (https://www.sdsheriff.gov/resources/open-data) 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/