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The formula for determining individual assessment fees can be found in the CBD’s Management Plan. This information for each assessed property within the CBD’s boundaries is provided, by APN, here.
Treasurer and Tax Collector’s Office | http://www.sftreasurer.org | or call 311
Property owners, business owners, and residents in the Castro Community Benefit District are represented by District 8 Supervisor
Garbage, waste, recycling and other trash collection for commercial and residential customers in the District is done by Recology SF.
For information on services (both routine and special pickups)| 415-330-1400.
Recycling Information for Homeowners/Residents
Make sure you stop by Castro and Market St. to talk with our friendly Castro Ambassadors. It is the responsibility of each property owner to ensure that the information provided to the Castro/Upper Market CBD, from the Assessor’s office is correct.
For more information about your assessment fees see the Castro CBD’s Management Plan.
Emergency and Non-Emergencies
For emergency police, fire or medical services, dial 911. Most City Departments can be accessed through the City’s main website at www.SFGov.org
Office of the Assessor-Recorder
City Hall
1 Dr Carlton B Goodlett Pl #190
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 554-5596
www.sfassessor.org
Office of Small Business
Small Business Assistance Center
City Hall, Room 110
1 Dr.
Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 554-6134 Tel
(415) 558-7844 Fax
www.sfgov.org/smallbusiness
The Small Business Assistance Center is a “one-stop” City Department designed to coordinate starting a new business with the various City Services and permits involved, and to provide liaison and assistance for existing businesses as well.
Departments Providing Major Services to Property Owners and Businesses
S.F.
Vibrant and eclectic, the Castro/Upper Market neighborhood is an internationally known symbol of gay freedom, a top tourist destination full of stylish shops and popular entertainment spots, and a thriving residential area that thousands of San Franciscans call home.
Its streets are filled with lovingly restored Victorian homes, rainbow pride flags, shops offering one-of-a-kind merchandise, heritage streetcars, lively bars and restaurants, and numerous gay-borhood landmarks including Harvey Milk Plaza, the Castro Theatre, Pink Triangle Park and Memorial, and the large SF Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center.
The Castro District, better known as The Castro, is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California, which is also known as Eureka Valley.
San Francisco’s gay village is most concentrated in the business district that is located on Castro Street from Market Street to 19th Street.
Department of Public Works | www.SFDPW.org | 415-554-6920
Administers work in a number of areas, including streets and sidewalks, graffiti control, litter control and pickup (see also the link below to Sunset Scavenger), street trees, sidewalk news racks, special event permits. The Best of The Castro has all the information in Out & About but is available in six (6) languages.
Out & About (PDF)
Best Of The Castro
Français
Deutsche
Español
日本語 (Japanese)
中国的 (Chinese)
Italiano
After the Castro going to The Haight, Twin Peaks, Mission Dolores, Golden Gate Bridge or the Golden Gate Park?
Easy directions provided here, by foot, by car or by public transit!
The Castro Ambassadors have created the popular Out & About walking map, available free by visiting the Castro Ambassadors or also available here. Contact the Office of the City Assessor-Recorder.
The assessment fees are listed below by year. The CBD receives its information on linear frontage, lot size, building size and building use from the San Francisco Office of Assessor-Recorder.
Assessments are based on linear frontage, lot size, building square footage and building use. As a 501c(3) nonprofit governed by a community-based board of directors, the Castro CBD exists to benefit everyone in the neighborhood: residents seeking safe, clean streets; business owners building their dreams; visitors exploring our history; and vulnerable community members who need support and compassion.
To correct information on your property contact the Office of Assessor-Recorder directly. To be fully enforceable and effective and in compliance with City rules, the signs must be signed annually. Some consider it to include Duboce Triangle and Dolores Heights which both have a strong LGBT presence.
Castro Street itself runs south through Noe Valley, crossing the 24th Street business district, and terminating a few blocks farther south as it moves toward the Glen Park neighborhood.
Support the Castro!
The word “community” isn’t just part of our title – it’s the heart of everything we do.
It extends down Market Street toward Church and on both sides of the Castro neighborhood from Church Street to Eureka Street. Resource List of Other Community Programs (PDF) (please check back)
Rules for posting flyers on City Street Poles are at http://www.sfgov.org
Report violations to “311” or 28Clean@SFDPW.org | S.F.
Department of the Environment | www.SFEnvironment.org | 415-355-3700
S.F. For all other non-emergency calls (to report parking violations, sit-lie violations, etc.) call 415-553-0123, police non-emergency. Although the greater gay community was, and is, concentrated in the Castro many gay people live in the surrounding residential areas bordered by the Mission District, Noe Valley, Twin Peaks, and Haight-Ashbury neighborhoods.