Title 4 — SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS›Chapter 55 — MECHANICAL STREET SWEEPING
San Francisco Administrative Code § 55.2 Evaluation of Mechanical Street Sweeping Operations
San Francisco Administrative Code · 2026-08 edition · updated 2026-10-19 · San Francisco
Cite as: San Francisco Administrative Code § 55.2 · Text as of 2026-10-19
(a) Periodic Reporting on Performance and Recommendations. At least once every ten years, the Director of Public Works or the Director’s designee (“Director”) shall submit to the Board of Supervisors and the Mayor, and publish on the Department’s website, a written report evaluating the Department’s mechanical street sweeping operations. The report shall include the information identified in subsection (b) of this Section 55.2 and include findings and recommendations on how the Department may improve the performance of mechanical street sweeping operations.
(b) Performance Criteria. The written report may measure performance based on the following criteria and any other criteria that the Director determines to be relevant to evaluate mechanical street sweeping operations:
(1) effectiveness and efficiency of mechanical street sweeping equipment;
(2) estimated average quantity of debris collected per block, season, mile, or supervisor district;
(3) number of requests and complaints from the public concerning street sweeping operations; and
(4) rate of route completion as scheduled, including frequency that scheduled street sweeping is not completed and frequency that scheduled street sweeping is delayed.
(c) Effects of Other Factors. The written report may consider the effects of the following factors, and any other factors the Director deems relevant, on the effectiveness of mechanical street sweeping operations:
(1) traffic volume;
(2) land use;
(3) sediment and trash accumulation;
(4) proximity to bodies of water;
(5) illegal parking;
(6) traffic control devices in the roadway and bicycle lanes; and
(7) the Shared Spaces program, including blocks where mechanical street sweeping is infeasible due to conflicts with the Shared Spaces Program.
(d) Recommendations. Each written report shall include recommendations on how to improve the performance of mechanical street sweeping operations, including proposed changes to staffing and the mechanical street sweeping schedule.
(e) Initial Report; Subsequent Reports. The Department shall submit its initial written report to the Board of Supervisors and the Mayor no later than March 31, 2027. Thereafter, the Department shall submit a written report to the Board of Supervisors every ten years.
(Added by Ord. 51-26, File No. 251254, App. 4/10/2026, Eff. 5/11/2026)
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