Active Alerts

Flood and high wind watch for San Francisco. 

For your safety, avoid driving or walking through standing water at all cost.
Please be cautious of manhole covers that may have been dislodged. Report dislodged manhole covers to @SF311. 

Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Activated

The City has activated the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) to coordinate citywide operations, such as clearing storm drains, responding to hill slides, distributing sandbags, and ensuring residents are informed.
Report non-life-threating storm issues to 311, such as:

  • Clogged catch basins
  • Non-life-threatening street and residential flooding
  • Sewer backups or wastewater odors
  • Downed trees

Read more about what to do before and during the storm.

Stay safe and avoid unnecessary travel.

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Lands and Rights of Way

We manage over 210-miles of rights-of-way lands, which are owned in fee or controlled as easements and located in Alameda, Santa Clara, and San Mateo Counties.

Our right of ways (ROW) traverse rural and urban settings, with the majority located adjacent to or through urban communities and vary in width from 40 feet to 100 feet. Parcel shapes are generally linear, but a variation in parcel shape is not uncommon.

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Project Review and Land Use - Bay Area

Outlining the procedures for those seeking to utilize, cross, or affect SFPUC lands in San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Alameda Counties

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Project Review and Land Use - Hetch Hetchy Water and Power

Outlining the procedures for those seeking to utilize, cross, or affect SFPUC lands in San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne counties

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Project Review and Land Use - San Francisco

Outlining the procedures for those seeking to utilize, cross, or affect SFPUC lands and infrastructure located within the City and County of San Francisco

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Land Engineering Evaluation

The Land Engineering Group provides engineering evaluation for the use of SFPUC right of ways, where water impoundment and transmission facilities are present.

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Real Estate Services

The Real Estate Services Division negotiates agreements for the lease, license, purchase and sale of real property in the SFPUC’s real property portfolio and administers existing real estate agreements.