A complete list of government entities for the City and County of San Francisco

Total: 191

• Elected: 11
• Boards and Commissions: 54
• Departments: 56
• Advisory: 75

Primary Sources

• SF Charter (Elected, Boards/Commissions)
• SF Campaign and Government Conduct Code (Departments)
• City Attorney's website (Boards/Commissions, Advisory)
• "Commission Impossible" Civil Grand Jury Report (Boards/Commissions, Advisory)

Other Sources

• Granicus (via City Administrator) (Commissions, Advisory)
  • Advisory Body Quarterly Reports via 311

Notes

Note: The City Attorney's list of boards and commissions does not include the following:

• City advisory bodies created by the Mayor or a City agency but not created or approved through legislation.
• Boards and commissions whose jurisdiction is not limited to the City, including:
  • Association of Bay Area Governments Executive Board
  • Bay Area Air Quality
  • Management District Board
  • Transbay Joint Powers Authority Board
  • Metropolitan Transportation Commission
• Boards and commissions that govern agencies distinct from the City, including:
  • Board of Education
  • Governing Board of the Community College District
  • Housing Authority Commission
  • Law Library Board of Trustees
  • Parking Authority
  • Health Authority
  • Local Agency Formation Commission
  • Commission on Community Investment Infrastructure
  • Oversight Board of the Successor Agency to the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency

Note: I received the following clarification from the City Attorney's office on departments (listed in Campaign & Governmental Conduct Code Section 3.1-103(b)(1)):

• The Finance Corporation - not technically city department
• Local Agency Formation Commission - not technically City Departments
• Golden Gate Park Concourse Authority is disbanding as required by November 2022’s Proposition N.