Property Filing Notification Program

At a glance

• What: Ordinance creating a system run by the Assessor-Recorder to notify property owners when documents affecting their real property are filed.
• Where it stands: Recommended by the Rules Committee October 19 (3-0) and passed on first reading by the Board October 20, 2026, 9-0.
• Next: Second reading and final passage.

Details

• File No. 261014, assigned under the 30-day rule September 15 (expiry noted as October 15); referred to the Assessor-Recorder September 23.
• Hsieh and Lung gave an overview in committee. Supervisor Walton moved to recommend as a committee report; carried 3-0 (Walton, Sherrill, Mandelman).

Sources

• Board of Supervisors minutes (draft), October 20, 2026: https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=1456063&GUID=0A30E5F1-D311-43A1-853E-C5E13B727FFB
• Rules Committee minutes, October 19, 2026: https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=1454738&GUID=E53A3713-ABE1-45F9-9B86-9199B70C8E5D

Log

2026-10-20 - Board of Supervisors

PASSED ON FIRST READING, 9-0.

2026-10-19 - Rules Committee

Heard; RECOMMENDED AS COMMITTEE REPORT, 3-0.

2026-10-27 - Board of Supervisors

FINALLY PASSED, 11-0: Recorder Notification Program (file 261014).