About this Dataset

Citywide Records Retention Schedules

A. SUMMARY The Index to Records lists records City and County of San Francisco officials and departments keep and the length of time these records must be kept. You can find out more about the Index to Records on sf.gov. B. HOW THE DATASET IS CREATED The records retention schedules are determined by each department and then provided to City Administrator's Office on a regular basis. The dataset is then manually combined and uploaded to the open data portal. C. UPDATE PROCESS As departments update their record retention schedules, this dataset will be manually updated. D. HOW TO USE THIS DATASET To see record retention schedules for a particular department, make sure to filter using the "department" field.
Organization: City of San Francisco
Last updated: 2025-03-29T17:00:53.372975

Tables

Table 1

@usgov.city_of_san_francisco_citywide_records_retention_schedules.table_1

170.89 kB
5,002 rows
10 columns

CREATE TABLE table_1 (
  "department" VARCHAR,
  "document_title" VARCHAR,
  "retention_period_total" VARCHAR  -- Retention Period (total),
  "retention_category" VARCHAR,
  "legal_citation" VARCHAR,
  "notes" VARCHAR,
  "record_period_on_site" VARCHAR  -- Record Period (on-site),
  "record_period_off_site" VARCHAR  -- Record Period (off-site),
  "function" VARCHAR,
  "division" VARCHAR
);