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Architect, Sausaulito License C24965

Charles Hemminger Assoc.

The city has issued 29 of the 41 San Francisco building permits that name Charles Hemminger Assoc. since 2018. The work is mostly commercial, led by restaurants and bars. Their median plan-review permit, across all project types, took 9.4 months from filing to issue. Their busiest neighborhoods are Mission, Hayes Valley and South of Market.

Issued by the city
29 of 41 filed since 2018
Median plan-review time, all types
9.4 mo filing to issue
Rank for restaurants and bars
No. 22 of 200 by restaurants and bars issued
Overall rank
No. 250 of 1,543 architects and designers

What they work on

Every San Francisco building permit with Charles Hemminger Assoc. on the record since 2018, by project type. Most filed: 14 restaurants and bars, 13 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial, 6 apartments and multifamily.

Residential and commercial, by permits filed

22% residential
78% commercial
Permits by project type, filed and issued
  1. Restaurants and bars Commercial 9 of 14 issued 34% of filings.
  2. Hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial Commercial 10 of 13 issued 32% of filings.
  3. Apartments and multifamily Residential 6 of 6 issued 15% of filings.
  4. Retail and shops Commercial 2 of 4 issued 10% of filings.
  5. Home remodels Residential 1 of 3 issued 7% of filings.
  6. Offices Commercial 1 of 1 issued 2% of filings.

Permits over time

Permits filed each year, drawn as a street with one building per year, and how many of all their permits the city has issued.

Busiest year
2018
9 permits filed
Latest filing
Jun 2026
71% of 41 issued
Permits filed per year: 2018: 9, 2019: 8, 2020: 5, 2021: 1, 2022: 4, 2023: 8, 2024: 1, 2025: 2, 2026: 3. The 2026 figure runs through October 20, 2026.

One building per year, its height the permits filed. Each floor line marks 2 permits; the 2026 building is dashed because it counts permits filed through October 20, 2026.

Issued by the city: 29 of 41 permits filed

71%

All San Francisco project permits since 2018 in this data

93% issued

12 not issued as of October 20, 2026. Source: SF Department of Building Inspection permits via DataSF.

How fast their permits come through

Filing to issue for permits that went through plan review. Charles Hemminger Assoc. has 10 of those across all project types; the citywide comparison is for restaurants and bars, their most filed type, where 260 of 3,793 permits went through plan review and the rest were approved over the counter.

Charles Hemminger Assoc., all project types

9.4months

Median months from filing to issue for plan-review permits. Charles Hemminger Assoc., all project types: 9.4 months. San Francisco, restaurants and bars: 7.4 months. Middle half of city permits: 3.7 to 12.5 months.
0 other architects and designers ranked for restaurants and bars have a median for it; Charles Hemminger Assoc. has fewer than 3 issued plan-review permits for restaurants and bars with usable dates Each circle is a firm's median for its plan-review permits for restaurants and bars. Dashed line: the median of all San Francisco plan-review permits for restaurants and bars, 7.4 months. Shaded: the middle half of those permits, 3.7 to 12.5 months.
0 3 6 9 12 15 months 0 3 6 9 12 15 months

Where they rank

Ranked by permits the city has issued since 2018, first across every project type, then for restaurants and bars alone.

  1. 248 Saa 30
  2. 249 Amlgm 29
  3. 250 Charles Hemminger Assoc. 29
  4. 251 Dennis A. Smith Architect 29
  5. 252 Kelly Condon Design 29

All permits issued, 1,543 architects and designers Full ranking

  1. 20 Steiner Architects 9
  2. 21 Davis Ko Architects 9
  3. 22 Charles Hemminger Assoc. 9
  4. 23 Shc 8
  5. 24 Ideation 8

Restaurants and bars issued, 200 architects and designers Restaurants and bars ranking

Where they work

The neighborhoods where Charles Hemminger Assoc. files the most permits, and how many architects and designers count each one among their top 4 neighborhoods.

  1. 01 Mission 381 architects and designers count Mission among their busiest neighborhoods
  2. 02 Hayes Valley 106 architects and designers count Hayes Valley among their busiest neighborhoods
  3. 03 South of Market 216 architects and designers count South of Market among their busiest neighborhoods
  4. 04 Inner Richmond 120 architects and designers count Inner Richmond among their busiest neighborhoods

Questions for the first call

  1. Which of your recent San Francisco permits are closest to my project in type, size and neighborhood, and can I see the permit numbers?
  2. How long did those permits take from filing to issue, and what did plan check send back?
  3. Who on your team draws the set, who stamps it, and who answers the city's comments?

Other architects and designers for restaurants and bars

Firms ranked near Charles Hemminger Assoc. by permits issued for restaurants and bars.

  1. 17 Valerio Architects 10 restaurants and bars issued
  2. 18 Peter Braun & Asscociates 10 restaurants and bars issued
  3. 19 Gensler 9 restaurants and bars issued
  4. 23 Shc 8 restaurants and bars issued
  5. 24 Ideation 8 restaurants and bars issued
  6. 25 Som 7 restaurants and bars issued

See all 200 architects and designers ranked for restaurants and bars

Sheet
A-250 No. 250 of 1,543
Drawing
Permit record, Charles Hemminger Assoc.
Architect, Sausaulito
License
C24965 check with CAB
Data as of
Oct 2026
Scale
Not to scale

Built only from public San Francisco Department of Building Inspection records (permits, permit contacts), updated 2026-10-20. It is not a review or an endorsement, and Charles Hemminger Assoc. has not paid to be listed. Project addresses are never shown.

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