Observed arrival · 2026-09-04
Better 311 turns city complaints into a neighborhood beat
A public-records tool for searching San Francisco and Oakland 311 histories, outcomes, recent reports, and neighborhood comparisons.
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The service combines address-level lookup with a broader city-pulse view, allowing a visitor to move from an individual 311 record to nearby patterns and recent reports. Its homepage cites DataSF and Oakland Open Data, says records are refreshed daily, and displays status groupings including Open, Resolved, Pending, and Closed. The visible San Francisco snapshot covers 218,066 requests over 90 days, while the recent-report sample is described as approximately 5,500 records.
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