1Oct 24, 2025 to Oct 23, 2026
The typical San Francisco meeting runs about 2 hours; 20 ran past six hours
Budget and Appropriations · 8 h 25 minBoard of Education · 8 h 18 minBudget and Appropriations · 7 h 44 mintypical 1 h 56 min
San Francisco meetings
762 meetings transcribed (17 of them school-board meetings) from 51 public bodies · Oct 24, 2025 – Oct 23, 2026 listed, updated through Oct 8, 2026. The full council is one row; each of its committees is its own.
Together they ran at least 1,659 hours.
Every meeting, by date
One dot per meeting; bigger dots ran longer. Hollow dots are meetings we could time only in part. A gap means we have no video, not that the body skipped a month.
All 46 bodies with six or more meetings
Fewer than six meetings: Sanitation and Streets Commission, SFCTA Personnel Committee, Refuse Rate Board.
How long they run
More San Francisco meetings fall on a Tuesday than on any other day: 212 of 811
762 transcribed meetings of 811 listed, by weekday and month, Oct 24, 2025 – Oct 23, 2026 listed, updated through Oct 8, 2026.
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The five longest meetings since Oct 24, 2025
8 h 25 minBudget and Appropriations CommitteeJun 25, 2026 · length of the video7 h 44 minBudget and Appropriations CommitteeJun 24, 2026 · length of the video7 h 37 minRecreation and Park CommissionApr 17, 2026 · length of the video7 h 35 minPort CommissionJun 23, 2026 · length of the video7 h 10 minPublic Safety and Neighborhood Services CommitteeOct 8, 2026 · length of the video
The items that drew the most public comment
People who spoke in public comment on one agenda item, counted from the meeting transcript · Oct 24, 2025 – Oct 8, 2026 · per item, so a meeting's total can be higher · members of the public are counted, never named
98speakersFire Code - Repealing 2022 Code; Adopting 2025 CodeLand Use and Transportation Committee · Feb 23, 2026Play public comment
36speakersHearing - Central Subway Performance and Extension PlansLand Use and Transportation Committee · Jan 26, 2026Play public comment
33speakersAdministrative Code - Expanding Drug-Free Permanent Supportive HousingPublic Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee · Apr 23, 2026Hear Danny Sauter’s replyHear Alan Wong’s replyPlay public comment
30speakersPublic Works, Port Codes - Enhanced Enforcement for Vending Targeted Merchandise Without a PermitPublic Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee · Nov 13, 2025Play public comment
29speakersHearing - Evictions, Habitability Issues, and Other Management Irregularities in Domus Management Company Properties in the Western AdditionGovernment Audit and Oversight Committee · Oct 1, 2026Play public comment