Free & Low-Cost Legal Research Sites

Searchable and Browse-able collection of the SF Municipal Code. Includes: Charter; Administrative Code; Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code; Environment Code; Fire Code; Health Code; Municipal Elections Code; Park Code; Planning Code; Police Code; Port Code; Public Works Code; Subdivision Code; Transportation Code; Zoning Maps.

Allows users to search for legislation, check the current status of introduced legislation, generate lists of pending legislation (including lists by committee), and create alerts in the event legislation is changed or scheduled for a hearing.

Chronological listing of ordinances passed by the Board of Supervisors from 1999 to the present.

Links to information about San Francisco government, including information about researching San Francisco ordinances. [The ordinances at the S.F. Public Library are available only in print; they not available online.]

The City's official site. Includes links to the Board of Supervisors, the Mayor's office, the local courts, the city attorney, and the city & county municipal codes.

Official Rent Board site. Includes: detailed background information; forms; and unofficial but handy versions of the Rent Board's Ordinance and regulations.

A complete alphabetical list, including social media links to Departments and Agencies.