San Francisco Department of Building Inspection - Organizational Changes

Effective June 15, the Department of Building Inspection will be making the following organizational changes:

• The Department’s three professional services’ programs are Permit Services, with Laurence Kornfield in charge; Inspection Services, with Ed Sweeney in charge; and Administrative Services, with Jeremy Hallisey in charge. Hanson Tom becomes Manager of Plan Review.
• Simon Tam becomes Manager of Permit Processing and Issuance.
• Tom Hui moves to Over-the-Counter and reports to OTC Manager Neil Friedman.
• Mark Walls, Tom Fessler, Norman Gutierrez and Steve Hajnal move to the Building Inspection Division.
• Tony Grieco becomes Supervisor of Code Enforcement Services.
• Lou Aurea moves to Administrative Services.
• Public Information functions become part of Permit Services, and the Public Information Counter on the first floor becomes DBI’s new “Help Desk” – a key screening section to improve customer flow.
• Willy Hoi-Yau becomes Manager of the Help Desk, where he will be assisted by Wai-Fong Cheung, Marianne Pangelinan and Fidel Del Rosario.
• Cora Ella becomes Supervisor of the Permit Processing Center (PPC).
• Records Management moves to Room 3036 in 1660 Mission Street, where customers will submit, view and pick up 3R and records’ requests.

Please make note of these departmental changes and plan accordingly.