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Make sure you stop by Castro and Market St. to talk with our friendly Castro Ambassadors. Every initiative we champion is designed to improve the quality of life for all who share this neighborhood.

Our mission is simple but powerful: Provide services that improve the quality of life in the community, promote economic vitality, foster the Castro’s unique identity, and honor its diverse history.

The best way to support the CBD is to donate to the CBD Fund, or you can donate to one of our current initiatives:

• Castro Cares which funds our homeless outreach efforts
• Light the Night in the Castro which funds the maintenance of the uplighting of the Market St.

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• Beautify 16th St. which helps maintain the sidewalk gardens on 16th St.

Vibrant and eclectic, the Castro/Upper Market neighborhood is an internationally known symbol of gay freedom, a top tourist destination full of stylish shops and popular entertainment spots, and a thriving residential area that thousands of San Franciscans call home.

Its streets are filled with lovingly restored Victorian homes, rainbow pride flags, shops offering one-of-a-kind merchandise, heritage streetcars, lively bars and restaurants, and numerous gay-borhood landmarks including Harvey Milk Plaza, the Castro Theatre, Pink Triangle Park and Memorial, and the large SF Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center.

The Castro District, better known as The Castro, is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California, which is also known as Eureka Valley.

San Francisco’s gay village is most concentrated in the business district that is located on Castro Street from Market Street to 19th Street.

Click on any year to find the assessment fee for your parcel. As a 501c(3) nonprofit governed by a community-based board of directors, the Castro CBD exists to benefit everyone in the neighborhood: residents seeking safe, clean streets; business owners building their dreams; visitors exploring our history; and vulnerable community members who need support and compassion.

To find your parcel number go to: https://sfplanninggis.org/pim/ and put in your property’s address. Resource List of Other Community Programs (PDF) (please check back)

Rules for posting flyers on City Street Poles are at http://www.sfgov.org
Report violations to “311” or 28Clean@SFDPW.org | S.F. Department of the Environment | www.SFEnvironment.org | 415-355-3700

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The CBD receives its information on linear frontage, lot size, building size and building use from the San Francisco Office of Assessor-Recorder. Assessments are based on linear frontage, lot size, building square footage and building use. Although the greater gay community was, and is, concentrated in the Castro many gay people live in the surrounding residential areas bordered by the Mission District, Noe Valley, Twin Peaks, and Haight-Ashbury neighborhoods.

You can also pick up signs from SFPD Mission Station (630 Valencia at 17th St.).

If you have questions, please contact the CBD at info@castrocbd.org.

City Information and Contact Info
Several Departments and Agencies of the City and County of San Francisco provide services to Property Owners, Businesses and Residents in the District.

Most City Departments can be accessed through the City’s main website at www.SFGov.org

Office of the Assessor-Recorder
City Hall
1 Dr Carlton B Goodlett Pl #190
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 554-5596
www.sfassessor.org

Office of Small Business
Small Business Assistance Center
City Hall, Room 110
1 Dr.

Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 554-6134 Tel
(415) 558-7844 Fax
www.sfgov.org/smallbusiness

The Small Business Assistance Center is a “one-stop” City Department designed to coordinate starting a new business with the various City Services and permits involved, and to provide liaison and assistance for existing businesses as well.

Departments Providing Major Services to Property Owners and Businesses
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For more information about your assessment fees see the Castro CBD’s  Management Plan.

Emergency and Non-Emergencies
For emergency police, fire or medical services, dial 911. Department of Public Works | www.SFDPW.org | 415-554-6920
Administers work in a number of areas, including streets and sidewalks, graffiti control, litter control and pickup (see also the link below to Sunset Scavenger), street trees, sidewalk news racks, special event permits.

You choose how to travel.

How to Get From to Castro to your Next Destination: 
Directions to GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE from Castro and Market
Directions to THE HAIGHT & GOLDEN GATE PARK from Castro and Market
Directions to THE PAINTED LADIES from Castro and Market
Directions to DOLORES PARK & MISSION DOLORES from Castro and Market
Directions to TWIN PEAKS from Castro and Market

Support the Castro!

The word “community” isn’t just part of our title – it’s the heart of everything we do.

For all other non-emergency calls (to report parking violations, sit-lie violations, etc.) call 415-553-0123, police non-emergency. Treasurer and Tax Collector’s Office | http://www.sftreasurer.org | or call 311

Property owners, business owners, and residents in the Castro Community Benefit District are represented by District 8 Supervisor 

Garbage, waste, recycling and other trash collection for commercial and residential customers in the District is done by Recology SF.

For information on services (both routine and special pickups)| 415-330-1400.

Recycling Information for Homeowners/Residents