San Francisco Launches New Property Portal

On March 16, San Francisco Assessor-Recorder Joaquín Torres announced the completion of an office modernization project, the System for Managing Records, Assessments, and Transactions Project (SMART), which provides a new online portal for property owners to conduct business with the Assessor-Recorder online. 

The SMART portal enables property owners to submit forms, request reviews, ask questions, and get information without ever entering the office. The announcement stated that the portal means fewer trips to City Hall and easier access to records that were previously unavailable online or scattered across multiple databases, including property characteristics, assessed value history, previous filings and questions submitted, active property tax exemptions, and more.

Funded in partnership with the Committee on Information Technology (COIT) as a major technological infrastructure investment, SMART is one part of a joint project between the three departments that manage the City's property tax functions: The Office of the Assessor-Recorder, the Treasurer & Tax Collector, and the Office of the Controller.