The
San Francisco Convention & Visitors
Bureau maintains control of select poles for banner placement around
Moscone Convention Center including Howard Street between 3rd and
4th Streets and 4th Street between Howard and Mission Streets.
Only Convention
Center groups are approved to receive the banners approximately
one year in advance and qualifying factors include usage of Moscone
Center, repeat
business, attendance and number of room nights.
In addition, these banners have strict guidelines
as governed by the SFCVB and the City of San Francisco. No logos
are allowed
on the banners and the graphics are designed by the SFCVB to conform
to a uniform look throughout the City. For further details, please
contact conventionservices@sfcvb.org.
For all other banners, outlined below are contacts and procedures
. Please note these procedures and requirements are subject to
change. We recommend you contact the Street Use Permits Section
before beginning the process to receive the most current information.
You may also wish to contact a local Destination Management Company/Event
Company to manage the process for you. Nick Elsner (Permit)
Herb Meier (to get mapped areas)
Street Use Permits Section
City and County of San Francisco
Department of Public Works
Bureau of Street-Use and Mapping
875 Stevenson, Room 460
San Francisco, CA 94103
415/554-6199
Herb Meier
Bureau of Light Heat and Power
1155 Market Street, 4th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone: 415-554-1844 Fax: 415-554-1854
PG&E
2180 Harrison Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
415/695-3500
Muni Overhead Lines
1401 Bryant Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
415/554-9200
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If you do not have maps of the areas where banners
you want the banners to be hung, contact the Bureau of Light,
Heat & Power to secure maps. Be specific in your request
outlining the streets that should be included. These serve
as a guideline for banner placement. |
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Note: The
maps that are available through the Bureau of Light, Heat & Power
will only denote the poles that are controlled by the city,
but
unfortunately not those that are controlled by other entities.
They are very helpful however, and can be used on the walk
through to denote where poles controlled by other entities
are located and how they are numbered for identification.
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Note: Poles in San
Francisco are controlled by four different entities: the
City of San Francisco (managed
by the Department of Public Works - Bureau of Street-Use and
Mapping) the Department of Recreation and Parks, P, G & E
and Muni Overhead Lines. You must secure permission from each
of these agencies separately in order to use their poles for
banner placement. |
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Once maps have been received, identify the poles that are
to be used for the banners, both by using the maps and by making
a walk through. This will enable you to actually see if a banner
can be hung on the desired poles. Sometimes because of street
signs or trees, banners won’t be visible. (At a later
time, this same walk through should be made with the installation
company as well.) |
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When poles have been selected and the entity who controls
them identified, write each agency to obtain permission for
use of their poles. For obtaining permission, it is helpful
to outline the dates that the banners are to be displayed,
a sample design of the banners, and the name of the vendor
designated to install the banners. |
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Select a design for banner and a vendor to produce the banner. |
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Select an installation company for the banners. |
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Apply to the Department of Public Works - Bureau of Street-Use
and Mapping for an Application and Instructions for Revocable
Street-Use (Banner) Permit. |
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When all of the above has been achieved submit the Application
and Instructions for Revocable Street-Use (Banner) Permit with
detailed information on the location and number/identifying
marks on the poles. (See included sample). |
Once the permit
has been requested and issued, it is just a matter of arranging
the installation and removal of the banners with the
chosen vendor.
One final note, although these steps are fairly straight forward,
this process can actually be quite time consuming. Allow appropriate
timing for dealing with bureaucratic delays that can occur.
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