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    SF Building permits in 2022

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    FRED Economic Data reports the "total number of building permits for all structure types" authorized in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley area. The following table reports data for recent years,

    Year Permits
    2000 13959
    2001 10958
    2002 12275
    2003 14547
    2004 15342
    2005 15015
    2006 13390
    2007 9883
    2008 6891
    2009 3474
    2010 4679
    2011 5570
    2012 8909
    2013 10570
    2014 9580
    2015 12284
    2016 14927
    2017 16864
    2018 16761
    2019 13506
    2020 10174

    How many new building permits will be authorized in the SF metro area in 2022?

    This question resolves as the number of total buidling permits for all structure types authorized in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley metropolitan area, according to the methodology used in this FRED Economic Data visualization.

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