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Picker's Desk watches public records and turns them into short weekly lead lists for small local businesses.

The pages below are a delayed sample: each one shows a few jobs from a week that ended at least two weeks ago. The full, current list goes to subscribers.

Permit Watch: San Francisco & San José

San Francisco & San José commercial permits: week of Sep 27–Oct 3, 202636 commercial jobs in San Francisco and San José made the Permit Watch list for this week, 8 with electrical or mechanical still to be permitted.

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Permit Watch covers commercial jobs for electrical, HVAC, refrigeration and plumbing shops. The Turnover covers Bay Area restaurant openings, closings and ownership changes. Both are free during launch.

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