The week in review: October 12–16
The week of October 12–16 on sfo.metrotrendlines.com, in 7 posts.
Monday, October 12 — California business applications, August 2026. Californians filed 50,293 new business applications in August 2026, up 25.9% from a year earlier.
Tuesday, October 13 — San Francisco gas prices, August 2026. The San Francisco-area average price of regular gasoline was $5.62 a gallon in August 2026, up 21.9% from a year earlier. After inflation the change is up 17.9% — a year-ago gallon cost $4.80 in today’s money.
Wednesday, October 14 — Police incident reports in San Francisco, August 2026. San Francisco’s open-data portal lists 8,376 police incident reports for August 2026, up 1.5% on a year earlier. The 12-month average is 7,773 a month.
Thursday, October 15 — Building permits in San Francisco, August 2026. San Francisco’s open-data portal lists 1,494 building permits issued for August 2026, down 32.5% on a year earlier. The 12-month average is 1,936 a month.
Thursday, October 15 — Passengers leaving SFO, April 2026. 2.15 million passengers boarded flights out of SFO in April 2026, up 1.1% from a year earlier. 583,559 of them were on international flights, down 2.1%.
Friday, October 16 — California jobless claims, week of Oct 10, 2026. California workers filed 40,515 initial unemployment claims in the week ending Oct 10, 2026; the steadier four-week average is 37,166, down 10.0% from the same weeks a year ago. Read the chart in two parts.
Friday, October 16 — What a San Francisco-area house is worth, September 2026. The typical San Francisco-metro home was worth $1,120,379 in September 2026, up 3.1% from a year earlier.
The week in review: every post from October 12–16, summarised from its own listing blurb and linked. Assembled each Saturday from the posts that actually published that week.