San Francisco street sweeping holidays
San Francisco suspends some street cleaning on city holidays, but not all of it. On New Year's Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas nothing is swept. On the other holidays, daytime routes stop while night routes and posted holiday schedules keep running, so a holiday is not automatically a free pass to park.
Next holiday
Veterans Day, Wednesday, November 11
Regular daytime sweeping is off. Night routes (starting before 6 AM) are still enforced, and blocks with a posted holiday schedule are swept.
2,248 curbs are still scheduled that day, 824 of them on a holiday schedule.
2026 holidays
| Date | Holiday | Street sweeping |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, January 1 | New Year's Day | None citywide |
| Monday, January 19 | Martin Luther King Jr. Day | Daytime off; night routes and holiday schedules on |
| Monday, February 16 | Presidents' Day | Daytime off; night routes and holiday schedules on |
| Monday, May 25 | Memorial Day | Daytime off; night routes and holiday schedules on |
| Friday, June 19 | Juneteenth | Daytime off; night routes and holiday schedules on |
| Friday, July 3 | Independence Day (observed) | Daytime off; night routes and holiday schedules on |
| Monday, September 7 | Labor Day | Daytime off; night routes and holiday schedules on |
| Monday, October 12 | Indigenous Peoples Day | Daytime off; night routes and holiday schedules on |
| Wednesday, November 11 | Veterans Day | Daytime off; night routes and holiday schedules on |
| Thursday, November 26 | Thanksgiving | None citywide |
| Friday, November 27 | Day after Thanksgiving | Daytime off; night routes and holiday schedules on |
| Friday, December 25 | Christmas | None citywide |
2027 holidays
| Date | Holiday | Street sweeping |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, January 1 | New Year's Day | None citywide |
| Monday, January 18 | Martin Luther King Jr. Day(projected) | Not yet published by SFMTA; shown as a normal sweep day |
| Monday, February 15 | Presidents' Day(projected) | Not yet published by SFMTA; shown as a normal sweep day |
| Monday, May 31 | Memorial Day(projected) | Not yet published by SFMTA; shown as a normal sweep day |
| Friday, June 18 | Juneteenth (observed)(projected) | Not yet published by SFMTA; shown as a normal sweep day |
| Monday, July 5 | Independence Day (observed)(projected) | Not yet published by SFMTA; shown as a normal sweep day |
| Monday, September 6 | Labor Day(projected) | Not yet published by SFMTA; shown as a normal sweep day |
| Monday, October 11 | Indigenous Peoples Day(projected) | Not yet published by SFMTA; shown as a normal sweep day |
| Thursday, November 11 | Veterans Day(projected) | Not yet published by SFMTA; shown as a normal sweep day |
| Thursday, November 25 | Thanksgiving(projected) | Not yet published by SFMTA; shown as a normal sweep day |
| Friday, November 26 | Day after Thanksgiving(projected) | Not yet published by SFMTA; shown as a normal sweep day |
| Saturday, December 25 | Christmas(projected) | Not yet published by SFMTA; shown as a normal sweep day |
Where this comes from
Dates and the citywide rule come from the SFMTA holiday enforcement schedule, which lists nightly street sweeping as not enforced on New Year's Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas and enforced on every other holiday. That daytime routes stop on the other holidays comes from an analysis of about 1.35 million citations by the open-source curb project; our alerts still warn for any block flagged as swept on holidays. Posted holiday schedules come from the SF Public Works sweeping dataset. Dates marked projected follow the pattern of SFMTA's published years. Until SFMTA posts the official list, we do not skip any sweep on a projected date. When in doubt, the sign on your block wins.
See what is swept on any day on the street sweeping map, or check whether there is street sweeping today.
Frequently asked questions
Is there street cleaning on Veterans Day in San Francisco?
Daytime routes are suspended, but SFMTA lists night sweeping as enforced and blocks with a posted holiday schedule are swept. Check your block before parking overnight.
Is there street cleaning on Thanksgiving or the day after?
None on Thanksgiving Day. The day after Thanksgiving follows the minor-holiday rule: daytime routes off, night routes and holiday schedules on.
Is there street cleaning on Christmas and New Year's Day?
No. Those are the two holidays, with Thanksgiving, when nothing is swept anywhere in the city.