Most of downtown is a dozen+ feet above sea level, new waterfront construction (the new ferry docks in particular) are all built to the new standard, by ~2077 o

Most of downtown is a dozen+ feet above sea level, new waterfront construction (the new ferry docks in particular) are all built to the new standard, by ~2077 or whatever the waterfront will be ready for new sea level standards. There's a plan in place to put a tidal lock in front of mission bay canal. Downtown is on a fill, but you're talking less than six inches next to the transamerica building, and less than two meters heading east toward the ferry building. The big fill area is south of Oracle Park which is sitting on 8-12 feet of poor-grade fill like trash and random construction debris, although most (all?) of those buildings are sitting on stilts going down to bedrock, in particular those in the 3 blocks closest to the water.