About cFiles
cFiles, the Central Files Records Locator, is an app for searching for record drawings of construction projects, public and privately owned, in the City of San Jose. The data here is not comprehensive and is provided "as is".
Private development projects are designated with the prefixes "3-", "AMANDA" or "TR" in the project number.
Capital projects are designated as follows:
| prefix | notes |
|---|---|
| capital projects, year of acceptance
|
| CPMS | capital projects from year 2002 and forward |
| IM | improvement plans |
| PP | plan and profile |
| RS | record of survey |
| VTA | owned by the Valley Transit Authority |
| Terms | Description |
|---|---|
| AMANDA | The City's online system for development permits. |
| Book / Page | Refers to the Map Book Number and Page Number used by the County of Santa Clara's records system. https://www.sccgov.org/sites/dpd/DocsForms/Documents/Surveyor/Pages/RecordMapIndex.htm |
| CPMS | The City's Capital Project Management System for managing, tracking, reporting and outreach of their capital projects. |
| RC Box # | Records Center Box # - an ID assigned to the hard copy plans sent to the City's Records Center. If plans are not available in cFiles, but the record has an RC Box #, you should be able to access these hard copy records. http://www.sanjoseca.gov/FormCenter/Open-Government-14/Request-Public-Records-139 |