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Select an existing restroom on the map or choose a map location to suggest a new restroom.
Project for Sanitation Justice
Documenting public restroom access across San Diego.
Explore public restroom locations and help document access, accessibility, amenities, and changing conditions in the field.
Audit submissions are reviewed before approved changes are incorporated into the public-facing restroom dataset.
San Diego County
Explore restroom locations and submit field audits.
Explore
View known public restroom locations.
Audit
Document access and conditions during a field visit.
Review
Submitted changes are reviewed before publication.
About the project
Why document restroom access?
Public restroom access is an important part of water, sanitation, hygiene, mobility, and public-space access.
This tool supports field-based documentation of public restroom conditions across San Diego County. Researchers and volunteers can review an existing location, suggest a new restroom, and record observations about access, accessibility, amenities, signage, safety, and surrounding conditions.
The public map is separated from the review process: a submission does not automatically become public. Project staff review proposed additions and changes before they are incorporated into the working restroom dataset.
Project definition
What counts as a public restroom?
A public restroom is a toilet facility that members of the public can access without needing to make a purchase, request permission, or receive assistance from an employee.
For this project, public restrooms may be located in parks, libraries, transit facilities, government buildings, beaches, community spaces, and other publicly accessible locations.
Restrooms inside commercial establishments, such as restaurants, stores, cafés, and shopping centers, are not considered public restrooms when access depends on being a customer or entering a private business.
Private residential bathrooms, employee-only facilities, and other restricted restrooms should not be included in the public restroom dataset.
Field workflow
How an audit works
Complete the assessment
Record the audit date, access conditions, hours, accessibility, amenities, safety indicators, and field observations.
Submit for review
Your audit is saved for project-team review. Unapproved submissions do not immediately change the public map.
Publish approved changes
Approved additions and updates are incorporated into the working restroom dataset used by the map.
Before you begin
Plan for a careful field assessment.
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Allow enough time to evaluate the facility. An assessment may take approximately 30 minutes or more.
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When possible, evaluate both the exterior and interior of the restroom facility.
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Only enter publicly accessible areas and follow posted facility rules and restrictions.
Ready to begin?