All decisions
98 Board decisions about Raker Act, in date order. Each links to its printed page.
- Resolution proposed condemning a Daily Commercial News article on the Raker Act as libelous and discouraging water bond investors.
- Counsel's record explains the City's contract with Pacific Gas and Electric for Moccasin plant power, in view of Raker Act duties.
- Motion refers Hetch Hetchy Valley road and trail obligations under the Raker Act to the Public Utilities Committee.
- Proposed resolution would convey City-owned Tuolumne County land within Yosemite National Park back to the United States under the Raker Act.
- Resolution proposed to convey city-owned land in Tuolumne County to the United States under the Raker Act.
- Two city-owned Tuolumne County parcels near Yosemite are approved for conveyance to the United States under the Raker Act.
- Resolution proposed to convey city-owned Tuolumne County land in Section Sixteen to the United States under the Raker Act.
- Supervisor Shannon presented a resolution on federal complaints that the city has not complied with Raker Act terms on Hetch Hetchy.
- Board approved a draft reply to the Secretary of the Interior on the city's Raker Act obligations, to be sent by the Mayor.
- A resolution to convey city-owned Yosemite land to the United States under the Raker Act was passed for printing.
- A draft reply to the Secretary of the Interior on the city's Raker Act obligations was approved, for the Mayor to forward.
- Scenic road above Hetch Hetchy owed under the Raker Act
- Resolution proposes conveying city-owned lands in Yosemite National Park to the United States under the Raker Act.
- Resolution proposed to authorize payment of listed claims from city funds, including $20,000 to the National Park Service for a Raker Act right-of-way fee.
- The city paid a $20,000 annual right-of-way fee through Yosemite and Stanislaus parks under the Raker Act.
- $50,000 was set aside from Hetch Hetchy power funds to build trails in the Hetch Hetchy region under the Raker Act.
- A proposed conference committee to Washington on city obligations under the Raker Act and Hetch Hetchy was laid over one week.
- The Secretary of the Interior wrote on Raker Act road and trail duties tied to Hetch Hetchy power distribution.
- The Washington conference committee reports on talks with the Interior Secretary over Hetch Hetchy power sales and Yosemite roads under the Raker Act.
- Board adopted a resolution thanking U.S. senators and representatives who aided the city's Raker Act conference with the Interior Secretary.
- Supervisor Havenner's motion to send a San Francisco committee to a Raker Act hearing was deferred until March 18, 1935.
- A motion to appoint a committee to attend a Raker Act hearing with Interior Secretary Ickes was pending.
- Proposed $4,564.43 payment to Modesto Irrigation District for Raker Act water revenue loss passed for second reading.
- Payment of $4,564.43 to Modesto Irrigation District for lost revenue from withheld Raker Act water is proposed.
- The Board decided the city will contend it has not violated the Raker Act and that its past acts were legal.
- Havenner proposed a committee to study methods for meeting the Interior Secretary's expected Raker Act water ruling.
- Legal opinion holds San Francisco violates the Raker Act by reselling Hetch Hetchy power to Pacific Gas and Electric.
- Board substituted Shannon's telegram to the Interior Secretary for McSheehy's report on alleged Raker Act violations by Hetch Hetchy power distribution.
- Supervisor Shannon moved a substitute telegram asking the Interior Secretary to refer the Raker Act dispute to the Attorney-General.
- Manager of Utilities Cahill and City Attorney O'Toole granted up to 60 days' leave to confer with federal officials on the Raker Act.
- $4,000 from Hetch Hetchy surplus to pay Raker Act court case costs, passed for second reading.
- Appropriates $4,000 from Hetch Hetchy power funds for federal Raker Act litigation expenses.
- Proposed $5,000 from Hetch Hetchy power surplus to pay Raker Act litigation expenses; vote not shown.
- Supervisors debate whether the City Attorney should appeal the Raker Act ruling on Hetch Hetchy power; the vote is not yet printed.
- Supervisors debate a $5,000 request for Raker Act litigation expenses; the roll call on resolution 11 continues past this page.
- Supervisors debate a $5,000 appropriation from Hetch Hetchy surplus for Raker Act litigation; the final vote is not yet printed.
- Supervisor Brown proposed asking Congress to amend the Raker Act to allow sale of Hetch Hetchy power; referred to committee.
- Proposed $14,000 from Hetch Hetchy power funds for lawsuits over Raker Act and Tuolumne River water rights; $7,500 Raker item approved.
- Supervisor Brown's proposed resolution urging Congress to amend the Raker Act for private sale of Hetch Hetchy power was referred to committee.
- Surplus Hetch Hetchy power funds of $14,000 approved for Raker Act litigation and two Tuolumne River water-rights lawsuits.
- Supervisors proposed a $14,000 surplus appropriation from the Hetch Hetchy Power fund for Raker Act and two lawsuits.
- Board resolves to ask Congress to amend the Raker Act so the city may sell Hetch Hetchy power.
- The Board debates a resolution asking Congress to amend the Raker Act so Pacific Gas and Electric could distribute city hydro power; no vote shown.
- Public Utilities Committee recommends Board memorialize Congress to amend the Raker Act so the city can sell Hetch Hetchy power.
- Supervisor Brown's motion moved the Raker Act power-sale amendment resolution into a Committee of the Whole hearing, carried 6 to 2.
- Resolution urging Congress to amend the Raker Act on Hetch Hetchy power sales was sent back to committee.
- Resolution urging Congress to amend the Raker Act so San Francisco can sell Hetch Hetchy electric power was adopted.
- Public Utilities Committee presented a proposed Raker Act amendment on Hetch Hetchy electric energy sales to PG&E.
- Board debates a proposed resolution asking Congress to amend the Raker Act on Hetch Hetchy power; outcome not on this page.
- Supervisor Brown's resolution urging Congress to amend the Raker Act for city power sales was amended; re-referral to committee requested.
- Resolution urging Congress to amend the Raker Act so San Francisco may sell Hetch Hetchy power; reconsideration noticed after 7-1 vote.
- Proposed resolution asks Congress to amend the Raker Act so San Francisco can sell Hetch Hetchy power; debate moved to Committee of the Whole.
- Raker Act resolution put off until all members are present
- Board takes up a proposed amendment to the Raker Act on selling Hetch Hetchy electric power, after a federal lawsuit.
- Reconsideration of the resolution asking to amend the Raker Act on Hetch Hetchy power was denied.
- Board asked the City Attorney to draft an amendment to Section 6 of the Raker Act and sent a committee to Washington.
- Board sends a telegram to Senator Hiram Johnson informing him of its Raker Act action, so he is familiar with it.
- Board adopted, as amended, a motion sending a telegram to Congressmen Havenner and Welch asking when Congress would adjourn and whether it would hold a hearing on the Raker Act amendment.
- The Board voted 7 to 1 to send Senator Hiram Johnson a telegram reporting its action on the Raker Act amendment.
- The City Attorney had no Raker Act amendment ready, and said the proposed language would be ready for the Board's June 26, 1939 meeting.
- At Supervisor Colman's suggestion, the City Attorney was instructed to prepare a Raker Act amendment allowing San Francisco to dispose of electric energy freely.
- Board adopted a proposed bill asking Congress to amend the 1913 Raker Act on Hetch Hetchy water and power.
- Resolution 380 adopted, asking San Francisco's congressional representatives to offer a bill amending the Raker Act.
- Motion carried to have the Clerk wire Senator Johnson asking him to introduce a companion Raker Act bill.
- Board requests Congressman Welch introduce a bill in Congress to amend the Raker Act, over one dissenting vote.
- Senator Hiram W. Johnson wrote that a Raker Act amendment bill would likely be too late for this Congress.
- Board passed on second reading an $11,000 Hetch Hetchy fund appropriation for Raker Act litigation and a special counsel.
- City officials agreed not to propose or support changes to the Raker Act before the bond election.
- Supervisor Uhl's amendment adds a financial prospectus to the City's pledge to inform voters on the Raker Act bond proposal.
- City officials agree not to initiate Raker Act amendment proposals at or before the bond election, and to oppose them.
- City agreed to complete Raker Act compliance by July 1, 1941, under the Supreme Court decision.
- Stipulation 3 on the Raker Act bond proposal was amended to require a financial prospectus for voters.
- Board considers a stipulation requiring city compliance with the Raker Act in the water litigation by July 1, 1941.
- Board debates approving a stipulation with the Interior Secretary on Hetch Hetchy power and Raker Act compliance; no vote yet shown.
- Board resolution approves a stipulation with the federal government on Hetch Hetchy power and Raker Act compliance, sent for signatures.
- Supervisor Uhl asked the City Attorney for a written opinion on the forfeiture clause in the Raker Act.
- Congress asked to loosen the Raker Act on Hetch Hetchy power
- City's case on Hetch Hetchy power under the Raker Act recited
- Board considered a resolution urging the Mayor to appoint a citizens' committee to seek amendment of the Raker Act; outcome not printed.
- The Board unanimously adopted a resolution appointing a committee to urge Congress to amend the Raker Act.
- Raker Act change sought in Washington after the power bonds lost
- Congress asked to loosen the Raker Act on Hetch Hetchy power
- Board debates a resolution urging amendment of the Raker Act on Hetch Hetchy water and power; the vote continues on the next page.
- Proposed $10,000 appropriation from Hetch Hetchy funds for officials' trips to Washington to seek amending the Raker Act.
- Board proposes $10,000 from Hetch Hetchy funds for Washington trips on the Raker Act.
- Ordinance appropriating $6,067 and $3,388 for Washington trips on Raker Act amendments passed, McSheehy voting no.
- Supervisor Meyer presented resolution authorizing city officials to attend a Public Lands Committee hearing on the Raker Act amendment.
- Supervisor Gallagher was appointed Acting Chairman while President Coiman was away at Congressional hearings on the Raker Act.
- The Civic League of Improvement Clubs proposed a San Francisco-San Mateo reclamation district and a Raker Act amendment, referred to committees.
- Line-item cuts and approvals to the Hetch Hetchy water budget were carried, including a $30,000 Raker Act fee to the U.S. Government.
- The Board adopted a resolution opposing Tuolumne County water district power plant legislation and supporting changes to the Raker Act.
- Hetch Hetchy expenses for Raker Act legislation in Congress cut from $25,000 to $15,000 and passed on first reading.
- Hetch Hetchy received $15,000 to cover expenses of pending Congressional legislation on the Raker Act.
- Supervisor Feinstein asks whether the city violates the Raker Act
- Budget Analyst was directed to analyze the Raker Act and draft a resolution asking Congress to amend it.
- A hearing on whether the city complies with the Raker Act was requested and referred to the Select Committee on Municipal Public Power.
- McGoldrick's hearing on enforcing the Raker Act and its effect on City power supply was referred to the Public Utilities and Deregulation Committee.
- Supervisor McGoldrick requested a hearing on enforcement of the Raker Act and its effect on city power; referred to committee.