Assessor block 0308 (Union Square, Union Square Garage)
Assessor blockFinancial District/South Beach1906–2025
766 records of San Francisco tie this block, 1906–2025: 509 decisions of the Board of Supervisors and 257 facts read from city reports. Open the full list, with filters for years, kind and outcome.
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- 0308
- Records
- 766: 509 Board decisions, 257 facts from city reports
- Years
- 1906–2025
Named places on this block 2
Union Square · Union Square Garage
What the records say
The 60 most telling of its 766 records, in date order: the ones an editor picked first, then the highest scored. The one-line summaries were written by a language model from the printed page; open the page to check the wording.
| When | What the record says | Outcome | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1907-05-13 | Oscar T. Luning was granted permission to store up to 2,000 gallons of crude petroleum fuel at Kearny and Union Square avenue. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1908-10-12 | Proposed payments from the Park Fund for Dewey monument repairs in Union Square and fuel oil for Golden Gate Park. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1908-10-19 | The Board approved $3,308.54 (≈ $123,864 in 2026 dollars) in payments for repairing the Dewey monument in Union Square and fuel oil for Golden Gate Park. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1913-10-14 | Board of Public Works asked to supply and erect ninety flagpoles in Union Square for the Portola Festival. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1917-04-16 | Park Commissioners were asked to fly the flag at Union Square and all city parks. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1921-06-20 | Manila Street renamed Union Square Street between Kearny and Stockton | ordinance | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1921-06-27 | Manila Street between Kearny and Stockton streets was renamed Union Square Street. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1921-06-27 | Manila Street renamed Union Square Street between Kearny and Stockton | ordinance | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1922-05-22 | Union Square Street to be renamed Maiden Lane | ordinance | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1922-05-22 | Union Square Street to be renamed Maiden Lane | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1922-07-17 | Ordinance proposed to rename Union Square Avenue as Maiden Lane; the text continues on the next page. | ordinance | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1936-03-30 | Supervisor Shannon moved, and the Board carried, a special order for April 6, 1936 on City Engineer costs for bridge approach connections to Union Square. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1937-06-21 | Chief of Police to set taxi stands, none around Union Square; passed first reading only. | ordinance | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1937-07-06 | Chief of Police to set taxi stands, none around Union Square; amended, no final vote yet. | ordinance | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1938-07-05 | Board adopted resolution authorizing a federal grant application for a public parking station under Union Square Park. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1941-03-31 | The Board asked the Park Commission what will be done with palms being removed from Union Square. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1942-06-15 | A $3,000 (≈ $62,014 in 2026 dollars) appropriation from the Millen-Griffith fund for changing floral displays at Union Square passed first reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1942-06-29 | Ordinance appropriating $3,000 (≈ $62,014 in 2026 dollars) from the Millen-Griffith Settlement Fund for changing flower displays at Union Square was passed. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1942-12-28 | Dogs banned from Union Square and Huntington Square | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1950-10-16 | Park Commission asked to rename Union Square as United Nations Square | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1958-08-04 | Accepts a $95 (≈ $1,108 in 2026 dollars) gift from the Downtown Association toward a grandstand for a Pops Concert in Union Square. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1964-08-10 | Proposed special height limits for [name withheld], Civic Center and Union Square were refused passage for second reading, five to five. | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1964-11-30 | Resolution urges City Planning Commission to review permits for buildings over 105 and 190 feet in Union Square. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1964-11-30 | Proposed special height districts for Union Square were refused passage for second reading. | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1964-11-30 | Planning Commission asked to review tall building permits in Union Square | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1966-08-29 | Board urged the Recreation and Park Commission to consider a Union Square site for displaying the United Nations flag; adopted. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1970-08-31 | Height limits on new building-wall signs approved; Union Square signs exempt | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1970-08-31 | Sign height on building walls limited citywide, with an exception for signs oriented to Union Square, passed finally. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1975 | C-3-R zoning district · other: encourage continued concentration of retailing around Union Square and the Powell-Market corner | finding | City report: Commercial and industrial activity in San Francisco : present characteristics and future trends : report to San Francisco Department of City Planning scanned page ↗ |
| 1980-10-20 | Holiday shopper shuttle approved between the Ferry Building and Union Square | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1982-02-22 | Recreation and Park Department accepted a gorilla for the zoo and litter containers for Union Square from donors. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1986 | Supervisor Walker asked the Chief of Police how the holiday retail detail would be run in Union Square and on Market Street. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1987-05-04 | Fast food ban imposed in the Union Square area | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1989-12-18 | Christmas shopper shuttle route changed between Ferry Building and Union Square | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1990 | Union Square/Downtown Retail district · units: 9,912 total housing units | site | City report: San Francisco neighborhood profiles scanned page ↗ |
| 1990 | Union Square/Downtown Retail district · units: 1,163 vacant housing units, 11.73% | site | City report: San Francisco neighborhood profiles scanned page ↗ |
| 1990 | Union Square/Downtown Retail district · units: 7,649 renter-occupied housing units | site | City report: San Francisco neighborhood profiles scanned page ↗ |
| 1990 | Union Square/Downtown Retail district · other: 69.80 housing units per acre (citywide average 11.00) | site | City report: San Francisco neighborhood profiles scanned page ↗ |
| 1992-07-20 | Hotel parking rates set for the Sutter-Stockton and Union Square garages | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1993-04-12 | Sightseeing bus stands at Union Square given a second reading | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1994-03-28 | The Board adopted Supervisor Hallinan's resolution adding a Union Square Association representative to the Task Force on Prostitution. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1997 | Union Square/Downtown Retail District · other: 69.8 units per acre housing unit density | site | City report: San Francisco neighborhood profiles scanned page ↗ |
| 1998 | Yerba Buena Gardens and Union Square · finding: Not displaced and no land acquired for the New Central Subway | finding | City report: Draft environmental impact statement/draft environmental impact report for the Third Street light rail project in the City and County of San Francisco scanned page ↗ |
| 1998-12-07 | Union Square business improvement district proposed, hearing set for January | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1998-12-07 | Ballot rules set for the Union Square district vote | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1998-12-21 | Union Square district advisory board set aside for a separate vote | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1999-02-22 | Union Square business improvement district and its property charges proposed | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2003-12-16 | Five more years of Union Square business district assessments | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2006-02-28 | Union Square Association's $40,000 (≈ $66,853 in 2026 dollars) gift-in-place to the Recreation and Park Department for Union Square was accepted and adopted. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2006-02-28 | The Recreation and Park Department accepts a $40,000 (≈ $66,853 in 2026 dollars) gift-in-place from the Union Square Association for Union Square. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2006-02-28 | Board accepted a $40,000 (≈ $66,853 in 2026 dollars) gift from the Union Square Association for Recreation and Park Department use in Union Square. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2009 | Hearing held on Greater Union Square Business Improvement District; the President declared no majority protest against it. | hearing | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2009-01-06 | Liquor licence transfer to 115 Mason Street for Union Square Sports Bar approved 7-3 with police conditions. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2009-07-28 | Union Square business district renewed and widened for ten years | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2009-07-28 | Board adopted resolution establishing the Greater Union Square Business Improvement District, levying assessments on property for ten years, by 10 ayes to 1 no. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2012-10-23 | Central Subway station may be built under Union Square Park | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2012-10-23 | Surface and subsurface structures in Union Square Park for the Central Subway's Union Square station approved. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2019-02-05 | Downtown retail zoning change and Union Square park fee proposed | ordinance | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2020-07-28 | Supervisor Peskin asks police about Union Square protest cameras | resolution | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2020-07-28 | Supervisor Peskin asks police about Union Square protest cameras | resolution | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
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