Bay Bridge
Named in the records1921–2025
1,040 records of San Francisco tie this place, 1921–2025: 539 decisions of the Board of Supervisors and 501 facts read from city reports. Open the full list, with filters for years, kind and outcome. See the page about Bay Bridge: what it is, who appears with it.
- Kind
- Named in the records
- Records
- 1,040: 539 Board decisions, 501 facts from city reports
- Years
- 1921–2025
What the records say
The 60 most telling of its 1,040 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1926-10-04 | Board approved sending a three-member committee to Washington to learn War Department requirements for a Bay bridge. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1926-12-06 | Supervisor Shannon's resolution to condemn Mission Rock for the bay bridge pier was referred to the Special Bridge Committee. | referred | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1927-03-07 | The Board favours immediate private construction of the bay bridge, while the City Attorney prepares a public ownership vote. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1927-03-07 | Supervisor Havenner proposed forming a San Francisco and Alameda bridge district to finance and build a public bay bridge. | resolution | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1927-03-21 | Supervisor Havenner proposes forming a San Francisco and Alameda bridge district to build a publicly owned Bay bridge; outcome not printed. | resolution | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1927-03-21 | Supervisor Shannon proposed the City Attorney start condemnation of Mission Rock to hold it as a public Bay bridge site. | resolution | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1927-03-21 | Supervisor Gallagher moved that the Board favour immediate private construction of the Bay bridge until voters decide ownership. | continued | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1927-03-28 | Supervisor Gallagher moved that the Board favour immediate private construction of the bay bridge until voters decide public ownership. | motion | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1927-05-23 | The Board adopted engineers' report on a bay bridge and named engineers to present it in Washington. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1927-06-20 | Bay bridge from Rincon Hill to Alameda voted down | rejected | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1927-08-08 | Resolution declares intent that the proposed trans-bay bridge be publicly financed, built and operated. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1927-10-17 | City Attorney was asked to draft a bay bridge bill for Congress, approved nine votes to one. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1928-02-20 | Board adopted a resolution protesting Navy objections to a San Francisco Bay bridge after a ferry sinking. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1928-04-02 | McSheehy, O'Toole and O'Shaughnessy praised for their Bay bridge work | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1928-04-23 | Resolution condemning Supervisor McSheehy's tube compromise for a bay bridge was referred to the Mayor and Special Bridge Committee. | referred | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1928-07-31 | Bay bridge franchise application by The Construction Company of North America was denied for a route between San Francisco and Alameda County. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1929-02-18 | Mayor to name a citizens' committee for the bay bridge | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1929-05-23 | The City Attorney was directed to appeal Judge Goodell's ruling, giving bay bridge applicant J. O'Connell a hearing. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1929-06-10 | Board refused to reinstate a hearing on J. P. O'Connell's bay bridge application from Rincon Hill to Alameda. | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1932-10-10 | Supervisor Gallagher presented a resolution thanking the Bay Bridge financing committee for securing the Reconstruction Finance Corporation bond purchase. | resolution | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1933-01-23 | Board urges the State Legislature to pass Bay Bridge bills before February 1 to secure a $62,000,000 (≈ $1.6 billion in 2026 dollars) loan. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1933-04-24 | Resolution urges a budget provision of $390,000 (≈ $10.1 million in 2026 dollars) to buy Bay Bridge revenue bonds over four years. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1933-04-24 | Board adopted a resolution to buy $390,000 (≈ $10.1 million in 2026 dollars) of Bay Bridge toll revenue bonds from city banks, 14 ayes, 1 absent. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1933-05-01 | Salary schedule amended to add a Traffic Checker classification for Bay Bridge approach traffic surveys, adopted by the Board. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1934-09-11 | Supervisor Gallagher moved that the Mayor and Public Utilities Commission report on protecting San Francisco's interest in a Bay Bridge interurban terminal. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1934-12-10 | Supervisor Gallagher moved that the Clerk write federal and state officials urging more time for the Bay Bridge loan. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1934-12-10 | The Board finally passed a $25,000 (≈ $628,619 in 2026 dollars) appropriation for the Public Utilities Commission to study Bay Bridge terminal and rapid transit facilities. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1935-01-02 | San Francisco urges the state Toll Bridge Authority to accept a $10,000,000 (≈ $245.9 million in 2026 dollars) loan option from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for the Bay Bridge. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1935-01-14 | Board asked the City Attorney to push for state law letting the Toll Bridge Authority run transit across the Bay Bridge. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1935-02-25 | Board asked the Public Utilities Commission to change its Monday meeting so Manager Cahill could attend Bay Bridge transportation hearings. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1935-03-04 | Motion approving rail transportation across the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge was carried. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1935-05-24 | Live stock pavilion of $250,000 (≈ $6.1 million in 2026 dollars) for Agricultural District No. 1A approved, to be built for the Bay Bridge Exposition. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1935-10-07 | Board urged the state Toll Bridge Authority to keep Bay Bridge vehicle tolls at the lowest possible rates and protest any increase. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1935-12-02 | Supervisors rejected the Taylor subsurface plan for the Bay Bridge terminal and voted against considering further alternative terminal plans. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1936-05-04 | Board asked federal government for a 45 per cent grant toward a rapid transit line from the Bay Bridge to Third and Townsend Streets. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1936-10-19 | Resolution adopted urging the Toll Bridge Authority to charge 50 cents per private car on the Bay Bridge. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1937-07-19 | Supervisor Schmidt's resolution urging a 25-cent Bay Bridge toll, based on a Chronicle refinancing plan, was defeated. | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1938-03-28 | The Board rejected a motion to send a three-member committee to Sacramento over Bay Bridge costs and tolls. | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1938-06-20 | Board passes a $75,000 (≈ $1.8 million in 2026 dollars) appropriation for railway tracks to Plan X Terminal of the Bay Bridge, with Market Street Railway loop use. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1938-12-19 | Board asked the Mayor to appoint a citizens' committee for the January 1939 dedication of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge rail terminal. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1938-12-27 | Ordinance for $15,000 (≈ $358,447 in 2026 dollars) from Municipal Railway surplus for streetcar switches and signals at Bay Bridge Terminal passed second reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1939-01-09 | Ordinance passed appropriating $15,000 (≈ $363,604 in 2026 dollars) from Municipal Railway surplus to finish switch and signal work at Bay Bridge Terminal Station. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1939-01-16 | Supervisors passed on first reading a $8,320 (≈ $201,679 in 2026 dollars) appropriation for streetcar operation at the Bay Bridge terminal, half paid by Market Street Railway Company. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1946-06-03 | Request for $37,500 (≈ $647,962 in 2026 dollars) for a state study of a second Bay bridge was refused. | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1949-10-31 | Board urged the State Department of Public Works to build additional approaches to the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1949-11-07 | Mayor vetoed File 4859, a resolution urging the State Public Works Department to build more San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge approaches. | continued | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1949-11-21 | Mayor's veto sustained, so the resolution urging state work on more San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge approaches failed. | vetoed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1951-12-10 | Motion to hold a special Board meeting on December 12 to set a policy on refinancing the Bay Bridge lost. | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1957-12-23 | Resolution urging the State to defer removing Bay Bridge rails until rapid transit plans are submitted. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1967-07-17 | Board adopted a resolution favoring state bill SB 775, raising Bay Bridge tolls to fund Bay Area rapid transit. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1970-04-06 | Proposed zoning map changes and special height and use districts covering an area from Fort Mason to the Bay Bridge passed for second reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1971-02-16 | Waterfront rezoning near the Bay Bridge wins first approval | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1985-05-28 | Folsom Street to close for the Bay Bridge Run staging | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1985-11-04 | Rincon Hill to be rezoned for housing near the Bay Bridge | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1985-12-02 | Rincon Hill to be rezoned for housing near the Bay Bridge | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1986-12-08 | The Board adopted a resolution urging $50,000 (≈ $153,714 in 2026 dollars) from the Hotel Room Tax Fund for permanent Bay Bridge lighting. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1989-06-26 | Adopted resolution urging the Mayor to oppose Caltrans' widening of I-80 Eastshore Freeway between the Bay Bridge and Carquinez Bridge. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2002-07-22 | Bridge congestion-pricing vote for November ballot turned down. | rejected | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2002-07-22 | Board refused to put a congestion pricing policy for Bay Bridge tolls to voters on the November 5, 2002 ballot. | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2002-07-22 | Board adopted a resolution urging state or regional legislation to create congestion pricing for the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
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