Bernal Heights
Neighbourhood1870–2024
1,132 records of San Francisco tie this place, 1870–2024: 927 decisions of the Board of Supervisors and 205 facts read from city reports. Open the full list, with filters for years, kind and outcome. See the page about Bernal Heights: what it is, who appears with it.
- Kind
- Neighbourhood
- Records
- 1,132: 927 Board decisions, 205 facts from city reports
- Years
- 1870–2024
What the records say
The 60 most telling of its 1,132 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1927-04-25 | City accepts Mary R. Scott's $3,000 (≈ $58,093 in 2026 dollars) offer for lots needed to open Bernal Heights Boulevard. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1927-05-23 | Offer by Florence Christofferson to sell Lot 12 in Block 5641 for $300 (≈ $5,809 in 2026 dollars) accepted for Bernal Heights Boulevard. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1927-07-25 | Fritz and Emma Dahlgren's $200 (≈ $3,873 in 2026 dollars) offer to sell Lot 2, Block 5631 for Bernal Heights Boulevard was accepted. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1927-08-01 | Board ordered the City Attorney to begin condemnation of lots for the opening of Bernal Heights Boulevard. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1927-10-03 | City accepts R. H. Cosgrove and Adela H. Back offers to sell land for Bernal Heights Boulevard, for $1,014 (≈ $19,635 in 2026 dollars) and $1,500 (≈ $29,047 in 2026 dollars). | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1927-12-05 | City accepted offers from John McGraw and Gustave Niederholzer to sell land for opening Bernal Heights Boulevard, for $75 (≈ $1,452 in 2026 dollars) total. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1928-01-09 | City accepts Solomon G. Camp's offer to sell land for $150 (≈ $2,956 in 2026 dollars) for the Bernal Heights Boulevard opening. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1928-06-18 | Mayor authorized to auction dwelling houses on Arlington Street and Richland Avenue, cleared for Bernal Cut, for cash. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1928-10-08 | $28,000 (≈ $551,715 in 2026 dollars) was approved for payment to the Roman Catholic Archbishop for land for a St. Mary's Park playground. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1928-10-08 | Solomon G. Camp's offer to sell land for Bernal Heights boulevard for $1 (≈ $19.70 in 2026 dollars) was accepted by the city. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1931-02-24 | Condemnation proceedings ordered against owners of lots needed to build Bernal Heights Boulevard around the top of the hill. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1931-03-16 | Offers to sell land for opening Bernal Heights Boulevard were accepted, with the City Attorney to check titles and record deeds. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1931-04-20 | Offers from eight owners to sell land for Bernal Heights Boulevard were accepted for $2,800 (≈ $62,068 in 2026 dollars) total. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1931-04-20 | Offers by Anna Goranson ($1,500 (≈ $33,251 in 2026 dollars)) and Albert and Sofia Kautto ($3,000 (≈ $66,501 in 2026 dollars)) to sell land for Bernal Heights Boulevard were accepted. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1931-06-01 | Offers from five owners to sell land for Bernal Heights Boulevard were accepted, totalling $9,064 (≈ $200,923 in 2026 dollars). | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1931-06-08 | The Board ordered the City Attorney to start eminent domain proceedings to acquire land for Bernal Heights Boulevard. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1931-07-06 | Offers from three owners to sell land for opening Bernal Heights Boulevard accepted, totaling $2,500 (≈ $55,418 in 2026 dollars). | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1931-10-05 | Board adopted resolution accepting Hannibal Arbelaez's $240 (≈ $5,320 in 2026 dollars) offer to sell land for Bernal Heights Boulevard. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1931-10-05 | The Board accepted Hannibal Arbelaez's offer to sell land for $240 (≈ $5,320 in 2026 dollars) for the Bernal Heights Boulevard opening. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1931-11-23 | City Attorney ordered to start eminent domain proceedings to take Lot 610 for the Bernal Heights Boulevard. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1931-12-07 | Sophy Herrin's offer to sell land for Bernal Heights Boulevard at Esmeralda and Alabama accepted for $2,511 (≈ $55,662 in 2026 dollars). | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1931-12-21 | The City Attorney was ordered to start eminent domain proceedings to acquire Lot 1142 for a Bernal Heights Boulevard. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1932-02-08 | City accepted offers from eight owners to sell land for Bernal Heights Boulevard, totaling $4,070 (≈ $100,098 in 2026 dollars). | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1938-09-19 | Purchase of Lots 27 and 28 for Bernal Heights Boulevard from Commercial Centre Realty Company for $300 (≈ $7,169 in 2026 dollars) approved. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1939-04-17 | The Board confirmed the sale of former school land in Holly Park to the Housing Authority for $62,140 (≈ $1.5 million in 2026 dollars) cash. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1941-11-24 | The Board adopted Resolution 2252, approving a $200 (≈ $4,584 in 2026 dollars) purchase of land from Virginia J. Bianchini for Bernal Heights Boulevard. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1942-03-02 | Board ordered City Attorney to start eminent domain proceedings to acquire land for Bernal Heights Boulevard, which circles the top of Bernal Heights. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1942-07-20 | Purchase of land from Sophie Suter and Sabine Sommer for Bernal Heights Boulevard was adopted for $360 (≈ $7,442 in 2026 dollars) total. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1944-03-20 | City to buy tax-sold lots for $61.06 (≈ $1,169 in 2026 dollars) for Bernal Heights Boulevard | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1946-12-30 | City accepts a deed from Fernando Nelson & Sons and pays $525 (≈ $9,071 in 2026 dollars) for land for a proposed Farmers' Market. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1957-05-01 | School land off Cortland Avenue handed over for Bernal Recreation Center | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1961-08-28 | Phone company to take city land on Bernal Heights for microwave | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1961-08-28 | The Board adopted a resolution letting the City Attorney consent to judgment in Pacific Telephone's condemnation of city land on Bernal Heights. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1967-03-27 | City honours Bernal Heights Association and its fair | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1969-12-22 | Bernal Heights plan endorsed; no city money committed | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1986-02-24 | Walker's motion to start interim zoning controls banning new construction in Bernal Heights East Slope was adopted for three months. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1986-03-24 | Board ordered building permits suspended in the Bernal Heights East Slope Special Use District pending interim zoning controls. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1986-06-30 | Board directed transmittal to City Planning of interim controls prohibiting new construction in Bernal Heights East Slope district. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1986-07-28 | Interim controls for three months generally prohibit new construction in the Bernal Heights East Slope Special Use District. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1986-10-20 | Interim controls generally barring new construction in the Bernal Heights East Slope district were extended for six months. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1986-11-24 | The Board adopted a resolution extending interim controls that generally prohibit new construction in the Bernal Heights East Slope district for six months. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1987-11-02 | The Board adopted a resolution imposing interim controls that bar new dwelling units in the Bernal Heights East and South Slope district. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1987-11-02 | Interim controls adopted banning new dwelling units in the Bernal Heights East and South Slope Special Use District for twelve months. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1989-02-06 | A Bernal Heights East and South Slope special use district was created, pausing new dwelling-unit permits for twelve months, and finally passed. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1989-07-03 | Interim zoning controls in the Bernal Heights Special Use District were extended for six more months, restricting development to RH-1 standards. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1990-03-19 | Planning Commission given until May 8, 1990 to decide the Bernal Heights rezoning proposal; resolution adopted. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1990-05-07 | Board adopted a resolution extending to August 8, 1990 the Planning Commission's deadline on a Bernal Heights rezoning from RH-2 to RH-1. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1990-08-06 | The Board extended to October 9, 1990 the Planning Commission's deadline to decide Bernal Heights property reclassifications. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1991-01-14 | Negative environmental declaration adopted for the Bernal Heights Special Use District, finding no significant environmental impact. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1991-01-14 | Bernal Heights Special Use District ordinance, limiting height, setbacks, parking and demolition, passed on first reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1994-07-18 | Purchase agreement authorized to acquire part of the Bernal Heights Community Garden as open space. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2005-09-13 | Board passed on first reading an ordinance vacating part of Bernal Heights Boulevard west of Moultrie Street, transferring it to Recreation and Park. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2007 | The Board adopted a resolution of intent to nominate a Blue Elderberry tree at Folsom Street and Bernal Heights Boulevard as a landmark. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2008-03-04 | Proposed ordinance would make a flowering ash tree at 500 Cortland Avenue, by the Bernal Heights Library, a landmark tree; passed on first reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2008-03-04 | Proposed landmark tree designation for a blue elderberry in the Bernal Heights Natural Area; passed on first reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2008-03-11 | Supervisor Ammiano's ordinance to designate a flowering ash tree at 500 Cortland Avenue as a landmark passed first reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2008-03-11 | Supervisor Ammiano's ordinance to designate a blue elderberry tree in Bernal Heights as a landmark passed first reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2008-03-18 | Board passed an ordinance designating a blue elderberry tree in Bernal Heights Natural Area a landmark tree. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2008-03-18 | Second flowering ash tree in front of the Bernal Heights Library at 500 Cortland Avenue designated a landmark tree; passed. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2024-10-01 | Purchase of 3300 Mission Street for affordable housing approved | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
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