Bureau of Building Inspection
Named in the records1925–2000
382 records of San Francisco tie this place, 1925–2000: 120 decisions of the Board of Supervisors and 262 facts read from city reports. Open the full list, with filters for years, kind and outcome.
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- 382: 120 Board decisions, 262 facts from city reports
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- 1925–2000
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The 60 most telling of its 382 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1927-05-25 | Board approved Bureau of Building Inspection salary appropriations for items 457 to 465 by a 16-2 vote. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1928-04-09 | $1,875 (≈ $36,945 in 2026 dollars) approved from the General Fund for a Chief Engineer at the Bureau of Building Inspection, April to June 1928. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1928-04-23 | $1,875 (≈ $36,945 in 2026 dollars) appropriated from the General Fund for a Chief Engineer for the Bureau of Building Inspection. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1929-05-23 | Board approved $19,800 (≈ $390,141 in 2026 dollars) in personal services for Bureau of Building Inspection staff, items 471 to 474. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1930-09-08 | Payment of $1,176.50 (≈ $23,737 in 2026 dollars) approved to James F. Waters for a De Soto auto for the Bureau of Building Inspection. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1930-10-20 | The Auditor was authorized to transfer funds so the Bureau of Building Inspection can pay twelve inspectors at $2,700 (≈ $54,475 in 2026 dollars) a year. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1936-05-14 | Public Works' Bureau of Building Inspection budget passed, including $5,000 (≈ $121,201 in 2026 dollars) for an earthquake hazard survey of buildings. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1936-08-17 | Emergency $19,431 (≈ $471,013 in 2026 dollars) approved for structural engineer and building inspectors in the Bureau of Building Inspection. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1936-10-19 | Board passed a $6,880 (≈ $166,773 in 2026 dollars) emergency loan paying salaries for structural engineers and inspectors in the Bureau of Building Inspection. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1936-10-26 | Board passed on first reading a $2,640 (≈ $63,994 in 2026 dollars) appropriation for a structural engineer in the Bureau of Building Inspection. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1936-10-26 | Passed for second reading: $2,640 (≈ $63,994 in 2026 dollars) from emergency reserve to pay a structural engineer at the Bureau of Building Inspection. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1936-11-09 | Appropriates $2,640 (≈ $63,994 in 2026 dollars) from the Emergency Reserve for a structural engineer's salary and travel in the Bureau of Building Inspection; passed. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1937-07-06 | Ordinance changing a transferred employee's pay in the Bureau of Building Inspection passed for second reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1941-05-23 | Budget of the Public Works Bureau of Building Inspection approved, with a $10,500 (≈ $240,671 in 2026 dollars) increase over last year. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1945-05-21 | Budget of the Bureau of Building Inspection approved without objection. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1945-10-22 | Salary ordinance adding two building inspectors at $260 (≈ $4,867 in 2026 dollars)-300 for the Bureau of Building Inspection passed for second reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1945-11-05 | Salary ordinance amended to add two building inspector posts at $260 (≈ $4,867 in 2026 dollars)-300 in the Bureau of Building Inspection; passed. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1947-03-03 | Appropriation of $1,400 (≈ $21,153 in 2026 dollars) to hire a structural engineer for the Bureau of Building Inspection passed for second reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1947-03-17 | Board finally passed an ordinance appropriating $1,400 (≈ $21,153 in 2026 dollars) to hire a structural engineer for the Bureau of Building Inspection. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1947-05-16 | Bureau of Building Inspection budget adopted after cuts to new inspector posts, automobiles and desks. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1948-05-18 | Public Works Bureau of Building Inspection budget approved with reductions, including cuts to automobile and filing cabinet purchases. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1949-05-17 | The Board adopted the Bureau of Building Inspection budget, as amended, within the Department of Public Works. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1949-12-19 | Ordinance to move 24 Electricity Department inspection jobs to Public Works' Bureau of Building Inspection passed first reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1951-05-17 | Public Works budget for the Bureau of Building Inspection approved as recommended by the Finance Committee. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1951-05-21 | Emergency ordinance appropriating $500 (≈ $6,480 in 2026 dollars) for Bureau of Building Inspection vehicle repairs was finally passed. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1951-12-31 | Board finally passed an ordinance appropriating $1,125 (≈ $14,579 in 2026 dollars) for a clerk-typist position in the Bureau of Building Inspection. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1952-05-06 | Department of Public Works Bureau of Building Inspection budget approved as recommended by the Finance Committee. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1953-11-30 | Board finally passed $8,330 (≈ $105,120 in 2026 dollars) appropriation for building inspection positions in Public Works' Bureau of Building Inspection. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1953-11-30 | Board finally passed companion amendment to the annual salary ordinance for Bureau of Building Inspection positions. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1957-03-11 | The Board finally passed an ordinance appropriating $825 (≈ $9,892 in 2026 dollars) for Board of Examiners members' services in the Bureau of Building Inspection. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1959-05-18 | Board passed on first reading an $840 (≈ $9,726 in 2026 dollars) appropriation creating an Assistant Superintendent post in the Bureau of Building Inspection. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1959-08-10 | Bureau of Building Inspection relocation service for families displaced by urban renewal and eminent domain gets $2,800 (≈ $32,420 in 2026 dollars) as an emergency measure. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1960-11-21 | Board finally passed a companion ordinance amending the Annual Salary Ordinance for Bureau of Building Inspection positions. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1963-12-09 | Supervisors finally passed an appropriation for four new positions and operations at the Bureau of Building Inspection and Central Permit Bureau. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1965-02-23 | Public Works' Bureau of Building Inspection approved $134,360 (≈ $1.4 million in 2026 dollars) to create 27 building inspector positions and abolish 27 others. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1968-04-08 | Apartment house and hotel inspections moved from the Department of Public Health to the Bureau of Building Inspection, passed as Ordinance 91-68. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1969-04-21 | Board passed an amendment to the salary ordinance for Public Works' Bureau of Building Inspection, companion to the preceding appropriation. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1978-01-03 | Annual salary ordinance amended to reclassify and add one new position in the Bureau of Building Inspection, finally passed. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1979-03-05 | Annual Salary Ordinance amended to abolish sixteen Rehabilitation Assistance Program positions in the Bureau of Building Inspection. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1981-06-15 | Budget Analyst directed to audit Public Works' Bureau of Building Inspection, on Supervisor Walker's motion, and adopted. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1985-04-01 | Silver asks the Bureau of Building Inspection to require building permits before demolition permits are issued. | motion | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1986-03-10 | Bureau of Building Inspection will offer voluntary inspections to one- and two-family home owners applying for CERF loans. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1986-05-05 | Supervisor Silver asks the Bureau of Building Inspection to seek more inspectors to find buildings likely to collapse in earthquakes; sent to committee. | referred | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1986-05-05 | Supervisor Silver's proposal for a Bureau of Building Inspection study of earthquake glass shatter and plastic films was referred to committee. | referred | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1986-08-11 | Supervisor Silver proposed asking the Bureau of Building Inspection to study earthquake glazing risks in downtown buildings. | resolution | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1987 | San Francisco Bureau of Building Inspection · other: [name withheld], Superintendent, quoted on earthquake safety as a political issue | agency | City report: The San Francisco Bay area : on shaky ground scanned page ↗ |
| 1987-06-15 | Administrative Code fee schedules for the Bureau of Building Inspection were finally passed, with a set effective date. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1988-05-09 | Passed for second reading as amended, a plan to create a Building Inspection Fund for fees collected by the Bureau of Building Inspection. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1988-05-16 | Building Inspection Fund created to hold Bureau of Building Inspection fees, effective July 1, 1988. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | Bureau of Building Inspection · other: Over 18,000 inspections performed after the earthquake | finding | City report: San Francisco's Loma Prieta experience : with an emphasis on state programs and policies and their implications for local recovery scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | Bureau of Building Inspection · units: 78 secured buildings, 51 with residential units totaling 591 units; over 1,000 residential units removed from use | finding | City report: San Francisco's Loma Prieta experience : with an emphasis on state programs and policies and their implications for local recovery scanned page ↗ |
| 1991-05-06 | Building Code change raising Bureau of Building Inspection fees passed on first reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1991-05-13 | Building Code amended to raise Bureau of Building Inspection fees; ordinance finally passed. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1991-05-13 | Ordinance on the Bureau of Building Inspection fee schedule was finally passed. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1992-05-11 | Ordinance raising Bureau of Building Inspection fees passed for second reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1992-05-18 | Bureau of Building Inspection fee increase ordinance finally passed, amending the Building Code. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1992-05-18 | Bureau of Building Inspection fees increased by ordinance amending the Building Code, passed on final reading. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | Bureau of Building Inspection · demolished: 51 red-tagged buildings demolished, 35 of them residential with 512 units | finding | City report: San Francisco's Loma Prieta experience : with an emphasis on state programs and policies and their implications for local recovery scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | Bureau of Building Inspection · finding: About 1650 buildings yellow-tagged in the year after the earthquake, including about 730 residential buildings | finding | City report: San Francisco's Loma Prieta experience : with an emphasis on state programs and policies and their implications for local recovery scanned page ↗ |
| 1991 | Bureau of Building Inspection · other: 234 buildings red-tagged within one month of the earthquake | finding | City report: San Francisco's Loma Prieta experience : with an emphasis on state programs and policies and their implications for local recovery scanned page ↗ |
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