cable car system
Named in the records1947–1995
36 records of San Francisco tie this place, 1947–1995: 18 decisions of the Board of Supervisors and 18 facts read from city reports. Open the full list, with filters for years, kind and outcome.
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- 1947–1995
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All 36 records, in date order. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1947-03-24 | Proposed charter amendment requires Muni to keep operating the cable car system, to go to voters in November 1947. | submitted_to_voters | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1947-05-05 | Charter Amendment Section 119.3 on cable cars, requiring the Public Utilities Commission to maintain the cable car system, ordered submitted to voters. | submitted_to_voters | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1954-02-01 | Proposed charter amendment on cable car system maintenance was referred to Judiciary Committee. | referred | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1954-03-01 | Supervisor Mancuso asked the City Attorney to prepare a bond issue to rehabilitate the cable car system under Plan B. | other | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1954-03-22 | Plan B charter amendment on operating and maintaining the cable car system was temporarily postponed for one week. | continued | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1954-03-29 | Charter amendment on operating and maintaining the cable car system, Plan B, as amended, was ordered submitted to voters. | submitted_to_voters | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1954-03-29 | Cable car system charter amendment, known as Plan B, was ordered submitted to voters by a 7-4 vote. | submitted_to_voters | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1954-03-29 | Cable car charter amendment on maintaining the cable car system was re-referred to the joint committee. | referred | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1954 | Cable car system consolidation · event: abandonment of the California line west of Van Ness Avenue | event | City report: 5 year plan, 1977-1982 : issue paper 2 : Transit planning thought in San Francisco scanned page ↗ |
| 1954 | Cable car system consolidation · event: abandonment of the California and Hyde powerhouse | event | City report: 5 year plan, 1977-1982 : issue paper 2 : Transit planning thought in San Francisco scanned page ↗ |
| 1964-07-20 | Bronze plaque from the US Interior Department naming San Francisco's cable car system a national historic landmark accepted. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1969 | San Francisco Cable Car System plaque · other: Plaque designating the San Francisco Cable Car System, near the cable car turntable | site | City report: Preliminary plan of study of San Francisco Bay area in-depth study : Appendix B : Coordination activities and comments from others scanned page ↗ |
| 1976 | Electric Strand Alarm System · cost usd: 427000 | project | City report: Transportation conditions and trends : background information for the transportation strategy and programs report scanned page ↗ |
| 1976 | Cable car improvement program · cost usd: $96,473,000 | project | City report: Transportation conditions and trends : background information for the transportation strategy and programs report scanned page ↗ |
| 1976 | [name withheld] · cost usd: 1,996,000 | project | City report: Transportation conditions and trends : background information for the transportation strategy and programs report scanned page ↗ |
| 1977 | Muni streetcar and cable car system · other: most of the streetcar and cable railway system dismembered | event | City report: 5 year plan, 1977-1982 : issue paper 2 : Transit planning thought in San Francisco scanned page ↗ |
| 1977 | Muni streetcar and cable car system dismemberment · other: carried out without public hearings despite City Charter requirements | event | City report: 5 year plan, 1977-1982 : issue paper 2 : Transit planning thought in San Francisco scanned page ↗ |
| 1978-10-23 | Proposed policy on federal grants for cable car system. | unknown | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1979-10-10 | $750,000 (≈ $3.5 million in 2026 dollars) for cable car system repairs, passed as emergency | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1979-10-10 | $750,000 (≈ $3.5 million in 2026 dollars) for cable car system repairs, passed as emergency. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1979-12-03 | State transit money sought to rebuild the cable car system | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1980-05-12 | Ordinance creating a Cable Car System Fund in the Administrative Code passed for second reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1980-05-19 | A Cable Car System Fund was created by adding Section 10.109-4 to the Administrative Code. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1982 | Cable car rehabilitation · cost usd: $48 million federal and state grants matched by $10 million | project | City report: San Francisco : the mayor's annual "state of the city" report scanned page ↗ |
| 1982 | Cable car rehabilitation · cost usd: $58 million rehabilitation that renews the entire system | project | City report: San Francisco : the mayor's annual "state of the city" report scanned page ↗ |
| 1982 | Cable car rehabilitation · other: cable cars to return in 20 months | project | City report: San Francisco : the mayor's annual "state of the city" report scanned page ↗ |
| 1983 | Cable Car System · proposes: improvement (anticipated capital improvement) | project | City report: Local development policy survey update for San Francisco scanned page ↗ |
| 1983 | Cable Car System Rehabilitation Program · cost usd: $60 million | project | City report: Annual report 1983 scanned page ↗ |
| 1986-01-06 | Ordinance appropriating $1,100,000 (≈ $3.4 million in 2026 dollars) for Municipal Railway cable car system modifications was passed for second reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1986-01-13 | The Controller's $1,100,000 (≈ $3.4 million in 2026 dollars) appropriation for Municipal Railway cable car system modifications was finally passed. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1990-04-02 | Public Utilities Commission's Cable Car System beam replacement contract raised by up to $201,000 (≈ $518,171 in 2026 dollars), adopted. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1994 | improved revenue collection for cable car revenues · cost usd: eight new positions, $113,755 | project | City report: Report for the Budget Committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : zero-based budget analysis scanned page ↗ |
| Muni metro and cable car re-railing · cost usd: over $50 million | project | City report: Transit development program for the San Francisco Bay Area scanned page ↗ | |
| 1995 | Cable car lines · other: Lines to be maintained and operated at normal levels of scheduling and service in effect on July 1, 1971 | action | City report: Charter reform scanned page ↗ |
| 1984 | Cable Car System · rezoned: rehabilitation completed; full service reinstituted on three cable car routes | action | City report: Annual report 1984 scanned page ↗ |
| 1984 | Cable car start-up · cost usd: major expenditure to start-up the cable cars, spring 1984 | event | City report: Report to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors : review of the investment policies, procedures and practices of the Treasurer's Office scanned page ↗ |
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