California Street
Named in the records1887–2026
2,512 records of San Francisco tie this place, 1887–2026: 2,355 decisions of the Board of Supervisors and 157 facts read from city reports. Open the full list, with filters for years, kind and outcome.
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- Records
- 2,512: 2,355 Board decisions, 157 facts from city reports
- Years
- 1887–2026
What the records say
The 60 most telling of its 2,512 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1906-07-19 | $22,986 (≈ $860,545 in 2026 dollars) to Eureka Construction for the California Street sewer | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1915-03-15 | The Board accepted Arabella Huntington's deed of a lot bounded by California, Taylor, Sacramento and Cushman streets for park use. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1921-04-25 | Offer from Anna Lagomarsino to sell California Street land for a school at $4,500 (≈ $84,706 in 2026 dollars) was accepted. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1921-06-27 | Margaret L. Sullivan's offer to sell California Street land for a school for $3,000 (≈ $56,470 in 2026 dollars) accepted. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1925-01-04 | California Street near Fillmore to be rezoned from housing to shops | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1925-06-22 | Northerly side of California Street west of Grant Avenue changed from residential to commercial district, passed. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1925-07-13 | Ordinance placing a 50-foot stretch of California Street in the second residential district was passed. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1925-08-31 | Board declares policy to acquire the California Street Cable Railroad when its franchise expires, paying only physical value. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1926-03-15 | A corner property at California Street and Presidio Avenue was changed from residential to commercial zoning. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1927-01-24 | Proposed rezoning of California Street west of Van Ness Avenue to Light Industrial was passed for printing over church protests. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1930-05-12 | Board offered a $1,000 (≈ $20,176 in 2026 dollars) reward for the arrest and conviction of Police Officer John W. Malcolm's killers at California and Montgomery streets. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1932-04-18 | Board disapproved the Planning Commission's rezoning of the northeast corner of Arguello Boulevard and California Street from residential to commercial. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1935-06-24 | Board asked the Public Utilities Commission to estimate revenues and costs of the Market Street and California Street railways for possible city purchase. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1935-07-01 | The Board set July 15, 1935 to hear an appeal seeking commercial rezoning at California Street and Arguello Boulevard. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1939-10-16 | The Board set October 23, 1939 to hear an appeal against denial of rezoning California Street near Locust Street to commercial. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1939-10-30 | California Street lot near Locust Street refused rezoning for shops | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1941-01-06 | Hearing set on rezoning California Street east of Pierce Street | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1941-01-06 | Hearing date set for appeal seeking to rezone a California Street property from residential to commercial use. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1941-01-13 | Board rejects the denial of a shops rezoning on California Street | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1948-04-05 | The Board adopted a proposal for a $200,000 (≈ $2.8 million in 2026 dollars) bond to acquire the operating properties of the California Street Cable Railroad Company. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1948-04-26 | Board adopted Proposal 7794, authorizing a ballot argument favouring the bond purchase of the California Street Cable Railroad Company. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1948-04-26 | The Board adopted a resolution authorizing a ballot argument favoring a bond issue to acquire the California Street Cable Railroad Company. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1950-05-15 | Public Utilities Committee members named to negotiate city purchase of California Street Cable Railroad Company's operating properties. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1950-05-19 | Public Utilities Commission general office budget adopted, including $150,000 (≈ $2.1 million in 2026 dollars) to buy the California Street Cable Railroad Company. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1951-09-17 | City urged to offer $150,000 (≈ $1.9 million in 2026 dollars) for the California Street Railroad Company | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1951-10-15 | Ordinance authorizing settlement of claims for the City's planned purchase of the California Street Cable Railroad Company's cable car properties passed for second reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1951-10-15 | Passed for second reading an ordinance settling claims linked to the city's purchase of the California Street Cable Railroad. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1951-10-15 | Plan to acquire the California Street Cable Railroad's operating properties adopted, on Public Utilities Commission terms. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1951-10-29 | The Board finally passed a settlement of claims tied to the city's plan to acquire the California Street Cable Railroad Company's operating properties. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1953-10-26 | Board refused to overturn the Planning Commission's denial of a lot-size variance at California Street and Thirty-second Avenue. | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1955-12-12 | Board set a December 19, 1955 hearing on appeal against refusing to rezone California Street near Powell Street. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1955-12-27 | Board refused to overturn the Planning Commission's denial of rezoning property on California Street east of Powell Street. | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1958-02-24 | $234,000 (≈ $2.7 million in 2026 dollars) voted for a new firehouse at 2150 California Street | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1960-04-18 | $194,940 (≈ $2.2 million in 2026 dollars) to pull up cable tracks on Jackson, Hyde and California | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1960-11-07 | Parker Avenue lots south of California Street proposed for R-1-D zoning from R-3, passed for second reading despite owner protest. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1963-12-09 | Right turns adopted off California Street into Kearny and Davis | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1966-07-18 | California and Davis Streets to close for the Mutual Benefit building; passed first reading only, no final passage found | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1973-04-30 | Wormser-Coleman House at 1834 California Street to be made a landmark; introduced | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1974-07-01 | Old Flood Mansion at 1000 California made a city landmark | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1974-12-09 | Motion to calendar the appeal against denial of landmark status for Atherton House, 1990 California Street, for January 6, 1975 hearing adopted. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1975-01-06 | Resolution overturning City Planning Commission refusal to landmark the Atherton House at 1990 California Street was adopted. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1975-01-06 | Proposal to refuse landmark status for the Atherton House on California Street; put over to a later meeting. | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1975-01-13 | Atherton House at 1990 California Street made a landmark. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1979-12-26 | 3580 California Street rezoned from flats to shops | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1981-04-06 | The Board voted to direct a finding that a 12-unit condominium conversion at 1001 California Street is inconsistent with the Master Plan. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1984-04-30 | Landmark status proposed for the [name withheld] on California Street | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1984-10-09 | Negative declaration adopted for rezoning 6509-6533 California Street from two-family to one-family housing district. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1985-05-28 | Several properties at 1903 Broderick and 2890-2910 California Street rezoned from RM-1 to RM-2 residential density. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1997-10-06 | Demolition and rebuilding of flats approved at 2548 California Street | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1997-10-14 | Findings adopted on the 2548 California Street demolition appeal | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2000-11-20 | Board approved the Planning Commission's decision not to landmark the Jewish Community Center at 3200 California Street. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2000-11-20 | The Board upheld the Planning Commission's rejection of landmark status for the Jewish Community Center at 3200 California Street. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2008-10-07 | Tobin House at 1969 California Street proposed as a city landmark; passed on first reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2008-10-21 | The Tobin House at 1969 California Street designated a city landmark, protecting it from alteration. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2010-09-28 | Ordinance rezoning 680 California Street, Old St. Mary's Cathedral, to C-3-O and changing transferable development rights rules passed on first reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2010-10-05 | Supervisors passed a rezoning of 680 California Street, the old St. Mary's Cathedral, from Chinatown Visitor Retail to C-3-O, with transfer development rights rules. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2010-10-19 | Proposed ordinance would rezone 680 California Street, old St. Mary's Cathedral, to C-3-O and allow transferring its development rights; passed first reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2011-09-13 | 13 homes and 3 shops at 2829 California Street approved | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2014-01-14 | Board affirmed the Planning Commission's certification of the final environmental impact report for the Masonic Center renovation at 1111 California Street. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2019-11-19 | Permit lets 3333 California project build into the street | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
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