Civic Center
Named in the records1909–2024
2,403 records of San Francisco tie this place, 1909–2024: 1,634 decisions of the Board of Supervisors and 769 facts read from city reports. Open the full list, with filters for years, kind and outcome.
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- 2,403: 1,634 Board decisions, 769 facts from city reports
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- 1909–2024
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The 60 most telling of its 2,403 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1909-04-10 | Proposal to build a new City Hall and civic center on Hayes, Franklin and Market streets approved. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1912 | Board resolves to build the new City Hall on the old site and seek a bond for a Civic Center. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1912-04-01 | The Board declared voters approved an $8.8 million (≈ $306.7 million in 2026 dollars) bond to build a City Hall and Civic Center, adopting Resolution No. 9373. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1912-09-04 | The Board accepted Sarah L. Coffin's offer to sell land at Van Ness and McAllister for $87,079.82 (≈ $3.0 million in 2026 dollars) for Civic Center. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1912-09-16 | The Board accepted Lena Wahmuth's offer to sell land at Polk and Grove streets for Civic Center purposes for $35,067.46 (≈ $1.2 million in 2026 dollars). | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1912-11-04 | Civic Center land purchase from Dexter and Browning, trustees, at McAllister and Larkin approved for $106,390.03 (≈ $3.7 million in 2026 dollars). | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1912-11-04 | Board accepted Eugenia Samuels Fisher's offer to sell land at Van Ness Avenue and Ash Street for $57,995.51 (≈ $2.0 million in 2026 dollars) for Civic Center. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1912-11-04 | Board accepted Robert G. Hooker and George H. Lent's offer to sell land on McAllister Street for $38,434.05 (≈ $1.3 million in 2026 dollars) for Civic Center. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1912-11-04 | Civic Center land purchase from Jean M. Gardia on Polk Street approved for $7,933.04 (≈ $276,512 in 2026 dollars). | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1912-11-04 | Civic Center land purchase from William Wolff on Fulton Street approved for $15,020.40 (≈ $523,547 in 2026 dollars), including improvements. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1912-11-04 | Civic Center land purchase from Charles Cohen et al. on Polk Street approved for $8,062.52 (≈ $281,025 in 2026 dollars). | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1912-11-11 | City accepts William Cohen's offer to sell land needed for Civic Center for $52,093.38 (≈ $1.8 million in 2026 dollars). | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1912-11-11 | Board accepted William Cohen's offer to sell land on Larkin and Birch streets for $52,093.38 (≈ $1.8 million in 2026 dollars) for the Civic Center. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1912-11-12 | Board approved payment of city claims, including Civic Center land purchases and Storrie's contract payment for high pressure water mains. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1913-01-13 | City accepted Isaack Kohn's offer to sell land at Larkin and McAllister streets for Civic Center for $107,500 (≈ $3.7 million in 2026 dollars). | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1913-01-20 | The Board accepted the Scottish Hall Association's offer to sell land on Larkin Street for $81,860.40 (≈ $2.8 million in 2026 dollars) for Civic Center. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1913-01-24 | Bill proposed exchanging Civic Center land for the former Western Addition library site to build a new library. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1913-01-24 | Board of Public Works will spend $152,500 (≈ $5.2 million in 2026 dollars) to move the High School of Commerce out of the Civic Center. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1913-02-03 | The Board finally passed an ordinance letting the Musical Association of San Francisco build an opera house on Civic Center land. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1913-02-03 | The Board finally passed an ordinance swapping Civic Center land for the former Western Addition library site to build a new library. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1913-02-03 | The Board set aside $152,500 (≈ $5.2 million in 2026 dollars) to move the High School of Commerce out of the Civic Center. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1913-06-02 | Resolution adopted on Supervisor Bancroft's motion relating to purchase of Marye properties in Civic Center. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1913-11-25 | Mayor Rolph vetoed the opera house ordinance accepting the Musical Association's $850,000 (≈ $28.9 million in 2026 dollars) gift for a Civic Center opera house. | vetoed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1914 | City Attorney ordered to drop condemnation proceedings against Prior, Andrews, Metzner and Delger's Market Street property for Civic Center lands. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1914-03-02 | The City Attorney was authorized to drop condemnation proceedings against Westphal and Gonzales properties at Civic Center. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1914-08-03 | Board ordered sewers built in the Civic Center and authorized the Board of Public Works to contract for them, paid from the City Hall fund. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1914-10-26 | Construction of the Civic Center Power Plant approved at the northeast corner of Larkin and McAllister streets. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1914-12-28 | City Attorney to drop condemnation of James Irvine's City Hall lots, removing them from the Civic Center land acquisition. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1916-05-23 | Motion to raise the Civic Center completion tax to two cents failed on a tie vote of nine to nine. | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1916-08-07 | Board directed the City Attorney to drop the condemnation suit against Van Denburgh Co.'s Civic Center land parcel. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1916-09-18 | City Attorney directed to drop condemnation suit against James Irvine's Civic Center land. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1919-03-17 | Resolution urges the Legislature for $350,000 (≈ $6.8 million in 2026 dollars) more to build the State building in Civic Center; adopted. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1919-06-09 | The Board appropriated $25,000 (≈ $486,908 in 2026 dollars) to the Pixley estate trustees for land condemned for the Civic Center. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1919-12-08 | Board dedicated land in the Civic Center as a new public street named Fulton Street. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1920-02-02 | Resolution repealing an earlier $165,000 (≈ $2.8 million in 2026 dollars) purchase of land from James Irvine for City Hall and Civic Center was adopted. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1922-10-30 | City Attorney instructed to condemn lots at Van Ness Avenue and McAllister Street for Civic Center use. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1922-11-20 | Board asked the City Planning Commission to rezone the Civic Center vicinity from light industrial to commercial. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1923-01-08 | Board adopted resolution directing City Attorney to condemn a Market, Hyde and Fulton streets lot for Civic Center expansion. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1923-01-29 | Board ordered the City Attorney to condemn land near Hyde and Fulton streets for Civic Center expansion. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1923-01-29 | Board accepts War Memorial Trustees' offer to build an Opera House, Art Museum and American Legion Building in the Civic Center area. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1923-01-29 | Resolution adopted to condemn lands near Hyde and Grove streets for continuing and expanding the Civic Center. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1927-03-21 | Board declared public necessity to build a Memorial Hall for war veterans in or near the Civic Center. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1930-05-12 | City accepts James Conlin Company and Eugene Moran's $33,000 (≈ $665,810 in 2026 dollars) offer to sell land on Grove Street for the Civic Center Health Building. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1930-05-26 | Board accepted Adelaide D. Lindauer's $26,000 (≈ $524,577 in 2026 dollars) offer to sell Lots 14 and 24, Block 811, for the Civic Center Health Building. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1930-06-30 | City accepted Frederick and Henrietta Zipp's offer to sell a lot for $5,300 (≈ $106,933 in 2026 dollars) for the Civic Center Health Building. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1933-07-24 | Board urged federal officials to speed construction of the stalled federal building in the Civic Center. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1936-07-06 | Board proposes a $3,220,000 (≈ $78.1 million in 2026 dollars) bond issue to build a Courts Building in the Civic Center, passed for second reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1937-08-09 | Proposal for a $3,220,000 (≈ $75.3 million in 2026 dollars) Courts Building in the Civic Center was defeated. | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1941-04-07 | San Francisco's Civic Center is renamed the James Rolph Civic Center, honouring former mayor and governor James Rolph Jr. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1941-04-07 | Civic Center renamed the James Rolph Civic Center by resolution 1737, honouring the former mayor and governor. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1943-08-02 | Board adopted Resolution 3521 declaring an emergency and directing rapid construction of dormitory units for servicemen in the Civic Center. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1944-02-14 | Supervisors approved $61,452.83 (≈ $1.2 million in 2026 dollars) in vouchers for Civic Center dormitories built for visiting armed forces members. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1947-09-15 | Supervisors refused to adopt an $11M (≈ $166.2 million in 2026 dollars) bond resolution for a new civil courts building in the Civic Center. | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1959-05-11 | $433,250 (≈ $5.0 million in 2026 dollars) proposed to build the Civic Center Plaza; passed first reading only, later finally passed | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1960-02-29 | $212,690 (≈ $2.4 million in 2026 dollars) to build Civic Center Plaza approved | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1973-01-22 | Mayor's veto of federal-prison protest upheld | vetoed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1994-12-05 | Civic Center Historic District ordinance passed for second reading, designating the Civic Center area as a historic district. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1994-12-12 | Board designates the Civic Center Historic District by adding Appendix J to the City Planning Code, passed on final reading. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1996-04-22 | Supervisors finally passed an ordinance appropriating $2,900,000 (≈ $6.2 million in 2026 dollars) from court revenue to build the Civic Center Courthouse. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2011 | Civic Center Community Benefit District adopted, levying ten years of property assessments on district owners after ballots showed no majority protest. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
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