Hetch Hetchy Project
Named in the records1910–1996
277 records of San Francisco tie this place, 1910–1996: 162 decisions of the Board of Supervisors and 115 facts read from city reports. Open the full list, with filters for years, kind and outcome. See the page about Hetch Hetchy Project: what it is, who appears with it.
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- Records
- 277: 162 Board decisions, 115 facts from city reports
- Years
- 1910–1996
What the records say
The 60 most telling of its 277 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910 | Hetch Hetchy Project · cost usd: Six Hundred Thousand ($600,000) Dollars bonded indebtedness for purchase of lands, rights and claims | project | City report: Official opinions of Percy V. Long, City Attorney of the City and County of San Francisco, State of California ; [1908-1912] scanned page ↗ |
| 1910 | Hetch Hetchy project · recommendation: Copies of maps of proposed reservoir sites and rights of way should be filed with the Department of the Interior | recommendation | City report: Official opinions of Percy V. Long, City Attorney of the City and County of San Francisco, State of California ; [1908-1912] scanned page ↗ |
| 1910 | Hetch Hetchy project · recommendation: City should commence work immediately toward actual construction of the project | recommendation | City report: Official opinions of Percy V. Long, City Attorney of the City and County of San Francisco, State of California ; [1908-1912] scanned page ↗ |
| 1916-08-07 | Proposed resolution would condemn several Tuolumne County land parcels for a transportation railroad serving the Hetch Hetchy project. | resolution | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1916-10-30 | The State Compensation Insurance Fund is asked to continue insurance for city employees on the Hetch Hetchy project for one year. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1917-07-10 | Ordinance authorizing the Board of Public Works to arrange medical and surgical care for employees on the Hetch Hetchy project was passed. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1917-10-15 | Board adopted resolution refusing Hetch Hetchy project data to the Bureau of Municipal Research until the next annual report. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1918-10-14 | Board ordered 45 steel dump cars from Joshua Hendy Iron Works for the Hetch Hetchy project for $17,775 (≈ $396,630 in 2026 dollars). | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1918-12-09 | Treasurer authorized to sell $1,000,000 (≈ $22.3 million in 2026 dollars) in water bonds to Anglo and London Paris National Bank for the Hetch Hetchy project. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1919-03-24 | Proposes paying Crocker Estate Company $73,682.09 (≈ $1.4 million in 2026 dollars) for land for the Amazon reservoir site in the Hetch Hetchy project. | resolution | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1919-03-31 | Board approved payment of $73,682.09 (≈ $1.4 million in 2026 dollars) to Crocker Estate Company for land for the Amazon reservoir site, Hetch Hetchy project. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1919-03-31 | Passed ordinance paying Hetch Hetchy project workers living in Tuolumne County through the First National Bank of Sonora. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1919-08-25 | Board accepted offers to sell land for the Groveland power and pipe line right of way for the Hetch Hetchy project. | resolution | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1921-10-31 | Board of Public Works may hire expert technical services for the Moccasin Creek power plant on the Hetch Hetchy project. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1922-04-10 | The Board appropriated $5,281,000 (≈ $105.9 million in 2026 dollars) from water bond funds for aqueduct tunnel construction in the Hetch Hetchy project. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1922-05-15 | City adopts agreement with Modesto and Turlock irrigation districts protecting the Hetch Hetchy project near Don Pedro reservoir. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1923-07-16 | Five Stanislaus County land parcels for the Hetch Hetchy project bought from owners for $5,100 (≈ $100,491 in 2026 dollars) total, adopted. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1923-08-13 | The city accepted offers of $3,000 (≈ $59,112 in 2026 dollars) from William and Flossie Jolliff and $1,200 (≈ $23,645 in 2026 dollars) from Raymond and Rosina Plumb for Stanislaus County land for the Hetch Hetchy project. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1923-12-17 | Proposed purchase of several Stanislaus County land parcels for the Hetch Hetchy project; outcome on next page. | resolution | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1925-02-24 | The Board adopted resolutions honouring employees on the Hetch Hetchy project who lost their lives on duty. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1926-07-12 | The Grand Jury was allowed $1,030.75 (≈ $19,622 in 2026 dollars) for expenses of its Hetch Hetchy project investigation. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1929-09-16 | Resolution proposes accepting J. L. La Place's $3,700 (≈ $72,905 in 2026 dollars) offer for San Miguel reservoir lands for the Hetch Hetchy project. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1930-03-24 | Board asked Public Works to report bidders, delivery locations and prices for lumber sent to the Hetch Hetchy project over two years. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1930-09-08 | The Board created a committee to investigate a possible San Francisco water shortage before the Hetch Hetchy project is finished. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1931-05-11 | Stanislaus County's permit for San Francisco to build and repair pipe lines in the Hetch Hetchy Project is being accepted. | resolution | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1951-05-21 | Supervisors refused to delete one chauffeur position from the Hetch Hetchy Project budget. | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1951-05-21 | Hetch Hetchy Project budget approved, as amended after Finance Committee recommendations. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1951-06-11 | The Board finally passed an amendment to the salary ordinance for the Hetch Hetchy project position. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1951-08-06 | Ordinance adding a $2,700 (≈ $34,990 in 2026 dollars) Storekeeper position in the Hetch Hetchy Project passed for second reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1951-08-20 | Board passed final ordinance appropriating $2,700 (≈ $34,990 in 2026 dollars) for a new Storekeeper position in the Hetch Hetchy Project. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1951-11-05 | Ordinance appropriating $238 (≈ $3,084 in 2026 dollars) from the Hetch Hetchy Project for holiday pay and pensions owed machinists under court order passed. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1952-05-06 | Hetch Hetchy Project budget approved after $104,200 (≈ $1.3 million in 2026 dollars) cut for cottages, streets and sewers, per Finance Committee. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1952-05-12 | Emergency $20,180 (≈ $256,583 in 2026 dollars) appropriation for Hetch Hetchy Project wages and vehicle maintenance was finally passed. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1952-05-26 | Public Utilities' Hetch Hetchy Project gets $7,500 (≈ $95,360 in 2026 dollars) for accident compensation, awards and damages, passed as an ordinance. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1953-04-20 | Board refused second reading of a $400 (≈ $5,048 in 2026 dollars) overtime appropriation for Hetch Hetchy Project engineering staff. | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1953-05-15 | Hetch Hetchy Project budget adopted after reductions recommended by the Finance Committee and added supplemental items. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1953-09-14 | Passed for second reading: $2,000 (≈ $25,239 in 2026 dollars) for Public Utilities Commission costs of a congressional inspection of the Hetch Hetchy Project. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1954-05-15 | Hetch Hetchy Project budget adopted after Finance Committee amendments and supplemental budget items. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1954-09-20 | Hetch Hetchy Project $300 (≈ $3,758 in 2026 dollars) purchase of a deep freezer passed on first reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1954-12-27 | Public Utilities salary ordinance for Hetch Hetchy Project amended as a companion measure, passed on final reading. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1955-05-12 | Hetch Hetchy Project budget approved after amendments, with ten supervisors voting aye and one absent. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1956-01-23 | Supervisors finally passed $106,000 (≈ $1.3 million in 2026 dollars) to build the Oakdale Transmission Substation for the Hetch Hetchy Project. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1956-05-16 | The Board adopted the Hetch Hetchy Project budget as submitted by the Mayor, with the listed supplements included. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1958-06-02 | Board passed on first reading a $550 (≈ $6,412 in 2026 dollars) appropriation for Hetch Hetchy Project contractual services. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1958-12-29 | Board of Supervisors passed $3,424.73 (≈ $39,928 in 2026 dollars) from Hetch Hetchy Project funds to pay fire damage caused by a transmission line break. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1960-07-25 | Ordinance appropriating $40,000 (≈ $455,324 in 2026 dollars) for Hetch Hetchy Project engineering services passed first reading, 9 to 1. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1962-01-29 | Board passed on first reading a $248,483.68 (≈ $2.8 million in 2026 dollars) payment of Hetch Hetchy Project funds for Tuolumne County taxes. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1962-02-05 | Board finally passed an ordinance appropriating $248,483.68 (≈ $2.8 million in 2026 dollars) from the Hetch Hetchy Project to pay Tuolumne County taxes. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1976 | Hetch Hetchy Project · cost usd: nearly $34 million for purchase of power from Pacific Gas and Electric in 1976-77 | project | City report: Report to the finance committee of the Board of Supervisors : review of the operations of the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), PUC General Office, Water Department, Hetch Hetchy Project, PUC Data Processing Center scanned page ↗ |
| 1977 | Hetch Hetchy Project · cost usd: $26.1 million for purchase of power for resale | project | City report: Report to the finance committee of the Board of Supervisors : review of the operations of the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), PUC General Office, Water Department, Hetch Hetchy Project, PUC Data Processing Center scanned page ↗ |
| 1977 | Hetch Hetchy electric power purchases · cost usd: $25.5 million more than 1970-71 for purchase of power for resale | finding | City report: Report to the finance committee of the Board of Supervisors : review of the operations of the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), PUC General Office, Water Department, Hetch Hetchy Project, PUC Data Processing Center scanned page ↗ |
| 1978 | Public Utilities Commission · recommendation: Establish a policy to acquire additional commercial customers to the maximum extent possible as surplus power becomes available | recommendation | City report: Report to the finance committee of the Board of Supervisors : review of the operations of the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), PUC General Office, Water Department, Hetch Hetchy Project, PUC Data Processing Center scanned page ↗ |
| 1978 | Hetch Hetchy power sales to Modesto and Turlock Irrigation Districts · other: approximately 520 million kilowatt hours sold annually | finding | City report: Report to the finance committee of the Board of Supervisors : review of the operations of the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), PUC General Office, Water Department, Hetch Hetchy Project, PUC Data Processing Center scanned page ↗ |
| 1978 | Hetch Hetchy Project power sales · finding: no written policy for rate adjustments of power sold under long-term contracts | finding | City report: Report to the finance committee of the Board of Supervisors : review of the operations of the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), PUC General Office, Water Department, Hetch Hetchy Project, PUC Data Processing Center scanned page ↗ |
| 1978 | Hetch Hetchy Project large commercial customers · other: average rate of $0.044269664 per kilowatt hour for power sold to 7 commercial customers | finding | City report: Report to the finance committee of the Board of Supervisors : review of the operations of the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), PUC General Office, Water Department, Hetch Hetchy Project, PUC Data Processing Center scanned page ↗ |
| 1980-04-07 | Board finally passed $2,880,000 (≈ $11.8 million in 2026 dollars) for the Hetch Hetchy Project to buy power for resale. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1981-02-17 | Board passed on first reading a $25,313 (≈ $93,828 in 2026 dollars) appropriation for administrative services of the Hetch Hetchy Project. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1981-02-23 | Appropriation of $25,313 (≈ $93,828 in 2026 dollars) for Hetch Hetchy Project administrative services was finally passed. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1983-03-21 | Public Utilities Commission approved immediately filling the vacant Hetch Hetchy Project Superintendent of Operations post. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1985 | Hetch Hetchy Project surveys · other: Grunsky directed surveys that selected the Tuolumne River as the City's source and acquired some of its rights | action | City report: San Francisco water & power : a history of the Municipal Water Department and Hetch Hetchy System scanned page ↗ |
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