Lake Merced
Landmark1910–2026
949 records of San Francisco tie this place, 1910–2026: 664 decisions of the Board of Supervisors and 285 facts read from city reports. Open the full list, with filters for years, kind and outcome. See the page about Lake Merced: what it is, who appears with it.
- Kind
- Landmark
- Assessor block
- 7283
- Records
- 949: 664 Board decisions, 285 facts from city reports
- Years
- 1910–2026
What the records say
The 60 most telling of its 949 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1923-08-27 | The Board passed a resolution paying Spring Valley Water Company $36,960 (≈ $728,263 in 2026 dollars) for 60 acres of Lake Merced land. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1924-09-22 | Board of Public Works authorized to contract for a road linking Municipal Golf Links at Lake Merced with Skyline Boulevard. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1925-02-09 | Payment of $35,520 (≈ $683,892 in 2026 dollars) approved to Spring Valley Water Company for rental-purchase of sixty acres of Lake Merced lands. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1931-01-19 | Board adopted resolution calling a special election on a $900,000 (≈ $20.0 million in 2026 dollars) bond for roads, including Lake Merced and Laguna Honda routes. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1931-02-16 | Board adopted resolution declaring voters approved $900,000 (≈ $20.0 million in 2026 dollars) in bonds for road work in the Sunset District and Lake Merced. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1942-06-22 | Bond resolution of $1,250,000 (≈ $25.8 million in 2026 dollars) for an auxiliary water pumping plant at Lake Merced was adopted by ten votes. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1943-02-23 | Board passed an emergency ordinance appropriating $10,000 (≈ $194,763 in 2026 dollars) to complete the Police Pistol Range at Lake Merced for auxiliary police training. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1944-04-24 | Public Utilities Commission gets $250,000 (≈ $4.8 million in 2026 dollars) from surplus bond interest to finish a Lake Merced water pumping plant. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1945-04-30 | Proposed ordinance moves $250,000 (≈ $4.7 million in 2026 dollars) of water works surplus to fund the Lake Merced pumping plant; passed for second reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1945-05-14 | The City Planning Commission proposed rezoning Lake Merced area land from second to first residential district. | resolution | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1946-04-22 | Supervisors passed $250,000 (≈ $4.3 million in 2026 dollars) transfer from bond interest surplus to the 1942 Water Works bond fund for the Lake Merced pumping plant. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1948-02-02 | The Board adopted Resolution No. 7183 suggesting the Board of Education postpone condemnation of property in the Lake Merced area. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1948-02-02 | Board accepted an easement from the United States across Fort Funston for a Lake Merced sewer tunnel. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1948-05-17 | City sells the Lake Merced Settling Pond Tract to Henry Doelger Builder Inc. for $42,525 (≈ $594,538 in 2026 dollars). | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1948-07-06 | Proposed $1,250,000 (≈ $17.5 million in 2026 dollars) from water bond funds for an auxiliary pumping plant at Lake Merced; passed for second reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1948-07-19 | Ordinance appropriating $1,250,000 (≈ $17.5 million in 2026 dollars) for an auxiliary water pumping plant at Lake Merced was finally passed. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1950-01-16 | Controller may transfer $1,235,000 (≈ $17.3 million in 2026 dollars) in water bond funds for an electric pumping plant at Lake Merced; adopted after one-week continuance. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1950-01-23 | Controller authorized to move $1,235,000 (≈ $17.3 million in 2026 dollars) within the 1942 water bond fund for a Lake Merced pumping plant. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1950-06-05 | The Board passed on first reading a five-year concession letting The Lake Merced Company run refreshments and boating on Lake Merced. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1950-08-14 | $595,875.59 (≈ $8.3 million in 2026 dollars) from the 1944 Sewer Bond Fund would finish the Lake Merced storm sewer; passed for second reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1950-08-28 | $595,875.59 (≈ $8.3 million in 2026 dollars) was reappropriated from the 1944 Sewer Bond Fund to finish the Lake Merced storm sewer system. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1951-04-02 | Passed for second reading: $2,800 (≈ $36,286 in 2026 dollars) from Recreation and Park for fishing permits and patrols at Lake Merced. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1951-04-09 | Sale of city-owned land bounded by Sloat, Sunset, Lake Merced and Skyline Boulevards to Pacific Coast Construction Company for $645,000 (≈ $8.4 million in 2026 dollars) confirmed. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1951-07-02 | Lake Merced Boulevard's service road renamed Gellert Drive | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1954 | Center islands built on Lake Merced Boulevard and Geary Boulevard | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1955-03-21 | Lake Merced Boulevard closed for the U.[name withheld] golf championship | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1956-09-17 | Recreation and Park funding of $350,000 (≈ $4.3 million in 2026 dollars) for building the Lake Merced Sports Center was passed for second reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1956-09-24 | Board finally passed $350,000 (≈ $4.3 million in 2026 dollars) from the 1955 Recreation Bond Fund for the Lake Merced Sports Center. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1962-02-26 | Parts of Lake Merced Boulevard renamed near the Fleishhacker Zoo | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1962-02-26 | Parts of Lake Merced Boulevard renamed near the Fleishhacker Zoo | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1967-01-09 | Ordinance to accept state grants of about $1.1M (≈ $11.1 million in 2026 dollars) for Lake Merced, John McLaren Park and bicycle trailways passed for second reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1967-01-16 | Board finally passed acceptance of state park grants for Lake Merced, John McLaren Park and bicycle trailways. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1970-05-04 | Metropolitan Life Insurance Company would exchange sewer easements at no cost to drain flooding Lake Merced Boulevard; passed for second reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1970-05-11 | Sewer work to stop Lake Merced Boulevard flooding approved | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1970-12-07 | Resolution authorizes annexing part of Lake Merced Rancho lands to Daly City for a joint historical duel site. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1972-02-07 | San Francisco Golf Club land near Lake Merced to be rezoned | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1975-03-24 | Lake Merced fishing permits and fees approved for non-commercial anglers | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1978-07-31 | Objection to ending some Lake Merced and Stonestown bus services turned down | rejected | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1978-07-31 | Objection to ending some Lake Merced and Stonestown bus services turned down. | rejected | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1981-09-08 | Resolution opposing end of Municipal Railway Line 70-Lake Merced service failed adoption. | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1989-05-08 | Lake Merced transport design sewer project's $1,100,000 (≈ $3.0 million in 2026 dollars) appropriation passed for second reading, Nelder voting no. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1989-05-15 | Ordinance passed appropriating $1,100,000 (≈ $3.0 million in 2026 dollars) from the Clean Water Program for the Lake Merced Transport Design capital project. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1989-07-31 | The city settles with Mirage Investments, Inc. over the Lake Merced Restaurant and Bar by ordinance. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1990-12-03 | Board adopted a resolution authorizing an application for a loan of about $40M (≈ $103.1 million in 2026 dollars) for the Lake Merced sewage storage project. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1991-07-15 | Board passed on first reading an ordinance appropriating $26,924,000 (≈ $66.6 million in 2026 dollars) for the [name withheld] transport plan. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1991-07-22 | Controller's $26.9 million (≈ $66.5 million in 2026 dollars) appropriation for the Cleanwater Program's Lake Merced transport plan was finally passed as Ordinance 290-91. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1993-03-29 | Surplus water department land at Lake Merced Boulevard to be sold | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1993-04-05 | Surplus water department land at Lake Merced Boulevard to be sold | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1993-07-12 | Water department land near Lake Merced to be sold to the Olympic Club; passed first reading only | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1999 | Board endorses the Lake Merced Task Force's work and urges the city to review its recommendations concerning Lake Merced. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2001-06-18 | Board adopted, as amended, a resolution urging the state to fund $3.56 million (≈ $6.8 million in 2026 dollars) for the Lake Merced stormwater diversion program. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2001-06-25 | Recreation and Park may accept and spend $3.6M (≈ $6.8 million in 2026 dollars) in state grants for Sunnyside Conservatory, Lake Merced pier and Palace of [name withheld]. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2011-05-24 | Proposed Parkmerced special use district zoning rules passed on first reading in the Lake Merced district. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2013-07-16 | Ordinance updates Harbor berthing fees, reauthorizes the Botanical Garden non-resident entrance fee and sets a Lake Merced Boathouse rental fee; passed on first reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2013-07-16 | Park Code fee changes for harbor berthing, Botanical Garden entry and Lake Merced Boathouse rentals passed first reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2013-07-23 | Park Code fees updated for East and West Harbor berths, Botanical Garden entrance and Lake Merced Boathouse rental, passed on final reading. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2015-02-10 | Proposed $9,500,000 (≈ $13.5 million in 2026 dollars) from Water Enterprise funds to clean contaminated soil at Lake Merced passed first reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2015-02-24 | Board passed an ordinance appropriating $9,500,000 (≈ $13.5 million in 2026 dollars) from the Water Enterprise fund to clean contaminated soil at Lake Merced. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2015-02-24 | Board passed an ordinance appropriating $9,500,000 (≈ $13.5 million in 2026 dollars) from the Water Enterprise fund to clean contaminated soil at Lake Merced. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2026-02-10 | Lake Merced easements sold to Daly City for $96,781 | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
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