Market Street
Named in the records1850–2026
8,519 records of San Francisco tie this place, 1850–2026: 7,322 decisions of the Board of Supervisors and 1,197 facts read from city reports. Open the full list, with filters for years, kind and outcome.
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- 8,519: 7,322 Board decisions, 1,197 facts from city reports
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- 1850–2026
What the records say
The 60 most telling of its 8,519 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1912-04-08 | Tetrazzini memorial tablet to be unveiled at Lotta's Fountain | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1916-05-29 | Electric railway from Seventeenth and Market streets through Twin Peaks Tunnel to Ocean Beach approved for construction. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1916-07-24 | Board offers a $1,000 (≈ $30,912 in 2026 dollars) reward for information leading to the arrest of the Preparedness Day bomber. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1917-08-10 | The Board adopted an ordinance directing the Board of Public Works to build a municipal street railway on Market Street to the Twin Peaks tunnel. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1919-05-05 | Board ordered the City Attorney to start eminent domain proceedings to take land for extending Market Street. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1921-03-14 | The Board asked the Board of Public Works to acquire two buses for the Market Street Municipal Railway extension. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1922-01-23 | A special committee was formed to negotiate with Market Street Railway Company about the city acquiring its properties. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1923-01-29 | Resolution requests Market Street Railway Company build a waiting station at the Embarcadero streetcar terminus, with Harbor Commissioners' permission. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1923-03-19 | Board authorized the City Attorney to negotiate purchases of property needed to widen Market Street from Ord to Mono Street. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1923-05-14 | Mayor James Rolph vetoed Ordinance 5866, which would have let the city use Market Street Railway tracks on Masonic Avenue. | vetoed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1926-12-20 | City Attorney ordered to start condemnation proceedings to acquire land for widening Market Street. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1928-06-04 | Market Street Railway Company was granted permission by resolution to build a public waiting station at Lincoln Way and Funston Avenue. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1933-10-23 | The Director of Property was authorized to acquire land from Market Street Railway or get permission to build a crossing at Sloat Boulevard and Twenty-sixth Avenue. | 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 ↗ |
| 1935-08-05 | Market Street Railway is granted a permit to build and run a double streetcar track on Sixth Street to Bryant Street. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1935-08-19 | Market Street Railway Company was granted permit to build and run streetcar tracks on Sixth Street from Folsom to Bryant Street. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1938-07-05 | $75,000 (≈ $1.8 million in 2026 dollars) for terminal tracks, with Market Street Railway paying rent | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1938-08-08 | Public Utilities Commission adopted a report on acquiring and rehabilitating the Market Street Railway Company, sending it to the Board of Supervisors. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1938-08-12 | Utilities Commission asked what $20,000,000 (≈ $477.9 million in 2026 dollars) buys of the Market Street Railway | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1938-08-16 | A $24M (≈ $573.5 million in 2026 dollars) transit bond issue was adopted for voters, aimed at buying out the Market Street Railway's lines. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1938-08-16 | Board adopts resolution setting up negotiations to determine a fair price for Market Street Railway Company's operating properties. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1938-09-01 | Ordinance passed calling a September 1938 election on a $24.48M (≈ $585.0 million in 2026 dollars) bond to acquire the Market Street Railway. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1938-09-07 | Market Street Railway to be told the city intends to buy | continued | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1938-09-12 | Market Street Railway to be told the city intends to buy | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1938-09-26 | Market Street Railway to be given notice the city will buy | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1938-10-03 | Board adopted resolution declaring city should buy Market Street Railway properties, replace streetcars with motor buses, and borrow $15,000,000 (≈ $358.4 million in 2026 dollars). | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1939-01-03 | Voters defeated the August primary proposal to acquire the Market Street Railway and combine it with the Municipal Railway. | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1942-09-28 | Mayor's veto sustained against resolution calling for proposals to buy $7,950,000 (≈ $164.3 million in 2026 dollars) of revenue bonds for the Market Street Railway. | vetoed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1942-09-28 | Mayor Rossi's veto of the $7,950,000 (≈ $164.3 million in 2026 dollars) Market Street Railway bond resolution was sustained, and the resolution was later withdrawn for redrafting. | vetoed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1942-10-13 | Board adopted a resolution for an October 20, 1942 special meeting on appraisals of the $7,950,000 (≈ $164.3 million in 2026 dollars) Market Street Railway purchase. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1942-11-02 | Finance Committee authorized to negotiate engineering and fiscal data for a revenue bond sale to acquire Market Street Railway. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1943-02-23 | Board passed $65,000 (≈ $1.3 million in 2026 dollars) to pay for a special April 20, 1943 election on acquiring the Market Street Railway. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1943-03-15 | Registrar of Voters authorized to print an argument for the Market Street Railway purchase bonds in the April 20 sample ballot. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1943-05-10 | The Board adopted the official canvass of the April 20, 1943 special election on acquiring the Market Street Railway properties. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1944-03-06 | Motion to postpone a Market Street Railway street-work resolution by one week was refused by the Board. | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1944-03-27 | Board approved an amended charter provision setting the Market Street Railway reconstruction fund at $300,000 (≈ $5.7 million in 2026 dollars) to $500,000 (≈ $9.6 million in 2026 dollars) in the first year. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1944-04-03 | Special election set for May 16, 1944 on six charter amendments, including city purchase of the Market Street Railway. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1944-06-05 | Board urged state legislators to back amending Civil Code section 510 to ease a city purchase of Market Street Railway properties. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1944-09-05 | Board passed a $6,156,183 (≈ $117.9 million in 2026 dollars) appropriation moving Municipal Railway operating funds into Market Street Extension accounts. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1944-09-11 | Ordinance passed to take over Market Street Railway operations and continue its employees' pay schedules, effective September 29, 1944. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1944-09-18 | Bill 3075, paying Market Street Railway employees taken over by the city, was refused final passage on a vote of 8 to 1. | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1944-09-18 | Passed as an emergency ordinance letting certain Purchasing Department storekeepers work over 40 hours weekly for the Market Street Railway takeover. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1946-09-03 | $351,682 (≈ $6.1 million in 2026 dollars) for the Market Street Railway purchase payment; passed first reading only | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1946-09-16 | $351,682 (≈ $6.1 million in 2026 dollars) voted for the Market Street Railway purchase payment | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1947-12-08 | Board passed on first reading $1,935,000 (≈ $29.2 million in 2026 dollars) payment to Market Street Railway Company for purchased operative properties. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1951-01-08 | Appeal to rezone property on Market Street from residential to commercial was denied, upholding the City Planning Commission. | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1951-01-08 | Store window rezoning on Market Street west of Castro Street argued | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1967-03-13 | Board of Supervisors passed ordinance 76-67 rezoning Main and Beale Street blocks near Market Street from C-M to C-3. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1968-06-04 | Voters to decide in June on Market Street and sewer bonds | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1972-01-31 | Design approved for United Nations Plaza at Seventh and Market | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1979-09-17 | BART's general manager asked that the new Muni Metro station at Castro and Market Streets be named for Harvey Milk; approved without objection. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1988-07-05 | $13.3M (≈ $37.9 million in 2026 dollars) in federal money accepted for the F-Market streetcar line | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1993-11-15 | Market Street closed overnight for filming Interview With The Vampire | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1999-10-18 | The city may apply for and spend up to $985,000 (≈ $2.0 million in 2026 dollars) in state funds to restore the [name withheld] at 1800 Market Street for an LGBT community center. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2004 | Supervisor Peskin's General Plan amendment raising the height limit at 690 Market Street from 250 to 285 feet passed first reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2004-05-11 | Ordinance designating 2362 Market Street, the Names Project building, as a landmark was passed on first reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2006-11-07 | Proposal to raise height limits for the [name withheld] project at 1167 Market Street failed on first reading. | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2009-09-15 | Board approved the Planning Commission's conditional use for a mixed-use building with up to 115 homes at 1960-1998 Market Street. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2013-04-09 | Ordinance 064-13 finally passed, creating the Market Street Masonry Historic District as a discontiguous landmark district. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2015-04-28 | Swedish American Hall building on Market Street made a landmark | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
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