Palace of the Legion of Honor
Named in the records1921–2001
160 records of San Francisco tie this place, 1921–2001: 118 decisions of the Board of Supervisors and 42 facts read from city reports. Open the full list, with filters for years, kind and outcome.
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- 160: 118 Board decisions, 42 facts from city reports
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- 1921–2001
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The 60 most telling of its 160 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1921-05-16 | Mayor authorized to appoint a committee to plan dedication of the Spreckels-donated California Palace of the Legion of Honor. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1924 | California Palace of the Legion of Honor · acquired: presented to the City by Mr. and [name withheld] as a museum of fine arts | building | City report: San Francisco government; a summary of the San Francisco City and County charter, the laws and ordinances, and the work of the various departments scanned page ↗ |
| 1924-09-02 | Board deemed Major and Mrs. Quinten, curators of the Palace of the Legion of Honor, as coming under the charter's expert-appointment section. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1924-09-29 | Board adopted a resolution asking the Mayor to appoint a fifty-member committee to accept the Spreckels gift of the Palace of the Legion of Honor. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1925-03-02 | Payment of $1,070 (≈ $20,601 in 2026 dollars) to E. Kundy for a memorial concert at the Palace of the Legion of Honor approved. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1929-07-08 | Payment of $1,500 (≈ $29,556 in 2026 dollars) to Henry D. Dewell for plans for repairs to the California Palace of the Legion of Honor approved. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1932-04-18 | Proposed ordinance would set up $1,000 (≈ $24,594 in 2026 dollars) revolving funds for the de Young Museum and the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, passed on first reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1932-05-18 | Board approved the Palace of the Legion of Honor budget, reducing the grand total from $75,000 (≈ $1.8 million in 2026 dollars) to $67,500 (≈ $1.7 million in 2026 dollars). | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1932-11-14 | Board adds a galleryman at $120 (≈ $2,951 in 2026 dollars) a month to the staff of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1933-05-01 | Director of the Palace of the Legion of Honor and de Young Museum exempted from residence requirements. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1935-11-25 | Voters rejected Charter Amendment No. 3 on the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 76,378 no to 63,108 yes. | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1938-11-21 | Board passed on first reading a $450 (≈ $10,753 in 2026 dollars) appropriation for landscaping at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1938-12-05 | Board finally passed a $450 (≈ $10,753 in 2026 dollars) appropriation from surplus funds for landscaping at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1940-04-29 | Board passed an ordinance appropriating $449.16 (≈ $10,810 in 2026 dollars) for equipment at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1940-05-20 | Ordinance changing the department title under item 13 for the California Palace of the Legion of Honor passed on first reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1940-05-24 | The Board approved the budget of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1940-08-12 | Ordinance changing one departmental job title in the California Palace of the Legion of Honor staff schedule was passed. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1942-04-06 | Mayor asked to declare April 18 and 19 as California Palace of the Legion of Honor Days, adopted by the Board. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1942-04-20 | Mr. T. C. Howe Jr., director of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, was granted three weeks' leave from April 24, 1942. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1944-03-06 | Board passed on second reading a reduced $510.73 (≈ $9,778 in 2026 dollars) bill buying equipment for the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, with the air brush removed. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1944-05-22 | Supplemental budget of $50 (≈ $957 in 2026 dollars) for an extra organ concert at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor approved. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1944-07-17 | Salary ordinance amended to correct a clerical error in California Palace of the Legion of Honor positions; passed on first reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1944-07-31 | Board passed an ordinance correcting clerical errors in salary positions at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, retroactive to July 1, 1944. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1945-05-18 | The California Palace of the Legion of Honor budget was approved without objection. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1946-05-14 | California Palace of the Legion of Honor budget adopted without objection after a motion by Supervisor Mancuso. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1946-12-16 | Thomas C. Howe, Jr., Director of the Palace of the Legion of Honor, was granted leave from December 21, 1946 to January 5, 1947. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1947-05-12 | Thomas C. Howe, Jr., director of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, granted about two weeks' leave from May 23, 1947. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1947-05-15 | The California Palace of the Legion of Honor budget was adopted as amended, together with its supplemental budgets. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1948-10-18 | Ordinance to fund a new secretary post at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor passed for second reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1948-10-18 | Companion ordinance amending the salary schedule for the California Palace of the Legion of Honor passed for second reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1948-11-01 | Board passed an ordinance appropriating $3,200 (≈ $44,739 in 2026 dollars) for a new secretary post at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1948-11-01 | Board passed a companion ordinance amending the salary ordinance for the California Palace of the Legion of Honor. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1949-02-21 | Board finally passed an emergency $856.79 (≈ $12,130 in 2026 dollars) appropriation for fuel oil at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1949-05-20 | The California Palace of the Legion of Honor budget was adopted, as amended, by the Board. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1950-05-19 | Board adopted the California Palace of the Legion of Honor budget after cutting contractual services and organist pay. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1951-05-16 | The budget of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, amended after Finance Committee recommendations, was approved. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1951-05-21 | Budget for the California Palace of the Legion of Honor failed after motions to cut its exhibition and curator funding. | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1951-05-21 | The Board approved the California Palace of the Legion of Honor budget as amended on Finance Committee recommendations. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1951-05-21 | Board approved the California Palace of the Legion of Honor's supplemental budget as submitted by the Mayor. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1953-02-24 | Appropriation of $150 (≈ $1,893 in 2026 dollars) for employees' cars at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor passed for second reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1953-03-02 | Supervisors finally passed a $150 (≈ $1,893 in 2026 dollars) appropriation for employees' cars at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, eight to one. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1954-02-15 | Proposed $3,000 (≈ $37,577 in 2026 dollars) survey of exterior stone work at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor was refused passage for second reading. | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1954-05-15 | California Palace of the Legion of Honor budget adopted after amendment, adding $3,990 (≈ $49,977 in 2026 dollars) and $720 (≈ $9,018 in 2026 dollars) in salary items. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1955-05-12 | Board approved the California Palace of the Legion of Honor and Achenbach Foundation budget after Finance Committee amendments. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1955-06-06 | An emergency $99,935 (≈ $1.3 million in 2026 dollars) from the Emergency Reserve Fund will correct fire hazards at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, finally passed. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1955-09-19 | Board of Supervisors passed Ordinance 9314, appropriating $1,000 (≈ $12,572 in 2026 dollars) at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor for compensation insurance benefits. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1956-05-28 | The Board extended the time for awarding a fire-hazard correction contract at the Palace of the Legion of Honor to June 30, 1956. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1956-06-18 | Board finally passed $52,000 (≈ $644,150 in 2026 dollars) emergency funds to remove fire hazards at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1957-04-15 | Passed: $500 (≈ $5,995 in 2026 dollars) appropriated for fuel oil at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1958-03-31 | Emergency $1,700 (≈ $19,820 in 2026 dollars) appropriation from the Emergency Reserve Fund for the California Palace of the Legion of Honor was finally passed. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1958-12-01 | Supervisors passed on first reading an ordinance appropriating $33,000 (≈ $384,741 in 2026 dollars) to rehabilitate the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, reduced from the original request. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1958-12-08 | $33,000 (≈ $384,741 in 2026 dollars) was appropriated to complete rehabilitation of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1961-05-08 | Gift accepted to pay for two historic rooms at Legion of Honor | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1967-02-06 | The residence requirement was waived for an applicant for Assistant Director of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1969-10-06 | Board finally passed an ordinance changing the California Palace of the Legion of Honor's memberships in various outside museum and arts organizations. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1970-10-13 | The Board extended to October 28, 1970 the deadline for awarding a Public Works lighting contract at the Palace of the Legion of Honor. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1970-10-13 | Deadline extended for Legion of Honor outdoor lighting contract | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1970-10-26 | Gifts of $2,430 (≈ $21,102 in 2026 dollars) and $2,452 (≈ $21,293 in 2026 dollars) accepted for Legion of Honor outdoor lighting | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1994-07-25 | Board passed on first reading an ordinance appropriating $1,545,654 (≈ $3.5 million in 2026 dollars) for improvements to the Palace of the Legion of Honor. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1995-10-02 | The Board adopted a resolution recognizing the contributions of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
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