San Francisco downtown
Named in the records1960–2026
122 records of San Francisco tie this place, 1960–2026: 31 decisions of the Board of Supervisors and 91 facts read from city reports. Open the full list, with filters for years, kind and outcome.
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- 122: 31 Board decisions, 91 facts from city reports
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- 1960–2026
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The 60 most telling of its 122 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | San Francisco downtown employment growth · finding: For every three new downtown jobs in the 1960s, one job went to a person who chose to live within the city | finding | City report: Impact of intensive, high-rise development in San Francisco. Summary : an evaluation of alternate development growth strategies, Step 1 - part B, a final feasibility report scanned page ↗ |
| 1962 | Community renewal program for San Francisco · proposes: General planning studies for re-use of renewal areas and downtown planning study | project | City report: A community renewal program for the city and county of San Francisco : application to the Housing and Home Finance Agency for a federal grant to assist in the preparation of a community renewal program scanned page ↗ |
| 1966 | San Francisco Downtown Zoning Study · other: completed 1966; projected next 15 years of Downtown growth | project | City report: Downtown San Francisco conservation and development planning program : phase I, reconnaissance and programming scanned page ↗ |
| 1968 | San Francisco downtown zoning ordinance · other: 10 percent FAR bonus for new building within 750 feet of BART | measure | City report: Indirect environmental impacts : technical memorandum scanned page ↗ |
| 1968 | San Francisco downtown zoning ordinance · other: Up to 20 percent FAR bonus for direct entranceway to BART | measure | City report: Indirect environmental impacts : technical memorandum scanned page ↗ |
| 1968 | San Francisco downtown zoning ordinance · other: Divided downtown into four zoning districts: downtown office, retail, general commercial, support | measure | City report: Indirect environmental impacts : technical memorandum scanned page ↗ |
| 1968 | San Francisco downtown zoning ordinance · other: Maximum 7 percent of gross floor area permitted for parking | measure | City report: Indirect environmental impacts : technical memorandum scanned page ↗ |
| 1968 | C-3 Downtown Commercial Districts regulations · adopted: existing C-3 regulations adopted | event | City report: Downtown San Francisco conservation and development planning program : phase I, reconnaissance and programming scanned page ↗ |
| 1969 | San Francisco Bay Plan · other: Plan form for land projecting into the Bay: protect and enhance radial water views and cul-de-sac circulation | finding | City report: San Francisco Bay plan; [final report] scanned page ↗ |
| 1970 | San Francisco Downtown Parking and Traffic Survey (DPATS) · cost usd | finding | City report: Housing and urban resource development for the city of San Francisco : an interdisciplinary study in systems design at Stanford University, winter and spring quarters 1970 : final report scanned page ↗ |
| 1973 | San Francisco downtown trip time distribution · finding: Peak hour generates more traffic in downtown San Francisco than in the other areas surveyed; the distribution for San Francisco is used in the analysis | finding | City report: Impact of intensive, high-rise development in San Francisco. Volume III, Urban economics : an evaluation of alternate development growth strategies, Step 1 - part B, a final feasibility report scanned page ↗ |
| 1976 | Downtown San Francisco · other: Downtown served by BART station | site | City report: Impacts of BART on visual quality : interim service findings / scanned page ↗ |
| 1976 | BART subway construction in San Francisco · finding: construction impacts to motorists and pedestrians lasted more than seven years in San Francisco | finding | City report: Impacts of BART on the social environment : interim service findings / scanned page ↗ |
| 1976 | Muni downtown market capture · finding: Muni now captures 40-50 percent of the downtown market | finding | City report: 5 year plan, 1977-1982 : issue paper 2 : Transit planning thought in San Francisco scanned page ↗ |
| 1977 | San Francisco downtown wind and temperature effects · finding: effective temperature of 46°, 39° and 37° at 10, 25 and 35 mph winds from 56° average | finding | City report: Indirect environmental impacts : technical memorandum scanned page ↗ |
| 1977 | Multi-story office structures, San Francisco downtown · stories: as high as 40 stories | building | City report: A description of BART : its facilities, service and surroundings scanned page ↗ |
| 1977 | Downtown San Francisco work travel survey · other: 3,189 workers surveyed in downtown core area | finding | City report: Final report on the Joint Fare Prepayment Demonstration Design Project scanned page ↗ |
| 1977 | Downtown San Francisco · other: 3,189 workers represented in 1977 survey of downtown core area | site | City report: Final report on the Joint Fare Prepayment Demonstration Design Project scanned page ↗ |
| 1977 | Downtown San Francisco · other: over 177,000 workers in downtown core area | site | City report: Final report on the Joint Fare Prepayment Demonstration Design Project scanned page ↗ |
| 1977 | Downtown San Francisco work travel · other: sample believed to represent over 177,000 workers | finding | City report: Final report on the Joint Fare Prepayment Demonstration Design Project scanned page ↗ |
| 1978 | Market Street Development Project · other: BART provided an impetus for public decisions on plans, redevelopment and transit improvement projects | project | City report: Land use and urban development project : program-wide case studies scanned page ↗ |
| 1978 | BART effect on San Francisco public redevelopment projects · finding: BART did not have a substantial direct effect on public redevelopment projects | finding | City report: Land use and urban development project : program-wide case studies scanned page ↗ |
| 1978 | BART impacts in San Francisco downtown urban core · finding: BART's impacts have been greatest in the urban core downtown areas of San Francisco and Oakland | finding | City report: Land use and urban development project : program-wide case studies scanned page ↗ |
| 1978 | BART fares from high ethnic minority concentration station areas to Montgomery Street Station · other: 6.4 cents per mile from high ethnic minority concentration stations, compared with 5.1 cents per mile from low concentration stations | measure | City report: Implications of BART's economic, employment and financial impacts for the transportation disadvantaged : technical memorandum scanned page ↗ |
| 1978 | BART fare per mile to Montgomery Street Station · finding: Fairly strong linear relationship: cost per mile increases with total ethnic minority concentration around origin stations | finding | City report: Implications of BART's economic, employment and financial impacts for the transportation disadvantaged : technical memorandum scanned page ↗ |
| 1978 | BART accessibility impact on downtown travel times · finding: San Francisco downtown travel times nearly equivalent to Oakland and Berkeley with BART | finding | City report: Implications of BART's mobility and accessibility impacts for the transportation disadvantaged scanned page ↗ |
| 1978 | San Francisco downtown BART stations · finding: not mentioned by any key informant as having experienced speculation | finding | City report: Study of property acquisition and occupancy : BART's effect on speculation, working paper scanned page ↗ |
| 1978 | San Francisco downtown office space · other: 40 million square feet of office space | finding | City report: Land use and urban development project : program-wide case studies scanned page ↗ |
| 1979 | San Francisco Downtown Conservation and Development Plan · other: interim controls adopted to support preparation of the plan | measure | City report: Downtown San Francisco conservation and development planning program : phase I, reconnaissance and programming scanned page ↗ |
| 1979 | Downtown costs and revenues after Proposition 13 · other: Present Downtown costs may exceed revenues by as much as 25 percent | finding | City report: Downtown San Francisco conservation and development planning program : phase I, reconnaissance and programming scanned page ↗ |
| 1979 | Downtown property tax revenues · other: Downtown property tax revenues decreased by more than $10 million (not including school revenues) | finding | City report: Downtown San Francisco conservation and development planning program : phase I, reconnaissance and programming scanned page ↗ |
| 1979 | Downtown costs exceeding revenues affected by Proposition 13 · other: Downtown costs exceeded revenues affected by Proposition 13 by about $7 million or nearly 25 percent | finding | City report: Downtown San Francisco conservation and development planning program : phase I, reconnaissance and programming scanned page ↗ |
| 1979 | C-3 Downtown Commercial Districts · finding: regulatory system not based on a comprehensive, integrated plan | finding | City report: Downtown San Francisco conservation and development planning program : phase I, reconnaissance and programming scanned page ↗ |
| 1979 | San Francisco Downtown Conservation and Development Plan · recommendation: plan should encompass at least the areas now subject to the four C-3 Downtown Commercial Districts | recommendation | City report: Downtown San Francisco conservation and development planning program : phase I, reconnaissance and programming scanned page ↗ |
| 1979 | San Francisco Downtown urban design guidelines · finding: no body of formally adopted, detailed design guidelines expressly intended for the San Francisco Downtown | finding | City report: Downtown San Francisco conservation and development planning program : phase I, reconnaissance and programming scanned page ↗ |
| 1979 | Downtown San Francisco architectural heritage · finding: no comprehensive plan for maintenance of the architectural and historic heritage of Downtown | finding | City report: Downtown San Francisco conservation and development planning program : phase I, reconnaissance and programming scanned page ↗ |
| 1979 | San Francisco Downtown Conservation and Development Plan · other: objective to manage Downtown growth and change | project | City report: Downtown San Francisco conservation and development planning program : phase I, reconnaissance and programming scanned page ↗ |
| 1979 | Downtown Plan (San Francisco Downtown Conservation and Development Plan) · proposes: Phase 1 reconnaissance and programming identifying critical growth constraints | project | City report: Downtown San Francisco conservation and development planning program : Phase 1 study : summary scanned page ↗ |
| 1979 | Splendid Survivors: San Francisco's Downtown Architectural Heritage · finding: Survey rates all pre-World War II buildings in Downtown San Francisco; A group (highest importance): 102 buildings | finding | City report: Downtown San Francisco conservation and development planning program : phase I, reconnaissance and programming scanned page ↗ |
| 1979 | Splendid Survivors: San Francisco's Downtown Architectural Heritage · finding: B group (major importance): 170 buildings | finding | City report: Downtown San Francisco conservation and development planning program : phase I, reconnaissance and programming scanned page ↗ |
| 1979 | Splendid Survivors: San Francisco's Downtown Architectural Heritage · finding: C group (contextual importance): 29 buildings | finding | City report: Downtown San Francisco conservation and development planning program : phase I, reconnaissance and programming scanned page ↗ |
| 1979 | Splendid Survivors: San Francisco's Downtown Architectural Heritage · finding: D group (minor or no importance), including vacant buildings and parking lots: 124 buildings | finding | City report: Downtown San Francisco conservation and development planning program : phase I, reconnaissance and programming scanned page ↗ |
| 1986-06-30 | Barbara Bagot and Stephen L. Taber appointed to the San Francisco Downtown Ballpark Task Force. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1986-06-30 | The Board adopted a resolution appointing [name withheld] as a member of the San Francisco Downtown Ballpark Task Force. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1986-07-28 | The Board adopted a resolution appointing [name withheld] to the San Francisco Downtown Ballpark Task Force. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2001 | C-2 zoning district · acreage: 10.03 acres | property_record | City report: Data and needs analysis : part one of the Housing element revision : an element of the San Francisco general plan scanned page ↗ |
| 2001 | C-3-G zoning district · acreage: 19.75 acres | property_record | City report: Data and needs analysis : part one of the Housing element revision : an element of the San Francisco general plan scanned page ↗ |
| 2025-04-22 | Downtown revitalization financing district proposed by the Mayor and supervisors | resolution | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2025-06-03 | Downtown financing district for home conversions approved to move ahead | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2025-06-10 | Downtown revitalization district gets its own governing board | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2025-09-09 | [name withheld] joins downtown financing district board | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2025-09-09 | [name withheld] joins downtown financing district board | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2026-02-03 | Downtown district approved to fund projects with future property taxes | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1995 | Peninsula Commute Service San Francisco Downtown Station Relocation Study · finding: Most impacts are caused by construction; the only long-term impacts are on land use from demolition of some buildings | project | City report: Transbay area plan : background data report scanned page ↗ |
| 1987 | Downtown Plan · adopted: Downtown Plan ordinance passed by Board of Supervisors | event | City report: Historic preservation in San Francisco : an evaluation of programs affecting historic resources for the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the San Francisco Department of City Planning scanned page ↗ |
| 1979 | Downtown San Francisco traffic noise · finding: short-term increase in traffic volume of approximately 15-20 percent under either growth scenario | finding | City report: Downtown San Francisco conservation and development planning program : phase I, reconnaissance and programming scanned page ↗ |
| 1979 | Downtown San Francisco traffic noise · finding: traffic volumes increase approximately 50-60 percent under either growth scenario | finding | City report: Downtown San Francisco conservation and development planning program : phase I, reconnaissance and programming scanned page ↗ |
| 1973 | San Francisco Downtown area municipal costs and revenues · other: Downtown costs would be higher than shown by $49.4 million under SPUR allocation method | finding | City report: Downtown San Francisco conservation and development planning program : phase I, reconnaissance and programming scanned page ↗ |
| 1973 | San Francisco Downtown area municipal costs and revenues · other: Costs would exceed revenues in fiscal 1973 by more than $37 million or more than 60 percent, including school costs and revenues | finding | City report: Downtown San Francisco conservation and development planning program : phase I, reconnaissance and programming scanned page ↗ |
| 1979 | Downtown San Francisco architectural heritage · finding: architectural cohesion gradually disappearing since World War II as buildings are demolished or altered | finding | City report: Downtown San Francisco conservation and development planning program : phase I, reconnaissance and programming scanned page ↗ |
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