San Francisco Water Department
Named in the records1850–2002
255 records of San Francisco tie this place, 1850–2002: 167 decisions of the Board of Supervisors and 88 facts read from city reports. Open the full list, with filters for years, kind and outcome.
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- 255: 167 Board decisions, 88 facts from city reports
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- 1850–2002
What the records say
The 60 most telling of its 255 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930-02-26 | Ordinance passed finally creating a San Francisco Water Department under the Board of Public Works to run the city's municipal water supply. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1930-03-10 | Compensation of a city attorney serving the San Francisco Water Department fixed at $12,000 (≈ $242,113 in 2026 dollars) a year. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1930-03-10 | Treasurer directed to pay San Francisco Water Department bills from the General Fund until its revenues are sufficient. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1930-03-10 | Board set aside $20,000 (≈ $403,521 in 2026 dollars) as a revolving fund for the San Francisco Water Department from the Water Revenue Fund. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1930-06-09 | Board granted Alameda County a road right-of-way easement over a small San Francisco Water Department parcel near Niles. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1930-06-23 | Cast iron pipe supply contract for the San Francisco Water Department awarded to United States Pipe and Foundry Co. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1930-09-22 | Payment of $6,350.63 (≈ $128,131 in 2026 dollars) to the San Francisco Water Department for water supplied to parks approved. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1931-07-06 | Board adopts the San Francisco Water Department budget for 1931-1932, estimating $7,098,000 (≈ $157.3 million in 2026 dollars) in earnings and $1,886,503 (≈ $41.8 million in 2026 dollars) in expenditures. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1931-08-03 | Resolution merging County Line Water Company accounts into the San Francisco Water Department, transferring its $19,189.15 (≈ $425,368 in 2026 dollars) deficit, was adopted. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1931-09-28 | Dalziel-Moller Company was awarded the contract to supply galvanized steel pipe to the San Francisco Water Department. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1931-09-28 | Dalziel-Moller Company was awarded a contract to supply steel pipe to the San Francisco Water Department. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1931-10-05 | Board released Pacific Indemnity Company from liability under its bond for San Francisco Water Department employees after December 31, 1930. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1931-11-23 | Payment of $53,940.08 (≈ $1.2 million in 2026 dollars) to Redwood City's tax collector for taxes on San Francisco Water Department property was approved. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1931-11-23 | Payment of $2,350.88 (≈ $52,112 in 2026 dollars) to Pacific Gas and Electric Company for power furnished to the San Francisco Water Department was approved. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1931-11-23 | Payment of $28,488.82 (≈ $631,515 in 2026 dollars) to Redwood City's tax collector for taxes on San Francisco Water Department lands was approved. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1931-11-23 | Payment of $25,179.24 (≈ $558,151 in 2026 dollars) to Alameda County's tax collector for taxes on San Francisco Water Department lands was approved. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1931-11-23 | Payment of $21,878.30 (≈ $484,979 in 2026 dollars) to Alameda County's tax collector for taxes on San Francisco Water Department lands was approved. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1931-11-23 | Payment of $9,200.62 (≈ $203,951 in 2026 dollars) to Redwood City's tax collector for taxes on San Francisco Water Department lands was approved. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1931-11-23 | Payment of $6,707.44 (≈ $148,685 in 2026 dollars) to Alameda County's tax collector for taxes on San Francisco Water Department lands was approved. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1931-11-23 | Payment of $2,124.11 (≈ $47,085 in 2026 dollars) to Santa Clara County's tax collector for taxes on San Francisco Water Department lands was approved. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1931-11-23 | Payment of $1,372.20 (≈ $30,418 in 2026 dollars) to Enterprise Foundry Company for steel supplied to the San Francisco Water Department was approved. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1931-11-23 | Payment of $2,814.83 (≈ $62,397 in 2026 dollars) to Santa Clara County's tax collector for taxes on San Francisco Water Department property was approved. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1931-11-23 | Payment of $1,714.50 (≈ $38,006 in 2026 dollars) to San Bruno's tax collector for taxes on San Francisco Water Department lands was approved. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1931-11-23 | Payment of $1,295.25 (≈ $28,712 in 2026 dollars) to Burlingame's tax collector for taxes on San Francisco Water Department lands was approved. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1931-11-23 | Payment of $1,016.93 (≈ $22,542 in 2026 dollars) to San Mateo County's tax collector for taxes on San Francisco Water Department lands was approved. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1931-11-23 | Payment of $1,286.28 (≈ $28,513 in 2026 dollars) to South San Francisco's tax collector for taxes on San Francisco Water Department lands was approved. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1931-11-23 | Payment of $552.70 (≈ $12,252 in 2026 dollars) to Redwood City's tax collector for taxes on San Francisco Water Department lands was approved. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1932-06-27 | An ordinance appropriating $37,007.67 (≈ $910,173 in 2026 dollars) to pay Barrett & Hilp and MacDonald & Kahn for San Francisco Water Department contracts was passed for second reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1932-11-14 | Salary ordinance amended so San Francisco Water Department trucks and drivers are paid at contract rates. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1933-04-17 | Bill proposing sale of an unneeded San Francisco Water Department lot in San Mateo County passed for second reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1935-06-17 | Sale of a San Francisco Water Department parcel in San Mateo County was finally passed by the Board. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1939-05-26 | The Board approved the San Francisco Water Department budget, including one new meter reader, by an 8 to 1 vote. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1939-11-06 | County of San Mateo's road across San Francisco Water Department lands near Crystal Springs Reservoir passed for second reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1939-11-20 | Supplemental appropriation of $960 (≈ $23,271 in 2026 dollars) for San Francisco Water Department rights of way at Sierra Point finally passed. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1940 | San Francisco Water Department · other: Department created when the City purchased the Spring Valley Water Company | event | 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 ↗ |
| 1941-05-22 | Approval of the San Francisco Water Department budget for the coming fiscal year passed by six votes to four. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1942-05-25 | The San Francisco Water Department budget, Index 66, was approved without objection on Supervisor MacPhee's motion. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1942-07-06 | The Board finally passed an emergency ordinance appropriating $3,900 (≈ $80,618 in 2026 dollars) to guard San Francisco Water Department properties in Alameda County. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1943-10-11 | Proposed salary ordinance amendment reclassifying operating engineer posts in the San Francisco Water Department, outcome not yet shown. | ordinance | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1943-10-18 | Proposed sale of a road easement over San Francisco Water Department land in San Mateo County passed for second reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1943-10-25 | Two bookkeeping machine operator jobs at $155 (≈ $3,019 in 2026 dollars) monthly were created in the San Francisco Water Department, with $2,480 (≈ $48,301 in 2026 dollars) appropriated. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1944-05-17 | San Francisco Water Department budget approved by vote of nine to none. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1944-05-17 | San Francisco Water Department supplemental budget approved by vote of nine to none. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1945-04-09 | Board approved a special San Francisco Water Department rate for Victory Garden water use set by the Public Utilities Commission. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1945-05-21 | The Board approved the San Francisco Water Department budget by nine votes to two. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1946-05-06 | Appropriates $30,000 (≈ $518,369 in 2026 dollars) as a revolving fund for the San Francisco Water Department, passed on final reading. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1948-05-18 | The Board approved the 1948 budget line for the San Francisco Water Department. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1950-08-14 | The San Francisco Water Department would join the San Francisco Committee on Corrosion; passed for second reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1950-08-28 | Board approved the San Francisco Water Department joining the San Francisco Committee on Corrosion. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1954-05-15 | San Francisco Water Department budget adopted after Finance Committee reductions and a $1,971 (≈ $24,688 in 2026 dollars) supplemental salary item. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1957-01-07 | Ordinance letting the San Francisco Water Department join the Bay Counties Water Problems Committee passed on first reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1972 | San Francisco Water Department 1972 bond projects (including Balboa Reservoir completion) · cost usd: approximately $20.5 million total estimated cost in 1972 | 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 ↗ |
| 1976-02-02 | Board adopted a finding that the San Francisco Water Department needs no tax subsidy under the proposed revised water rate schedule. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1977 | San Francisco Water Department · cost usd: $7.2 million purchase of water from [name withheld] | agency | 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 ↗ |
| 1986-07-21 | Proposed disapproval of revised San Francisco Water Department rates was refused. | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1987-06-15 | Supervisors passed on first reading an ordinance establishing a San Francisco Water Department Stores Fund. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1990-10-22 | Emergency $3 million (≈ $7.7 million in 2026 dollars) water purchase from Placer County Water Agency approved for San Francisco Water Department. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1994-06-06 | Board adopted revised water rates for suburban resale customers charged by the San Francisco Water Department. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1999 | Resolution adopted urging the San Francisco Water Department to carry out lead poisoning prevention recommendations. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1984 | San Francisco Water Department · event: Created by the people of San Francisco by purchasing the properties of the privately owned Spring Valley Water Company | agency | City report: Annual report 1984 scanned page ↗ |
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