Steinhart Aquarium
Named in the records1920–2005
253 records of San Francisco tie this place, 1920–2005: 226 decisions of the Board of Supervisors and 27 facts read from city reports. Open the full list, with filters for years, kind and outcome.
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- 1920–2005
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The 60 most telling of its 253 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | Steinhart Aquarium · built: added with expansion of the Academy of Sciences | building | City report: Golden Gate Park master plan. Phase I report : park issues and needs assessment scanned page ↗ |
| 1923 | Steinhart Aquarium · built: constructed | 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 ↗ |
| 1923-06-18 | Resolution asks Steinhart Aquarium trustees to open on July 1 and spend the $20,000 (≈ $394,082 in 2026 dollars) budget allowance, reporting monthly. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1923-10-22 | Payment of $2,264.94 (≈ $44,629 in 2026 dollars) to The California Academy of Sciences to maintain Steinhart Aquarium in Golden Gate Park approved. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1924-05-19 | Payment of $3,334.07 (≈ $65,695 in 2026 dollars) to The California Academy of Sciences for maintaining Steinhart Aquarium in April approved. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1925-02-09 | The city paid the California Academy of Sciences $3,289.78 (≈ $63,340 in 2026 dollars) for January maintenance of Steinhart Aquarium. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1925-02-09 | Payment of $3,289.78 (≈ $63,340 in 2026 dollars) to California Academy of Sciences for January maintenance of Steinhart Aquarium approved. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1925-09-21 | The Board finally passed a resolution authorizing 23 city payments for schools, the Hetch Hetchy pipeline, road work and the Steinhart Aquarium. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1926-08-09 | Payment of $3,749.30 (≈ $71,372 in 2026 dollars) to the California Academy of Sciences for Steinhart Aquarium maintenance was approved. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1927-12-12 | Payment of $3,659.73 (≈ $70,868 in 2026 dollars) to maintain Steinhart Aquarium in November approved. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1928-02-06 | Proposed resolution authorizes $4,230.59 (≈ $83,360 in 2026 dollars) to California Academy of Sciences for Steinhart Aquarium's January maintenance. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1929-05-06 | Board authorized payment of supplier claims for Hetch Hetchy water construction and Steinhart Aquarium maintenance. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1929-05-13 | Payment of $4,140.94 (≈ $81,593 in 2026 dollars) to the California Academy of Sciences for running Steinhart Aquarium in April was approved. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1929-12-09 | The Board approved a $4,035.78 (≈ $79,521 in 2026 dollars) payment to the California Academy of Sciences for maintaining Steinhart Aquarium in November. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1930-02-03 | Payment of $3,506.26 (≈ $70,742 in 2026 dollars) to California Academy of Sciences to maintain the Steinhart Aquarium for January 1930 approved. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1930-12-08 | Payment of $3,688.43 (≈ $74,418 in 2026 dollars) to The California Academy of Sciences to maintain Steinhart Aquarium for November 1930 approved. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1931-07-06 | Proposed payments of $6,746.78 (≈ $149,557 in 2026 dollars) to the California Academy of Sciences for Steinhart Aquarium upkeep and $926.75 (≈ $20,543 in 2026 dollars) to J. H. Creighton for trucking sand. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1931-09-21 | Payment of $4,002.43 (≈ $88,722 in 2026 dollars) to The California Academy of Sciences for maintaining Steinhart Aquarium in August approved. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1931-12-07 | Payment of $4,871.31 (≈ $107,983 in 2026 dollars) to the California Academy of Science for November maintenance of Steinhart Aquarium approved. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1932-05-18 | Budget for the Steinhart Aquarium adopted at $40,500 (≈ $996,064 in 2026 dollars), reduced from the Mayor's $45,000 (≈ $1.1 million in 2026 dollars) recommendation by amendment. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1933-05-24 | Academy of Sciences and Steinhart Aquarium budget approved as set up, with salary deductions if legal. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1936-05-14 | The Academy of Sciences budget for Steinhart Aquarium passed without objection, with the same setup as the past two years. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1937-05-20 | The California Academy of Sciences' Steinhart Aquarium was allowed $45,000 (≈ $1.1 million in 2026 dollars), unchanged from last year, and passed without objection. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1940-05-24 | Board approved the budget for the Steinhart Aquarium. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1941-05-21 | Board approved the 1941-1942 budget of the Steinhart Aquarium, set at $43,000 (≈ $985,607 in 2026 dollars). | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1942-05-25 | The Board approved the Steinhart Aquarium budget with Contractual Services cut from $9,876 (≈ $204,148 in 2026 dollars) to $7,376 (≈ $152,471 in 2026 dollars). | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1943-05-19 | Approved $720 (≈ $14,023 in 2026 dollars) to give four stationary steam engineers at Steinhart Aquarium $15 (≈ $292 in 2026 dollars) monthly raises. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1944-05-17 | Steinhart Aquarium budget approved without objection after Supervisor MacPhee explained and moved it. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1945-05-18 | $1,007.99 (≈ $18,868 in 2026 dollars) sought to replace Steinhart Aquarium's refrigeration for fish | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1945-10-01 | The Board finally passed an ordinance appropriating $3,150 (≈ $58,964 in 2026 dollars) to create and fund a curator post at Steinhart Aquarium. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1946-11-25 | Ordinance appropriating $900 (≈ $15,551 in 2026 dollars) and $415.60 (≈ $7,181 in 2026 dollars) to raise contract staff salaries at Steinhart Aquarium passed for second reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1947-03-03 | Supervisors passed for second reading $2,000 (≈ $30,219 in 2026 dollars) for a new refrigeration machine and heating repairs at Steinhart Aquarium. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1947-03-17 | Board passed $2,000 (≈ $30,219 in 2026 dollars) from city reserve for a new refrigeration machine and heating repairs at Steinhart Aquarium. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1947-05-14 | Board adopted the California Academy of Sciences budget as amended, keeping the new truck in the Steinhart Aquarium budget. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1948-05-18 | The Board approved the Steinhart Aquarium budget with the Finance Committee's reductions, by 11 votes. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1948-08-30 | Board passed on first reading $2,400 (≈ $33,554 in 2026 dollars) for a new chief installer job at the California Academy of Sciences' Steinhart Aquarium. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1948-08-30 | Companion ordinance amending the salary ordinance for Steinhart Aquarium's new chief installer job passed on first reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1948-09-13 | The Board finally passed $2,400 (≈ $33,554 in 2026 dollars) to fund a new chief installer position at the Steinhart Aquarium. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1948-09-13 | The Board finally passed an amendment to the salary ordinance adding the Steinhart Aquarium chief installer position. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1949-04-04 | The Board passed on second reading a $600 (≈ $8,494 in 2026 dollars) appropriation to cover Steinhart Aquarium overtime for the rest of the fiscal year. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1949-04-18 | Appropriated $600 (≈ $8,494 in 2026 dollars) for Steinhart Aquarium overtime for the rest of the fiscal year, finally passed. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1949-07-18 | Steinhart Aquarium gets $7,040 (≈ $99,666 in 2026 dollars) from the Emergency Reserve Fund to replace window sashes; finally passed as an emergency ordinance. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1949-10-03 | Steinhart Aquarium received a $3,420 (≈ $48,417 in 2026 dollars) appropriation for a junior operating engineer position and overtime, after $900 (≈ $12,741 in 2026 dollars) was cut; finally passed. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1949-10-03 | The annual salary ordinance was amended to add the Steinhart Aquarium junior operating engineer position; finally passed as a companion measure. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1949-12-19 | Appropriates $1,174.09 (≈ $16,622 in 2026 dollars) for overtime pay at the Steinhart Aquarium. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1951-04-23 | Steinhart Aquarium gets one new janitor position instead of two, as amended; the ordinance passed for second reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1951-05-07 | Steinhart Aquarium gets $380 (≈ $4,925 in 2026 dollars) to add one janitor position, passed on final vote. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1951-05-07 | Annual Salary Ordinance amended for Steinhart Aquarium as a companion to the $380 (≈ $4,925 in 2026 dollars) appropriation, passed on final vote. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1953-06-01 | Consideration of a $410 (≈ $5,174 in 2026 dollars) salary reclassification for the Steinhart Aquarium engineer position was continued one week. | continued | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1958-03-10 | $1.6M (≈ $18.7 million in 2026 dollars) park bond for the Steinhart Aquarium proposed to go to voters; passed first reading only, later finally passed | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1958-03-17 | Special election set for June 3, 1958 on a $1,575,000 (≈ $18.4 million in 2026 dollars) bond to improve the Steinhart Aquarium in Golden Gate Park was passed. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1958-10-14 | Steinhart Aquarium rehabilitation funding cut from $1,490,700 (≈ $17.4 million in 2026 dollars) to $1,209,300 (≈ $14.1 million in 2026 dollars) and passed for second reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1958-10-20 | Board approved $1,209,300 (≈ $14.1 million in 2026 dollars) from park bonds to rehabilitate Steinhart Aquarium and build a salt water supply line. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1967-03-13 | Request for Steinhart Aquarium to acquire a rare ratfish was granted, with discussion continuing on the next page. | other | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1979-06-25 | Steinhart Aquarium job reclassification funds; result not shown. | unknown | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1993-06-07 | Adopted resolution seeking $98.0M (≈ $228.5 million in 2026 dollars) in bonds for the main library, Steinhart Aquarium and five community cultural centres. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1994-03-21 | Ordinance appropriating $655,700 (≈ $1.5 million in 2026 dollars) to repair the Fish Roundabout at the Steinhart Aquarium passed for second reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1995-07-17 | Board passed on first reading an ordinance calling a November 7, 1995 special election on bond propositions for City Hall and Steinhart Aquarium. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2005-05-17 | City to borrow up to $29 million (≈ $50.0 million in 2026 dollars) for Steinhart Aquarium upgrades. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2005-05-17 | City to sell $29 million (≈ $50.0 million in 2026 dollars) in bonds for Steinhart Aquarium upgrades. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
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