The Embarcadero
Named in the records1880–2024
1,388 records of San Francisco tie this place, 1880–2024: 952 decisions of the Board of Supervisors and 436 facts read from city reports. Open the full list, with filters for years, kind and outcome.
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- 1,388: 952 Board decisions, 436 facts from city reports
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- 1880–2024
What the records say
The 60 most telling of its 1,388 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910-10-31 | Pacific Coast Coal Company granted revocable permission to build a spur track on the Embarcadero near Fremont Street. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1912-10-14 | Resolution adopted urging Public Works to remove wooden structures built along the Embarcadero in violation of building laws. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1919-04-21 | Proposed permission lets Cutting Packing Company build a spur track on Drumm Street from The Embarcadero to Jackson Street. | passed first reading | 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 ↗ |
| 1923-05-14 | Mayor Rolph vetoed Ordinance 5864, which would have let the Board of Public Works seek bids for bus service on The Embarcadero. | vetoed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1929-10-28 | Pacific Street between The Embarcadero and Larkin Street was renamed Pacific Avenue by Board resolution. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1950-10-02 | Board finally passed $350,000 (≈ $4.9 million in 2026 dollars) from the gas tax street fund for the Bryant Street Viaduct and Embarcadero extension. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1955-12-27 | The Board set a special public hearing for January 3, 1956 on proposals to build the Embarcadero Freeway. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1958-05-26 | The Redevelopment Agency advanced $36,033 (≈ $420,102 in 2026 dollars) to the Housing and Home Finance Agency for the Embarcadero-Lower Market project. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1958-07-14 | Public park beside the Embarcadero near the Ferry Building declared necessary, to be acquired and built by the city. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1958-09-15 | Board set a public hearing for October 6, 1958 on the Embarcadero-Lower Market redevelopment plan, Area E-1. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1958-10-14 | The Embarcadero-Lower Market Redevelopment Project Area E-1 tentative plan was finally passed, designating the area as an approved redevelopment area. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1958-10-14 | The Board adopted a policy for moving the wholesale produce industry out of the Embarcadero-Lower Market redevelopment area and Assessor's Blocks 202 and 203. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1958-11-03 | The Board approved a $16,675 (≈ $194,411 in 2026 dollars) Redevelopment Agency fund advance to the Housing and Home Finance Agency for the Embarcadero-Lower Market project. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1959-04-20 | Board sets May 18, 1959 hearing on the Embarcadero-Lower Market redevelopment plan, Project Area E-1. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1959-05-18 | Supervisors passed on second reading the redevelopment plan for The Embarcadero-Lower Market Project Area E-1. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1959-05-18 | Board adopted Resolution 408-59, removing blocks outside Project Area E-1 from Redevelopment Area E near the Embarcadero. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1959-05-25 | Board passed the official redevelopment plan for the Embarcadero-Lower Market Project Area E-1. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1960-05-09 | Ferry Park deal with the Redevelopment Agency approved at the Embarcadero | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1961-09-25 | Underground wiring district created in the Embarcadero-Lower Market area inside Redevelopment Project Area E-1, passed for second reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1962-02-05 | The Board adopted a resolution adding Block 202 to the Embarcadero-Lower Market Redevelopment Area E boundaries. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1962-07-02 | Board adopted, as amended, a resolution declaring intention to vacate Clark, Front and Oregon streets in the Embarcadero-Lower Market redevelopment area. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1962-07-30 | Board adopted Resolution 435-62 ordering the vacation of parts of certain streets within the Embarcadero-Lower Market redevelopment area. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1963-10-28 | Board refused to adopt the resolution on the Embarcadero Freeway ramp designs, 4 to 7. | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1964-03-16 | Supervisors passed on first reading a $62,500 (≈ $679,315 in 2026 dollars) purchase of a Embarcadero lot from [name withheld] for Ferry Park. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1964-07-13 | Board finally passed an amendment enlarging Ferry Park and widening part of Washington Street in the Embarcadero-Lower Market redevelopment area. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1964-11-16 | Amendment to the Embarcadero-Lower Market redevelopment plan allowing banks and restaurants in Commercial Area passed for second reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1964-11-23 | Board passed changes to the Embarcadero-Lower Market redevelopment plan allowing banks and restaurants and removing a Battery Street set-back. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1966-10-17 | Board approved a working agreement with the Redevelopment Agency to build Phase 1-A of Ferry Park in the Embarcadero-Lower Market area. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1967-05-08 | Amendments to the Embarcadero-Lower Market redevelopment plan, including the Embarcadero Center project, passed for second reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1967-05-15 | Amendments to the Embarcadero-Lower Market redevelopment plan, Project Area E-1, were finally passed. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1968-05-06 | Amendments to the Embarcadero-Lower Market Redevelopment Project Area E-1 plan finally passed by the Board. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1968-07-15 | Board passed on first reading amendments to the Embarcadero-Lower Market redevelopment plan for Project Area E-1. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1968-07-15 | Ordinance approving amendments to the Embarcadero-Lower Market redevelopment plan was passed for second reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1970-12-14 | Board resolution requests construction of the Maritime Parkway with ramp links to the northern stubs of the Embarcadero Freeway; adopted. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1971-02-22 | Waterfront near The Embarcadero rezoned after a six-to-four vote | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1976-11-22 | Proposed amendments to the Embarcadero/Lower Market redevelopment plan, cutting building heights and dwellings, passed for second reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1976-11-29 | Ordinance amending the Embarcadero/Lower Market Redevelopment Plan, Project Area E-1, was finally passed. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1978-07-31 | Pier allowed to build a pedestrian bridge on part of Stockton Street | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1981-01-26 | Mayor authorized to sign a closeout agreement with the Redevelopment Agency and HUD for the Embarcadero Lower Market project. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1986 | Passed final the tax increment and debt limits for the Embarcadero/Lower Market (Golden Gateway) redevelopment plan. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1986-11-24 | Tax increment and debt time limits for the Embarcadero/Lower Market (Golden Gateway) Redevelopment Plan passed on first reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1989-07-24 | Board passes on first reading an ordinance vacating part of Brannan Street at the Embarcadero. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1990-09-24 | Board adopted, as amended, a resolution endorsing immediate demolition of the Embarcadero Freeway and surface traffic replacement, while seeking subsurface funding. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1991-05-06 | $40.4M (≈ $99.9 million in 2026 dollars) in federal money sought for the Embarcadero roadway project | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1994-12-12 | The Board passed an ordinance extending the Embarcadero-Lower Market (Golden Gateway) redevelopment plan to 2009. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1995-04-03 | Resolution urges the Redevelopment Agency to expand the Embarcadero-Lower Market project area to former freeway properties, as amended; adopted. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1995-04-03 | Board urges the Redevelopment Agency to amend the Embarcadero-Lower Market plan to expand its boundaries to former freeway land. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1997-10-14 | Federal Office Building redevelopment plan approved and merged with the Embarcadero-Lower Market and South of Market redevelopment areas. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1997-10-14 | South of Market Earthquake Recovery redevelopment plan amended and merged with the Embarcadero-Lower Market and Federal Office Building areas. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1998-01-05 | Waterfront zoning along the Embarcadero to be redrawn | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2000-07-24 | Passed on final reading: zoning changed from Public to Community Business for Mission-Steuart lots near the Embarcadero. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2000-07-24 | Board finally passed a rezoning from public to community business for Mission-Steuart Hotel Project lots near the Embarcadero. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2000-07-24 | Public-use lots near Steuart Street and the Embarcadero rezoned to community business for the Mission-Steuart Hotel Project, passed as Ordinance 184-00. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2001-06-25 | Intention to vacate part of The Embarcadero north of Mission Street was declared, with a public hearing set for July 30, 2001. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2001-06-25 | Board declared its intention to vacate part of The Embarcadero north of Mission Street and set a July 30, 2001 hearing. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2001-07-30 | Board passed on first reading an ordinance vacating a portion of The Embarcadero just north of Mission Street. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2009-03-17 | Motion reversing environmental review approval for 110 The Embarcadero was approved, 8 to 3. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2015-05-05 | Port exempts Teatro ZinZanni and TZK Broadway from competitive bidding for a hotel and theater on Embarcadero seawall lots. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2018-06-12 | City agreed the $425 million (≈ $570.3 million in 2026 dollars) seawall bonds are needed | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
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