Union Square
Landmark1906–2025
743 records of San Francisco tie this place, 1906–2025: 490 decisions of the Board of Supervisors and 253 facts read from city reports. Open the full list, with filters for years, kind and outcome. See the page about Union Square: what it is, who appears with it.
- Kind
- Landmark
- Assessor block
- 0308
- Records
- 743: 490 Board decisions, 253 facts from city reports
- Years
- 1906–2025
What the records say
The 60 most telling of its 743 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1908-10-12 | Proposed payments from the Park Fund for Dewey monument repairs in Union Square and fuel oil for Golden Gate Park. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1908-10-19 | The Board approved $3,308.54 (≈ $123,864 in 2026 dollars) in payments for repairing the Dewey monument in Union Square and fuel oil for Golden Gate Park. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1913-10-14 | Board of Public Works asked to supply and erect ninety flagpoles in Union Square for the Portola Festival. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1917-04-16 | Park Commissioners were asked to fly the flag at Union Square and all city parks. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1921-06-20 | Manila Street renamed Union Square Street between Kearny and Stockton | ordinance | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1921-06-27 | Manila Street between Kearny and Stockton streets was renamed Union Square Street. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1921-06-27 | Manila Street renamed Union Square Street between Kearny and Stockton | ordinance | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1922-05-22 | Union Square Street to be renamed Maiden Lane | ordinance | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1922-05-22 | Union Square Street to be renamed Maiden Lane | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1922-07-17 | Ordinance proposed to rename Union Square Avenue as Maiden Lane; the text continues on the next page. | ordinance | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1936-03-30 | Supervisor Shannon moved, and the Board carried, a special order for April 6, 1936 on City Engineer costs for bridge approach connections to Union Square. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1937-06-21 | Chief of Police to set taxi stands, none around Union Square; passed first reading only. | ordinance | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1937-07-06 | Chief of Police to set taxi stands, none around Union Square; amended, no final vote yet. | ordinance | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1938-07-05 | Board adopted resolution authorizing a federal grant application for a public parking station under Union Square Park. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1941-03-31 | The Board asked the Park Commission what will be done with palms being removed from Union Square. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1942-06-15 | A $3,000 (≈ $62,014 in 2026 dollars) appropriation from the Millen-Griffith fund for changing floral displays at Union Square passed first reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1942-06-29 | Ordinance appropriating $3,000 (≈ $62,014 in 2026 dollars) from the Millen-Griffith Settlement Fund for changing flower displays at Union Square was passed. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1950-10-16 | Park Commission asked to rename Union Square as United Nations Square | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1958-08-04 | Accepts a $95 (≈ $1,108 in 2026 dollars) gift from the Downtown Association toward a grandstand for a Pops Concert in Union Square. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1964-08-10 | Proposed special height limits for [name withheld], Civic Center and Union Square were refused passage for second reading, five to five. | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1964-11-30 | Resolution urges City Planning Commission to review permits for buildings over 105 and 190 feet in Union Square. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1964-11-30 | Proposed special height districts for Union Square were refused passage for second reading. | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1964-11-30 | Planning Commission asked to review tall building permits in Union Square | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1966-08-29 | Board urged the Recreation and Park Commission to consider a Union Square site for displaying the United Nations flag; adopted. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1966-12-19 | Moscone backs a Vietnam peace vigil in Union Square | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1970-08-31 | Height limits on new building-wall signs approved; Union Square signs exempt | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1970-08-31 | Sign height on building walls limited citywide, with an exception for signs oriented to Union Square, passed finally. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1975 | C-3-R zoning district · other: encourage continued concentration of retailing around Union Square and the Powell-Market corner | finding | City report: Commercial and industrial activity in San Francisco : present characteristics and future trends : report to San Francisco Department of City Planning scanned page ↗ |
| 1977-11-14 | Sleeping in Union Square and Washington Square would be banned | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1980-10-20 | Holiday shopper shuttle approved between the Ferry Building and Union Square | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1982-02-22 | Recreation and Park Department accepted a gorilla for the zoo and litter containers for Union Square from donors. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1986 | Supervisor Walker asked the Chief of Police how the holiday retail detail would be run in Union Square and on Market Street. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1987-05-04 | Fast food ban imposed in the Union Square area | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1989-12-18 | Christmas shopper shuttle route changed between Ferry Building and Union Square | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1990 | Union Square/Downtown Retail district · units: 9,912 total housing units | site | City report: San Francisco neighborhood profiles scanned page ↗ |
| 1990 | Union Square/Downtown Retail district · units: 1,163 vacant housing units, 11.73% | site | City report: San Francisco neighborhood profiles scanned page ↗ |
| 1990 | Union Square/Downtown Retail district · units: 7,649 renter-occupied housing units | site | City report: San Francisco neighborhood profiles scanned page ↗ |
| 1990 | Union Square/Downtown Retail district · other: 69.80 housing units per acre (citywide average 11.00) | site | City report: San Francisco neighborhood profiles scanned page ↗ |
| 1992-07-20 | Hotel parking rates set for the Sutter-Stockton and Union Square garages | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1993-04-12 | Sightseeing bus stands at Union Square given a second reading | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1997 | Union Square/Downtown Retail District · other: 69.8 units per acre housing unit density | site | City report: San Francisco neighborhood profiles scanned page ↗ |
| 1998 | Yerba Buena Gardens and Union Square · finding: Not displaced and no land acquired for the New Central Subway | finding | City report: Draft environmental impact statement/draft environmental impact report for the Third Street light rail project in the City and County of San Francisco scanned page ↗ |
| 1998-07-20 | $500,000 (≈ $1.0 million in 2026 dollars) gift from [name withheld] to study Union Square renovation | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1998-12-07 | Union Square business improvement district proposed, hearing set for January | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1998-12-07 | Ballot rules set for the Union Square district vote | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1998-12-21 | Union Square district advisory board set aside for a separate vote | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1999-02-22 | Union Square business improvement district and its property charges proposed | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2006-02-28 | Union Square Association's $40,000 (≈ $66,853 in 2026 dollars) gift-in-place to the Recreation and Park Department for Union Square was accepted and adopted. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2006-02-28 | The Recreation and Park Department accepts a $40,000 (≈ $66,853 in 2026 dollars) gift-in-place from the Union Square Association for Union Square. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2006-02-28 | Board accepted a $40,000 (≈ $66,853 in 2026 dollars) gift from the Union Square Association for Recreation and Park Department use in Union Square. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2009 | Hearing held on Greater Union Square Business Improvement District; the President declared no majority protest against it. | hearing | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2009-01-06 | Liquor licence transfer to 115 Mason Street for Union Square Sports Bar approved 7-3 with police conditions. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2009-07-28 | Union Square business district renewed and widened for ten years | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2009-07-28 | Board adopted resolution establishing the Greater Union Square Business Improvement District, levying assessments on property for ten years, by 10 ayes to 1 no. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2012-10-23 | Central Subway station may be built under Union Square Park | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2012-10-23 | Surface and subsurface structures in Union Square Park for the Central Subway's Union Square station approved. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2019-02-05 | Downtown retail zoning change and Union Square park fee proposed | ordinance | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2020-07-28 | Supervisor Peskin asks police about Union Square protest cameras | resolution | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2020-07-28 | Supervisor Peskin asks police about Union Square protest cameras | resolution | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2024-04-16 | $2 million (≈ $2.1 million in 2026 dollars) state grant approved to revamp Union Square Park | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
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