Union Street
Named in the records1906–2026
1,290 records of San Francisco tie this place, 1906–2026: 984 decisions of the Board of Supervisors and 306 facts read from city reports. Open the full list, with filters for years, kind and outcome.
- Kind
- Named in the records
- Records
- 1,290: 984 Board decisions, 306 facts from city reports
- Years
- 1906–2026
What the records say
The 60 most telling of its 1,290 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1913-10-27 | National Ice and Cold Storage Company was granted revocable permission to build a spur track along Union Street. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1914-03-16 | Board set aside funds for school equipment, Hetch Hetchy roads, City Hall electric works and Union street railway wiring. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1914-05-20 | Board created a reserve fund of $48,971.20 (≈ $1.7 million in 2026 dollars) from Union Street Railroad gross receipts. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1915-02-08 | Supervisor Vogelsang's resolution to defer Union Street Railroad improvements to fund the Church Street line was refused passage. | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1916-11-20 | The Board directed the City Attorney to sue to test whether Ordinance 581 requiring street railway transfers at Union and Fillmore is valid. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1917-06-25 | A primary school to be built on Union Street near Kearny | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1917-06-25 | Primary school building to be built on Union Street between Kearny and Montgomery | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1917-07-02 | Board appropriates $15,635 (≈ $411,567 in 2026 dollars) for June school repairs and a partial build of a school on Union Street. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1918-04-08 | Mayor Rolph vetoed a permit for a Hyde Street Merchants carnival at Union and Hyde streets, and the veto was sustained. | vetoed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1919-07-21 | Resolution authorizing further Municipal Railway payments, including $3,750 (≈ $73,036 in 2026 dollars) to Healy-Tibbitts Construction for Union street line. | resolution | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1922-02-14 | Board accepts the Allyne executrices' deed of Union Street land for a school, bought for $4,000 (≈ $80,224 in 2026 dollars). | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1923-07-23 | Twenty-four old Union Street cars to be sold as unfit | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1924-12-15 | Zoning map changed for north side of Union Street near Lyon Street | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1925-11-09 | Sherman School ordered built on south side of Union Street | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1925-11-23 | Sherman School construction ordered on Union Street | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1926-12-20 | Approved $307,037 (≈ $5.8 million in 2026 dollars) from the 1923 school bond fund to build Sherman School on Union Street between Franklin and Gough. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1929-04-29 | Board appropriated $500 (≈ $9,852 in 2026 dollars) from sewer funds to repair flood damage at 2350 Union Street caused by a broken main sewer. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1945-01-22 | Buildings near Union Street and Grant Avenue to be limited to forty feet; passed first reading only | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1945-10-22 | School land on Union Street near Kearny Street to be sold | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1946-10-07 | Board refused to overrule the Planning Commission, so Broderick and Union Street property stays Second Residential rather than First Residential. | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1949-05-31 | Board cancels sale of city land on Union Street and refunds $4,000 (≈ $56,629 in 2026 dollars) to the Society for the Promotion of Nursery Schools. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1953-07-06 | School land on Union Street sold to [name withheld] for $40,250 (≈ $507,934 in 2026 dollars) | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1970-04-27 | Resolution correcting Resolution 143-70 on vacating part of Union Street and its air space was adopted. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1978-06-19 | Proposed legislation would overturn Public Works' denial of a six-unit condominium conversion at 2485 Union Street, with tenant protections. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1978-06-26 | Condominium conversion allowed at 2485 Union Street with conditions | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1979 | Union Street Neighborhood Commercial District · adopted: Special Use District zoning controls adopted by City Planning Commission | action | City report: Neighborhood commercial rezoning : proposal for adoption scanned page ↗ |
| 1979-03-19 | Hearing held on the 2806 Union Street condominium conversion appeal | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1979-05-22 | Buchanan Street between Filbert and Green closed to traffic for the Union Street Festival on June 2, 1979. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1979-05-22 | Buchanan Street closed for the Union Street Association festival | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1979-07-09 | Condos approved for 2676-2686 Union Street; units can be sold separately | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1980-04-28 | Union Street realignment approved near the Embarcadero | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1980-08-25 | Zoning map to be updated for the Union Street special district; passed first reading only | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1981-04-06 | The Board adopted the Public Works map approving a condominium subdivision at 2060 Union Street. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1981-05-26 | Union Street closed for the sixth Union Street Spring Festival | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1982-04-26 | Union Street closing for an annual spring festival approved, with amendments requiring six months' notice for future applications. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1982-04-26 | Board adopted, with amendments, a resolution allowing part of Union Street to close for a spring festival, with hour and amplification limits. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1982-04-26 | Union Street to close for the Seventh Annual Spring Festival | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1982-05-03 | Condos approved at 2700-2708 Union Street; units can be sold separately | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1982-05-03 | The Board approved the condominium subdivision map for 2700-2708 Union Street, sent by the Department of Public Works. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1984-04-30 | Union Street to close for the 9th Annual Spring Festival | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1984-10-29 | Condos at 1648 Union Street can be sold separately | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1994-04-04 | Condos at 1568-1572 Union Street can be sold separately | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1996-01-22 | Condos at 265 Union Street can be sold one by one | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2007-12-04 | Initiated landmark designation for the Metro Theater at 2055 Union Street, a step toward protecting the building. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2007-12-04 | Landmark process begun for the Metro Theater on Union Street | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2007-12-04 | Landmark designation started for Metro Theater at 2055 Union Street | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2008 | Planning Commission given 60 more days to decide on proposed landmark designation of the Metro Theatre at 2055 Union Street. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2008 | Board referred a resolution extending by 60 days the Planning Commission's decision on landmark designation of the Metro Theatre, 2055 Union Street. | referred | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2008-03-18 | The Board adopted a resolution extending by 60 days the Planning Commission's review of landmark designation for the Metro Theatre at 2055 Union Street. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2008-03-18 | Landmark process begun for the Metro Theatre on Union Street | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2008-06-03 | Planning Commission granted 60 more days to decide whether to initiate landmark status for The Metro Theatre at 2055 Union Street; adopted. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2008-06-03 | Planning Commission given 60 more days to decide on landmark status for the Metro Theatre at 2055 Union Street. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2008-07-16 | Planning Commission given 60 more days to decide on landmark designation of the Metro Theatre at 2055 Union Street. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2008-07-16 | Resolution extends by 60 days the Planning Commission's review of a proposed landmark designation for the Metro Theatre at 2055 Union Street. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2008-09-16 | Planning Commission given 90 more days to decide on landmark designation of the Metro Theatre at 2055 Union Street. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2008-09-16 | Planning Commission given 90 more days to decide whether to landmark The Metro Theatre at 2055 Union Street. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2009-07-07 | Landmark status for the Metro Theater at 2055 Union Street passed first reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2012-10-02 | Ordinance reinstating liquor licence limits and requiring conditional use approval for Limited Restaurants on Union Street was finally passed. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2015-12-15 | Five flats at 1338-1340 Union Street can be sold separately | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2019-06-18 | 524 Union Street, the [name withheld], now protected as a landmark | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
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