Van Ness Avenue
Named in the records1857–2026
3,340 records of San Francisco tie this place, 1857–2026: 2,828 decisions of the Board of Supervisors and 512 facts read from city reports. Open the full list, with filters for years, kind and outcome.
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- 1857–2026
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The 60 most telling of its 3,340 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1906-08-08 | E. W. McLellan allowed to blast away ruins off Van Ness Avenue | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1909-04-10 | Proposal to acquire lands near Van Ness avenue's northerly end for a public aquatic park approved. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1909-06-28 | A. A. Adler was granted permission to operate a hospital in a building at Van Ness Avenue and Broadway, if built to code. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1911 | Ordinance approves $33,000 (≈ $1.2 million in 2026 dollars) for Public Works to build fire-protection water mains west of Van Ness Avenue. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1912-11-04 | Board accepted Eugenia Samuels Fisher's offer to sell land at Van Ness Avenue and Ash Street for $57,995.51 (≈ $2.0 million in 2026 dollars) for Civic Center. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1913 | Board asks the State Attorney-General to stop filling in the Van Ness Avenue cove so citizens can keep boating and swimming. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1913-02-18 | Geary Street Municipal Railway to be extended along Van Ness Avenue | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1913-02-24 | Municipal Railway extensions along Van Ness Avenue were ordered built and the ordinance passed on final vote. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1914-08-17 | Mayor's veto of the Fighting the Flames amusement permit at Van Ness avenue and Grove Street was sustained. | vetoed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1914-09-28 | Mayor Rolph refuses the outdoor park at Van Ness Avenue | vetoed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1914-10-19 | Mayor objects to an outdoor park at Van Ness Avenue | resolution | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1914-10-19 | Outdoor park allowed on the block bounded by Van Ness Avenue | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1917-12-03 | City Attorney instructed to start condemnation proceedings for a strip at Van Ness Avenue for Aquatic Park. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1917-12-03 | Board solicits an offer from the Whitcomb Estate to sell land at Jefferson Street and Van Ness Avenue for Aquatic Park. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1920-06-14 | Ordinance orders construction of Galileo High School on the block bounded by Franklin, Bay, Polk streets and Van Ness avenue. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1922-10-30 | City Attorney instructed to condemn lots at Van Ness Avenue and McAllister Street for Civic Center use. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1923-02-05 | Board orders the City Attorney to begin condemnation proceedings against four parcels along Van Ness Avenue for an aquatic park. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1924-07-07 | City to pay for the Van Ness extension over ten years | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1924-12-15 | Board rezoned the southeast corner of Van Ness Avenue and Chestnut Street from residential to commercial for ninety days. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1924-12-22 | The Board adopted a resolution to condemn properties on Market and Mission streets for the Van Ness avenue extension. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1925-02-24 | Motion carried that the City Attorney should not delay condemning land for the Van Ness Avenue extension. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1926-04-05 | The north side of Ellis Street near Van Ness Avenue was rezoned from residential to commercial use. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1926-06-21 | A strip on the north side of Ellis Street near Van Ness Avenue was rezoned from residential to commercial, passed as Ordinance 7137. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1926-08-23 | Simon Brothers awarded the St. James Hotel building at Van Ness and Fulton for $2,050 (≈ $39,024 in 2026 dollars) to be wrecked. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1927-01-10 | Board passed an ordinance extending Light Industrial zoning to a lot on Van Ness Avenue south of Washington Street. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1927-01-24 | Proposed rezoning of California Street west of Van Ness Avenue to Light Industrial was passed for printing over church protests. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1927-05-09 | Italian Hospital and Benevolent Association granted permission to build a hospital on Broadway near Van Ness Avenue. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1928-07-23 | Fell Street frontage near Van Ness Avenue rezoned from Second Residential to Commercial District on final passage. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1929-01-21 | Resolution to take private parcels between Mission and Howard streets for the Van Ness Avenue extension was adopted; City Attorney to begin condemnation. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1929-01-28 | Board adopted resolution to take private parcels by eminent domain for extending Van Ness avenue from Mission to Howard streets. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1930-02-18 | Voters' War Memorial bond ordinance for Van Ness Avenue buildings was finally passed by the Board in 1927 and approved by the mayor. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1931-11-23 | Northeast corner of Van Ness Avenue and Greenwich Street rezoned from residential to commercial, overriding the Planning Commission's denial. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1931-11-23 | Motion to uphold the refusal to rezone the northeast corner of Van Ness Avenue and Greenwich Street failed. | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1931-11-23 | Appeal to rezone the northeast corner of Van Ness Avenue and Greenwich Street failed; the Planning Commission's denial stands. | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1936-03-23 | Proposal to overrule the Planning Commission and rezone west Van Ness Avenue to residential failed, 4 to 6. | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1936-03-23 | Rezoning of Van Ness Avenue to two-family housing voted down | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1937-06-21 | Rezoning of the northwest corner of Lombard Street and Van Ness Avenue from residential to commercial was approved, overriding the Planning Commission's denial. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1939-04-17 | Van Ness Avenue South renamed South Van Ness Avenue | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1941-04-28 | City Attorney directed to begin eminent domain proceedings to acquire parcels for widening Lombard Street from Van Ness Avenue to Richardson Avenue. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1951-08-13 | Board authorized the Chief Administrative Officer to prepare plans removing Van Ness Avenue streetcar tracks and rebuilding the roadway. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1953-01-26 | Board set a February 2, 1953 hearing on appeal of the Planning Commission's refusal to rezone a Van Ness Avenue corner. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1956-08-06 | Hearing on an appeal of a Planning Commission rezoning at 21st Street and South Van Ness Avenue set for August 13, 1956. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1956-11-13 | Rezoning of the southwest corner of Van Ness Avenue and Chestnut Street to commercial was refused on appeal. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1957-09-03 | Southern Pacific Company granted revocable permission to build a spur track on Beach Street between Larkin Street and Van Ness Avenue. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1958-11-24 | Board refused to disapprove the planning commission's approval of a commercial rezoning at Van Ness Avenue and Filbert Street. | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1982-01-18 | Appeal granted against a Public Works condition on a 64-unit condominium conversion at 2701 Van Ness Avenue, with added conditions. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1983-06-20 | Second fire exit to be built at 240 Van Ness Avenue | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1988-12-05 | Ordinance rezoning Van Ness Avenue between McAllister and Bay Streets from C-2 to RC-4 or RC-3 passed for second reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1988-12-12 | Van Ness Avenue between McAllister and Bay Streets rezoned to new residential and height districts, passed as Ordinance 529-88. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1989-03-06 | Board passed on first reading a plan rezoning Van Ness Avenue between Elm and Turk Streets from NC-3 to RC-4. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1989-03-13 | Board passed on first reading, as amended, a rezoning of Van Ness Avenue between Elm and Turk streets from NC-3 to RC-4. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2005 | Resolution initiating landmark designation of St. Brigid Church at 2151 Van Ness Avenue was adopted. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2005-02-08 | Board adopted a resolution initiating landmark designation of St. Brigid Church at 2151 Van Ness Avenue. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2006-10-03 | Proposed landmark designation of St. Brigid Church at 2151 Van Ness Avenue passed first reading as amended. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2006-10-03 | Board finally passed ordinance designating St. Brigid Church at 2151 Van Ness Avenue as Landmark No. 252. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2009-05-12 | Resolution naming Van Ness Avenue and Geary Boulevard bus rapid transit San Francisco's top federal funding priority was adopted. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2013-07-09 | General Plan amended so California Pacific Medical Center can build its Cathedral Hill medical campus at [name withheld] and Geary; finally passed. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2015-07-28 | City passed an ordinance allowing sale of 30 Van Ness Avenue for at least $87M (≈ $123.7 million in 2026 dollars), using proceeds to defease certificates of participation. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2015-11-03 | Proposed sale of city-owned 30 Van Ness Avenue for not less than $87 million (≈ $123.7 million in 2026 dollars) passed first reading as amended. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2015-12-08 | Ratification of the $80 million (≈ $113.7 million in 2026 dollars) sale of city-owned 30 Van Ness Avenue to 30 Van Ness Holdings, LLC was rejected. | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
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