West Portal
Named in the records1917–2025
935 records of San Francisco tie this place, 1917–2025: 560 decisions of the Board of Supervisors and 375 facts read from city reports. Open the full list, with filters for years, kind and outcome.
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- 935: 560 Board decisions, 375 facts from city reports
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- 1917–2025
What the records say
The 60 most telling of its 935 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1917-07-30 | Supervisors accepted a 32-foot right of way deed from Fernando Nelson & Sons through West Portal Park for Municipal Railway use. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1924-07-28 | Board of Supervisors approved $1,050 (≈ $20,689 in 2026 dollars) and $1,343.98 (≈ $26,482 in 2026 dollars) for street work at school property and on West Portal Avenue. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1925-10-19 | Proposed ordinance would order construction of the West Portal School on city property at Taraval Street and Lenox Way. | ordinance | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1925-10-19 | West Portal School to be built on Claremont Boulevard | ordinance | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1925-10-26 | Construction of the West Portal School at Taraval, Claremont and Lenox way was ordered, with the contract to be let. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1925-10-26 | West Portal School to be built at Claremont Boulevard and Lenox Way | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1926-04-26 | Board appropriated $170,001.24 (≈ $3.2 million in 2026 dollars) from 1923 bonds to build West Portal School on Taraval Street. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1926-04-26 | $170K (≈ $3.2 million in 2026 dollars) set aside to build West Portal School | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1926-07-12 | $61,500 (≈ $1.2 million in 2026 dollars) set aside from school bond funds to furnish Alvarado, Alamo, Le Conte, Lafayette, Hawthorne, Sanchez and West Portal schools. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1928-01-09 | Payment of $4,297.63 (≈ $84,681 in 2026 dollars) to Municipal Railway for materials to rebuild railway tracks on West Portal Avenue approved. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1928-12-24 | Permission for John Gold to run an automobile supply station at West Portal Avenue and Vicente Street was defeated. | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1930-11-03 | Ordinance ordering additions to West Portal School on Taraval Street was passed, with construction contracts to follow. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1931-08-03 | Supervisors appropriated $135,761.65 (≈ $3.0 million in 2026 dollars) from the special school tax for additions to West Portal School, awarded to several contractors. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1951-04-02 | Supervisors passed $21,431 (≈ $277,729 in 2026 dollars) from a 1947 bond fund to improve Aptos, Grattan, Silver Terrace and West Portal playgrounds and Camp Mather. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1952-08-18 | The Board set an August 25, 1952 hearing on an appeal to rezone a West Portal Avenue property to commercial use. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1952-08-25 | Request for shops on West Portal Avenue refused | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1952-08-25 | Request for shops on West Portal Avenue refused | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1952-09-02 | Request for shops on West Portal Avenue refused | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1952-09-02 | Request for shops on West Portal Avenue refused | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1952-09-02 | An appeal to rezone property on West Portal Avenue to commercial use was postponed at the attorney's request, over Supervisor Arnold's objection. | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1952-09-08 | Request for shops on West Portal Avenue refused | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1952-09-08 | Request for shops on West Portal Avenue refused | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1952-09-08 | Appeal over a planning commission refusal to rezone a West Portal Avenue property to commercial was continued one week. | continued | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1952-09-13 | West Portal Avenue rezoning appeal withdrawn by the applicant | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1952-09-13 | Request for shops on West Portal Avenue refused | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1959-10-19 | Northwest corner of Sloat Boulevard and West Portal Avenue rezoned from R-1-D to R-4 at St. Francis Circle Properties' request. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1959-10-19 | Apartment zoning accepted at Sloat Boulevard and West Portal Avenue | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1962-06-25 | West Portal public parking facility agreement approved | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1962-06-25 | West Portal site set aside for public parking | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1965-11-01 | Purchase of [name withheld] property for $5,000 (≈ $53,483 in 2026 dollars) for the West Portal off-street parking site was adopted. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1969-07-14 | Supervisor Morrison forwarded a citizens' group's proposal for a mini-park at the Sunset Tunnel west portal and asked for a progress report. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1970 | MUNI subway proposal under West Portal Avenue · other: Mass Transit Task Force drive prevented construction of a subway for the MUNI, cost printed as 25 million | measure | City report: Housing and urban resource development for the city of San Francisco : an interdisciplinary study in systems design at Stanford University, winter and spring quarters 1970 : final report scanned page ↗ |
| 1970-03-16 | Board declared interest in modifying West Portal rapid transit plans if BART spends the savings on other system changes. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1971-03-01 | Board adopted a resolution declaring the proposed BART subway in West Portal should not be built, and let the Mayor negotiate use of savings. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1973-01-22 | Embarcadero BART station to be built now; $6.5M (≈ $49.3 million in 2026 dollars) reserved for West Portal | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1973-01-22 | Embarcadero BART station to be built now; $6.5M (≈ $49.3 million in 2026 dollars) reserved for West Portal. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1974-07-15 | Plans for West Portal station and playground revised | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1975-04-14 | More money approved to build West Portal Station | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1975-04-14 | More money approved to build West Portal Station. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1975-12-01 | The Board adopted a resolution urging BART to approve revisions to the West Portal Station project plan. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1976-05-03 | BART to get land rights for new West Portal station; playground to be rebuilt; passed first reading only, later finally passed | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1976-05-10 | Easement to BART District for a new West Portal transit station and playground rebuild was finally passed. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1976-05-10 | BART gets land rights for new West Portal station; playground rebuilt | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1982-08-23 | Findings on the 401 West Portal Avenue rezoning put off | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1982-08-23 | Rezoning of 401 West Portal Avenue fails, then vote rescinded | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1982-08-23 | No major environmental harm found in the West Portal Avenue rezoning | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1982-08-23 | Appeal heard over rezoning 401 West Portal Avenue for shops | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1982-08-23 | Environmental review certified for 401 West Portal Avenue rezoning | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1982-08-30 | Motion to overturn the Planning Commission's refusal to rezone 401 West Portal Avenue to C-2 failed. | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1982-08-30 | Decision on rezoning 401 West Portal Avenue put off | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1982-08-30 | Rezoning of 401 West Portal Avenue to C-2 district, over Planning objections | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1986-05-27 | Finding of no environmental harm sought for West Portal Avenue limits | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1986-09-08 | Motion to amend interim zoning controls for West Portal Avenue's commercial district was adopted. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1986-10-27 | Board adopted interim zoning changes exempting certain West Portal Avenue projects with conditional use applications filed before June 10, 1986. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1995-01-03 | Board refuses to approve the West Portal Avenue brokerage permit | refused | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1995-01-09 | Board overturned City Planning's approval of a conditional use at 61 West Portal Avenue. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1995-01-09 | Board adopts a motion on the 61 West Portal Avenue permit | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1995-01-17 | Board blocks the stock brokerage office at 61 West Portal Avenue | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2005 | Motion disapproving Planning Commission approval of a mortgage brokerage at 80 West Portal Avenue was approved. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 2009 | Planning Commission given three more months to decide on a West Portal Avenue nail salon conditional-use ordinance. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
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