All decisions
about 1,100 Board decisions about Adolph Uhl, in date order. Each links to its printed page.
- Supervisor Uhl moved about names on a business petition; the outcome appears on the next page.
- Supervisor Uhl moved that proposed World's Fair preliminary expenses be referred to a joint committee for investigation.
- Supervisor Uhl proposed registering the Board's opposition to Plan X for the Bay Bridge; the matter was put off to Friday.
- Supervisor Uhl asked the City Engineer to report on alleged overpayment of Duboce Tunnel assessments.
- Appeal against the Garfield Street improvement assessment was laid over one week after protest by property owners.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion asked the Director of Relief and the Citizens' Advisory Relief Committee to appear January 22 on relief administration; ordered.
- Sixty-day eviction stay sought for John Dellings at 174 Ney Street
- Uhl's motion asks the Chief Administrative Officer to report the cost of converting the Civic Auditorium basement into a City garage.
- Uhl's motion asks the Director of Property to estimate the land value at Candlestick Point, east of Hawes Street.
- Mayor asked to explain the Duboce Tunnel tax refund conference
- Board protests a $3,200,000 federal loan for apartment buildings on the old Odd Fellows' Cemetery.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion to list committee attendance in the Calendar was referred to the Rules Committee.
- Proposals to eliminate a Head Clerk post and a Finance Committee stenographer post were defeated in the budget vote.
- Uhl asked the Rules Committee to reconsider restoring reserved Board seats for women's club representatives.
- Proposal to eliminate one General Clerk post at $175 a month from the Board of Supervisors budget was defeated.
- Supervisor Uhl moved to eliminate one special chauffeur post at $250 a month; Havenner proposed an amendment to table it.
- Uhl proposed that Board chauffeurs keep a log of their Supervisors' car activities; sent to Rules Committee.
- Uhl proposed filing copies of all letters written each day; the proposal was sent to the Rules Committee.
- Appeal against rezoning old Odd Fellows' Cemetery lacked enough signatures; the City Attorney was asked for an opinion.
- Supervisor Uhl asked that City Hall's all-night opening be raised with the Director of Property.
- Ordinance regulating charitable solicitations in San Francisco was re-referred to the Public Welfare Committee on Supervisor Uhl's motion.
- Care of single men at city shelters was handed to the California E.R.A., financed as before by the city, adopted six to three.
- Investigator of Complaints ordered to send the Board copies of all complaints registered in the past year.
- Citizens Emergency Relief Committee declined to turn single men's relief over to the State; matter laid over one week.
- Supervisor Uhl asked the Citizens' Emergency Relief Committee for an itemized statement of March 1934 finances.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion for a City Attorney opinion on the Mayor's refusal to release complaint lists carried, Hayden dissenting.
- Finance Committee proposes asking the World's Fair Committee to study a South Basin site and appoint a supervisor.
- Emergency Relief Committee refused to hand single men's shelter care to state; Board set April 9 to hear it.
- Motion to extend Supervisor Gallagher's speaking time was defeated during debate on rescinding a liquor amendment endorsement.
- Supervisors Uhl and Schmidt moved that the Relief Committee report its reasons for refusing shelter care handover.
- Supervisor Uhl moved that the Board adopt a policy of garbage incineration; the vote is not on this page.
- Garbage incinerator franchise bids were amended to give a rent-free site, then deferred to May 7.
- Uhl's motion to sit as a Committee of the Whole on the budget was ruled out of order and sent to Finance Committee.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion asks the Clerk to write the Citizens' Advisory Relief Committee about single men's relief work.
- Joint committee reported that the District Attorney should decide on remarks by Harvey Toy; Supervisor Uhl moved adoption of that report.
- Supervisor Uhl moved that the Director of Property appraise land north of the Palace of Fine Arts proposed as a playground.
- Board voted to recess until the Finance Committee presents the budget for consideration.
- Proposal to grant a 25-year garbage incineration franchise by bid was laid over one week.
- Longshoremen's union protest over relief agency strikebreaker solicitation was referred to the Public Welfare Committee.
- Uhl's emergency salary deduction resolution was set as a special order of business for next Monday at 2:30 p.m.
- Supervisor Uhl moved that the City Engineer report on a downtown plan for interurban bridge traffic and refer it to committee.
- The Board voted unanimously to extend thanks to the retiring Citizens' Emergency Relief Committee for its work.
- Resolution calling a charter special election on salary deductions for August 28, 1934 was referred to Finance Committee.
- May Fischer's assessment appeal on her Thirty-fifth Avenue bungalow was continued until the appraiser reports.
- Board ordered the Mayor notified that the deadline for placing a salary-deduction charter amendment on the ballot is next Monday.
- Charter amendment on deductions from city officers' and employees' salaries referred back to the Judiciary Committee.
- Board referred proposed salary deductions of 50 per cent of last year's deduction to Finance Committee, to report next Monday.
- H. W. Edwards's request for a 10 per cent cut on the building assessment was defeated by the Board.
- Eleana Gordon asked for a lower land assessment on Mission Street; a 20 per cent cut was refused by 8 votes to 3.
- Supervisor Uhl's 10 per cent reduction amendment on a vacant Post Street lot lost, and the application was denied.
- Inger Anderson asked the Board of Equalization to reduce assessments on property at 654 Van Ness Avenue South.
- Ten per cent cut moved on Benjamin Schnier's Anza Street lot
- Harry Lombroso's assessment on his improvements was reduced by 10 per cent after a vote.
- William Bruce's land assessment was reduced by 10 per cent without objection.
- Katherine Stefanik's assessment was cut by 10 per cent on a 7-to-4 Board of Equalization vote.
- William Bruce asked the Board to reduce assessments on properties valued at $35,000 and $9,340.
- Timothy Nyhane's assessment on a five-room residence was reduced by 5 per cent.
- Bottaro's request for a 5 per cent cut in the assessment on his apartment building failed on a vote of 4 to 6.
- Frederick Fried's request for a 10 per cent cut in his property assessment was voted down by the Board.
- Arthur E. Nathanson's bid to cut the assessment on his Forty-fourth Avenue land failed on a recorded vote.
- Inger Anderson's request to reduce assessments on two properties was refused after a failed motion.
- L. Silberstein asked the Board of Equalization to reduce the assessment on a nineteen-apartment building at 831 Webster Street.
- Tabytha Anderson's building used for religious purposes was granted a reduction of $900 on its improvements assessment.
- Ten per cent cut moved on D. Cerelli's Columbus Avenue building
- $300 cut moved for W. Greenfield at 911 Folsom Street
- Supervisor Uhl moved Resolution 1500 calling a special election on August 28, 1934 for voters.
- Resolution calling an August 28, 1934 special election on a Charter amendment for salary deductions carried.
- Douglas L. Bruce's motion for a 10 per cent cut in his land assessment was lost.
- The Board called a special election for August 28, 1934 on city employee salary deductions, by a 6-5 vote.
- E. Ashley's appeal on his Bush Street property was granted with a 10 per cent reduction in assessment.
- Pauline Benesch's property assessment reduced by $1,700, ordered by the Board of Equalization.
- Motion to reduce Adanell Girwin's assessment by $250 was lost by the Board of Equalization.
- Isabel Allen's assessment on improvements reduced by ten percent, approved by the Board of Equalization.
- A motion to cut H. G. Hornlein's Washington Street improvements assessment by 10 per cent was lost.
- Supervisors ordered a $400 assessment reduction on improvements for B. A. Meyer's property near 11th Avenue and Fulton.
- L. A. Walter's building assessment at 1118 Church Street was reduced by $100.
- Timothy O'Connor and W. J. Harrington both given assessment cuts
- Ten per cent cut moved on Ida Wahl's Taraval Street lot
- Filing Ellingson's request to reduce the assessment on apartments at 700 Castro Street was denied.
- Supervisors rejected a 20 per cent assessment reduction requested by Rose Goldstein for her flat.
- M. M. Jason's assessment for the rooming house at 1920 Fillmore street was reduced by $200.
- E. Bianchi's improvements assessment at 781 46th avenue was reduced by $100, moved by Supervisor Uhl.
- Ann Connolly's assessment at 1123 Dolores street was reduced 10 per cent on improvements, moved by Supervisor Uhl.
- Hannie I. Connolly's assessment at 24th and Dolores streets was reduced 10 per cent, moved by Supervisor Uhl.
- W. J. O'Brien's request to reduce the assessment on his eight-room property on Cole Street was denied.
- J. Larretai's request for a 10 per cent assessment cut at 3659-3677 20th Street was denied.
- Louis Braunstein's assessment appeal granted, with a 10 per cent reduction on improvements.
- Relief ordinance amended so a five-member Relief Committee subcommittee acts as the Board of Appeals, with appeals heard within forty-eight hours.
- Supervisor Uhl proposed an emergency resolution setting salary deductions for city officers and employees; outcome continues on next page.
- Supervisors Shannon, Ratto and Uhl were appointed to report within 30 days on the proposed building code.
- Public Welfare Committee's plan for a new citizens' emergency relief committee and relief distribution was indefinitely postponed on Supervisor Uhl's motion.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion asks the City Attorney to take the 1934-35 budget tax-limit question to the Supreme Court.
- Resolution accepting a garbage disposal permit from the Bay Shore Sanitary District was laid over one week.
- Uhl asked the Citizens' Emergency Relief Committee to consider putting aliens on relief to work on City projects.
- The Clerk was ordered to obtain from relief director Wollenberg an estimate of future relief fund demands.
- Supervisor Uhl moved that free City telephones be dropped, calling $1,844.40 a waste; the matter was referred to Finance Committee.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion empowers the Joint Committee on Finance and Public Welfare to continue investigating the proposed World's Fair expenditures.
- Proposed charter amendment on salary deductions for unemployment relief was approved by the Board, six to five, as amended.
- Charter amendment on salary deductions, submitted by the Bureau of Governmental Research, was taken up in committee; outcome not printed.
- Charter Amendment No. 17 on salary deductions was taken up for consideration in Committee of the Whole.
- Supervisor Uhl moved to withdraw proposed garbage incinerator bond legislation from the Health Committee.
- Resolution 1549, moved by Uhl, would find a city garbage incinerator necessary and authorise a bond issue to build it.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion to reconsider the refused $800,000 incinerator bond resolution was ruled out of order by the Chair.
- Supervisor Uhl moved that the City Attorney prepare a resolution to dispose of garbage by franchise; no vote is recorded.
- Supervisor Uhl asked the Chief Administrative Officer for written answers on past gasoline and asphalt contract awards, and the request was ordered.
- Uhl moved that Florence McAuliffe and Paul H. Davis be invited to brief the Board on the relief situation.
- Supervisor Uhl's statement criticising the past relief administration was ordered printed in the Journal.
- Supervisor Uhl proposed a survey of parking near fire hydrants; the motion was referred to the Fire, Safety and Police Committee.
- Uhl's motion postpones the summary relief matter for two weeks and sends his remarks to the Mayor and McAuliffe.
- F. M. McAuliffe was asked to appear at the next meeting and give employee names, residences and salaries.
- Supervisor Uhl disputed costs of underground street lighting, and Cahill and PG&E were invited to the next meeting.
- Supervisor Uhl moved to invite relief officials to report on the relief situation; relief matters went to Finance Committee.
- Board members were asked to meet Mr. Purcell at his office to discuss bridge terminals and rapid transit facilities; motion carried.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion to block a monopoly over Bay Bridge interurban train franchises was withdrawn.
- Supervisor Uhl asked two men to report on the city's relief situation for the poor; no action was taken.
- Supervisor Uhl proposed disapproving Plan X, a bridge terminal in San Francisco, and urged a subway plan; referred to Public Utilities Committee.
- Southern Pacific and Key Route proposed electric trains over the Bay Bridge; the matter was referred to the Public Utilities Committee.
- Uhl's objection to the Toll Bridge Authority's Plan X terminal was amended to seek a delay pending engineering and financial study.
- Uhl's motion asking two men to report on the relief situation for the poor was struck from the calendar.
- Resolution calling for bids on garbage disposal was made a special order for December 17, 1934 at 2:15 p.m.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion to recess to take up garbage disposal lost on a tie vote of five to five.
- Uhl moved to correct the calendar so the bridge terminal hearing is held as a special order at 4 p.m.
- A $10,000 certified check was set for each garbage collection bid after a $25,000 amendment failed.
- Uhl's motion to protest adoption of Plan X until a subway plan is reported died for lack of a second.
- Uhl proposed that subway and elevated bridge plans be submitted to the Toll Bridge Authority for report.
- Thirty-five-year Interurban Railway contract opposed, put off until Wednesday
- Supervisor Uhl moved Resolution No. 1678 on the Bay Bridge franchise tax and the City Attorney representing supervisors before the Toll Bridge Authority.
- Supervisor Uhl proposed asking the state to study bus service on the Trans-Bay Bridge and reconsider the RFC resolution.
- Supervisor Uhl moved that the Board oppose any thirty-five-year contract with a proposed interurban electric railway company.
- Supervisor Uhl proposed asking the state to study bus transportation on the Trans-Bay Bridge.
- Board moved into committee of the whole on a private street-contract ordinance, which reported progress without final passage.
- Supervisor Uhl moved that the City Attorney report on whether interurban trains crossing the Bay Bridge need a franchise.
- Harbor Commissioners asked about a garbage barge landing at Mills Field
- Chief Administrative Officer asked to report on street conditions in the Sunset District.
- Board set a 3 p.m. January 21, 1935 special hearing on the relief situation, inviting McAuliffe and Davis to explain.
- Supervisor Uhl moved relief for Mr. F. M. McAuliffe and Mr. Paul H., but the text is cut off before the outcome.
- Supervisor Uhl moved that Board of Education or School Department representatives explain cuts to schoolhouse construction plans.
- Request that the Board of Education explain curtailed school construction plans was dropped from the calendar.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion to hear two relief representatives at a special order was dropped from the calendar.
- Supervisor Uhl moved that steps be taken to provide a loud speaker for an expected crowd.
- Uhl's motion urging the Board to favour an exposition on the mainland was ruled out of order by the chair.
- Uhl's motion asking the Finance Committee to invite bids for reporting Board meetings was referred to committee.
- Board asked the Public Utilities Commission to change its Monday meeting so Manager Cahill could attend Bay Bridge transportation hearings.
- Consideration of the Public Utilities Commission report on bus and rail transport across the Bay Bridge was put off to March 4, 1935.
- Board considered the Public Utilities Commission report on bus and rail transit across the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
- A lease of about 92 acres for Fleishhacker Playfield from Spring Valley Company, with an option to buy, is proposed.
- Proposed charter amendment to Section 13 on Board action and publication of ordinances and resolutions.
- Supervisor Uhl withdrew his proposed charter amendment enabling an exposition on the San Francisco mainland.
- Board of Supervisors records opposition to a revived produce terminal project in the Marina District.
- Board asked the Mayor to appoint a citizens' committee for the proper observance of July 4th.
- Report sought on the cost of filling South Basin tidelands
- Uhl proposed asking voters about a 1938 mainland exposition and a $5,000,000 bond; the proposal was referred to Judiciary Committee.
- Board urges senators and congressmen to seek $5,000,000 from Congress for a 1938 World's Exposition on the mainland.
- Supervisor Uhl moved that the Chief Administrative Officer report on reclaiming South Basin tidelands and possible exposition sites.
- Public Welfare Committee was ordered to draft ballot arguments, subject to a City Attorney opinion on its right to do so.
- The Board, by Supervisor Uhl's motion, asked the Assembly not to pass Assembly Bill No. 687 until local talks were held.
- Supervisor Uhl proposed moving Roll Call to third place in the Board's Order of Business; referred to Rules Committee.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion backing an exposition on the San Francisco mainland was ruled out of order by the Chair, then withdrawn.
- The Board ordered City Attorney's office representative Randal Ellis and Utilities Manager Edw. G. Cahill to explain municipal power distribution costs at next Monday's meeting.
- Board voted to invite Chief Administrative Officer Cleary to explain his choice of the Yerba Buena Shoals exposition site.
- Board sends the Lake Merced exposition site, including Harding Golf Course, back to the Bay Exposition directors for further study.
- Board ordered arrangements made for a transcript of the Washington Conference proceedings held in Secretary Ickes' office.
- Motion to rescind the appointment of three supervisors to a Washington hearing on Hetch Hetchy power failed.
- Supervisor Uhl asked the Public Utilities Commission what it paid for 1,185,000,000 gallons of Hetch Hetchy water.
- Auditorium's $5 monthly raise for the head janitor and assistant superintendent was approved after Uhl's objection failed.
- Public Works Building Repairs budget proposed with a net increase of $42,560; the vote is on the next page.
- The Water Department budget is under debate, including a proposed head clerk position that Supervisor Uhl moved to strike.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion to cut the Sheriff's women bailiffs to one failed by 8 to 2.
- Supervisors moved raising indigent sick and dependent poor funding from $800,000 to $1,000,000; the vote was tied, five to five.
- Supervisor Uhl proposed a 20 per cent municipal salary reduction, but the Chair ruled it out of order.
- Supervisor Uhl proposed striking the $280 monthly chief engineer steam engine post at San Francisco Hospital.
- Garbage disposal franchise to go to the Sanitary Fill Company
- The garbage report was made a special order of business for 4 p.m. next Monday.
- The Clerk was ordered to ask Public Works Director Worden for a report on "where nots."
- Supervisor Uhl proposed asking the Public Utility Commission for a financial study of municipal power distribution; referred to committee.
- Proposal to give single men on relief three 10-cent meal tickets daily was laid over one week.
- Public Welfare Committee's proposal to give single men on relief three 10-cent meal tickets was laid over one week.
- Resolution proposed to declare a public emergency and cut city officers' and employees' salaries for 1935-1936.
- Bill appropriating $208.33 for the acting director of County Emergency Relief Administration was passed for second reading, then rescinded.
- The Clerk was asked to have the Chief Administrative Officer study converting Police Commission space for District Attorney quarters.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion asked the Public Utilities Commission to send supervisors any rapid transit study progress reports; ordered.
- $300 cut proposed on Florence Custel's building at 1618 Pacific Avenue
- The Board rejected a $200 land assessment reduction for S. Troback on Clay Street, and the matter was put to a later meeting.
- Building assessment at 468 Tehama Street, owned by Mary Joyce, reduced by $600 as recommended.
- Building assessment at 1243-5 Eddy Street, owned by J. D. Costigan, reduced by $100 to $900.
- Herman Gehrcke's assessment on Block 552 was reduced by $400, fixed at $1,600.
- Adele Casson's assessment appeal for 1348 Sacramento Street was referred to appraisers for conference.
- Angelo Serventi's assessment for the northwest corner of Chestnut and Stockton was voted down to $3,750, then held for City Attorney opinion.
- Supervisor Uhl moved to lay over the assessment of Adelaide Postiglione's flats at 2678-82 Sacramento Street until Friday.
- Improvement assessment at 3950-56 Fulton street cut by $350 to $4,500 for Mrs. S. O. Brasfield, by vote of six to one.
- Mrs. A. Haunschild's request to reduce the assessment on 267 Diamond Street was denied.
- Motion to reduce the assessment of 433 Bryant Street for Mrs. Theodore Bruck was lost.
- $250 cut sought on I. Berman's Guerrero Street apartments
- A motion to cut D. Capece's Randolph Street land assessment by $200 failed, and the application was denied.
- Assessment appeal by Herman Kalisher granted with a $200 reduction, after a $500 reduction motion failed.
- Caroline G. Christensen's proposed $500 assessment reduction was rejected, and the application was denied.
- Assessment for Vincent Bringel was reduced by $250 on Supervisor Uhl's motion.
- Assessment review application by Mrs. A. Haunschild was denied on Supervisor Uhl's motion.
- $150 cut moved for K. I. Barker on Fortieth Avenue
- M. Costello's building at 519 Lincoln Way had its assessment reduced by $400 to $5,000.
- J. Kovacevich's 241 Victoria Street building assessment was reduced by $150 without objection, on Uhl's motion.
- Assessment appeal for Elizabeth Akers's flats at 1419-1421 Guerrero Street continues onto the next page.
- A. C. Cappelman's property assessment reduction was defeated; Supervisor Uhl then changed his vote to seek reconsideration.
- $150 cut sought on L. Mayer's Fulton Street building
- Assessment reduction request for 14 Isis Street apartment building denied; appraisers recommended no change.
- Board reduced the assessment of P. C. Roberts' 54-apartment building at 666 Post Street to $120,000.
- A motion to cut C. Matraia's 1670 Pine Street assessment by $900 was defeated.
- John J. Collins sought a lower land assessment for Lent Estate Company's property; Appraisers recommend no reduction.
- Jules Artoux's request to lower the assessment of 524 Guerrero street was not granted; the reduction motion lost.
- M. Sideman's agent request to lower the assessment of 1300 Sacramento street was denied.
- W. McWhirter's request for a $250 assessment reduction at 1441 Fortieth Avenue failed on a vote of 3 to 5.
- Assessment appeal by Hugh Center for properties at 1972 Polsom and 2800 Sixteenth Street was proposed for reduction; final outcome not shown.
- $300 cut sought on Charles Steele's Hayes Street flats
- $150 cut sought on Kovachevich's Shrader Street building
- $200 cut sought on Alma Lunstedt's Golden Gate Avenue flats
- Palace Hotel's assessment appeal was denied after the Board of Appraisers recommended no reduction; its attorney asked for cross-examination.
- Assessment for June O'Brien at 1273 Thirty-third Avenue was reduced by $150 to $3,450 on Supervisor Uhl's motion.
- The Board of Equalization denied Nellie McM Donovan's request to reduce the assessment on 598 Eddy Street.
- Supervisor Uhl's $150 reduction motion for Mrs. Manetas's property at 1961-63-65 Hayes Street lost.
- Building assessment at 1900 Pacific Avenue reduced to $20,000 on the application of Miss Albena Cavagnaro.
- Wm. Rippon's assessment appeal for the Nineteenth and San Carlos corner was refused after the proposed $250 reduction lost.
- Supervisors refused a $250 assessment reduction requested by Simon Cohn for his Fillmore Street property, so the application was denied.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion to cut the assessment at 1230 Sacramento Street by $400 lost; the appeal was not granted.
- Supervisor Uhl's $200 reduction motion for Amalia Ferro's property at 774-778 Green Street lost on a three-to-three tie.
- Jules Artoux refused a cut; move to rescind that refusal
- Move to reopen the Lent Estate appeal at Polk and Eddy
- $200 cut sought on Gladys Tyson's Parnassus Avenue property
- Assessment appeal for 827 Howard Street denied after a motion to cut the building value by $250 lost.
- Proposed ordinance would reduce the license fee on apartment houses by amending Section 12 of Ordinance No. 5132.
- Assessment for H. C. Beckwith at 1720 Pacific Street was reduced by $500 on Supervisor Uhl's motion.
- Assessment for P. Levy at 2294-8 Green Street was reduced by $500 on Supervisor Uhl's motion.
- Assessment for Rae Hynson at the Twenty-third and Guerrero corner was reduced by $500 after the Board of Appraisers agreed.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion asking the Public Utilities Commission to study moving the Southern Pacific Third Street station uptown was referred to committee.
- Board requested a Public Utilities Commission report on the airport land extension into the bay and its bond-funded work.
- Board asked the Mayor to advise on his correspondence with WPA state administrator McLaughlin; motion carried.
- Bridge Authority asked to move the bridge terminal to the Embarcadero
- Supervisor Uhl proposed Resolution No. 2044 limiting exclusive rail franchises to ten years; outcome not yet printed.
- Motion to send one member to the San Diego Fair at city expense lost; Gallagher and Hayden were appointed instead.
- Supervisor Uhl moved that the Board of Education report on what is being done at Bernal Junior High School.
- Protest by Cath. Molloy against sidewalk work on Columbus Avenue was withdrawn and filed.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion to reconsider a resolution rebuking his letter on County Board of Equalization was defeated.
- Supervisor Uhl moved to reconsider Resolution 21076, which rebuked his letter to property owners about County Board of Equalization sessions.
- Board motion carried to appoint a three-member committee to represent San Francisco at San Mateo County's Floral Fiesta.
- Supervisor Uhl asked the Public Utilities Commission to report on allegations about airport manager Dooiin's salaries.
- Board requested Toll Bridge Authority contracts on bridge tolls and passenger transport; consideration of the association's letter deferred to October 28, 1935.
- Board asked the City Attorney whether funds could raise election officials' pay from $5 to $7 per day.
- Questions asked why hard ball is barred at Rolph Playground
- Consideration of the proposed Disaster Preparedness Ordinance was postponed two weeks to December 9, 1935, with plan copies sent out.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion asking the Mayor about the Standard Fence Company bidding complaint carried.
- Supervisor Uhl asked that a South Basin tidelands budget appropriation be made a special order of business at the next meeting.
- Supervisor Uhl moved that Hugh Pomeroy carry a message to San Mateo supervisors urging Southern Pacific interurban trains into San Francisco.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion asks E. G. Cahill for a fifth plan distributing Hetch Hetchy power, sent to committee.
- Thirteen sealed bids were opened for $391,000 in sewer bonds, but the City Attorney was unwilling to approve their validity.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion authorized Utilities Manager Cahill to seek an appointment with Interior Secretary Ickes on Hetch Hetchy power.
- A bill to amend Section 54 of the license tax ordinance on public passenger vehicles was taken up from the Finance Committee.
- Amended bill changing the license tax and plate rules for public passenger vehicles passed for second reading.
- Mayor Rossi's veto of ordinances limiting garages and gas stations near hospitals, schools and churches was sustained by the Board.
- The Board asked the Chief Administrative Officer to survey sidewalks needing repair and notify their owners.
- The Board asked the Mayor to appoint a citizens' committee to convert Old Fort Point into a war museum.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion asks the Chief Administrative Officer for a report on the Golden Gate Bridge Marina Approach.
- Supervisor Uhl asked the Director of Property to report on land purchases needed for McLaren Park; so ordered.
- Oil station planned if Kirkham Street rezoning appeal succeeds
- Street levels reset on Harrison Street between Main and Fremont
- Report asked on extending the Municipal Railway to Fleishhacker Pool
- Gough Street track removal proposed as a PWA project
- Bad sidewalk reported at Golden Gate Avenue and Octavia Street
- Clerk asked to list homes lost to foreclosure and learn what rent former owners now pay.
- City Attorney asked to give a written opinion on whether Al G. Barnes Circus paid the proper license fee.
- Supervisor Uhl moved that the Chief Administrative Officer submit old age pension applications at the next Monday meeting.
- Uhl proposed weekly reports from the Chief Administrative Officer on plumbing inspections of large buildings; referred to the Finance Committee.
- Retail Merchants' Association protest over art museums selling reprints was referred to the City Attorney.
- Proposed citywide rules for gasoline supply stations were laid over two weeks to May 25 on Supervisor Uhl's motion.
- Motion to cap Board of Supervisors salary increases at $250 per month was defeated, six noes to two.
- Motion to drop a $3,000 secretary post from the Art Commission budget was lost.
- Motion to eliminate the $3,600 part-time organist post at the Legion of Honor was defeated.
- Motion to strike the $140 monthly Food Chemist Assistant position failed by eight votes to two.
- $480,000 for a Van Ness trolley bus line referred to committee
- Supervisor Uhl had the City Attorney draft an ordinance to prevent similar disasters after the Shamrock Night Club fire.
- City Attorney asked to prepare fire-hazard prevention legislation for the Board's next meeting.
- Rapid transit report faulted for ignoring an elevated line
- Supervisor Shannon was authorized to represent the Board at a Los Angeles conference on gas tax funds.
- The Board endorsed the Chamber of Commerce request for a day when pedestrians may walk across the completed San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
- Blind aid and old-age pension lists approved for July
- Supervisor Uhl asked who handles the County Welfare Department and the pension of J. E. Maxwell while Miss Schenk is away.
- Supervisor Uhl moved that Cahill's rapid transit report not be accepted, comparing it with O'Shaughnessy's 1929 report.
- Board adopted resolution approving County Welfare Department recommendations on widows' pensions, old-age security and blind pensions.
- Supervisor Uhl moved that the Public Utilities Commission report on municipal bus service over the Golden Gate Bridge; the Board ordered it.
- Board continued consideration of an ordinance ordering removal of bodies from Laurel Hill Cemetery to October 5, 1936.
- Supervisor Uhl proposes asking the Mayor to name Lester S. Ready to a federal Hetch Hetchy power conference.
- The Board carried a motion asking the City Attorney to attend a State Railroad Commission hearing on bus franchises over the Golden Gate Bridge.
- Sidewalk repairs at 1861 Mission Street sought as a WPA project
- Motion to recess the Board until October 1 to consider billboards on the Bay Bridge approach was lost.
- Utilities Manager Cahill's rapid transit report was postponed to October 12, 1936 as a special order.
- Board hearing on removing Laurel Hill Cemetery was continued until Tuesday, October 13, 1936.
- Supervisor Uhl moved to ask the Mayor to fund improvements at Francis Scott Key, Visitacion and Lawton schools; the motion was referred to committee.
- Edward G. Cahill's rapid transit report was delayed and continued to October 13, 1936.
- Plan No. 7 for Hetch Hetchy power distribution called out from committee and set as a special order for October 26.
- Motion to employ Lester S. Ready to check Plan No. 7 for Hetch Hetchy power distribution was defeated.
- Manager Cahill's rapid transit report was continued to October 13 and made a special order of business.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion authorized an $8 interdepartmental order for photographs supporting a proposed billboard regulation near the bridge approach.
- The rapid transit report by Utilities Manager Edward Cahill was continued to October 13, 1936.
- Supervisor Uhl urges a four-track subway on Market Street
- Edward G. Cahill's rapid transit report was laid over to a recessed meeting tomorrow at 10 a.m.
- Plan No. 7 for distributing Hetch Hetchy power was laid over to a recessed meeting tomorrow at 10 a.m.
- Supervisor Uhl proposed raising pay for election officers; the outcome continues on the next page.
- Supervisor Uhl proposed banning parking on downtown streets with car lines from 4:30 to 6 p.m., referred to the traffic advisory committee.
- Skyline Boulevard extension to Woodwardia sent to the Streets Committee
- Supervisor Uhl proposed banning parking on streets with streetcars between 4:30 and 6 p.m., referred to the traffic advisory committee.
- Board debates a $50,000 appropriation for preliminary Market Street subway plans; Supervisor Uhl proposes adding a four-track study.
- Meurice N. Swim, for the Town of Bay Shore, presented a petition for water service, referred to the Public Utilities Committee.
- Supervisor Uhl's proposed $19,875,000 subway bond resolution was referred to the Public Utilities Committee.
- Supervisor Uhl proposes requiring municipal power revenue bond redemption to begin when city distribution starts; debate continues.
- Supervisor Uhl's request that the Public Utilities Commission explain its water supply arrangement with the Exposition Company was ordered.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion asked the Manager of Utilities for copies of transit petitions sent by improvement clubs and others.
- Proponents of the billboard initiative ordinance may enclose their arguments with sample ballots at their own expense.
- Supervisor Uhl asked the Clerk to obtain a list of existing wherenots from Public Works.
- Board postponed consideration of dead-end streets on Market Street to March 15, 1937, on Supervisor Uhl's motion.
- Board set consideration of cemetery removal ordinances as a special order of business for March 22, 1937.
- Bill 937 to remove Laurel Hill Cemetery for a memorial park passed for second reading.
- Supervisor McSheehy proposed Resolution 3169 urging the Mayor to propose a Hetch Hetchy power distribution plan; Uhl moved it to committee.
- Bill to remove remains from Calvary Cemetery passed second reading by eleven ayes; final passage still pending.
- The Workers' Alliance resolution on WPA employment was sent back from committee and set for hearing on April 5.
- Supervisor Uhl moved that the Clerk ask San Francisco legislators to defeat bills that would weaken city milk inspection ordinances.
- Supervisor Uhl asked the Public Utilities Commission whether Water Department land at Junipero Serra and Alemany boulevards could serve as picnic grounds.
- Uhl proposed that the Board memorialize Congress to keep WPA employment continuing until June 30, 1937.
- Board of Supervisors asks Congress for 10 per cent more working hours for San Francisco W.P.A. workers.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion asked the City Attorney to advise on franchises needed for Key System and Southern Pacific trains over the Transbay Bridge; carried.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion to reconsider a WPA memorial to Congress was laid over one week.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion asked E. G. Cahill to report on bus versus electric rail transportation; carried.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion set a public hearing on the proposed 1937-38 city budget for Monday, May 10.
- Supervisor Uhl proposed that Board members visit on May 6 to investigate East Bay bus operations, and seven members agreed to go.
- Board asks the Mayor to consider overhead light so the Fell and Stanyan traffic signal can be removed.
- Governor Merriam was thanked by telegram for vetoing relief legislation that would have cost taxpayers $600,000.
- Architects' fees for WPA projects cut from $20,000 to $16,000
- Mayor asked to appear before the Board to discuss low salaries of Library employees; motion carried.
- Proposal to fix the Clerk of the Board's monthly salary at $550 was deferred and laid over for a later session.
- Public Library request for $87,130 in binding material was cut to $80,000 by the Mayor; Uhl's bid to restore it was blocked.
- A Voters' Council letter urging an extension of McClintock's traffic survey to streetcars and buses was referred to committee.
- The Clerk was directed to write to Life magazine thanking it for its picture of the Golden Gate.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion refers the Laurel Hill Cemetery removal referendum petition to the City Attorney to draft a repealing ordinance.
- The Board voted to send a telegram protesting the dismissal of 550 recreational W.P.A. workers and seeking reinstatement.
- The Board voted to invite W. R. Lawson to a July 6 hearing on W.P.A. lay-offs of workers eligible for old-age pensions.
- Motion carried inviting W. R. Lawson of the local W.P.A. to appear before the Board on July 6, 1937 about old-age pension lay-offs.
- Emilie Wenter's assessment on lot 9, block 4214 was reduced by $200 with no objection.
- A. M. Keating's assessment on Block 1212 was reduced to $2,000 on Supervisor Uhl's motion and appraiser's recommendation.
- E. C. Guiney's assessment appeal was denied.
- Edwin W. Casey's assessment correction was taken under advisement and deferred temporarily; appraisers recommended no reduction.
- Supervisor Uhl moved a building reduction from $1,400 to $1,300 for E. C. Guiney; deferred temporarily.
- Anna C. Weske's property assessment was reduced to $3,950 after the Board's motion carried.
- M. Bilafer's assessment on Block 1260, Lot 54 was reduced by $200 on Supervisor Uhl's motion.
- Supervisors McSheehy and Uhl moved a $100 reduction in the J. P. and C. M. Stocker assessment; no objection, so ordered.
- Supervisor Uhl moved to reduce H. G. Brackett's assessment on Lot 29, Block 1191 to $12,000; no objection, so ordered.
- Supervisor Uhl moved a $300 reduction in Emma Gill's assessment on Block 1361; no objection, so ordered.
- Supervisors Shannon and Uhl moved a $450 reduction in Eva Mehegan's assessment on Block 659; no objection, so ordered.
- Catherine F. Donovan's assessment appeal was denied.
- Rose Saia's assessment correction was taken under advisement and deferred temporarily; appraisers recommended no reduction.
- A motion to cut Laura M. Landers's assessment on lot 13, block 1889 by $150 was lost on a vote of four ayes.
- Supervisor Uhl moved to take Catherine F. Donovan's assessment under advisement; deferred temporarily.
- Appraisers recommended a $400 building reduction for Fanny M. Klang; Supervisor Uhl moved advisement, deferred.
- Supervisor Uhl moved to take Frank Mullan's assessment under advisement; deferred temporarily.
- Supervisor Uhl moved a $950 assessment reduction, as the Appraiser J. P. Cobby recommended, and it was ordered.
- Margaret Riordan's property assessment was reduced by $200 on motion of Supervisors Uhl and McSheehy.
- Florence R. Edwards's assessment was reduced to $5,400 on motion of Supervisor Uhl, with no objection.
- Hannah Dhue's assessment was reduced from $3,600 to $3,300 on motion of Supervisors Uhl and Shannon.
- C. Malatesta's building assessment was reduced from $850 to $700 on Supervisor Uhl's motion.
- Controller asked for more time on a $75,000 Municipal Railway appropriation for subway test holes on Market Street.
- Berendsen's Graystone Hotel building assessment was cut from $30,000 to $25,000 on Supervisor Uhl's motion.
- Mrs. M. Smith's assessment on Lot 26, Block 6978 was reduced by $150 on Supervisor Uhl's motion.
- Charles Pronsolino's assessment on Lot 3, Block 118 was reduced from $4,450 to $4,100 on Supervisor Uhl's motion.
- Richard M. Lana's assessment on Lot 21, Block 186 was reduced from $10,500 to $7,500 on Supervisor Uhl's motion.
- James O'Neill's assessed value was reduced by $500 on Supervisor Uhl's motion, no objection.
- I. T. Budaeff's property assessment reduced to $4,500 on Supervisor Uhl's motion, seconded by McSheehy.
- Assessment for M. L. Sinclair on Block 938 Lot 1 reduced by $500 on Supervisor Uhl's motion.
- Luisa Zanassi's assessment for Block 220 Lot 20 was reduced from $2,000 to $1,800 on Uhl's motion.
- Assessment of J. Matzger reduced by $1,100 on Supervisor Uhl's motion, with no objection.
- G. Cavagnaro's assessment appeal on lot 24, block 104 was granted a reduction to $1,250.
- A. Chiappellona's assessment appeal on lot 20, block 116 was granted a $250 reduction.
- Kate Curtin's assessment appeal for Lot 490 was granted a $150 reduction on Supervisor Uhl's motion.
- Assessment appeal of Helen J. Marks approved with a $300 reduction on Uhl's motion, no objection raised.
- Genevieve Hottel's Lot 16, Block 1212 assessment was reduced to $10,000 on appeal, moved by Supervisor Uhl.
- Rene Rothschild's property assessment was reduced by $350 on lot 46, block 1064.
- T. Marinos's assessed value was reduced by $300 on Supervisor Uhl's motion, no objection.
- W. T. Kiernan's property assessment was reduced to $10,000 on motion by Supervisor Uhl.
- Fred Giorgine's assessment for Block 115 Lot 2 was reduced from $1,700 to $1,600 on Uhl's motion.
- C. A. Anderson's property assessment was reduced from $5,000 to $4,000 on Supervisor Uhl's motion, with no objection.
- Appeal of E. H. Kellberg's property assessment approved with a $100 reduction, no objection raised.
- Assessment appeal of C. Sllvey approved with a $100 reduction, moved by Uhl and seconded by Shannon.
- P. R. Thayer's Lot 1, Block 775 building assessment was reduced from $8,500 to $6,000, moved by Supervisor Uhl.
- Supervisor Uhl moved a $1,000 assessment reduction for application 776, ordered without objection.
- $500 cut sought in A. Helbing's assessment at 1267 Bush Street
- The Palace Hotel applied to reduce its land and improvement assessments, and the hearing was begun.
- Supervisor Uhl moved that the Clerk request a progress plan from the Public Utilities Commission on re-routing streetcars to Plan X Terminal.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion to cut the $11,000 assessment on lot 1, block 869 to $10,000 was defeated.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion to cut A. Helbing's assessment on Block 499 by $2,500 lost; appraisers' figure stands.
- Assessment cut sought for Nicolene McGowan at 201 Waller Street
- Supervisor Uhl moved a $700 assessment reduction for application 841, ordered without objection.
- Motion to raise the assessment on application 578 from $2,000 to $2,500 was lost.
- Motion to cut A. Helbing's assessment on application 775 by $2,500 was lost.
- F. Levi's assessment on Block 1417 Lot 27 reduced by $200 on Supervisor Uhl's motion.
- Andrew Helbing's assessment on Block 279 Lot 16 reduced by $500 after a 6-2 vote.
- Colman's amendment, carried, set A. Helbing's Block 672 Lot 2A assessment reduction at $1,000 instead of $2,500.
- Monona D. Renz's assessment was reduced by $150 on Supervisors Uhl and McSheehy's motion, despite no appraiser recommendation.
- Supervisor Uhl asked the Chief Administrative Officer to have the City Engineer study making Bryant Street an arterial.
- Supervisor Uhl asked a committee to study amending the charter's $1,000 limit on street work done without bids.
- Supervisor Uhl requested a report on whether to cut through Thirty-first Avenue.
- Supervisor Uhl asked the Public Utilities Commission to report on extending the F car line to Third and Townsend.
- Supervisor Uhl asked the City Engineer for a list of streets being widened, including Third Street.
- City Engineer to price clearing traffic jams on Harrison and Potrero
- Hearing on protests against the Conkling Street and Silver Avenue assessment was laid over one week for a City Engineer report.
- The Public Utilities Commission was asked to report Hetch Hetchy water revenue, deliveries, and sales credits; motion carried.
- Uhl asked that the status of two planned libraries, on Cortland Avenue and in West Portal, go to the Building Committee.
- Supervisor Uhl proposed amending the ordinance banning parking on Market Street; the amendment was referred to the Streets Committee.
- Supervisors directed the Clerk and Supervisor Uhl to draft an amendment limiting the Market Street parking ban to First to Eighth streets, except at peak hours.
- Supervisor Uhl moved that the Clerk seek white-collar WPA worker data and urge Washington to restore them to the rolls.
- Manager Cahill was asked to explain how the 70-cent charge for three-quarter-inch water meters is set; ordered without objection.
- Conference of 45 northern counties sought on the bridge toll question
- Manager Cahill was asked to answer Supervisor Uhl's letters requesting information; motion carried.
- Supervisor Uhl asked the Park Commission whether land north of the Balboa Park fire house could go to the Fire Department for a handball court.
- The Board referred a East Bay water district bulletin to the Director of Utilities, asking about San Francisco's water meter count and charges.
- Supervisor Uhl asked the Public Utilities Commission for cost information on a new Tenth Avenue bus line.
- Park Commission unanimously denied transferring Balboa Park land to the Fire Department for a handball court.
- Supervisor Uhl moved that Market Street Railway stop service on Twentieth Avenue by January 1, 1938; referred to committee.
- Supervisor Uhl moved that his bus proposal be set as a special order for December 13, 1937, at 2:30 p.m.
- Board sent a telegram to Congressman Welch backing legislation to keep coastwise steamer service at San Francisco.
- Ordinance regulating curb parking at gasoline supply stations was laid over one week on Supervisor Uhl's motion.
- Supervisor McSheehy urged rejection of proposed water rate schedule; the Board laid the resolution over one week.
- Supervisor Uhl moved that the proper department check sidewalk conditions and report weekly to the Board; ordered.
- Supervisor Uhl was granted authorization to visit eastern cities and study bus transportation; Supervisor Mead also requested it.
- Supervisor Uhl proposed that the Public Utilities Commission supply copies of its minutes; the motion was referred to committee.
- The Board asked the Mayor to appoint a citizens' committee for the observance of July 4, 1938.
- Mayor requested to appoint a chairman for the July 4th Celebration Committee.
- An emergency $8,500 appropriation for Civil Service Commission examinations was passed as an emergency ordinance.
- Recreation Department land purchase agreement with George I. Butler laid over one week on Supervisor Uhl's motion.
- McSheehy, Ratto and Mead appointed by the Chair
- Supervisor Uhl moved that a committee of three attend the Toll Bridge Authority meeting regarding the purchase.
- Supervisor Uhl objected to wording blaming the Board for Welfare Commission decisions, and the matter was referred to the Public Welfare Committee.
- Closing a portion of Lloyd Street was laid over one week on Supervisor Uhl's motion.
- Supervisor Uhl's proposal on salary standardization was referred to the joint Finance and Judiciary Committee.
- Supervisor Uhl asked the Public Utilities Commission and Randall Ellis for a comparison of PG&E and Los Angeles electricity rates.
- A Public Buildings, Lands and City Planning Committee recommendation was re-referred back to that committee on Supervisor Uhl's motion.
- Gilmore Oil's rezoning at California and Scott streets put off
- Curtis D. O'Sullivan's progress report on the rapid transit problem was postponed to May 16, 1938.
- Motion to cut $7,500 for the California State Chamber of Commerce from the budget was defeated by nine noes to two.
- $23,400 for a street flusher and $24,000 for trucks proposed
- $20,000 sought for an addition to the Golden Gate Park Conservatory
- Supervisor Uhl objected to a $12,000 publicity fund appropriation to the San Francisco Museum of Art, and the vote continues on the next page.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion to cut the Mayor's Emergency Reserve Fund from $200,000 to $150,000 was lost.
- Budget funds of $23,400 for a motor flusher and $24,000 for pick-up trucks for street cleaning were approved.
- Uhl's motion to appropriate $20,000 for a Municipal Railway traffic survey was ruled out of order and dropped.
- The Finance Committee's Annual Salary Ordinance for 1938-1939, setting city positions and pay, was moved for second reading.
- Move to cut engineering studies money, including a Van Ness tunnel
- Board deferred Walter H. Sullivan's explanation of a $15,000,000 low cost housing act and tax-free homes proposal until June 6, 1938.
- Dr. Geiger invited to tell the Board about city slums
- Governor Merriam's invitation to a Sacramento conference of small business men was referred to the Mayor.
- Proposed ordinance to re-route Municipal Railway lines along Market and Fremont streets was re-referred to committee.
- The Board sent the $70,000 loan to the Market Street Railway back to the Public Utilities and Finance Committee for further hearing.
- The Board endorsed the Bowl of Rice Party to be held in Chinatown on June 17, 1938, for China relief.
- Proposed agreement with the Housing Authority to eliminate unsafe dwellings; the Committee of the Whole reported progress without a final vote.
- S. R. Parchment's proposed $750 building assessment cut for lot 13, block 600 was held for further consideration.
- Mrs. Bertha Rogers's building assessment on Block 333 Lot 4 was reduced by $200 to $2,500.
- Board granted Rachel Casner et al a $100 cut in the building assessment, making it $800.
- Supervisors proposed a $500 building cut for James Bosch, but consideration was postponed.
- Assessment reduction of $500 requested by Grace A. Trevor on Lot 133, Block 247 was denied for lack of a second.
- Request to cut building assessment on Lot 220, Block 1624 by $135 failed; application denied.
- Building assessment reduction of $250 requested by Hillard Goldstein on Lot 243, Block 777 was denied.
- Consideration of N. and M. Bush's assessment appeal was postponed after Uhl proposed a $900 building reduction.
- The Board of Equalization denied Jim Angiolina's request for a $250 reduction on his building assessment.
- Richard and Antoinette Lana won a further $500 cut on their building's assessment.
- James Bosch won a $600 reduction on his building's assessment.
- Fred J. and Brongham Morris won a $200 cut in the building assessment on Block 781, Lot 20/21.
- Building assessment on Lot 237, Block 251 reduced by $250 to $2,750 for Caroline R. Martens.
- Julia C. Bunyan's building assessment was reduced by $250 to $3,150 on motion by Uhl.
- Clara Vandyke's building assessment was reduced $300 to $3,500 on Uhl's motion.
- The Board of Equalization granted Lorenzo Toso a $500 reduction on his building assessment, making it $8,500.
- Mike Skaff's request for a $500 land assessment cut failed for lack of votes.
- Herbert A. Seller's building assessment was reduced by $200 to $1,600 on motion by Uhl.
- Motion to postpone the Crystal Springs Golf Course lease to Thos. S. Hutton failed; the lease remains pending.
- Smith Barney and Mitchum, Tully bid rejected because it asked for $1,000 more than the bonds offered.
- Ordinance setting rules and fees for Class A and B curb designations was re-referred to the Fire, Safety and Police Committee.
- Captain Goff and Ralph W. Wiley explained to the Board why traffic stop and go signals were installed to protect pedestrians.
- Supervisor Uhl asked for information on paving Clayton, Waller and Ashbury Streets; the request went to the Street Committee.
- Supervisor Uhl requested an underground district on Geary Boulevard westerly from Divisadero Street; outcome not shown on this page.
- City Engineer asked about underpasses at First, Sixth and Tenth streets
- Board debates a $24,478,000 bond issue for Utilities Commission purchases, including buying the Market Street Railway; chair's action rescinded.
- Report on Bus Route No. 1 operating expenses requested from Mr. Cahill, motion carried.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion asks the Department of Public Works to compare costs of setting back sidewalks under contract and under W.P.A.; carried.
- Supervisor Uhl asked the Clerk to get Public Utilities Commission data on trolley car and bus operating costs.
- Supervisor Uhl's ordinance limiting Market Street railway track repairs to night hours between New Montgomery and Seventh Streets was referred to the Streets Committee.
- Concession stands in Richardson's Grove State Park protested
- Townsend Street sidewalk widths reset from First Street to Fourth
- Two proposed Fire Department charter amendments were sent to the City Attorney to combine, and consideration was postponed to September 23, 1938.
- Board calls a November 8, 1938 special election to elect a Public Defender, consolidated with the general State election.
- Proposed charter amendment would let the city issue revenue bonds to acquire or build a power distribution system.
- Supervisor Ratto's proposed charter amendment on street and sidewalk repair was referred to the Streets Committee.
- Jessie Street sidewalk bill sent back to Public Works
- Supervisor Uhl called the charter amendment setting city employees' retirement age at 63 out of committee, scheduled for October 3, 1938.
- Charter amendment on retirement at age sixty-three for miscellaneous officers and employees was re-referred to Judiciary Committee.
- The Association of Women Eligibles asked to amend the Annual Salary Ordinance for part-time San Francisco Hospital clerks; referred to Judiciary Committee.
- Ballot arguments for Propositions 4 and 5, on buying the Market Street Railway and replacing streetcars with buses, were approved.
- Board asked the State Highway Commission to pave the Ocean Shore Highway section from the new highway to Montara for safety.
- Salary standardization for per diem laborers was set as a special order of business for October 24, 1938.
- Consideration of per diem salary standardization was postponed one week, to October 31, 1938.
- The Board ordered that the General Electric Company be invited to show the Board a film on modern bus transportation.
- Bissinger & Co. rezoning at Davis and Pacific put off again
- The Board rescinded its final passage of an ordinance to oil Hunter's Point streets and referred it to the Streets Committee.
- Board refused to endorse City's Propositions Nos. 4 and 5 on the November ballot; the motion to suspend rules failed.
- Consideration of salary standardization for per diem workers put off until November 14, 1938.
- Uhl's motion, with no objection, asks the Public Utilities Commission for a detailed report on a rapid transit bus proposal.
- Salary standardization for per diem men was referred to the Finance Committee for study and a report within thirty days.
- The Board unanimously regretted losing Supervisor Reilly, and congratulated him on his election to the State Board of Equalization.
- Supervisor Uhl moved that the City Attorney advise PG&E that any gas heating application would go to the Board.
- The Board ordered the City Attorney to report the necessary steps for a gas distribution franchise at its next meeting.
- Colman's motion urging a citizens' committee to revive shipbuilding in San Francisco was referred to the Public Utilities Committee.
- Closing of Meade Avenue between Bayshore and Third put off
- Supervisor Uhl's motion asking for a breakdown of trolley and bus operating costs failed for lack of a second.
- Supervisor Uhl moved to delete part of Supervisor McSheehy's statement; the President ruled it could not be deleted.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion invited Congressman Welch to appear before the Board on November 28, 1938, about shipbuilding; no objection was raised.
- Supervisor Uhl moved that Pacific Gas and Electric must apply for a heating gas franchise or face Board steps.
- Mr. Farber proposed selling Exposition advertising plaques to the city; the matter was referred to committee.
- Supervisor Uhl proposed reporting on selling Alta Plaza Square; the matter was referred to the Public Buildings committee.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion to require Pacific Gas and Electric to seek a heating gas franchise by January 1939 failed for lack of a second.
- Supervisor Uhl moved to deny Market Street Railway's request to curtail service on the Army Street line.
- Market Street Railway's petition to abandon Guerrero Street lines 10 and 26 was denied; rails to be lifted after repaving.
- A petition denied with its subject not stated here
- Market Street Railway's bid to outlaw jitney buses denied
- Consideration of city salary standardization was postponed to January 9, 1939, on Supervisor Uhl's motion.
- Motion to delay the streetcar purchase for two weeks was rejected, 8 votes against to 2 in favour.
- Supervisors debated a Municipal Railway appropriation for streetcar engineering and a possible postponement; the outcome is not printed on this page.
- Mayor was asked to appoint a citizens' committee to receive delegates to the Catholic Women's convention in San Francisco.
- Underpasses at Sixth and Tenth on Market Street proposed
- One-way street suggestions from city's chief administrator turned down
- Supervisor Uhl's motion to start a Board discussion of traffic and transportation problems failed for lack of a second.
- Appeal over a zoning protest was ruled defective by the City Attorney and stricken from the calendar.
- Bill proposed to reclassify a Mayor's Office clerk-stenographer post to assistant to executive staff at same salary.
- Motion to postpone the salary standardization ordinance failed, two ayes to six noes, with three supervisors absent.
- Grade changes on Coso, Stoneman, Aztec and Bonview streets were proposed and laid over one week.
- Supervisor Uhl asked the City Attorney whether a $90 income deduction applies to C. W. Lillian's old-age pension.
- Supervisor Uhl asked the City Attorney whether selling property from closed streets is legal, and to draft rules if so.
- Mr. Cahill was invited to the March 20 meeting to report in writing on trackless trolleys and buses.
- Street levels to be changed on Coso Avenue and nearby streets
- Messrs. Ost and Bendel were to report on their investigation of street cars, trackless trolleys and gasoline buses.
- Consideration of the Ost and Bendel report on street cars and trolley buses was postponed to April 10, 1939.
- Proposed ordinance on emergency relief for dependent non-residents was taken into the Board's hands; final vote continues on the next page.
- Resolution urging Congress to enact H.R. 1010, an inter-coastal shipping subsidy; the vote continues on the next page.
- City Attorney asked to advise whether the $300,000 W.P.A. sponsorship appropriation could be increased.
- The Board passed Mayor's budget sheets 1 and 2, including a $500 increase for materials and supplies, and postponed WPA projects.
- Supervisor Uhl moved passage of Mayor's budget sheets 1 and 2, postponing the $300,000 WPA projects item.
- Park Department budget held open; Supervisor Uhl moved $15,000 instead of $25,000 to rehabilitate the Gjoa.
- Supervisor McSheehy moved to postpone action and ask the Public Utilities Commission to earmark $1,000,000 of airport bond funds for WPA projects.
- Consideration of the Bureau of Street Cleaning budget, a $36,859 net decrease, was temporarily postponed on Supervisor Uhl's motion.
- Ray Judah asks the city to fund its highway district share
- Move to cut $22,500 for a traffic consultant turned down
- The Board, without objection, ordered corrections to the Annual Salary Ordinance for reclassified positions effective July 1.
- The Board rescinded its earlier approval of the Park Commission budget so the Huddart Park survey item could be reconsidered.
- A $66,000 County Road Fund appropriation for Joint Highway District No. 9 was approved by the Board.
- $36,500 added to budget for Highway District No. 10 work
- The Board rescinded its earlier action on the Park Department budget and postponed further consideration.
- Motion to delete the $8,400 Utilities Engineer salary from the Hetch Hetchy budget failed for want of a second.
- Street levels changed on Lyon and Jefferson Streets near the Marina
- The Board unanimously endorsed Mayor Rossi's telegram asking the President to allocate torpedo boat construction to Pacific Coast shipyards.
- Board asked the Mayor for a breakdown of the $100,000 Other Exposition Expense budget item.
- The Board, on Supervisor Uhl's motion, ordered a telegram urging the State Legislature to pass Assembly Bill 950 for the 1941 housing congress.
- Housing Authority's proposed low-rent housing agreement drew objections from apartment owners; Supervisor Uhl moved to keep it on calendar two weeks.
- Supervisor Uhl proposed repealing the 1936 Parking Meter Ordinance, and the motion was referred to the Streets Committee.
- Ordinance regulating paint and lacquer spraying shops was postponed to July 3, 1939, text continues on next page.
- Proposed ordinance regulating paint and lacquer spraying shops was postponed to July 3, 1939.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion to repeal the Parking Meter Ordinance was sent back to the Streets Committee, with a hearing set for June 28, 1939.
- Consideration of the proposed Paint Spray Ordinance was postponed to July 10, 1939 at the steamship association's request.
- The Board put a motion to rescind the low-cost housing elimination agreement, Resolution 362, on the next meeting's calendar.
- The proposed Paint Spray Ordinance was postponed to July 10, 1939, at the request of the Pacific American Steamship Association.
- Supervisor Uhl withdrew his motion to rescind the earlier adoption of Resolution No. 362.
- Consideration of a Finance Committee recommendation was postponed until Monday, July 10, 1939.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion to repeal the parking meter ordinance was postponed, then sent back to the Board by the Streets Committee, which recommended against repeal.
- Supervisors moved to reconsider their vote opposing Calvary Cemetery as a low-cost housing site; speakers on both sides addressed the Board.
- Reconsideration of the rejected low-cost housing resolution carried; an amendment was moved and remains pending.
- Agreement on unsafe dwellings put off to the next meeting
- Walter G. Preddey's assessment appeal was postponed on Supervisor Uhl's motion, buildings being assessed unequally.
- L. Aaron's assessment appeal was postponed on Supervisor Uhl's motion after the building assessment was reduced this year.
- Supervisor Uhl's proposed $1,500 building reduction for Adolph and Caroline Figoni was taken under advisement.
- Supervisor Uhl proposed a $250 reduction on the Brauers' building, a case typical of hundreds; taken under advisement.
- Supervisor Uhl moved a $300 cut on Tony Araboglon's building; consideration of the application was continued.
- Supervisor Uhl proposed cutting Lyde Hayes's building assessment by $350; Ratto's $15 amendment got no second.
- A proposed $250 land and $500 building assessment reduction for Application No. 187 failed on a vote.
- San Francisco Laundry Association's building assessment was cut by $5,750 to $1,000 after the Board of Equalization vote.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion to cut the building assessment on Application No. 95 by $250 failed.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion to cut the building assessment on Application No. 70 by $1000 failed.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion to cut the building assessment on Application No. 90 by $700 failed.
- Reduction of $360 on the building assessment for Selma Leven denied.
- Reduction of $250 on the building assessment for Alicia n. Friedlander granted.
- San Francisco Laundry Association's building assessment was reduced by $550 to $3,000 on a motion by Supervisor Uhl.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion to repeal the parking meter ordinance was postponed to August 7, 1939.
- A proposed $260 reduction of the land assessment for Application No. 186 failed on a vote.
- Eloy Sistac's land assessment appeal was continued; Supervisor Uhl proposed cutting the land assessment from $1,160 to $900.
- Tony Araboglon's assessment appeal stayed open; Supervisor Uhl's motion for a $250 building reduction was postponed.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion to cut the building assessment on Application No. 99 by $700 failed.
- Supervisor Uhl moved a $5,000 cut to the Johnstons' assessment, and further consideration was postponed.
- Supervisor Uhl proposed a $250 cut to E. A. Avila's building assessment, and the application was taken under advisement.
- Proposed resolution creating an Advisory Committee on Regional Service was postponed until August 7, 1939.
- Proposed resolution to appoint a committee improving relations between San Francisco and neighboring communities.
- Market Street Railway Company's bus permit applications were debated; the City Attorney was asked to draft conditions into the proposed legislation.
- The Board ordered a congratulatory telegram sent to Supervisor Warren Shannon on his marriage.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion to repeal the parking meter ordinance was postponed to September 11, 1939.
- Civic groups urge keeping the State Relief Administration headquarters in San Francisco
- Supervisor Uhl's motion to repeal the parking meter ordinance was postponed to September 11, 1939.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion to repeal the parking meter ordinance remains postponed pending a City Engineer report.
- Motion to repeal the parking meter ordinance was postponed to October 2, 1939, not as a special order.
- Supervisor Uhl asked the Mayor to report on the proposed city employment of Charles Purcell.
- Supervisor Uhl's article on Polk Street bus operation was referred to the Fire, Safety and Police Committee.
- Arguments for a minimum pay charter amendment sent to voters
- Civil service employment list for Public Works engineering positions amended, approved by Civil Service Commission, and sent to the Chief Administrative Officer.
- The Board refused to reconsider its earlier vote approving the Streets Committee's recommendation not to repeal the Parking Meter Ordinance.
- Ordinance proposed to change a glazier job class to sub-foreman glazier in the Public Works building repair bureau.
- Ordinance proposed to raise pay for San Francisco Hospital assistant superintendent, dentists and resident physicians, with maintenance deductions; outcome not yet shown.
- Printing of arguments supporting a proposed charter amendment on veterans' preference in civil service exams was authorized.
- Proposed Eureka Street sidewalk width change between 17th and 23rd Streets was referred to joint Finance and Streets committees after an owner's protest.
- Pacific Auxiliary Fire Alarm keeps free alarm boxes in city schools
- Finance Committee ordinance proposes $90,000 from surplus funds to buy at least 10 Municipal Railway buses, pending second reading.
- Supervisor Uhl asked the City Planning Commission to consider rezoning the north side of Geary Street between Divisadero Street and Presidio Avenue.
- The Director of Property was asked to report to the Board on November 6, 1939, about the Aquatic Park lease.
- Board asked the Park Commission for information on the Aquatic Park lease, as the Director of Property had no jurisdiction.
- The Board, without objection, asked the Mayor to appoint a citizens committee to observe Independence Day, July 4, 1940.
- Supervisor Meyer presented a resolution endorsing reopening the Golden Gate Exposition in 1940 and pledging city support.
- Recreation Department recommends buying Parcel 3 of Sigmund Stern Recreational Grove from George I. Butler; consideration postponed.
- The Board postponed to November 20, 1939 the appeals of George A. Gibbs and Victor Bjorkman against sidewalk assessments on Alemany Boulevard.
- Supervisor Uhl moved that city aid for protestants Tarpy, Schubert and Anderson be a special order on November 27, 1939.
- Supervisor Uhl asked the Director of Public Welfare to appear on November 27 and explain why Mrs. Hensel has not received her pension.
- Consideration of the places of amusement measure was postponed until November 27, 1939.
- Rules for exits and safety at places of amusement were postponed to December 4, 1939.
- A report on stop and go traffic signals was postponed to December 4, 1939, because Ralph Wiley could not attend.
- Board considered granting city aid toward sidewalk assessments for Mary Tarpy, A. R. Schubert and Mary V. Anderson.
- The Director of Public Welfare was invited to explain why Mrs. Hensel had not received her old age pension.
- Property owners' street assessment appeals referred to the Chief Administrative Officer for review by a 6-2 vote.
- Discussion of Stop and Go traffic signals postponed until December 11, 1939 to hear the Department of Electricity.
- Rules for places of amusement, covering seats, exits and projection booths, were postponed to December 18, 1939.
- Consideration of city aid toward sidewalk assessments for Mary Tarpy, A. R. Schubert and Mary V. Anderson was begun.
- Supervisor Uhl's rule requiring committee chairmen to notify the Clerk of cancelled meetings was ordered without objection.
- Supervisor Uhl asked that Polk Street corner curbs be painted red for bus stops; the Chief Administrative Officer will report back.
- The Housing Authority definitively abandoned Calvary Cemetery as a low-cost housing site; the Board thanked it.
- Department of Electricity was invited to report on stop and go signals; the hearing was postponed to December 18, 1939.
- Supervisor Uhl withdrew his motion supporting the Civic League's protest against cutting Trans-Bay train service.
- Proposed ordinance cutting seating in non-concrete theatres from 399 to 299 seats was postponed until December 18, 1939.
- Board re-referred the bi-county agreement for Palgrave Holmes Coates, a relief recipient, to the Public Welfare Committee.
- Relief Director Frank Y. McLaughlin presented advisory committee minutes on the proposed relief consolidation program to the Board.
- Board voted to recess until January 24, 1940, to hear the Public Welfare Department on proposed relief consolidation.
- Supervisor Uhl sought an explanation of reduced Municipal streetcar and bus schedules and 67 layoffs; the matter went to Public Utilities Committee.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion against approving a proposed change in relief administration was continued to January 29, 1940.
- Consideration of rules for safety at places of amusement and moving picture theatres was postponed to February 5, 1940.
- Board took up the proposed transfer of employable relief administration from the SRA to the counties.
- Supervisor Uhl proposed that the Board oppose moving employable relief administration from the SRA to the counties.
- Engineer's services contract consideration put off until February 19, 1940.
- Moving picture theatre ordinance on seating and fire-safe construction postponed to February 5, 1940.
- Uhl's motion to meet with the Mayor on SRA relief cuts failed for lack of a second.
- Theatre fire-safety bill for places of amusement postponed to March 4, 1940, at Supervisor Colman's request.
- Supervisor Uhl proposed asking Governor Olson to call a special session to restore cut SRA relief budgets.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion to appoint three Supervisors to visit Governor Olson failed for lack of a second.
- Fire smoke tower and balcony ordinance was re-referred to the Fire, Safety and Police Committee for an amendment sought by the Fire Chief.
- Resolution consolidating county relief administration was called out from the Judiciary Committee and moved to April 1, 1940.
- The Board reconsiders its request that the Controller certify funds for Charles H. Purcell's proposed traffic survey contract.
- Move to delay paving Post Street ruled out of order
- Civic clubs speak against the proposed contract with Charles Purcell
- Supervisor Uhl calls out his committee resolutions and questions relief cuts
- Supervisor Uhl's resolution urging Congress to fund California WPA rolls stays in committee, to be called out April 15, 1940.
- Uhl presented a resolution to bar amusement machines within 1,000 feet of any school; outcome not on this page.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion to summon the Director of Public Relief on a non-resident's case failed for lack of a second.
- Supervisor Uhl raised the licensing of pin ball games under the present license ordinance; no decision is printed here.
- City land at North Point and Taylor Streets to be leased
- Controller's report on collection rates sent to the judiciary committee
- Board considers a resolution urging President Roosevelt and Congress to fund WPA and avoid a 40% California roll slash.
- Consideration of the Gordons' Aquatic Park Building lease was continued to May 20, 1940, while a new lease is drafted.
- Request that Gordon Brothers meet their Aquatic Park Building lease chattel mortgage terms was postponed to May 27, 1940.
- Board reduced the Index 17 heat, light, power and electricity appropriation from $3,250 to $3,000.
- Supervisor Uhl moved that a chauffeur pay increase from Salary Standardization not be allowed; the vote is not yet shown.
- Board asked the Mayor to check a $50 building-materials line cut from $1525, apparently an error.
- Motion to cut the Public Utilities Commission's $450 newspaper budget to $100 failed on a 3-4 vote.
- Supervisor Uhl proposed cutting $1,000 from the Commission's $9,350 printing budget; outcome not shown.
- Supervisor Uhl proposed cutting the $14,000 police department transfer to $13,000; outcome not shown.
- Civil Service Commission directed to add eight General Clerks and one General Clerk-Typist to the salary ordinance.
- The $500 budget for office, classroom and library furniture was deleted by a 7-0 vote.
- Library budget for 1940-41 was postponed to May 22, 1940, amid debate over librarians' automatic salary increases.
- Further consideration of the Assessor's Budget postponed until Thursday.
- The Assessor's budget position of Tabulating Alphabetic Key Punch Operator was deleted by a 6-1 vote.
- Uhl moved to cut the $6,000 street and sewer equipment budget to $1,000; Sharon said the equipment replaces decade-old machines.
- The Board cut the Municipal Railway's road construction and shop equipment rental budget from $1,000 to $500.
- Motion to delete the $180 temporary chauffeur appropriation carried on a 4 to 3 vote.
- Supervisor Uhl proposed deleting the $5,000 State Legislative Expense; consideration was temporarily postponed.
- Supervisor Uhl objected to a $5,000 rise in Contractual Services of $43,100 and moved to reduce it.
- Public building lighting cost-cutting appropriation reduced by $2,000, to $3,000, by roll-call vote.
- Board reduced the Supervising Personal Property Appraiser salary in the Assessor's budget to $250 per month, or $3000 yearly.
- Board of Supervisors voted to delete the $5,000 State Legislative Expense from its budget.
- Recorder's 1940-41 budget was continued to May 22 after Supervisor Uhl's proposed $200 stationery cut was withdrawn.
- The $250 budget for furniture and furnishings was deleted by a 7-0 vote.
- Motion to delete the $3,000 Pre-Legislative Expense from the Board's budget carried on a 6 to 1 vote.
- Supervisors' budget agreed to be approved once the Committee of the Whole reports, without objection.
- Supervisor Uhl proposed deleting the $500 dues to Alta California, Inc.; consideration of the motion was postponed.
- Motion to delete a new $2100 Tabulating Machine Division supervisor position in the Assessor's budget was postponed to the afternoon.
- Supervisor Uhl withdrew his motion to cut the Assessor's $1900 newspaper and periodical subscriptions budget.
- Supervisor Uhl withdrew his motion to delete the $500 dues paid to Alta California, Inc. after explanation of benefits.
- Chair ruled Supervisor Uhl's motion to approve the Supervisors' budget out of order while sitting as a Committee of the Whole.
- The Board approved the Fire Department budget for 1940-1941 at $3,426,190 as presented.
- Board deleted a $6,200 budget item for motorized transportation conveying equipment.
- Board deleted a $10,000 budget item for miscellaneous motorless vehicle equipment.
- Board deleted a $10,000 miscellaneous contingencies item from the budget.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion to cut $5,000 from traffic control device replacement failed on a tie vote.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion to cut $1,000 from the Mayor's office contractual services budget failed.
- Unallocated County Road Fund money of $67,109 was allocated to street work in Golden Gate Heights and other areas.
- The monthly salary of the District Director was corrected from $240 to $225 per month.
- A motion to reset a Surveyor's Field Assistant salary to $175 per month was rescinded after City Engineer review.
- A tabulating numerical key punch operator position in the Purchasing budget was deleted on Supervisor Uhl's motion.
- Motion to delete $255,000 for street cars failed, so the streetcar appropriation stays in the budget.
- Board cut the passenger and damage claims budget by $40,000, from $140,000 to $100,000.
- One Assistant Purchaser of General Supplies position, deleted by error, was restored to the Purchasing budget without objection.
- The Sheriff was allowed $2000 for equipment, enough to buy two station wagons, without objection.
- Public Works budget items under Index 40 were cut by a further $500, bringing the total to $5800, by vote of 5 to 0.
- Supervisor Uhl proposed adding $5,000 to traffic striping; no action was taken on the motion.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion to delete $22,500 for a traffic consultant, Mr. Purcell, failed on a tie vote.
- Supervisor Uhl moved to cut $2,070 from the Mayor's office miscellaneous contractual budget line of $5,570.
- The Sheriff's budget for 1940-41 was approved, excluding per diem employee pay and the jail transport automobiles.
- Motion to delete the $360 Auto Hire budget item failed for want of a second.
- Emergency Reserve Fund reduced from $200,000 to $100,000 by the Board.
- Special Messenger salary corrected from $175 to $106 per month, matching the filled position.
- Sheriff's budget, Index 7, approved with the exception of per diem men's compensations.
- The Board approved the Registrar of Voters' budget of $299,049 for 1940-1941 by a vote of seven to none.
- Board approved the San Francisco Law Library budget of $11,790 for 1940-1941 with no salary increases.
- The Board approved the Tax Collector's budget for 1940-1941 at $156,195, as corrected by the Mayor.
- The Board approved the 1940-1941 County Clerk budget, Index 31, as corrected by the Mayor, with a total of $139,025.
- Supervisor Roncovieri objected to a $1000 revolving fund in the Public Administrator's budget, Index 32, and asked for its deletion.
- The Board approved Health Department budget Indexes 50.01 to 50.17 by a vote of eight to none.
- Supervisors refused, by 4 to 3, to delete the $350 convention attendance budget line for the Coordinating Council.
- Motion to delete the junior civil engineering draftsman position from the budget failed.
- Supervisor Uhl withdrew his motion to cut $3,350 from the $8,595 Health Department contractual services line for Field Nurses' car allowances.
- Public Defender's budget approved for the coming year, Index 8.
- San Francisco Public Library budget approved for the coming year, Index 14.
- Motion to remove an $8500 dam tender's cottage at Moccasin from the budget failed.
- The Board approved the Purchasing Department budget as amended, restoring a $155 key punch operator position.
- The Board approved the 1940-1941 budget of the Adult Probation Department at $26,255.
- The Board approved the 1940-1941 budget of the Director of Finance and Records at $8,010.
- The Board approved the Real Estate Department Auditorium budget, Index 35, without change.
- The Board approved the Treasurer's budget, Index 6, by a vote of seven to none.
- Board approved the Juvenile Court budget, which includes the Juvenile Detention Home, at $45,567 for 1940-1941.
- The Board approved the budget for the Recorder's office, Index 30, without recorded debate.
- Board approved the budget of the Superior Court for the coming year.
- Supervisor Uhl moved approval of the Municipal Court budget of $279,617, adding eleven positions for parking enforcement.
- The Board approved the Employees' Retirement System budget for 1940-1941, totalling $2,660,463, after brief explanation by Ralph Nelson.
- Consideration of per diem compensations was postponed to Friday, May 24th, at 10 A.M., without objection.
- Motion to delete the $3,600 Senior Valuation Engineer position failed for want of a second.
- Motion to cut $500 from the $1250 Public Health building repair budget lost, 3 to 5.
- Motion to cut $5,500 from the $11,500 lighting budget for Hassler Health Home lost, 3 to 6.
- Municipal Railway bus operators' pay to match the Market Street Railway
- The Police Department budget, Index 9, was adopted for the coming fiscal year after explanation of its items.
- War Memorial Board of Trustees budget approved for the coming year, Index 15.
- Art Commission budget approved for the coming year, Index 16.
- The Board approved the Real Estate Department budget, Index 34, without change.
- Fire Department budget approved for the coming year, Index 10.
- Board of Permit Appeals budget approved for the coming year, Index 11.
- Supervisor Uhl moved that the Mayor reconsider funding Log Cabin Ranch for delinquent boys, then withdrew the motion.
- Board approved the District Attorney's 1940-41 budget of $116,955 as presented, with no objection raised.
- Motion to delete a civil engineering draftsman post from the budget failed after the Civil Service Commission said it was permanent.
- Supervisors' budget, Index 1, approved as amended with $13,180 deleted.
- Board approved raising seven librarians' monthly pay from $100 to $120 after a recorded vote.
- Airport budget raised by $9,000 for temporary personal services, approved by amendment to Index 64.
- Board approved the Public Pound budget with no changes.
- Motion to cut the Water Department's $10,000 contingency reserve to $5,000 failed on a tie vote.
- Motion to delete $1,800 for two pick-up trucks in the Water Department budget was not pressed.
- The Board approved the budget of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor.
- The Legion of Honor's exhibitions budget was cut by $5,000 in the 1940-41 budget, over museum protests.
- The Mayor sent a supplemental budget recommendation for Log Cabin Ranch; the Board's decision continues on the next page.
- The Board cut the McLaren Park land appropriation from $25,000 to $10,000 by an 8-0 vote, three absent.
- Motion to cut San Francisco's $328,000 publicity and advertising fund to $100,000 was defeated; a compromise cut was proposed.
- Motion to delete $2,700 for three coupes from the Water Department budget failed.
- Motion to delete $2,700 for an automobile from the Water Department budget failed.
- Uhl's motion to raise seventeen librarians' monthly salaries from $100 to $120 was put to a roll call.
- Motion to delete a $2,700 fire insurance premium for the Exposition was defeated on a 3-6 vote.
- The Board set 3 P.M. as the deadline for receiving supplemental budget recommendations.
- The Board agreed to hold the final budget vote at 11:45 P.M. that day.
- The Board refused, 3 to 6, Supervisor Uhl's motion to delete the $5,000 item for facing Rowing Club buildings.
- Supervisor Uhl moves to cut $34,000 from street lighting
- Committee asked the Mayor and Park Commissioners to make Gordon Brothers comply with the Aquatic Park Building lease.
- The Clerk was asked to obtain publicity literature on San Francisco from Alta California, Inc.
- Universal Advertising Corporation offered $50,000 for street refuse receptacles, and the offer's consideration was postponed.
- Consideration of ordinance setting a flat $1.00 rate for automobile trips of three miles or more was postponed one week.
- The proposed electrical musical devices licensing ordinance was referred to the City Attorney for a report on its legality.
- Board voted 7 to 4 to reconsider its earlier refusal to pass Bill 682 for second reading.
- Proposed ordinance giving city employees leave of absence for military or naval duty; the vote continues on the next page.
- Board heard operators and associations oppose the mechanical amusement device licence ordinance; Supervisor Uhl moved to delete a Department of Electricity reference.
- Resolution urging the President to appoint Andrew A. Moran to the Maritime Commission was sent to Finance Committee.
- Board accepted an amendment letting state and local authorities regulate electrical musical devices, proposed by George Reilly.
- Supervisor Uhl moved to delete Paragraph 3 of Section 351; the outcome is not shown on this page.
- A congratulatory letter was ordered sent to Nathan-Dohrmann Company on its ninetieth anniversary in San Francisco.
- Proposed $3,500 from the Mayor's Emergency Fund to rent voting machines for the general election; consideration postponed.
- $2,080 put up to widen Maple Street between California and Sacramento
- Clerk directed to ask a Pacific Gas & Electric Company representative to attend the Board's August 21, 1940 meeting.
- Supervisor Uhl's amendment adds a financial prospectus to the City's pledge to inform voters on the Raker Act bond proposal.
- Supervisor Uhl's proposed amendment to Section 302 of the mechanical amusement device ordinance failed for want of a second.
- The Board unanimously asked the Public Welfare Commission to review Bryan O'Connor's case for employable status.
- Supervisor Uhl proposed appointing himself to ask Governor Olson to reconvene the legislature on SRA deductions.
- Board puts off the 19th Avenue and Pacheco Street rezoning hearing
- Ordinance on licensing electrical musical devices was re-referred to the Finance Committee for corrections after Supervisor Shannon's objection.
- Supervisor Uhl moved that the Public Utilities Commission be asked to report on acquiring a Hetch Hetchy electric distribution system.
- Public Utilities Commission asked to report on a Hetch Hetchy power distribution system if the Pacific Gas and Electric lease fails.
- Any Public Utilities Commission report on a Hetch Hetchy distribution system must include a financial prospectus, as requested by Supervisor Uhl.
- Board rescinded its earlier passage of Bill 888, which would create a part-time physician post in the Public Welfare Department.
- Resolution to merge the S.R.A. and Public Welfare Commission clinics was re-referred to the Judiciary Committee.
- Supervisor Uhl requested a resolution opposing sending American boys abroad for war service; outcome not shown here.
- Round-the-clock parking bans set on Geary Street and Grant Avenue
- Resolution asking the Public Welfare Commission to meet weekly was re-referred to the Judiciary Committee.
- The appeal over a set-back line on Nineteenth Avenue near Noriega was re-referred to committee, with a hearing set for November 4, 1940.
- Daytime parking banned on Alameda Street between Bryant and Florida
- Parking banned in alleys except on Merchant and Spring Streets
- Proposed building code rule setting wire fabric and nailing standards for exterior stucco was passed for second reading as amended.
- Proposed new Building Code section sets rules for wire fabric used under exterior stucco work.
- Public works director asked about removing Leavenworth Street rails
- Supervisor Uhl moved that the Governor and Public Works Director again be asked to prevent Bay Bridge accidents; ordered without objection.
- Supervisor Uhl moved to invite the Public Works Director to discuss removing car tracks on Guerrero Street; referred to committee.
- Juvenile Court psychologist post sent back to committee
- Board re-referred to committee a $3000 appropriation to pay two new social service worker positions in the Public Welfare Department.
- Proposed amendment to Bill 705 and Ordinance 662 would add a children's librarian and cut a librarian position at the Public Library.
- Re-appropriation of $1,312.50 for a children's librarian at the Public Library was postponed until December 30, 1940.
- Study sought of Market Street Railway's scattered bus permits
- Supervisor Ratto was appointed to represent the Board at a January 8, 1941 Sacramento conference on state highways.
- The Board ordered the City Attorney to explain whether it may act on a petition against a German consulate office at 2030 Jackson Street.
- Supervisor Uhl's proposal to move bus stops to curbs was referred to a joint committee for a hearing.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion asking the Public Utilities Committee to study possible bus routes failed for lack of a second.
- Proposed sale of unused land at $100 per acre was postponed to January 13, 1941 for further reports.
- A proposal to close and abandon a small part of Union Street east of Calhoun Street is under consideration, with a protest filed.
- Supervisor Uhl's amended height limits for Telegraph Hill were referred to the City Planning Commission for recommendation.
- Consideration of proposed State legislation returning relief administration to the counties was set as a special order for January 27, 1941.
- Proposal to set gas regulator rental license fee at $5 per quarter was continued to February 3, 1941.
- Appeal over shops rezoning at Cervantes Boulevard sent back to committee
- Supervisor Uhl's motion asking the Health Department for a list of demolished slums failed for want of a second.
- Board sets February 18 to hear the Legislative Advisory Committee report
- Supervisor Uhl had the Clerk obtain Civil Service reclassification lists and salaries for budget comparison.
- Supervisor Uhl asked the Clerk to obtain sale prices for properties taken for tax delinquency.
- Supervisor Uhl asked the Clerk to obtain an inventory of furnishings in the San Francisco Building on Treasure Island.
- Supervisor Uhl asked the Public Welfare Commission to report on why William Fox's Old Age Security aid was repealed.
- Supervisor Uhl moved to create an underground district on Geary Boulevard from Presidio Avenue to Great Highway; referred to Streets Committee.
- Consideration of closing and abandoning a small part of Union Street, east of Calhoun Street, was continued to February 10, 1941.
- Closing proposed for a small piece of Union Street at Calhoun
- Parts of Layton Street and Rankin Street to be closed
- The Board thanked the State legislators for attending and sharing their views on relief administration, without objection.
- Supervisor Uhl proposed instructing the Los Angeles delegation that the Board opposes returning relief administration to the counties.
- Fulton and Grove Street zoning appeal put off to March 10
- Supervisor Uhl moved asking the City Engineer for the cost and desirability of a tunnel north of California Street.
- Supervisor Uhl moved that City Engineer John Casey be invited to outline traffic and transportation priorities at the March 24 meeting.
- Board passed for second reading Bill 1097, requiring street photographers to obtain permits and post a $500 bond.
- Consideration of a proposal to name the San Francisco civic center the James Rolph Civic Center was postponed to April 7, 1941.
- State Assembly Bill 2103, exempting certain motor vehicle carriers from local licensing, was sent to the Judiciary Committee.
- Senate Bill 399 on the Welfare and Institutions Code was sent to the Judiciary Committee.
- Supervisor Uhl drew attention to a legislative bulletin on seventy-two-hour weeks for firemen, S.B. 1082.
- Supervisor Uhl moved to keep the overtime pay ordinance on the calendar, postponed as a special order to April 14, 1941.
- Supervisor Uhl proposed a citizens' committee on sewer repair; the motion failed for lack of a second.
- Public Works Director asked to report on cutting sidewalk widths on Bush and Ellis Streets to ten feet.
- Overtime Ordinance for sewer workers was postponed to Monday, April 14, 1941 after a failed motion.
- Bridge from Hunters Point to Bay Farm Island sent to committee
- Worcester Avenue rezoning sent back to committee again
- Board recessed the relief matter until Friday, May 9, 1941, to await the Governor's action on Sacramento legislation.
- Supervisor Uhl moved to delete the horse-and-buggy transport provision from the Assessor's budget; the vote continues on the next page.
- Motion to add $480 for hire of automobiles for the Assessor's office was ruled out of order.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion to delete the Board's legislative expense budget line failed for want of a second.
- Supervisor Uhl's proposed $25,000 cut to public building lighting was ruled out of order by the Chair.
- Public Works budget line for cleaning City Hall's exterior is listed; its outcome appears on the next page.
- The Board cut Superior Court jury and witness fees by $5,000 to $25,000, and Uhl moved to delete a jury room item.
- Board postponed discussion of the $550,000 special gas tax street improvement budget for Public Works.
- Board approved a $5,000 capital expenditure to acquire facilities for the Boys' Ranch School.
- Board asked Public Works to report on noise from California Street Cable Company pulleys at Jones and O'Farrell.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion on removing traffic buttons and bus stops was re-referred to committee.
- A $240,000 Traffic Courts Building appropriation at Page and Gough Streets was put off for one week.
- Street levels to be changed on De Haro and Carolina Streets
- Hearing on protests against street paving assessments near the Potrero Low Rent Housing Project was postponed to July 14, 1941.
- Clerk to ask City Attorney about amending the Charter so ordinances can be changed without re-enacting whole sections.
- Amy E. Gunn's land assessment was cut by $10 to $3,750; her building assessment was referred to Supervisor Uhl.
- Gertrude Mayers's building assessment was cut by $400 to $5,000 on a motion by Supervisor Uhl.
- Frank W. and Ida L. Hyland's assessment appeal was taken under advisement after appraisers recommended no reduction.
- John D. and Jennie Gerontopoulos won a $500 cut in their building assessment, reducing it to $2,000.
- Frank M. and Rosa M. Merrill's assessment appeal was taken under advisement by the Board.
- Proposed $250 reduction in Carlo Matraia's land assessment failed by a 7-3 vote.
- A motion to subpoena the Public Welfare Commission and its director to a committee meeting failed.
- Atlas Heating asks looser building rules for its Evans Street plant
- Supervisors considered a $55,000 appropriation from the Municipal Railway surplus to plan a transportation solution.
- Proposed bill amending the salary ordinance to add a janitor and an engineer position for Treasure Island airport work.
- Consideration of $9,300 for Treasure Island airport building operation and two new positions was continued to September 15, 1941.
- Supervisor Uhl asked the City Attorney for a written opinion on the forfeiture clause in the Raker Act.
- Market Street Railway's bill to remove tracks on four downtown streets was postponed to September 22, 1941.
- Amendment to reduce traffic violation fines failed; the traffic ordinance was postponed to September 22, 1941.
- Supervisors asked to visit Sharp's Park and report on conditions
- Board postponed until September 29, 1941 a $36,000 appropriation to buy land for the Sutro Reservoir site.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion asks the Mayor for a breakdown of the $65,000 traffic survey figure submitted by Mr. Madigan.
- Board postponed consideration of sending unemployed relief clients to Sharp's Park camp until October 6, 1941.
- San Francisco adopted a resolution authorizing its Welfare Department to act as certifying agent for State referrals to W.P.A. jobs.
- Supervisor Uhl moved to continue the proposal to send unemployable men to Sharp's Park Camp until October 14, 1941.
- Board adopted resolution authorizing the chairman to sign an agreement with the State Department of Social Welfare for WPA job referrals.
- Repeal of the Sharp's Park relief agreement ruled out of order
- A motion to form a committee to press the Governor for more state aid for old age recipients failed.
- Supervisor Uhl moved that the Clerk be instructed to write for information on W.P.A. workers in Northern California.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion refers the entire relief matter to the Public Welfare Committee, to report back at 2:30 p.m.
- Clerk to notify San Francisco men in S.R.A. camps they must request absentee ballots by October 30.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion to back the proposed Low Level Bridge failed for want of a second.
- Bill to create a museum curator post at the De Young Museum and cut an installation post was postponed to November 17, 1941.
- Proposal to add a Curator of the Monastery and remove an Installation Man at the De Young Museum was postponed to November 17.
- Supervisor Uhl urged larger relief budgets for rent, food and heating; the matter was sent to the Public Welfare Committee.
- A resolution asks the Public Utilities Commission whether water rates can be cut and meters removed; text continues.
- Supervisor Gallagher was appointed Acting Chairman while President Coiman was away at Congressional hearings on the Raker Act.
- Resolution exempting the Monastery curator from Charter residence requirements was re-referred to the Finance Committee.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion to cut the bus-stop parking fine from $5.00 to $1.00 failed for want of a second.
- Supervisor Uhl's proposal to cut the bus-stop parking fine from $5 to $1 failed for lack of a second.
- The Board asked the Mayor to appoint a citizens' committee to observe Independence Day, July 4, 1942.
- Letters sent to the Civilian Defense Council and Controller saying emergency powers do not override civil service rules.
- One-way plans urged for Pine, Bush, Turk and Eddy Streets
- Board requested a Public Welfare Commission report on relief client Sona Okada's case and aid to aliens.
- Committee recommends the Mayor negotiate a $100,480 contract with Madigan-Hyland to solve San Francisco's traffic problems.
- Supervisor Uhl had the Clerk write to the State Social Welfare Department about alien Sono Okada's $11.76 supplementary aid.
- Supervisor Uhl proposed requiring committee matters to return to the Board within 30 days; referred to Rules Committee.
- Supervisor Uhl asked the Public Works Director to report on reducing sidewalk widths on Stockton Street.
- Clerk to send a commendation letter to San Francisco labor for shipyard workers' offer of an unpaid Sunday of work.
- Postponement of the Bill 1615 clerical salary schedules to March 23 carried, pending information on current pay rates.
- A bill changing how permit hearing notices are posted was re-referred to committee by Supervisor Uhl.
- Push to raise the Fifth and Market minimum rent to $25,000
- Utilities Manager Cahill was asked to report to the Board on April 6 about selling Hetch Hetchy power.
- Manager of Utilities E. G. Cahill appeared before the Board to report on his Washington activities with Defense Plant Corporation.
- The Board asked the Clerk to ask the Public Utilities Commission for its plans to pave the north end of Van Ness Avenue.
- $11,000 street lighting around Union Square put off to May 11
- Motion to delete the $3,120 Cost Analyst position from the Supervisors' budget failed by roll call.
- Supervisor Uhl moved to delete the chauffeur position from the Supervisors' budget; outcome not yet printed.
- Supervisor Uhl proposed cutting the City Planning Commission budget by $30,000; the vote is not shown here.
- Supervisor Uhl proposed cutting $100,000 from the Mayor's Emergency Reserve Fund.
- A bill to narrow Post Street sidewalks between Taylor and Powell to widen the street was postponed, with the vote still to come.
- Bill 1766 appropriating $808 from the Emergency Reserve Fund for Fair Rent Committee expenses was re-referred to committee.
- The time for paying dog licence fees was extended to August 1, 1942, following a request from Mrs. M. V. Lundy.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion asks the War Price and Rationing Board to consider hiring local people, including WPA workers; carried.
- Herman Strohmeier's assessment application was postponed on Supervisor Uhl's motion; appraisers recommended no reduction.
- Adolph Schwartz's assessment application was continued after Supervisor Uhl moved a $500 building reduction, seconded by Mead.
- Wells Fargo Bank and Union Trust Company's property assessment application was continued on a motion by Supervisor Uhl.
- Samuel and Maecie Ziegler's building assessment was cut by $300 on appeal, as the Assessor agreed.
- Rachel Casner and Harry and Isidor Harris's petition on 1335 Jackson was re-referred to appraisers for recheck.
- John and Suzanne Cipolla's petition on 2240 Lombard was re-referred to appraisers for recheck.
- Laurel Hill Cemetery Association's assessment petition was postponed to July 27, 1942 for lack of attendance.
- California Pacific Company's assessment petition was re-referred to appraisers for recheck on Supervisor Uhl's motion.
- Ivan B. Hart's assessment appeal at 1456 Jones Street was sent back to the appraisers for recheck on Supervisor Uhl's motion.
- John J. Lauricella's petition on 3545 Webster was sent back to appraisers for recheck on Supervisor Uhl's motion.
- Adolph Schwartz's building assessment on lot 7-8, block 675 was reduced by $1,000.
- Adolph Schwartz's building assessment on lot 21, block 764 was reduced by $20.
- Board reduced the building assessment at 1817-23 Sutter Street by $200, to $1,500, for Calif. Pacific Title & Trust Co.
- Board postponed Laurel Hill Cemetery Association's assessment reduction request to a 2:00 p.m. special order.
- Tom Lonich's building assessment at 43 Albion Street reduced by $100 to $1,900 on Supervisor Uhl's motion.
- Joint Highway District No. 10 was asked to report on its work status and the funds needed to finish it.
- Supervisor Uhl proposed a letter asking Joseph Eastman about defense worker transit shortcomings; referred to committee.
- Supervisor Uhl's request for a status report on Joint Highway District No. 10 work was postponed to August 31.
- Proposed ordinance changing nursing home permit rules, with the Department of Public Health issuing permits; the vote continues on the next page.
- Board approved Subdivision 9 of the proposed charter section on Municipal Railway revenues, with an amendment by Supervisor Uhl to Subdivision 10.
- Uhl moved that supervisors who attended the League of California Cities convention prepare transcripts; referred to Finance Committee.
- Supervisor Uhl moved that seals be placed on the Supervisors' automobiles, following an earlier Board resolution.
- The Board invited James Tanner and E. G. Cahill to appear on October 19, 1942, to discuss the Finance Committee's recommendation.
- Public nuisance order sought for 2107 Scott Street
- Board endorsed building the Red Mountain Bar power plant on Hetch Hetchy if and when priorities can be secured.
- Ninety more days sought for repairs at 2107 Scott Street
- Supervisor Uhl will obtain a draft bill on curb painting, which was referred to the Police Committee.
- Supervisor Uhl proposed placing the city seal on Board automobiles; the motion was referred to Finance Committee.
- A proposed ordinance would bar minors under 18 from public places during certain hours for the war's duration and six months after.
- The Board authorised payment of the bill for a dinner with San Francisco's State legislators at the St. Francis Hotel.
- Supervisor Uhl withdrew his motion for the City Attorney to pay a disputed $1,697.13 Sacramento hotel rent bill.
- An application by the California Street Cable Railway comes up
- Supervisor Uhl moved that the Public Utilities Commission report on jobs for W.P.A. workers who lost income; motion carried without objection.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion to put a city employee salary charter amendment on the ballot was not seconded, so no action was taken.
- Foreman stockman pay differential over stockman maintained on Supervisor Uhl's motion, carried without objection.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion to keep salary ranges for five Water Department positions was ruled out of order by the Chair.
- Flatwork ironer classification sent back to Civil Service Commission; proposed salary $125 to $135.
- Starcher classification sent back to Civil Service Commission; proposed salary $125 to $135.
- Tumblerman classification sent back to Civil Service Commission; proposed salary $125 to $135.
- Porter classification referred to Civil Service Commission; proposed salary $120 to $145.
- Sub-foreman book repairer salary class postponed temporarily on Supervisor Uhl's motion.
- Stockman salary class sent to Civil Service Commission at Uhl's request; consideration postponed.
- Track welder salary class re-referred to Civil Service Commission without objection.
- Car repairer welder salary class re-referred to Civil Service Commission without objection.
- House mother salary range fixed at $150 to $170 without objection.
- Kitchen helper classification sent back to Civil Service Commission; proposed salary $118 to $135.
- Laundress classification sent back to Civil Service Commission; proposed salary $125 to $135.
- Seamstress classification referred to Civil Service Commission; proposed salary $120 to $150.
- Book repairer salary class postponed while Supervisor Uhl asks the City Attorney what can be done.
- Traffic button maintenance man salary class postponed so Supervisor Uhl can bring in data.
- Board referred the Shut-off Man classification to the Civil Service Commission, without objection.
- Foreman Car Repairer classification re-referred to the Civil Service Commission for review.
- Auto Machinist salary request sent back to the Civil Service Commission for review.
- Blacksmith Helper classification re-referred to the Civil Service Commission at Frank Moitoza's request.
- Car Repairer classification re-referred to the Civil Service Commission after objection.
- Subforeman Car Repairer classification re-referred to the Civil Service Commission for review.
- Watchman classification was re-referred to the Civil Service Commission to check its minimum salary.
- Bridge attendant classification was re-referred to the Civil Service Commission to check its minimum salary.
- Consideration of the senior teller salary class was postponed on Supervisor Uhl's motion.
- Board set Monday, March 15, 1943, at 4:00 P.M. to consider salary standardization for park department employees.
- Board re-referred all Park Commission classifications, including the Secretary post, to the Civil Service Commission.
- Consideration of the Park Department cashier salary class was postponed on Supervisor Uhl's motion.
- Fairmont Hotel offered space for about 400 servicemen; the Board's response continues on the next page.
- Board polled Supervisors on attending the April 15 committee hearing on Senate Bill 996 for county relief loan reimbursement.
- City Attorney asked about routing municipal cars on inner tracks
- Supervisors Uhl and Gallagher were appointed to tell San Francisco's Sacramento assemblymen the Board's view on relatives' duty to indigents.
- Supervisor Green's resolution urging the Board of Education to rescind Superintendent Nourse's resignation approval was referred to committee.
- Supplemental appropriation of $15,360 approved for Recreation Commission plans for field houses at St. Mary's and Potrero Hill playgrounds.
- The Board voted 10 to 0 to appropriate $51,000 for guards at Hetch Hetchy Power Operative, one member absent.
- Opinion sought on running city cars on Market Street's inner tracks
- The Board asked the City Planning Commission to review a Public Utilities Commission block in the Sunset District and advise on its sale.
- Supervisor Uhl proposed requiring all members to attend Board of Equalization meetings; referred to Rules Committee.
- Consideration of James and Matilda Warnock's assessment application for 710 33d Avenue was postponed to July 15, 1943.
- The Board confirmed a $100 land assessment cut at 44 Conkling Street, leaving the land assessed at $200.
- The Board confirmed the appraisers' recommendation of no reduction for Pietro Busca's property at 1570 Greenwich.
- Emilie Witzemann's petition to reduce her 2205 Pacific Avenue assessment was refused; appraisers' figure stands.
- Consideration of Edith Bianchini's assessment appeal for 860-862 Greenwich Street was postponed to a later hearing.
- Giacomo Cavagnaro's assessment at 34 Broadway left unchanged after appraisers recommended no reduction.
- May L. Stanton's improvements assessment at 1745-49 Buchanan cut by $800 to $2,000.
- The Board continued James and Matilda Warnock's assessment appeal for 710 33d Avenue to a later date.
- The Board confirmed the appraisers' recommendation that Mary McHugh's property at 2706-10 Bryant receive no assessment reduction.
- The Board confirmed the appraisers' recommendation that Walter and Henry Darmstadt's property at 2711 22nd receive no assessment reduction.
- The Board continued Sadie Cohn's assessment appeal for 624 Stanyan Street to a later date.
- Sadie Cohn's petition to reduce the assessment on 624 Stanyan was denied on Supervisor Uhl's motion.
- Clerk was ordered to obtain a cost estimate for a public address system in the Board's chambers.
- James and Matilda Warnock's petition to reduce the assessment on 710 33rd Avenue was denied on Supervisor Uhl's motion.
- Board's request that federal agencies not build war-worker housing on Calvary Cemetery was referred to committee.
- Supervisor Uhl's request for information on water meter charge savings and a 15 per cent water rate cut was referred to Finance Committee.
- Public Buildings Committee to mediate between home builders and district clubs over defense housing protests; no vote taken.
- Refund of $1,320 excess circus license fee to C. W. Webb postponed until November 8, 1943.
- Supervisor Uhl proposed sending Supervisor MacPhee to a Washington transportation meeting; consideration was continued to November 15, 1943.
- Proposed salary items for telephone operators at Laguna Honda Home added to the Public Health salary schedule.
- Proposed salary ordinance adds seasonal and temporary clerical positions to the Juvenile Court Probation Office.
- Passed for second reading: 76 civilian defence rangers at $180 monthly would be set as needed positions under the Public Utilities Commission.
- Proposed appropriation of $109,440 to pay 76 Water Department rangers during the war emergency, approved by the Public Utilities Commission.
- Office of Defense Transportation accused of favoring the Market Street Railway
- Board re-referred the Office of Defense Transportation resolution to committee, seeking postponement of the November 22, 1943 hearing.
- Supervisor Uhl's request to revisit the 1941 Market Street track rebuilding contract was referred to the Public Utilities Committee.
- Supervisor Uhl asked the Clerk to get the Railroad Commission's timing for a report on Market Street Railway streetcar fares.
- Charles B. Kleupfer and Wilbur A. Henderson confirmed as San Francisco War Memorial trustees.
- Laurel Hill Cemetery Association's assessment appeal for Presidio Avenue and Sutter was postponed until July 24, 1944.
- Supervisor Uhl's amendment adding sidewalk narrowing to city improvement proposals sent to the Chief Administrative Officer was carried.
- Proposal urging the Chief Administrative Officer to plan continued operation of the Farmers' Free Market was continued to February 7, 1944.
- Exempting the Food Chemist's Assistant position in the Coroner's office from charter residency rules was postponed to February 14, 1944.
- Motion to postpone a Market Street Railway street-work resolution by one week was refused by the Board.
- Motion to postpone a proposal on Market Street Railway employee wages failed, five ayes to six noes; the matter stays pending.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion asking the Chair to invite the Mayor to the Board failed for want of a second.
- Uhl moved that the Board approve Civil Service Commission findings on salary standardization, costing $600,000 in overtime.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion to set city laborers' pay at $1 per hour was withdrawn temporarily and deferred.
- Supervisor Uhl moved to set city laborers' pay at $1 per hour; the outcome is not shown on this page.
- Supervisor Uhl requested a financial condition prospectus for the Municipal Railway from the Public Utilities Commission.
- Joint Committee on Lands and Finance will consider reclaiming fifty blocks east of Third Street; $20 requested for photographs.
- Bill 2781 proposes rezoning the Sunset and Parkside districts; the outcome is not shown on this page.
- On Supervisor Uhl's motion, a bill to rezone property under use district zone maps 5A and 6A was tabled.
- Consideration of $116,000 from Public Health surpluses for San Francisco Hospital plumbing repairs was postponed until June 5, 1944.
- Bill appropriating $5,223 from surplus for Park Department automotive equipment was re-referred to Finance Committee, then passed for second reading.
- $12,800 for road machinery held over on tax rate worries
- $12,800 for road machinery put off until June 5
- Board of Equalization denied a $200 building assessment reduction requested by Caterina Lena Garibaldi at 1538 Cabrillo Street.
- Board considered forming a Committee on Post-war Projects and asked the City Attorney to draft the resolution.
- Land assessment on Telegraph Hill Neighborhood Association's 555 Chestnut Street property reduced by $9,650 to $250.
- Telegraph Hill groups' request to limit building heights around Coit Tower was referred to the City Planning Commission.
- Civic League of Improvement Clubs' progressive tunnel construction program proposal was referred to the City Planning Commission.
- Manager Cahill doubts the staggered streetcar stops on Market Street
- Board refers the proposal for a new Civic Auditorium to the City Planning Commission for a report.
- Further consideration of revenue-producing tax proposals for post-war needs was postponed until December 11, 1944.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion for a December 14 state-funding conference was dropped; the Board agreed to meet informally after adjournment instead.
- Consideration of a proposed airport bond issue was postponed until January 8, 1944, at 3 p.m.
- Board adopted a resolution of sympathy on the death of florist Narcisso F. Baldocchi.
- Consideration of revenue-producing tax proposals for post-war projects was postponed to January 8, 1945.
- Buildings near Union Street and Grant Avenue limited to forty feet
- Height-limit ordinance for a district near Grant Avenue and Broadway was referred to the City Planning Commission for study.
- Buildings between Grant Avenue and the Embarcadero limited to sixty feet
- Correspondence urging a central passenger terminal and complaints about Parkside small lot sales were sent to the City Planning Commission for report.
- Supervisor Uhl, seconded by Green, moved to deny Max Antler's appeal for Old Age Security Aid; the vote is not printed here.
- $35,000 proposed for building the Lincoln Way outfall sewer
- The Board sent an expression of sympathy and best wishes to Leonard V. Newton, a Public Utilities Commission engineer in hospital.
- Board voted without objection to urge Assemblyman O'Day and all Assemblymen to support Assembly Bill 1156 on tide lands reclamation.
- Motion to cut the Board of Supervisors' $5,000 legislative expense budget to $2,500 was proposed; outcome not shown.
- Supervisor Uhl's motion to cut current reconstruction funding from $41,000 to $20,000 failed for lack of a second.
- Board voted to delete $2,500 for painting the main floor at 425 Mason Street.
- Motion to cut the $32,500 bank collection commissions in the Water Department budget failed for lack of a second.
- Supervisor Uhl moved to amend the salary ordinance to match Civil Service classifications; no action was taken.
- A motion carried with no subject on this page
- Supervisor Uhl proposed inviting Henry J. Kaiser to address the Board on a new San Francisco Bay airport on July 2, 1945.
- Assessor's land assessment on Barr's Fell and Fillmore Street properties reduced by $200 to $3,150 after appeal.
- Board denied all remaining applications for reductions or corrections of assessments not otherwise acted on.
- Bridget T. Dougherty's assessment appeal for a Santiago Street property was postponed on Supervisor Uhl's motion.
- Plymouth Avenue rezoning appeal put off to July 23
- Board invited the Mayor's Post-War Planning Committee to hear Henry J. Kaiser on Bay Region airport development on July 30.
- Board asked the Grand Jury to investigate the Municipal Railway platform employee signup order; referred to committees.
- Henry J. Kaiser addressed the Board on proposed Bay Region airport development, including a proposed $20 million airport bond issue.
- Proposed ordinance would narrow Mission Street sidewalks between the Embarcadero and South Van Ness Avenue to twelve feet.
- The Board proposes asking the Mayor to appoint a citizens' committee to plan memorials for World War II heroes.
- Supervisor Uhl proposed abolishing the Board of Supervisors' chauffeur position and car, citing an annual cost near $4,000; outcome not shown.
- Board continued consideration of possible sewage disposal plant sites until October 1, 1945.
- Hearing set on shops for Palm Avenue north of Geary Boulevard
- Appeal over refused rezoning at Geneva Avenue and Paris Street was set for hearing, then continued to October 1, 1945.
- Bill on labor-saving machines in city contracts sent back to committee