All decisions
about 150 Board decisions about Carl W. Miles, in date order. Each links to its printed page.
- Supervisor Miles moved, seconded by Peyser, that the War Memorial project report be printed; the motion carried.
- Supervisor Miles moved a motion, but the text is cut off before its outcome is printed.
- A matter was put off on Supervisor Miles's motion until 2 p.m. December 22, 1930.
- Property owners' appeal to rezone a southeast corner at Thirty-first Avenue and Irving Street was put off until December 29, 1930.
- Board commended the National Association of Engine and Boat Manufacturers for publicizing San Francisco Bay boating in its Marina Survey.
- A late bid was accepted because the bearer was held at the entrance by a police officer.
- The Board confirmed Leonard S. Leavy as City Controller, after Mayor Rossi's appointment, by Resolution 35621.
- Harry A. Milton approved as a War Memorial trustee
- Board requested a mayoral citizens' committee to welcome Shrine convention members with the San Francisco Shrine Convention, Incorporated.
- Board urges the Navy to name its dirigible Palo Alto
- Resolution 39 proposes transferring salary funds after Civil Service moved various city employments between departments; outcome continues on next page.
- A proposed ordinance creating a revolving fund for the Mayor's expenses was passed for second reading.
- Ordinance setting how the City Planning Commission handles proposed zoning and set-back line changes was finally passed.
- An ordinance appropriating $7,000 to buy forty acres in Marin County for the War Department passed for second reading.
- Treasurer authorized to sell $2,000,000 of unsold Hetch Hetchy bonds at not less than par value and accrued interest.
- Registrar of Voters directed to send the Secretary of State a certified copy of the May 3, 1932 election vote statement.
- Proposed cut to Public Utilities street lighting budget from $865,000 to $825,139 was withdrawn.
- Budget set-up for the Juvenile Court Probation Office approved and adopted as printed.
- Sheriff's Department budget, including County Jail funding, was under debate, with a proposed cut from $50,000 to $45,000.
- Budget set-up for the Finance and Records Department, Director, approved and adopted as printed.
- Budget set-up for the Tax Collector's Division approved and adopted as printed.
- Budget set-up for the County Clerk's Office approved and adopted as printed.
- The Board adopted amendments cutting the Airport budget, including striking the machine shop and dope room appropriation.
- Supervisor Miles proposed raising the Water Department surplus transfer to the General Fund from $700,000 to $715,000.
- Budget set-up for the Adult Probation Department approved and adopted as printed.
- Supervisor Miles proposed cutting the Fire Department's equipment budget from $91,303 to $80,000.
- Board approved the War Memorial budget, reducing the total from $85,000 to $78,000.
- Park Department budget was approved with an added $78,200 item for the Palace of Fine Arts.
- Recreation Department materials and supplies were cut from $588,100 to $579,000 without objection.
- Library Department contractual budget was cut from $360,000 to $357,000 without objection.
- Registrar of Voters personnel budget was cut from $176,865 to $159,865 by reducing election officer pay.
- Board approved the Palace of the Legion of Honor budget, reducing the grand total from $75,000 to $67,500.
- City Attorney's budget approved with general litigation expenses cut from $8,525 to $7,525.
- The District Attorney's office set-up was approved by the Board.
- Budget for the Board of Permit Appeals approved as presented, after a failed bid to strike the $3,000 secretary post.
- Motion carried to strike the School Department budget set-up out of the appropriation.
- Supervisor Miles moved to cut Assessor's Office non-personal items from $8,220 to $7,220; the final vote continues on the next page.
- County Welfare Department budget approved as printed.
- Coroner's office budget approved as printed.
- Hetch Hetchy Power Operative Division budget adopted as printed by the Public Utilities Department.
- Hetch Hetchy Depreciation Fund Division budget adopted as printed by the Public Utilities Commission.
- Public Administrator's office budget approved as printed.
- Miles proposed cutting Street Repair contractual funds by $39,862 to set up boulevard street lighting; outcome continues on next page.
- Supervisor Miles moved to reduce the Park Commission budget recapitulation from $1,195,301 to $1,182,311.
- Police Department budget approved as amended, cutting contractual services to $19,000 and materials and supplies to $39,000.
- Budget set-up for the Juvenile Court Detention Home Division approved, with contractual funds cut from $9,930 to $8,930.
- Budget set-up for the Recorder's Office approved and adopted as printed.
- Budget for the Municipal Court approved and adopted as printed, without objection.
- Budget set-up for the Law Library approved and adopted as printed by the Board.
- Treasurer's Office budget approved as amended, replacing the Cashier post with two Head Clerk positions, saving $1,200 a year.
- Board approved and adopted the budget set-up for the Public Pound without objection.
- Board approved and adopted the Art Commission budget set-up as printed.
- County Roads budget item was increased from $240,000 to $275,000 by Board vote.
- Emergency Reserve of $300,000 for the Mayor's Office approved after a failed cut to $200,000.
- Agricultural Commission budget set-up approved and adopted as printed.
- Sealer of Weights and Measures budget set-up approved and adopted as printed.
- Controller's Department budget adopted after cutting the temporary service line to $7,750.
- City Planning Commission budget set-up approved and adopted as printed.
- The Board approved the Civil Service Commission budget set-up, though Colman opposed a salary increase for James Maher, its chief examiner.
- Public Health budget reduced by $25,000 across Contractual, Materials and Supplies, and Equipment lines.
- Department of Electricity budget approved as printed.
- Cut proposed in El Camino Real money, $200,000 down to $100,000
- Municipal Railway section of the Public Utilities Department budget adopted as printed.
- Hetch Hetchy Water Supply Construction Division budget adoption proposed; the vote continues on the next page.
- Supervisor Hayden was authorized to attend a Sacramento tax council meeting at city expense.
- The Board adopted Resolution 244, directing the Registrar of Voters to send the May 3, 1932 election statement to the Secretary of State.
- Resolution letting the Sheriff and two aides attend the San Diego convention at city expense was stricken from the calendar indefinitely.
- Resolution paying the Recorder's chief clerk to attend the San Diego county recorders' meeting was stricken from the calendar indefinitely.
- Resolution paying two County Welfare Department staff to attend a Riverside social work conference was stricken from the calendar indefinitely.
- Mayor asked to appoint a committee to celebrate Navy Day on October 27, 1932; adopted.
- City issues $6,500,000 in voter-approved relief bonds for the indigent sick and poor; resolution continues next page.
- Resolution 436 authorizing $6.5M in bonds for care of indigent sick and dependent poor was adopted.
- Board proposed daily wage rates for many building trades on public contracts; the adoption vote continues to the next page.
- City Attorney directed to draft an emergency ordinance limiting hours and setting wages for city contractors' workers.
- A statement on food for homeless youths was referred to the Welfare Committee and the Citizens' Relief Committee.
- Supervisor Gallagher's report on help for homeless youths is debated; Supervisor Miles moves to refer it to the Welfare Committee.
- Ordinance settling I. H. Frank's injury claim for $500 passed for second reading.
- Board confirmed Charles M. Wollenberg to take applications for enrolment in federal conservation camps in California.
- Fremont School fire prompts a count of old school buildings
- A $3,000,000 school bond proposal for a June 27, 1933 special election passed on first reading.
- Mayor's contractual service budget item 18 cut by $300, a 5 per cent reduction, approved without objection.
- District Attorney's contractual service budget item 34 cut by $255, a 5 per cent reduction, under Ordinance 8625, approved without objection.
- Police Department contractual service item 24 cut by $1,250 and supplies item 25 by $1,950, approved without objection.
- Assessor's total contractual budget item 12 reduced by $330, a 5 per cent cut, approved without objection.
- City Attorney's contractual service budget item 35 cut by $376.25, a 5 per cent reduction, approved without objection.
- Treasurer's contractual service budget item 19 cut by $13.30, a 5 per cent reduction, approved without objection.
- Sheriff's budget item 8 cut by $290 and item 9 by $1,000, approved without objection.
- Fire Department contractual service item 4 cut by $16,000 and materials item 5 by $1,500, carried 11 to 2.
- Supervisor Miles proposed cutting Item 28 by $1,500 and using a part-time reporter instead of a full-time one.
- Permit Appeals Board contractual service budget cut by 5 per cent, or $5, was approved without objection.
- Purchasing Department contractual service budget cut by $15,157 plus a further 5 per cent; motion carried 12 to 1.
- Purchasing Department contractual service and supplies budgets cut 2 per cent; motion carried 12 to 1.
- Recreation Department supply employee's monthly salary set at the Mayor's recommended amount after a vote.
- Public Works Bureau of Accounts contractual service and supplies budget cut 5 per cent, without objection.
- Public Works Bureau of Architecture contractual service budget cut 5 per cent, without objection.
- Public Works Bureau of Building Inspection contractual service budget cut 5 per cent, without objection.
- Supervisor Miles proposed a 5 per cent cut to the Public Works Bureau of Engineering contractual service budget.
- War Memorial Items 3 and 4 were reduced 5 per cent, with no objection, after Oppenheimer's appearance.
- Legion of Honor contractual services and supplies were reduced 5 per cent, with no objection.
- Supervisors struck out an apprentice line from the Public Utilities Commission budget without objection.
- A new $7,200 budget item for Municipal Courts salary deductions was inserted with no objection.
- Proposal to eliminate two new Social Service Investigator posts in the County Welfare Department was defeated.
- Five per cent cut to materials and contractual service in the Coroner's Department was approved without objection.
- Five per cent cut to Agricultural Commission materials and services approved, and the Commissioner's line restored to $400 at the Mayor's request.
- Five per cent cut to Weights and Measures materials and contractual services was approved without objection.
- Five per cent cut to City Planning Commission contractual services was approved without objection.
- Sewage pumping station contractual service line cut by $55, and materials line by $10, ordered without objection.
- Department of Electricity materials and contractual lines cut 5 per cent, ordered without objection.
- Department of Public Health materials and contractual lines cut 5 per cent, excluding provisions, ordered without objection.
- Supervisors carried Miles' amendment increasing the Water Department's bond interest and redemption appropriation by $75,000.
- Supervisor Miles proposed striking $700,000 for unemployment relief from the Chief Administrative Officer budget; the outcome is not printed here.
- Supervisors ordered a 5 per cent cut to Airport contractual services, excluding heat, light and power, without objection.
- Supervisors ordered a 5 per cent cut to the Power Operative Department's materials and supplies without objection.
- Real Estate department contractual service budget cut 5 per cent, and materials budget cut by $300, without objection.
- Supervisor Miles proposed cutting the Public Works Bureau of Building Repair budget by $4,506; outcome not printed here.
- Supervisor Miles proposed reducing the Public Works Sewer Repairs budget; outcome not printed here.
- Art Commission contractual services were reduced 5 per cent, $712, with no objection.
- De Young Museum contractual services and supplies were reduced 5 per cent, with no objection.
- Juvenile Court Probation Office contractual service item was reduced 5 per cent, with no objection.
- Juvenile Court Detention Home contractual service item was reduced 5 per cent, with no objection.
- Supervisors cut $53,303 from the Retirement System budget by amendment after a failed $21,000 reduction attempt.
- Miles moved the City Attorney be asked whether taxpayers can be assured the $3M school bond replaces fire-trap schools.
- Safe deposit rental was stricken from the Public Administrator's budget on Supervisor Miles's motion.
- A new $15,734 budget item for Superior Courts salary deductions was inserted with no objection.
- Five per cent cut to Controller's Office materials and contractual services was approved without objection.
- Proposal to cut the Public Utilities Commission's Street Lighting and Public Buildings item by $20,000 to $780,000.
- Resolution 751 proposes appropriating money with State and Federal governments for Bay Bridge preliminary work, seeking Reconstruction Finance Corporation aid.
- Fire Department Senior Clerk-Stenographer position raised to $225 a month, as the Mayor requested, without objection.
- Board voted to cut the Recreation Department supplies supervisor's salary from $200 to $160 a month; reconsideration was then moved.
- Supervisor Miles's motion to cut the Tax Collector's seasonal clerks from $38,375 to $14,000 was defeated.
- The Registrar of Voters' equipment budget was cut from $75,000 to $50,000, and a contract line reduced 5 per cent.
- Supervisor Gallagher proposed $250,000 for a Live Stock Center in Agricultural District No. 1A; Miles moved referral to Finance Committee.
- The Board adopted the amended 1933-34 city budget, with the Annual Appropriation Ordinance changes approved by the Board.
- The annual appropriation ordinance notes on tax levy limits were amended and passed for second reading.
- Proposal for $37,500 to buy land for municipal use and industry was referred to the Finance Committee.
- Supervisor Miles proposed setting aside $75,000 as estimated revenues in the 1933-34 budget; no objection was raised.
- Board adopted the 1933-34 budget as amended, restoring $20,000 to the Street Lighting Fund, by a vote of 13 to 0.
- Board of Supervisors adopted a resolution reaffirming opposition to any diversion of the Gas Tax Fund, including Propositions 9 and 10.
- Emergency ordinance finally passed to appoint four building appraisers to aid property assessment equalization, with $1,000 appropriated for their pay.
- $50,000 from the emergency reserve fund is appropriated to pay interest on tax anticipation notes.
- The Finance Committee proposed Resolution 902 to hire Lybrand, Ross Bros. & Montgomery to audit the Controller's books for 1932-33.
- Passed for second reading: $6,000 from emergency reserve for elevators and a partition at Civic Auditorium.
- Supervisor Miles proposed Resolution 1079, urging cash or scrip relief in place of grocery supplies for the jobless.
- Board directs Clerk to send a resolution of appreciation to the NRA for approving San Francisco's public works grants.
- Supervisor Miles's emergency ordinance appropriates $651,960 to the Citizens' Relief Committee to care for indigent sick and poor people.
- Supervisor Miles amended the 1934 School House Bonds ordinance, raising annual repayment from $75,000 to $300,000 over ten years.
- Board finally passed a $5,000 supplemental appropriation so the Civil Service Commission can hold examinations for emergency appointee positions.
- Supervisor Miles moved to refer a proposed ordinance adding NRA and CRA code compliance to city construction contracts to the Civil Service Commission.
- Motion to reconsider the appointment of Hugo D. Newhouse as Golden Gate Bridge director failed.
- Board authorized issuing and offering $150,000 of Relief Bonds 1932 and fixed their interest rate.
- Weeden & Co. was awarded $600,000 of city Relief Bonds, Issue of 1932, and all other bids were rejected.
- Emergency ordinance finally passed applying to the State of California for a $1,000,000 loan for unemployment relief.