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about 320 Board decisions about Charles A. Nelson, in date order. Each links to its printed page.

  • Six Board of Supervisors clerk and chauffeur posts were refilled with new appointees at set monthly salaries.
  • Water companies, including Spring Valley Water Company, were ordered to file detailed rate and revenue statements with the Board in January 1911.
  • Water rates ordinance for fiscal year 1910-11 was recommitted on Supervisor Nelson's motion to the Water Rates Committee.
  • The Board granted C. A. Blume Construction Company a ninety-day extension to finish steel work on the Denman School building.
  • The Board authorized the City Attorney to seek offers for several lots needed for new school sites.
  • Water rates hearing closed and referred to the Water Rates Committee to report a bill fixing Spring Valley rates.
  • Supervisors elected to the Board's standing committees
    10 Jan 1910outcome not readJournal 1910, p. 65 ↗
  • Pacific Telephone and Telegraph and Home Telephone companies were asked to furnish the city's telephone list.
    10 Jan 1910passedJournal 1910, p. 75 ↗
  • City buys land for the Harrison Primary School for $10,000
    24 Jan 1910outcome not readJournal 1910, p. 114 ↗
  • Austin Arnold was appointed official stenographer for the Board's February 1910 investigations into water, heat, light, power and telephone rates.
    24 Jan 1910passedJournal 1910, p. 116 ↗
  • Telephones were ordered installed at emergency hospitals, an ambulance station, the police chief's home and justices' rooms.
    24 Jan 1910passedJournal 1910, p. 115 ↗
  • Telephones asked for the city's emergency hospitals
    24 Jan 1910outcome not readJournal 1910, p. 114 ↗
  • City authorizes a $10,000 payment to Bay View Land Company for land for Harrison Primary School.
    24 Jan 1910passedJournal 1910, p. 114 ↗
  • Mayor to auction old broken castings from the Fifteenth Street yard
    31 Jan 1910passedJournal 1910, p. 140 ↗
  • H. W. Hanley given ninety more days to plaster McCoppin School
    31 Jan 1910passed first readingJournal 1910, p. 140 ↗
  • The Board set February 1, 1910, to begin investigating water rates, and ordered Spring Valley Water Company to testify.
    1 Feb 1910passedJournal 1910 ↗
  • Telephones asked for the homes of city officials
    8 Feb 1910outcome not readJournal 1910, p. 90 ↗
  • Engaging two rooms in the Grant Building at Seventh and Market for the Superior Court was deferred.
    10 Feb 1910continuedJournal 1910, p. 167 ↗
  • Extension of forty-five days proposed for Lange and Bergstrom to finish commissary and machine shop buildings at Corporation Yard.
    10 Feb 1910passed first readingJournal 1910, p. 166 ↗
  • Resolutions urge telephone companies to install and remove telephones at named San Francisco addresses; outcome not printed here.
    10 Feb 1910outcome not readJournal 1910, p. 167 ↗
  • Rooms 406 and 407 in the Grant Building at Seventh and Market streets were engaged for Superior Court use.
    10 Feb 1910passedJournal 1910, p. 166 ↗
  • Mayor to auction a building on the new Everett School lot
    14 Feb 1910outcome not readJournal 1910, p. 186 ↗
  • Board of Public Works recommended time extensions for three contractors on school and infirmary building contracts; adopted.
    14 Feb 1910passedJournal 1910, p. 186 ↗
  • City buys Potrero Nuevo land from Spaulding and Neff for $15,000
    9 Mar 1910outcome not readJournal 1910, p. 255 ↗
  • $15,000 paid for garbage system land on Rhode Island Street
    9 Mar 1910outcome not readJournal 1910, p. 256 ↗
  • Contractor F. H. Born granted ninety-day extensions to finish the McKinley and Hancock school buildings.
    21 Mar 1910passedJournal 1910, p. 308 ↗
  • Resolution proposed to install telephones; its text continues on the next page.
    21 Mar 1910outcome not readJournal 1910, p. 308 ↗
  • Resolution proposed giving Standard Engineering Company fourteen more days to finish a concrete stack at the Infirmary.
    21 Mar 1910outcome not readJournal 1910, p. 283 ↗
  • Western Transfer and C. B. Rode keep playground leases until 1912
    21 Mar 1910outcome not readJournal 1910, p. 283 ↗
  • Telephones asked for the Sheriff's office and two officials' homes
    28 Mar 1910outcome not readJournal 1910, p. 327 ↗
  • The Kittle Construction Company was proposed for a thirty-day extension to finish the Mission Grammar School building.
    28 Mar 1910passed first readingJournal 1910, p. 327 ↗
  • Edward A. Kenney and George J. Berger appointed assistant clerks of the Board of Supervisors at set monthly salaries.
    11 Apr 1910passedJournal 1910, p. 379 ↗
  • Telephones asked for the city architect and a police captain
    13 Apr 1910outcome not readJournal 1910, p. 355 ↗
  • The Board of Public Works was authorized to have electric wiring of San Francisco Hospital done by the Department of Electricity.
    18 Apr 1910passedJournal 1910, p. 399 ↗
  • City Attorney to seek offers of land for new school sites
    25 Apr 1910outcome not readJournal 1910, p. 422 ↗
  • City Attorney was authorized to ask owners to sell lots for new school sites in several neighbourhoods, including Western Addition and Hunters Point.
    25 Apr 1910passedJournal 1910, p. 423 ↗
  • A ninety-day extension was proposed for J. P. Dougherty to finish plumbing work on the McKinley School building.
    25 Apr 1910outcome not readJournal 1910, p. 420 ↗
  • Mayor to auction the old frame building at the Sheridan School
    2 May 1910outcome not readJournal 1910, p. 445 ↗
  • City to seek land offers for Fremont School sites
    9 May 1910passedJournal 1910, p. 492 ↗
  • The city takes over the new roadway on Eighth Avenue
    9 May 1910outcome not readJournal 1910, p. 496 ↗
  • Telephones asked for the Sheriff and an electricity foreman
    9 May 1910outcome not readJournal 1910, p. 469 ↗
  • The Board adopted a resolution asking the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company to install home phones for a foreman and the Sheriff.
    9 May 1910passedJournal 1910, p. 469 ↗
  • Resolution granting extensions of time on school building work was passed for printing, text continues on the next page.
    23 May 1910outcome not readJournal 1910, p. 513 ↗
  • Temporary arena allowed at Eighth and Howard streets
    23 May 1910outcome not readJournal 1910, p. 514 ↗
  • P. J. Moliterno to lease the city a Clay Street hospital
    6 Jun 1910outcome not readJournal 1910, p. 575 ↗
  • City Attorney instructed to condemn three private parcels for the James Lick, Monroe and Edison schools.
    7 Jun 1910passedJournal 1910, p. 545 ↗
  • Pacific Telephone asked to install phones for Public Works officials
    13 Jun 1910outcome not readJournal 1910, p. 601 ↗
  • A resolution to pay Emily B. Hopkins $9500 from the School Construction Account for Denman Grammar School land was passed for printing.
    13 Jun 1910passed first readingJournal 1910, p. 601 ↗
  • McSheehy Bros. and Ahlbach & Mayer were granted extensions to finish school building contracts; passed for printing.
    20 Jun 1910passed first readingJournal 1910, p. 632 ↗
  • City sues to buy land for the Burnett and Monroe schools
    20 Jun 1910outcome not readJournal 1910, p. 633 ↗
  • Resolution 6121 accepts Mary Mocker's offer to sell land and improvements for $12,000 as a John Swett Grammar School site.
    27 Jun 1910outcome not readJournal 1910, p. 655 ↗
  • All bids for hay were rejected by the Board, and new bids will be called for, after Sherry-Freitas Company had asked for the award.
    27 Jun 1910outcome not readJournal 1910, p. 654 ↗
  • Henning & Burke receive forty-five more days to finish the general construction of the Sheridan Primary School building.
    27 Jun 1910passedJournal 1910, p. 655 ↗
  • Telephones asked for two clerks and a fire truck house
    5 Jul 1910outcome not readJournal 1910, p. 682 ↗
  • One-night masquerade ball allowed at the Chutes
    5 Jul 1910passedJournal 1910, p. 684 ↗
  • City buys Veronica Porcher's Golden Gate Avenue lot for $14,000
    11 Jul 1910outcome not readJournal 1910, p. 695 ↗
  • Proposed $7000 payment to Eva J. Julian for Hayes Street land for the Denman Grammar School addition.
    15 Jul 1910outcome not readJournal 1910, p. 757 ↗
  • Board accepted Eva J. Julian's $7000 offer of land on Hayes Street for Denman Grammar School.
    15 Jul 1910passedJournal 1910, p. 756 ↗
  • City Attorney asked to seek land at Twenty-second and Wisconsin streets
    15 Jul 1910outcome not readJournal 1910, p. 758 ↗
  • Supervisor Nelson moved that owners of several downtown office buildings and hotels be called to show cause why assessments should not rise.
    15 Jul 1910outcome not readJournal 1910, p. 704 ↗
  • Mabel Stoneberger to be paid $9,500 for Commercial Street land
    18 Jul 1910outcome not readJournal 1910, p. 730 ↗
  • City Attorney directed to join a lawsuit so residents keep water service from Spring Valley Water Company.
    18 Jul 1910passedJournal 1910, p. 733 ↗
  • City Attorney asked to seek land for the Fremont School
    18 Jul 1910outcome not readJournal 1910, p. 727 ↗
  • City Attorney directed to solicit offers to sell land on McAllister Street as an addition to Fremont School.
    18 Jul 1910passedJournal 1910, p. 728 ↗
  • Marco Foppiano to be paid $2,200 for Stockton Street land
    1 Aug 1910passed first readingJournal 1910, p. 780 ↗
  • Frank and Ellen Sippel's Harriet Street lot bought for $4,600
    1 Aug 1910outcome not readJournal 1910, p. 779 ↗
  • Julia E. Cavanagh's Stevenson Street land bought for the Fire Department
    8 Aug 1910passedJournal 1910, p. 811 ↗
  • Proposed twenty-day extension for Ahlbach & Mayer to finish plumbing at Newton J. Tharp Commercial School.
    8 Aug 1910passed first readingJournal 1910, p. 811 ↗
  • Board proposes extending construction contract deadlines for the McKinley Primary School building, with F. H. Born given sixty more days.
    6 Sep 1910outcome not readJournal 1910, p. 884 ↗
  • Pacific Telephone asked to install phones for the Bureau of Buildings
    6 Sep 1910passedJournal 1910, p. 884 ↗
  • Charter amendment reducing the Library Trustees from twelve to seven members, with six-year terms, adopted by the Board.
    6 Sep 1910passedJournal 1910, p. 879 ↗
  • L. H. Sly allowed an oil tank at Bush and Leavenworth
    19 Sep 1910referredJournal 1910, p. 925 ↗
  • Telephone asked for Election Commissioner Ordway's home on Dolores Street
    19 Sep 1910outcome not readJournal 1910, p. 927 ↗
  • Western Pacific Railway Company petitioned for a franchise on Fremont Street and across Sea Wall Lots; the outcome continues on the next page.
    19 Sep 1910outcome not readJournal 1910, p. 931 ↗
  • Resolution giving Henning & Burke forty-five more days to finish the Sheridan Primary School was passed for printing.
    19 Sep 1910passed first readingJournal 1910, p. 926 ↗
  • Telephone asked for Fire Commissioner Laumeister at Seventeenth and Lake
    26 Sep 1910passedJournal 1910, p. 949 ↗
  • Dyer Bros. were granted a sixty-day extension to finish their prison cell contract at the Hall of Justice, passed for printing.
    26 Sep 1910passed first readingJournal 1910, p. 949 ↗
  • The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company was asked to install telephones for supervisors and officials and remove one city-paid phone.
    17 Oct 1910passedJournal 1910, p. 993 ↗
  • Extensions of time were proposed for contractors Henning & Burke and J. E. O'Mara on Denman and Hancock Grammar School work.
    17 Oct 1910passed first readingJournal 1910, p. 1010 ↗
  • An adopted remission, with no subject on this page
    17 Oct 1910passedJournal 1910, p. 1010 ↗
  • Coast Investment Company allowed a cooling tower at Utah and Fifteenth
    17 Oct 1910outcome not readJournal 1910, p. 996 ↗
  • Whitcomb Estate's temporary City Hall offer on Market Street proposed
    24 Oct 1910outcome not readJournal 1910, p. 1029 ↗
  • Whitcomb Estate's temporary City Hall offer adopted, thirteen votes to five
    24 Oct 1910outcome not readJournal 1910, p. 1031 ↗
  • Police judge gets a home telephone for court work
    24 Oct 1910passedJournal 1910, p. 1042 ↗
  • William Bruce given thirty more days on the North Beach tank
    24 Oct 1910outcome not readJournal 1910, p. 1041 ↗
  • Public Buildings Committee report on Supervisor Bancroft's resolution criticizing the Bureau of Architecture was laid over one week.
    24 Oct 1910continuedJournal 1910, p. 1019 ↗
  • The City Attorney was directed to begin condemnation proceedings to acquire land in Block 280 for the Burnett School.
    31 Oct 1910outcome not readJournal 1910, p. 1077 ↗
  • The Public Buildings Committee report criticising the Bureau of Architecture's list of works in progress was adopted.
    31 Oct 1910passedJournal 1910, p. 1071 ↗
  • The Whitcomb Estate was asked to use local supplies and merchants in building the temporary City Hall.
  • Old buildings on the John Swett School site to be auctioned
    11 Nov 1910outcome not readJournal 1910, p. 971 ↗
  • Builder given 60 more days to finish Holly Park school
    11 Nov 1910passedJournal 1910, p. 971 ↗
  • Telephone asked for road repairs superintendent McElroy on Washington Street
    11 Nov 1910outcome not readJournal 1910, p. 971 ↗
  • Telephones asked for fire chiefs' homes and Engine House 12
    14 Nov 1910outcome not readJournal 1910, p. 1109 ↗
  • Board granted ninety-day extensions to contractors on McKinley and Oceanside schools and Hall of Justice; advertising charges remitted.
    14 Nov 1910passedJournal 1910, p. 1109 ↗
  • Telephone asked for Chief of Police Seymour on Pierce Street
    21 Nov 1910outcome not readJournal 1910, p. 1136 ↗
  • Dyer Bros. requested sixty more days to finish cell work at the Hall of Justice Building.
    21 Nov 1910outcome not readJournal 1910, p. 1135 ↗
  • Bothin Real Estate Company's Broadway garage permit was deferred and set for reconsideration on November 28, 1910.
    21 Nov 1910continuedJournal 1910, p. 1119 ↗
  • An adopted remission, with no subject on this page
    28 Nov 1910passedJournal 1910, p. 1147 ↗
  • City conditionally takes over Laguna Street between Bay and Beach streets
    28 Nov 1910passed first readingJournal 1910, p. 1148 ↗
  • Board authorizes the Mayor to sell at public auction shack buildings on Castro Street once used for McKinley School.
  • Telephone asked for a fire commissioner's home on Guerrero Street
    12 Dec 1910outcome not readJournal 1910, p. 1197 ↗
  • Rulofson Metal Window Works was awarded a $2391 contract to furnish thirty steel cases for the County Clerk.
    19 Dec 1910passedJournal 1910, p. 1235 ↗
  • The Clerk was directed to advertise for bids to supply metal cases for the Assessor's office.
    27 Dec 1910passedJournal 1910, p. 1254 ↗
  • Telephone asked for Police Commissioner Sullivan's home on San Jose Avenue
    27 Dec 1910outcome not readJournal 1910, p. 1237 ↗
  • The Board asked the City Attorney whether Hetch Hetchy bond money may pay for water pipes in University Mound District.
  • Henning and Burke received a ninety-day extension to finish their contract for building the Denman Grammar School.
  • Supervisor Pugh's resolution asking that part of Duboce Park become a playground was referred to the Streets Committee.
    1911referredJournal 1911 ↗
  • Board asks Pacific Telephone and Telegraph to install a telephone at Sheehan's residence on McAllister Street.
  • Mayor authorized to sell shack buildings formerly used by Visitacion Valley School at public auction.
    1911outcome not readJournal 1911 ↗
  • The Clerk was directed to advertise for bids to make and install metal file sections for the County Clerk and Central Emergency Hospital.
  • The Board directed Public Works to appraise Spring Valley Water Company properties by February 1, 1911, to set water rates.
  • The Board asked Bay Cities Home Telephone Company to install a telephone at the temporary Engine Company No. 30 firehouse at 532 Stanyan Street.
  • Sanborn, Vail & Company's bid to supply typewriter ribbons at $0.33 each was laid over one week.
    1911continuedJournal 1911 ↗
  • Board awarded city supply contracts to several bidders and rejected all other bids for the listed articles.
  • Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company is asked to install a telephone at Supervisor Healy's Twenty-second Street residence.
  • Water rates investigation set to begin February 1, 1911, with Spring Valley Water Company to be cited to testify.
  • Board requested Bay Cities Home Telephone Company to install a telephone at the Engine Company No. 42 fire house on San Bruno avenue.
  • Board ordered the Finance and Public Buildings Committees to study building new libraries and a bond election, reporting back.
  • The Board adopted a resolution giving National Electric Company more time to install fire alarm bells at Jean Parker Grammar School.
  • Resolution grants McSheehy Bros. ninety days and Henning & Bauke twenty-five days extra to finish school construction work.
    1911outcome not readJournal 1911 ↗
  • Contracts for furnishing city supplies awarded to Roebling, Goldberg, Fuller and Telephone Electric Equipment firms.
  • Public Works was asked to inspect and report on dangerous gas meter locations in large buildings, lodging houses and apartments.
  • Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company was asked to install telephones at a fire engine house, two residences and City Hall.
  • Rulofson Metal Window Works was awarded an $880 contract to furnish a book rack for the Assessor's office.
  • Mayor asked to sell the shack buildings at Shrader and Alma streets once used by Grattan School.
  • Brode Iron Works and Foster & Vogt were granted extensions of time on their city construction contracts.
  • George Uhl, Election Commissioner, was granted sixty days' leave of absence from the State starting February 1, 1911.
  • Foster & Vogt's request for sixty more days to finish San Francisco Hospital foundation work was passed for printing.
    1911passed first readingJournal 1911 ↗
  • Mayor was authorized to sell frame buildings on the Douglass School site on Nineteenth Street at public auction.
  • Walter Hough & Company was given thirty more days to finish the Bay View Police Station construction, and the advertising fee was remitted.
  • The Board directed Public Works to remove trees from the San Francisco Hospital site at Twenty-second and San Bruno avenue.
  • Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company is requested to install a telephone linking the Sheriff's office with County Jail No. 2.
    1911outcome not readJournal 1911 ↗
  • Three contractors received extra time to finish San Francisco Hospital, Grattan School and Clement School work; the advertising fee was waived.
  • Pacific Telephone Company was requested to install a telephone in the Finance Committee expert's office at Hewes Building.
  • The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company was asked to install telephones for a justice and two school directors and remove old lines.
  • Supervisor Hayden proposed urging the Board of Education to set summer school vacations for crop harvesting; referred to the Education Committee.
    1911referredJournal 1911 ↗
  • Bay Cities Home Telephone Company asked to install official telephones in two schools and the Ferry Building police bureau.
  • The Board set aside $1500 from the rents and repairs budget for counters in the County Clerk's office at Temporary City Hall.
  • Brode Iron Works and the Ferrolite Company were granted extra time to finish city school and jail construction contracts.
  • Board requested the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company install a telephone in Police Commissioner J. F. Jewell's office in the Clunie Building.
  • Caldwell and Company granted ninety more days to finish general construction of Spring Valley School.
  • Brode Iron Works was granted a ninety-day extension to finish its steel contract on the John Swett School Building.
  • Bay Cities Home Telephone Company was asked to install telephones for city officials, including the Police Commission office at Hall of Justice.
    1911outcome not readJournal 1911 ↗
  • The Bay Cities Home Telephone Company was asked to move telephones from the Juvenile Detention Home and old Lincoln School to new quarters.
  • Proposed ordinance setting 1911-12 monthly water rates for San Francisco was passed for printing on Nelson's motion.
    1911passed first readingJournal 1911 ↗
  • Clerk directed to advertise for bids on metal map racks and document files for the County Recorder.
  • Board fixed February 1, 1911 to begin investigating water rates, and cited Spring Valley Water Company to testify.
  • Board directed the Clerk to ascertain assessed values of Spring Valley Water Company properties in four Bay Area counties.
  • Two school lots on Eighteenth and Thirty-second avenues transferred to the Fire Department's control.
  • Funds of $1500 approved for counters and racks in the County Clerk's new offices at temporary City Hall.
  • The Board asked the Mayor to sell the Sheridan School shack buildings on Minerva Street at public auction.
    1911referredJournal 1911 ↗
  • The Bay Cities Home Telephone Company was asked to install and move a telephone for the Girls' High School and Grattan School.
  • W. P. Fuller & Co.'s lease on part of the Bryant Street children's playground was extended one year at $125 monthly.
  • The Clerk was directed to advertise for bids on supplies for city departments for the rest of fiscal 1911-12.
  • Board declared intent to change street grades on San Bruno Avenue, Silliman Street and Felton Street.
  • The Bay Cities Home Telephone Company was requested to install a telephone in the Assessor's office at 224 McAllister.
    1911outcome not readJournal 1911 ↗
  • A resolution on installing Pacific Telephone service was introduced by Supervisor Nelson; its outcome is not yet printed.
    1911outcome not readJournal 1911 ↗
  • The Board asked the Bay Cities Home Telephone Company to install a telephone at 131 Highland avenue.
  • Rudgear-Merle Company was granted sixty more days to finish interior ornamental work at the Hall of Justice.
  • Bennett Bros granted a twenty-day extension from November 20, 1911 to deliver hardware for the Hall of Justice.
  • Contractor Elmer Carlson was granted a sixty-day extension to finish the general construction of the Cleveland School.
  • The Board asked Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company to install a telephone at Supervisor John Nolan's home on Guerrero Street.
  • Board asked Bay Cities Home Telephone Company to install a telephone at a battalion chief's home on Fifteenth street.
  • The Bay Cities Home Telephone Company was requested to install a main line and extension in the Sealer's offices.
  • Bay Cities Home Telephone Company asked to install a home telephone for Police Commissioner L. Flaherty.
    1911outcome not readJournal 1911 ↗
  • The Mayor was authorized to sell at auction two shack buildings formerly used by the Peabody and Jean Parker schools.
  • The Board gave contractor Wm. Bateman sixty more days to finish interior work on the Hall of Justice and waived the printing fee.
  • The Board asked the Mayor to auction the old shack buildings on the former Franklin School site at Eighth Street.
  • Bay Cities Telephone Company was asked to install a telephone in Coroner Walsh's office in the City of Paris Building.
  • The Pacific Auxiliary Fire Alarm Company was requested to install twenty fire alarm boxes in school buildings citywide.
  • The Mayor was asked to auction unused buildings on land bought for Denman School playground on Hayes and Fell streets.
  • Full acceptance of Cortland Avenue roadway was laid over one week after property owners objected to defective paving.
    1911continuedJournal 1911 ↗
  • The Mayor was authorized to sell three old buildings on the Seventh and Harrison playground property at public auction.
  • Mayor was authorized to auction three former school shack buildings at Grafton, Day and Railroad streets.
    1911outcome not readJournal 1911 ↗
  • Board resolution protesting state prison labour making goods that compete with free labour; text continues on next page.
    1911outcome not readJournal 1911 ↗
  • Assessments cancelled on a portion of St. Mary's Square on Pine Street sold to the State for unpaid taxes.
  • The Board urged the State Legislature to pass a bill for a $50,000 Lincoln monument in Lincoln Park.
  • The Board asked Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company to install a telephone at the Hall of Justice, Kearny Street.
  • The Board asked the City Attorney to compel Spring Valley Water Company to lay mains in districts lacking water.
  • The Board ordered Spring Valley Water Company to file a full inventory of its water properties by February 1, 1912.
  • Flinn & Treacy were granted a thirty-day extension to finish their contract for yards at the Pacific Heights School.
  • The Board of Education was granted a former fire lot on Hayes Street to enlarge the Denman Grammar School site.
  • Mayor asked to sell public buildings next to the Edison and Junipero Serra school sites at auction.
    1911outcome not readJournal 1911 ↗
  • Supervisor Nelson moved a resolution on an extension of time; its outcome continues on the next page.
    1911outcome not readJournal 1911 ↗
  • Columbia Marble Company granted thirty more days to finish interior marble work at the Hall of Justice.
  • Bay Cities Home Telephone Company asked to install telephones at a new Police Station and Engine House No. 43.
  • Board of Public Works extensions of time granted to ten contractors finishing city school, hospital, jail and Hall of Justice work.
  • Resolution asks the Mayor to sell the former Detention Home on Harrison Street at public auction.
    1911outcome not readJournal 1911 ↗
  • Henning and Burke were given ninety more days to finish general construction of the Denman Grammar School.
    1911passed first readingJournal 1911 ↗
  • The Bay Cities Home Telephone Company was asked to install telephones in Park Commission and Geary Street Railroad offices.
  • Board requested the Pacific Telephone Company install a telephone in the Burnett School building at Newcomb Avenue and Lane Street.
  • Board requested the Bay Cities Home Telephone Company install a telephone in Police Commissioner J. F. Jewell's office in the Clunie Building.
  • Mayor proposed to sell improvements on the Visitacion Valley School site; vote continues on next page.
    1911outcome not readJournal 1911 ↗
  • William Bruce was given fifteen more days to finish his reinforced concrete tank at the North Beach Children's Playground.
    1911passed first readingJournal 1911 ↗
  • Supervisor Nelson introduced a ninety-day extension for the Raisch Improvement Company's auxiliary fire water supply system; amendment pending.
    1911outcome not readJournal 1911 ↗
  • A resolution asking Pacific Telephone to install a phone at 1522 Webster Street was sent back to the Public Buildings Committee.
    1911referredJournal 1911 ↗
  • Committee report on heat, light and power rate investigation for 1911-12 adopted; investigation continues February 14, 1911.
    8 Feb 1911passedJournal 1911 ↗
  • Supervisor Nelson's resolution for a special election on the Panama-Pacific Exposition site was referred to a special committee of five.
    26 Jun 1911referredJournal 1911 ↗
  • Shacks on the Precita Valley school lot to be auctioned
    2 Jan 1912outcome not readJournal 1912, p. 11 ↗
  • Pacific Telephone asked to put a phone in Engine House 42
    2 Jan 1912outcome not readJournal 1912, p. 12 ↗
  • Resolution for $1,500 to pay consulting engineers on steel building frames was referred to the Public Buildings Committee.
    4 Jan 1912referredJournal 1912, p. 20 ↗
  • Board directs the City Attorney to drop further appeals in the sealer of weights and measures salary cases.
  • Board asks Southern Pacific and Santa Fe railroads to hire San Francisco residents for building the Islais Creek bridge.
  • The Board fixed Tuesday, March 9, 1915, as the date for a proposed election on Charter Amendments.
  • Pacific Gas and Electric Company is ordered to remove five street gas lamps near Grove, Polk, Larkin and McAllister streets.
  • The Board asked the Fire Commissioners to report on using salt water in the high pressure system to flush sewers.
  • A. Filippini's planing mill on Geary Street put off a week
    27 Apr 1914outcome not readJournal 1914, p. 451 ↗
  • The Board asked the Judiciary Committee to arrange night court sessions so naturalization applicants need not miss work.
    18 May 1914passedJournal 1914, p. 503 ↗
  • $50,000 for New City Hall furniture kept after a close vote
    19 May 1914passedJournal 1914, p. 550 ↗
  • Amendment to raise nine Police Department hostlers' salaries to $1200 each was lost.
    20 May 1914outcome not readJournal 1914, p. 556 ↗
  • Board approved raising four Police Department matrons' salaries to $1080 each per year.
    20 May 1914passedJournal 1914, p. 556 ↗
  • W. Rayhill refused permission to extend his garage on Haight Street
    13 Jul 1914refusedJournal 1914, p. 767 ↗
  • Raychester Company allowed four horses at Folsom and Dore streets
    3 Aug 1914outcome not readJournal 1914, p. 851 ↗
  • Revocable permits for a laundry and several oil storage tanks at named Union, California, Clement and other street addresses were adopted.
    13 Oct 1914passedJournal 1914, p. 1178 ↗
  • Board deferred action for one week on the Registrar of Voters' objections to a proposed absentee-ballot law.
    13 Oct 1914continuedJournal 1914, p. 1181 ↗
  • D. A. Markwith refused a jointer in his Naples Street shop
    13 Oct 1914passedJournal 1914, p. 1178 ↗
  • Mme. A. Doudeu granted a laundry at 248 Clement Street
    13 Oct 1914outcome not readJournal 1914, p. 1177 ↗
  • The Board ordered submitted to voters a charter amendment requiring city printing contracts to bear the Allied Printing Trades Council label.
    13 Oct 1914submitted to votersJournal 1914, p. 1153 ↗
  • The Board considers a resolution asking the State to weigh the Registrar of Voters' objections to the absentee voting initiative.
    19 Oct 1914outcome not readJournal 1914, p. 1201 ↗
  • Board of Election Commissioners forwarded a claim by election officers and clerks for additional compensation; outcome not shown on this page.
    9 Nov 1914outcome not readJournal 1914, p. 1285 ↗
  • The City Attorney was asked to advise whether the Board may still fix 1915 utility rates after the state amendment.
    14 Dec 1914passedJournal 1914, p. 1437 ↗
  • Light, heat and power suppliers including Pacific Gas and Electric must file revenue and cost statements by February 1, 1915.
    28 Dec 1914outcome not readJournal 1914, p. 1490 ↗
  • A bill to repeal part of the moving picture exhibitions ordinance was passed for printing, not yet enacted.
    28 Dec 1914passed first readingJournal 1914, p. 1400 ↗
  • The Board selected Wednesday, January 27, 1915 at 8 p.m. to consider proposed charter amendments for submission to voters.
    1915outcome not readJournal 1915, p. 107 ↗
  • Board sets January 21 and 22, 1915 meetings to consider proposed charter amendments for the March election.
  • The Board moved the charter amendment election date from March 9 to March 16, and the motion carried.
    11 Jan 1915passedJournal 1915, p. 48 ↗
  • Supervisor Nelson moved that a Charter amendment limiting civil service dismissals to cause be approved.
    27 Jan 1915outcome not readJournal 1915 ↗
  • Special election called for March 16 on charter changes
    8 Feb 1915passedJournal 1915, p. 193 ↗
  • The Board ordered publication and 5,000 printed copies of proposed Charter amendments for the March 16, 1915 election.
    8 Feb 1915passedJournal 1915, p. 176 ↗
  • Board tentatively accepted Mrs. Arabella Huntington's offer of the California Street home site as a memorial park.
    16 Feb 1915amendedJournal 1915, p. 244 ↗
  • Board adopted a resolution opposing State Senate Bill 667, which would give the state superintendent power over local sealer appointments.
    8 Mar 1915passedJournal 1915, p. 320 ↗
  • Board fixed Tuesday, March 16, 1915 as the date for an election on Charter amendments, repealing Resolution 1502.
    16 Mar 1915passedJournal 1915, p. 69 ↗
  • Ranier Brewing Company to store 16,000 gallons on Florida Street
    17 May 1915outcome not readJournal 1915, p. 553 ↗
  • Revocable permit proposed for Robert C. Storrie & Company to blast on the Twin Peaks tunnel line, with a $5,000 bond.
    17 May 1915passed first readingJournal 1915, p. 553 ↗
  • Supervisor Nelson moved to cut the Assessor's Office budget from $98,800 to a lower amount.
    25 May 1915outcome not readJournal 1915 ↗
  • Nelson's motion struck the $1,500 general mechanic post from the San Francisco Hospital budget, passed 10 to 7.
    25 May 1915amendedJournal 1915 ↗
  • Proposed gas pipe inspection ordinance and $1800 special fund were sent to the Building Committee.
    26 May 1915referredJournal 1915 ↗
  • Supervisor Nelson's bill to repeal fifteen obsolete city ordinances was passed for printing on first reading.
    7 Jun 1915passed first readingJournal 1915, p. 635 ↗
  • Pool room ordinance banning betting and pool-selling was passed for printing on Supervisor Nelson's motion.
    7 Jun 1915passed first readingJournal 1915, p. 637 ↗
  • Citywide business license tax ordinance passed for printing on Supervisor Nelson's motion.
    12 Jul 1915passed first readingJournal 1915, p. 811 ↗
  • Proposed ordinance imposing license taxes on certain businesses, callings, trades and employments was passed for printing.
    12 Jul 1915passed first readingJournal 1915, p. 812 ↗
  • Bill No. 3708, imposing a license tax on slot machines and regulating their use, was passed for printing.
    2 Aug 1915passed first readingJournal 1915, p. 885 ↗
  • Supervisor Nelson proposed a bond issue for Municipal Railroad extensions into residential districts; it was referred to committees.
    20 Sep 1915referredJournal 1915, p. 1020 ↗
  • Supervisor Nelson's motion to reconsider the defeated bill letting the Board of Health isolate diphtheria carriers was refused.
    27 Sep 1915refusedJournal 1915 ↗
  • Pacific Gas and Electric told to light Fourth Street's 95 lamps
    11 Oct 1915passedJournal 1915, p. 1101 ↗
  • Supervisor Nelson proposed amending the Building Law on roofs of exhibition buildings; no final vote is printed here.
    18 Oct 1915outcome not readJournal 1915, p. 1104 ↗
  • Supervisor Nelson proposed repealing nine older licence and sales ordinances; no final vote is printed on this page.
    18 Oct 1915outcome not readJournal 1915, p. 1104 ↗
  • Bill 3816 proposed to repeal Ordinance 436, a license on selling liquor over one quart.
    25 Oct 1915outcome not readJournal 1915, p. 1126 ↗
  • A bill proposed on motion of Supervisor Nelson would repeal Ordinance 16 on undertaking establishments and Ordinance 399 on streetcar smoking.
    15 Nov 1915outcome not readJournal 1915, p. 1190 ↗
  • A resolution asking the Fire Commission to study two-platoon systems in other cities was referred to the Fire and Finance Committee.
    1 May 1916referredJournal 1916, p. 432 ↗
  • R. O'Banion allowed twelve horses only at 1237 Folsom Street
    8 May 1916outcome not readJournal 1916, p. 448 ↗
  • Blasting allowed on Allison Street for a sewer and pavement
    15 May 1916outcome not readJournal 1916, p. 505 ↗
  • Street levels set on Lake View Avenue between Plymouth and Jules
    22 May 1916passed first readingJournal 1916, p. 551 ↗
  • Board approved $30,000 for work on Marina Boulevard as a new item in the budget block.
    23 May 1916passedJournal 1916, p. 547 ↗
  • The Board raised the Police patrol drivers' pay line, item 286, to $35,880 for 26 drivers, by 15 votes to 3.
    24 May 1916amendedJournal 1916, p. 552 ↗
  • The Board raised one ambulance driver's pay line, item 486, to $1,380, by 15 votes to 3, later rescinded.
    24 May 1916amendedJournal 1916, p. 552 ↗
  • The Board raised the ambulance drivers' pay line, item 606, to $20,700 for 15 drivers, by 15 votes to 3.
    24 May 1916amendedJournal 1916, p. 552 ↗
  • Board approved the Recorder's Office copyists budget at $32,000 and $9,000 for six comparers, segregated from the original $36,000 item.
    24 May 1916passedJournal 1916, p. 551 ↗
  • Nelson's proposal to raise hospital elevator operators' pay to $1,080 each was withdrawn.
    25 May 1916withdrawnJournal 1916, p. 559 ↗
  • Board voted 12 to 6 to add $12,000 for visiting nurses checking tuberculosis homes, later cut to $5,000.
    25 May 1916passedJournal 1916, p. 560 ↗
  • Board raised Emergency Hospital assistant surgeons' pay from $1,320 to $1,500 per year on reconsideration.
    25 May 1916amendedJournal 1916, p. 561 ↗
  • Supervisors inserted $3,000 for automobile maintenance and repairs to trucks in the budget.
    26 May 1916passedJournal 1916 ↗
  • Emergency Hospital matrons' pay was raised to $1,080 each by amendment; the item was later rescinded.
    26 May 1916amendedJournal 1916 ↗
  • Protest by J. D. Roantree against a printing contract awarded to O'Connell & Davis was referred to the Finance Committee.
    21 Aug 1916referredJournal 1916, p. 896 ↗
  • Frank M. Barrett's stable on Eleventh Street put off a week
    11 Sep 1916continuedJournal 1916, p. 922 ↗
  • Clerk instructed to hire a stenographer to record the Judiciary Committee's hearings on the preferential voting charter amendment.
    11 Sep 1916passedJournal 1916, p. 936 ↗
  • Voters were asked to approve a charter amendment requiring refunds of illegally collected taxes at the November 7, 1916 election.
    21 Sep 1916submitted to votersJournal 1916, p. 981 ↗
  • The Board approved pending Sacramento bills aimed at reducing the high cost of living, by motion of Supervisor Nelson.
    27 Feb 1917passedJournal 1917, p. 253 ↗
  • Board thanked Mayor Rolph and Clerk Dunnigan for securing the Palo Alto military cantonment.
    2 Jul 1917passedJournal 1917, p. 876 ↗
  • Supervisor Nelson's plaster board amendment to the Building Law was sent back to the Public Buildings Committee.
    6 Aug 1917referredJournal 1917, p. 1025 ↗
  • Southern Pacific land money to be saved for buying city bonds
    12 Nov 1917passed first readingJournal 1917, p. 1364 ↗
  • Board repealed Resolution 15041, which had let the Department of Public Health hire a non-resident bacteriologist.
    3 Dec 1917passedJournal 1917 ↗
  • Repeal of Public Works salary increases for janitors, watchmen and elevator operators is proposed.
    21 Jan 1918outcome not readJournal 1918, p. 54 ↗
  • Pacific Gas & Electric to pull gas lamps at Mission Street
    11 Mar 1918outcome not readJournal 1918, p. 212 ↗
  • The Board approved $3,000 for two stenographers at $1,500 each after Supervisor Nelson's motion to raise the pay lost.
    22 May 1918passedJournal 1918 ↗
  • $32,000 cut to lighting; Pacific Gas & Electric removes street lamps
    5 Aug 1918outcome not readJournal 1918, p. 699 ↗
  • Pacific Gas & Electric Company instructed to change and remove street lamps.
    12 Aug 1918outcome not readJournal 1918, p. 719 ↗
  • Jean P. Urrere's laundry and boiler permit at 536 Castro Street was sent back to the Fire Committee.
    11 Sep 1918referredJournal 1918, p. 797 ↗
  • Pacific Gas & Electric to change street lamps on Howard Street
    12 Nov 1918outcome not readJournal 1918, p. 936 ↗
  • Board approved and commended the Mayor and Board of Public Works for handling the garbage situation.
    18 Nov 1918passedJournal 1918, p. 948 ↗
  • City Engineer to advise Detroit on its street railways
    20 Jan 1919passedJournal 1919, p. 45 ↗
  • Anti-Mask League petitions to repeal the influenza mask ordinance; Supervisor Nelson referred the petition to the Mayor.
    27 Jan 1919referredJournal 1919, p. 50 ↗
  • Filling station at Mission and Cotter transferred to Union Oil
    9 Jun 1919passedJournal 1919, p. 468 ↗
  • Supervisor Nelson moved a resolution to install street lights; the vote appears on the next page.
    25 Aug 1919outcome not readJournal 1919, p. 712 ↗
  • The Board recommended Charles F. Hornung to fill the Deputy Sealer of Weights and Measures vacancy.
    5 Sep 1919passedJournal 1919, p. 737 ↗
  • The Board asked the Police and Civil Service Commissions to transfer Joseph L. Bury to be its chauffeur.
    5 Sep 1919passedJournal 1919, p. 737 ↗
  • Civil Service Commission questioned the appointment of Supervisor Andrew J. Gallagher as Sealer of Weights and Measures; the communication was filed.
    19 Jan 1920outcome not readJournal 1920, p. 62 ↗
  • Board put off a bill regulating firearm sales in the city until next Monday, at 3 p.m.
    16 Feb 1920continuedJournal 1920, p. 144 ↗
  • Supervisor Nelson proposed that the Board of Public Works budget six dollars a day for laborers; outcome continues.
    29 Mar 1920outcome not readJournal 1920, p. 255 ↗
  • Bill proposed to amend Section 4 of the dance hall license ordinance, passed for printing.
    3 May 1920passed first readingJournal 1920, p. 364 ↗
  • Ordinance to repeal the water inspector position was referred to the Water Service Committee.
    17 May 1920referredJournal 1920, p. 408 ↗
  • Pacific Gas and Electric to move street lamps on Gough Street
    17 May 1920outcome not readJournal 1920, p. 406 ↗
  • Citizens urged to tidy city for Democratic convention visitors
    14 Jun 1920passedJournal 1920 ↗
  • Pacific Gas & Electric to light Mars Street and Cosmo Place
    28 Jun 1920passedJournal 1920, p. 564 ↗
  • Supervisor Nelson's bill proposes a $10 quarterly licence for second-hand clothing dealers, passed for printing.
    12 Jul 1920passed first readingJournal 1920, p. 591 ↗
  • Supervisor Nelson's motion authorised the Mayor to appoint a committee to entertain visiting naval midshipmen from Annapolis.
    19 Jul 1920passedJournal 1920, p. 613 ↗
  • An ordinance extending the Taxicab Hotel District to Bush, Powell, Sacramento, Leavenworth and Taylor streets was referred to the Police Committee.
    7 Sep 1920referredJournal 1920, p. 730 ↗
  • The Board carried a motion appointing Supervisors Hayden, McLeran and Hilmer to attend the funeral of Mrs. Virginia Scatena.
    13 Sep 1920passedJournal 1920, p. 765 ↗
  • Irving C. Ackerman allowed a dog kennel on Fourth Avenue
    20 Sep 1920outcome not readJournal 1920, p. 796 ↗
  • Supervisor Nelson's motion appointed a committee to seek endorsements for Constitutional Amendment No. 9 and a wharves charter amendment.
    4 Oct 1920passedJournal 1920, p. 842 ↗
  • Amusement park allowed on the Great Highway between Balboa and Fulton
    25 Oct 1920passedJournal 1920, p. 892 ↗
  • Chinese famine relief group granted amusement park permit
    15 Nov 1920passedJournal 1920, p. 931 ↗
  • Ordinance proposed to set the milk permit fee at eight cents per hundred gallons; passed for printing.
    22 Nov 1920passed first readingJournal 1920, p. 950 ↗
  • Proposed amendment to taxicab and hack rates for the Hotel District was passed for printing on first reading.
    20 Dec 1920passed first readingJournal 1920, p. 1008 ↗
  • Proposed higher maximum rates for furniture movers, including hourly truck, helper and piano charges, laid over one week.
    27 Dec 1920continuedJournal 1920, p. 1021 ↗
  • Supervisor Nelson proposed amending boxing and wrestling exhibition license fees under Ordinance 5132; outcome continues on the next page.
    7 Mar 1921outcome not readJournal 1921, p. 162 ↗
  • Board proposed revocable permission for George Hart to operate an amusement park on Block 1592.
    28 Mar 1921outcome not readJournal 1921, p. 203 ↗
  • Polish Society of California allowed a masquerade ball on Page Street
    28 Mar 1921passedJournal 1921, p. 203 ↗
  • Rex Lane allowed to run an amusement park
    13 Jun 1921outcome not readJournal 1921, p. 497 ↗
  • Amendment carried: a fifty-member committee proposed for the 1846 flag-raising Diamond Jubilee in San Francisco, as a Northern California event.
    27 Jun 1921amendedJournal 1921 ↗
  • The Board laid over the Weimar Sanitarium's offer to care for San Francisco patients until the City Attorney rules on legality.
    5 Jul 1921continuedJournal 1921, p. 572 ↗
  • Supervisor Nelson proposed an ordinance letting the Police Commission issue press badges for access to police lines.
    22 Aug 1921outcome not readJournal 1921, p. 711 ↗
  • Proposed amendment to baggage transport rates in Ordinance 4510 was passed for printing, setting zone fares across the city.
    3 Oct 1921passed first readingJournal 1921, p. 864 ↗
  • Proposed amendment to the baggage transport rate ordinance printed for consideration, covering Embarcadero and depot fares.
    3 Oct 1921passed first readingJournal 1921, p. 863 ↗
  • Red Stocking benefits backed at the New Mission and New Fillmore
    21 Nov 1921passedJournal 1921, p. 995 ↗
  • Harold W. Butler allowed a dog kennel at 1476 Twenty-fourth Avenue
    12 Dec 1921outcome not readJournal 1921, p. 1040 ↗
  • Hearing on the proposed Rincon Hill regrade was postponed until January 17, 1922, at the protestants' request.
    15 Dec 1921continuedJournal 1921, p. 1043 ↗