All decisions
about 2,100 Board decisions about Chester MacPhee, in date order. Each links to its printed page.
- Board thanks the City Attorney and Supervisor O'Gara for their help on the charter amendments.
- Round-the-clock parking ban proposed for Sixteenth and Illinois Streets
- Finance Committee proposes $300,000 from departmental surpluses for civil defence and municipal departments; a reporting amendment was proposed.
- Central Council of Civic Clubs asked for stricter inspection of fresh fruits and vegetables; the matter was referred to the Public Health and Welfare Committee.
- An emergency amendment to Ordinance 1448 would let the Civilian Defense Council fund its committees; outcome continues on the next page.
- Curator of the Monastery position exempted from Charter residency requirements; resolution re-referred to Finance Committee.
- Monastery curator exempt from city residency rule
- Market Street Railway forfeiture resolution set for the March 2 meeting
- Proposal to move Public Works per diem workers to monthly salaries from July 1, 1942 was referred to the Finance Committee.
- Committee to meet on the Japanese quarter after the evacuation
- MacPhee's motion against buying a new $2,500 Board automobile was sent back to the Finance Committee.
- Consideration of a request for a Civil Service survey of Park Department classifications was postponed to May 4, 1942.
- Consideration of an unnamed measure was postponed by Supervisor MacPhee until Monday, May 4, 1942.
- Board approved the Agricultural (Horticultural) Inspection Department budget, increased by $490 to $22,510.
- The Board's review of the Department of Public Health plumbing inspection budget continues on the next page.
- Meat inspection office budget of the Department of Public Health approved at $97,770, as recommended by the Finance Committee.
- The Board approved the Department of Public Health's Industrial Inspection budget of $17,740 as recommended by the Finance Committee.
- Finance Committee recommends no change to the Public Health budget for school medical inspection, a net increase of $592.
- Board approved the Recorder's budget of $99,763 as presented, after questions about possible staff cuts.
- Board approved the Public Health field nursing administration budget, which rises $1,340 for salary increases.
- Public Health field nursing budget for schools is under Board review; its outcome is not yet printed here.
- The Board approved the County Clerk's budget of $143,111, a $1,760 increase mostly from salary raises.
- The Board approved the Weights and Measures Department budget as recommended by the Finance Committee, with gas and oil reduced to $300.
- Supervisor MacPhee presented a budget analysis for the Public Defender; the Board's decision is not printed on this page.
- Board approved the Department of Public Health Tuberculosis Bureau budget, rising to $48,116, as presented.
- The Treasurer's budget was approved at $61,690, a $665 increase, after the Finance Committee recommended no change.
- The Real Estate Department's budget was approved as presented, with a $950 net increase.
- Budget of the Department of Public Health's venereal disease control unit approved at $54,234 as presented.
- Budget of the Department of Public Health's Bureau of Mental Hygiene approved at $16,358 as presented.
- Exposition Auditorium's budget was approved at $54,914, as recommended by the Finance Committee.
- Supervisor MacPhee presented the Coroner's budget analysis; the outcome appears on the next page.
- The Board approved the Department of Public Health's Statistics budget as presented, with no objection made.
- The Board approved the Department of Public Health's Food and Milk Inspection budget at $96,909, cutting fuel spending by $300 as the Finance Committee recommended.
- Isolation Hospital budget approved at $33,513, down $9,522 from $43,035, as presented by the Department of Public Health.
- Department of Public Health's Housing Inspection budget, proposed at $32,467, is under Finance Committee review, with its outcome on the next page.
- Motion to cut the Chief Administrative Officer's publicity and advertising fund by $20,000 failed on a tie vote.
- Board approved the Registrar of Voters' budget as recommended by the Finance Committee.
- Public Health Department's Tuberculosis Bureau budget approved at $48,116, an increase of $7,980 over the prior budget.
- The Finance Committee's proposed cut of a Special Work minor replacement line from $25,000 to $15,000 failed on a tie vote.
- The Board began reviewing the Public Administrator's budget, with its approval recorded on the next page.
- The Tax Collector's budget of $150,426 was approved as presented, with no change recommended by the Finance Committee.
- The Department of Public Health's Field Nursing, Other budget is proposed at $62,357, a $175 reduction.
- Board approved the Coroner's Civilian Defense Emergency budget of $2,100 as presented.
- Budget analysis of the Department of Public Health's Bacteriological Laboratory, $32,278 total, presented; decision not yet shown.
- Board approved the Chief Administrative Officer's budget, excluding the publicity and advertising fund, as the Finance Committee recommended.
- The Board approved the Department of Public Health's Dental Bureau budget, a net increase of $570, as presented.
- Budget analysis of the Department of Public Health's Chemical Laboratory was presented by Supervisor MacPhee; the outcome continues on the next page.
- Department of Public Health central office administration budget approved as recommended by the Finance Committee.
- Department of Public Health central office statistics budget is analysed; the Board's decision continues on the next page.
- The budget of the Board of Permit Appeals was approved as presented, with a $375 increase.
- Further consideration of a salary bill was indefinitely postponed.
- Public Pound budget of $20,000 approved unchanged with no objection from the Board.
- Light, Heat and Power engineering appropriation restored by $5,300 to $12,500, approved without objection.
- The Municipal Railway budget was approved by ten votes to one, excluding the Stockton Street reconstruction item.
- The San Francisco Water Department budget, Index 66, was approved without objection on Supervisor MacPhee's motion.
- The Board approved the Public Works Bridges budget at $65,224, a $20 net decrease, as presented.
- Board approved the Department of Public Works sewage pumping stations budget of $29,591 as presented.
- The Board approved the City Attorney's budget of $95,590 as presented by the Finance Committee.
- Supplemental budget of $100,000 for decontamination facilities was approved without objection on the Mayor's recommendation.
- The Board approved the Adult Probation Department budget of $28,304 for the year.
- Motion to delete the $21,000 travel expense appropriation for civil defence automobiles failed on a 5-5 tie.
- Motion to delete the $12,000 appropriation for 4,000 police belts failed, 3 ayes to 7 noes.
- The Board approved a $380,000 supplemental budget for civilian defence emergencies, to be drawn on as needed.
- Finance Committee cuts of $425 to vehicle storage and tire budget lines approved without objection.
- Finance Committee proposed cutting the Mayor's $364,363 Emergency Reserve Fund to $200,000; the Board's vote follows.
- Printing of posters and quarter cards cut from $23,500 to $10,000, approved without objection.
- The Board approved the Art Commission budget as amended, with ten ayes and one absent.
- The Board agreed to give effect in the budget to new per diem crafts salary rates, contingent on Mayor's approval.
- Supervisor MacPhee introduced an ordinance approving leases of Park Department land to the United States Army during the emergency.
- The $21,000 travel expense appropriation in the 1942 budget was struck out by a six to four vote.
- Ordinance amending the Salary Standardization Ordinance passed for second reading, substituting four earlier bills.
- The Finance Committee recommends no change to the Department of Electricity civilian defence budget of $5,492.
- The Board disapproved the 1942-1943 budget, rescinded that vote, and MacPhee renewed the motion to adopt it.
- Supervisor MacPhee called attention to the Mayor's budget, with discussion continuing on the next page.
- Temporary salaries of $3,720 in the 1942 budget were struck out without objection.
- Other contractual services of $1,700 in the 1942 budget were struck out without objection.
- The furniture appropriation was reduced from $4,251 to $2,000 in the 1942 budget without objection.
- The night stick appropriation for police was reduced from $9,000 to $4,000 in the 1942 budget without objection.
- $125,000 added for a Richmond District emergency hospital at Sixth Avenue
- Supplemental budget increases of $115,558 for Municipal Railway pay and pensions approved by a vote of nine to two.
- War Memorial budget raised by $1,600 for insurance, collected from tenants, and a stage property man hired as needed.
- Civil Service Commission staff pay adjusted for salary standardization, with three salaries set at the Mayor's amounts.
- Board approved the Public Works Bureau of Architecture budget at $6,240, including a $240 salary increase.
- Board approved the Public Works Bureau of Accounts budget at $26,330, with gasoline and oil cut to $500.
- The Board approved the tentative 1942 budget of the San Francisco Unified School District, totalling $12,345,282, by a vote of six to four.
- Budget for the Department of Public Works Central Permit Bureau was presented; outcome continues on the next page.
- The $2,400 appropriation for portable motion picture projectors was eliminated without objection.
- The appropriation for temporary salaries was eliminated without objection.
- Supplemental budget of $330,000 added to Civilian Defense funds, raising the unallocated amount to $380,000, was approved.
- Board approved the Public Works Bureau of Engineering budget, keeping a $17,310 appropriation for employees after a Finance Committee change.
- A supplemental budget to increase the salary of the Secretary of the Art Commission was proposed.
- Budget for De Young Memorial Museum civilian defense approved at $5,220, with watchmen cut from five to three.
- Scavenger vehicle licence ordinance was re-referred to the Finance Committee on Supervisor MacPhee's motion.
- The furniture appropriation was reduced from $4,251 to $2,000 without objection.
- The night stick appropriation was reduced from $9,000 to $4,000 without objection.
- Motion by Supervisor MacPhee to delete the Judge McMahon position from the District Attorney's budget was defeated.
- Supervisor MacPhee moved that the 1942-1943 city budget be approved as amended; the vote follows on the next page.
- The Board approved the Mayor's budget, including the amended Emergency Reserve Fund, by a 6 to 2 vote.
- The Board approved the Steinhart Aquarium budget with Contractual Services cut from $9,876 to $7,376.
- Board approved its own budget with Finance Committee cuts to printing, publication and miscellaneous supplies.
- The Adult Probation Department's budget rose $699 to $28,304 and was approved as presented without objection.
- The Board approved the Finance Committee's recommendation to fund $100,000 for constructing and equipping a defouling station.
- The Board, without objection, eliminated the Chief of Service position from the Civilian Defense Council budget.
- Supervisor MacPhee proposed asking the Civil Service Commission to submit updated pay schedules for certain city classifications.
- The Board approved cutting the Municipal Band appropriation from $17,000 to $15,000.
- City Planning Commission budget approved, with a $25,000 cut from Other Professional Services as the Finance Committee recommended.
- Supervisor MacPhee moved to eliminate the Press and Radio Coordinator position from the Civilian Defense Council budget; Director Helms objected.
- Finance Committee's proposal to delete $2,500 for motion picture rental was refused approval on a tie vote.
- Recreation Department budget approved with less for Silver Avenue playground
- The 1942 poster and quarter card printing appropriation was reduced from $23,300 to $10,000 without objection.
- Portable motion picture projectors costing $2,400 were struck from the 1942 budget without objection.
- A $12,000 appropriation for 4,000 police belts was struck from the 1942 budget by a six to four vote.
- A motion to cut the $300 monthly Press and Radio Coordinator salary from the 1942 budget failed.
- A motion to strike the $2,500 motion picture rental appropriation failed on a five to five tie.
- The Board reduced the Publicity and Advertising Fund by $20,000, from $320,000 to $300,000, by 8 to 2 vote.
- Motion to approve the city budget failed, with ten supervisors voting no.
- The city's annual budget was approved for the coming year by the Board of Supervisors.
- The Board cut the WPA appropriation from $110,000 to $75,000 by voice vote with no objection.
- The Board voted 7 to 3 to eliminate the $17,310 surveyors appropriation in the Department of Public Works budget.
- The Board voted 7 to 3 to delete the $107,000 appropriation for the Richmond Emergency Hospital.
- Motions to cut or delete the city's Publicity and Advertising Fund failed, so the fund remained intact.
- The Annual Appropriation Ordinance, which sets the city's spending, was moved for passage on second reading.
- Supervisor MacPhee presented a resolution to compel Market Street Railway Company to repair pavement it is obliged to keep in order.
- Finance Committee to argue for impounding Market Street Railway profits
- Market Street Railway to be leased, with an option to buy
- Proposed $240 reappropriation to adjust pay of two telephone operators at San Francisco Hospital.
- Proposed emergency ordinance moving $600 to raise pay for an orderly and four porters at Laguna Honda Home.
- Resolution urges the Governor and California State Guard to supply guards to patrol the Hetch Hetchy water supply facilities.
- Helen McClatchy's building assessment at 1457 Valencia Street was reduced by $100 to $1,500, after Supervisor MacPhee moved it.
- City proposes to lease the Market Street Railway's transit system
- Supervisor MacPhee moves to override the Mayor's veto on railway pooling
- Round-the-clock parking ban proposed for Edith and Sixteenth Streets
- Consideration of a $3,900 appropriation to guard Water Department properties in Alameda County was postponed to August 24, 1942.
- City proposes to lease the Market Street Railway's transit system
- Controller asked to prepare and submit the 1942-1943 tax rate ordinance to the Finance Committee.
- Proposed charter amendment on Municipal Railway bonds and railway purchase terms was postponed until September 8, 1942.
- Proposed ordinance appropriating $1,890 to create a General Storekeeper position in the Purchasing Department.
- Board debates a charter amendment to buy the Market Street Railway system; no vote is recorded on this page.
- Charter amendment on medical care for city employees was postponed until September 14, 1942.
- The City Attorney was asked to prepare legislation for a $7,950,000 revenue bond to buy Market Street Railway properties.
- Proposed ordinance would make the dollar flat taxicab fare for trips of three miles or more optional during the war.
- One-man street cars proposed for the Market Street Railway in wartime
- City proposes to lease the Market Street Railway's transit system
- Charter amendment on sales of city property and real estate broker commissions was tabled on motion by MacPhee.
- Charter amendment on economic surveys for municipal employee pay was re-referred to the Judiciary Committee.
- Proposed charter amendment on Health Service System staff would place them under civil service; MacPhee's amendment to it carried without objection.
- Supervisor MacPhee proposed a substitute charter amendment allowing the Board to sell Municipal Railway revenue bonds at public or private sale.
- City proposes to lease the Market Street Railway's transit system
- Supervisor MacPhee introduced Bill 1896 to require ventilation, light and ratproofing for commercial small-animal keeping.
- Board urges the Civil Service Commission to liberalize seniority rules so employees can be released to aid the war effort.
- Sale plan set for the transit bonds if voters approve
- Finance Committee proposed appropriating $81,300 to buy equipment and supplies for civilian defense rescue units.
- Mayor and his committee invited to report on plan to acquire Market Street Railway properties at the October 20 meeting.
- Lease of a North Beach lot to the Telegraph Hill Neighborhood Association for a playground was re-referred to the Finance Committee.
- Supervisors continued consideration of the bill on keeping homing and carrier pigeons until Monday, October 19, 1942.
- The Finance Committee's $12.00 expense for its Hetch Hetchy inspection trip was ordered paid.
- Resolution No. 2984 asks the Controller not to transfer departmental surpluses without Board of Supervisors approval.
- Ordinance appropriating $4,650 for three Police Department clerk-typist positions was re-referred to Finance Committee for adjustment.
- Proposed amendment to the salary ordinance adds special janitor and stationary engineer pay items for the Board of Education.
- Board authorized its Finance Committee to attend the Highway Commission in Sacramento to seek a lower Funston Avenue cost share.
- Bicycle licensing ordinance consideration was continued to November 30, 1942 on Supervisor MacPhee's motion.
- State may refund $180,000 for the Funston Avenue bridge approach
- The salary ordinance setting city employees' pay rates was postponed one week, then re-referred to the Finance Committee.
- The Board ordered service flags with stars hung in its chambers and the Clerk's office to honour members and staff serving in the armed forces.
- An emergency ordinance proposes $2,800 to create an Assistant Director of Civilian Defense position at $400 monthly.
- An ordinance adding a general clerk-stenographer post to the San Francisco Civilian War Council was taken up for final passage.
- Proposal to rent Union League Club quarters to house service men awaits a recommendation from the Civilian War Council.
- Supervisor MacPhee presented an emergency ordinance authorizing a salary survey contract with Public Administration Service for the Civil Service Commission.
- Mayor and Utilities Manager Cahill were asked to attend the December 21 meeting to discuss a universal street car transfer.
- Board congratulated Fritz Goodwin and his wife on the birth of their son by rising vote.
- Supervisor MacPhee introduced an ordinance adding Section 131 to the Traffic Code on penalties for particular violations.
- Ordinance paying $400 monthly for a civilian defense assistant director was refused, reconsidered, and re-referred to Finance Committee.
- Emergency ordinance proposed to appropriate $2,800 for a new assistant civilian defense director post.
- Supervisor MacPhee proposed barring taxicab stands on the streets covered by the parking resolution; referred to Police Committee.
- Proposed purchase of San Mateo County land for the San Francisco Airport from Pacific Portland Cement Company for $22,000.
- Supervisor Gallagher was authorized to confer at Mare Island about acquiring part of the U.S.S. San Francisco superstructure.
- Supervisor MacPhee proposes urging the Mayor to suspend charter rules requiring city workers to live in San Francisco during the war.
- Supervisor Gallagher was authorised to go to Mare Island to confer about acquiring part of the cruiser San Francisco's superstructure.
- Proposed $250 appropriation from civilian defence reserve to buy civilian defence lapel insignia.
- Controller authorized to pay $130.62 for expenses of a December 1942 conference with San Francisco legislators.
- Board left city employees' salary-increase petition with the City Attorney to arrange a meeting with the Controller, Mayor and Finance Committee.
- Bill on city employee military leave for the war effort was re-referred to the Judiciary Committee.
- Proposed ordinance would accept gifts and money for the Salvage for Victory Campaign into a special fund.
- Consideration of leasing 800 acres of city oil land in Kern County to Bishop Oil Company was postponed.
- Board re-referred to Finance Committee the proposed twenty-year oil lease of city land in Kern County to Bishop Oil Company.
- Supervisor MacPhee proposed a resolution asking Congress to direct the Office of Price Administration to work with California on fluid milk supply; referred to committee.
- Board adopted an amended resolution approving revised salary rates for many city employee classes, after a Civil Service Commission report.
- The Board took the entire salary standardization subject into its own hands, ordered without objection.
- Board adopted amended resolution setting city employee pay schedules and asking the Civil Service Commission to report by March 22, 1943.
- Salary standardization Bill 2165 was indefinitely postponed on MacPhee's motion; a substitute ordinance passed March 29, 1943.
- Board proposes amending the Municipal Court salary ordinance to raise court room clerk positions from two to three, effective March 15, 1943.
- Bill appropriating $752.50 for a Municipal Court clerk for a venereal diseases program was re-referred to Finance Committee.
- Supervisors sent a $752.50 emergency appropriation for a venereal disease court clerk back to Finance Committee.
- Proposed emergency ordinance would raise Municipal Court room clerk positions from two to three, effective March 15, 1943.
- Supervisor MacPhee moved that the Clerk write thanks to the State Chamber of Commerce for its San Francisco meeting.
- Board asks the Ninth Corps Area commander for military guards on Hetch Hetchy and San Francisco's water system during the war.
- Board approved corrections to city department salary rates to conform with the Salary Standardization Ordinance.
- Salary corrections for many city departments under the Salary Standardization Ordinance were approved by the Mayor.
- Supervisor Gallagher moved to raise the Juvenile Court budget by $5,000 instead of the $9,130 requested.
- Board approved the budget of the San Francisco Unified School District without objection.
- The Fire Department requested a $360,821 supplemental budget for its Civilian Defense Division, presented to the Board without Finance Committee recommendation.
- The Board approved a $150,000 supplemental appropriation for the Public Welfare Department's aid to needy children, cut from a $181,000 request.
- The full city budget, including all departmental and supplemental requests, was approved after Finance Committee review.
- San Francisco Airport budget approved after restoring $500 to its tax appropriation, without objection.
- Water Department budget approved after restoring $5,944 for source-of-supply sanitation and setting equipment at $35,000.
- Board rescinded its earlier approval of the Heat, Light and Power budget; no new decision is printed here.
- The Annual Salary Ordinance, setting city employee pay for the coming fiscal year, was passed for second reading.
- Board finally passed an emergency ordinance reappropriating $210 to create a Field Supervisor post for the Air Raid Warden Service.
- Bill 2284, previously finally passed, was rescinded and sent back to the Finance Committee.
- Bill 2281 on depositing Water Department funds was withdrawn from the calendar and re-referred to Finance Committee.
- Proposed $5,000 appropriation from the 1932 Hetch Hetchy Bond Fund to defend land damage claims from the Hetch Hetchy project.
- Bus-for-streetcar swap by Market Street Railway held for final passage
- Overtime pay dispute for Municipal Railway inspectors was set as a special order of business for July 12, 1943.
- Buying the Underwriters' Fire Patrol buildings sent back to committee
- Telegraph Hill Neighborhood Association's land assessment at 555 Chestnut Street was reduced by $9,650 to $250.
- R.E. and Yvonne Higgs' assessment application for 2036 Green Street was taken under advisement on Supervisor MacPhee's motion.
- Walter and Henry Darmstadt's assessment application for 2711 22nd Street was taken under advisement on Supervisor MacPhee's motion.
- F. Mark's land assessment application at Irving and 47th Avenue was taken under advisement on Supervisor MacPhee's motion.
- Sadie Cohn's assessment application for 624 Stanyan Street was taken under advisement, with no decision yet.
- Laurel Hill Cemetery Association's second assessment application was postponed at its request until Thursday, July 15, 1943.
- The Board reduced Neva Ottley's assessment on two lots at Margaret and Summit by $25 each, to $470 total.
- The Board confirmed the appraisers' recommendation that F. Mark's property at Irving and 47th Avenue receive no assessment reduction.
- Laurel Hill Cemetery's assessment was cut by $182,320 to $5,400 on MacPhee's motion, with no objection.
- On Supervisor MacPhee's motion, the Board confirmed a $500 cut in the improvements assessment on P. F. Reilly's property at 730 Ellis Street.
- Board of Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church's improvements assessment at 1040 Bush cut $2,500 to $25,000.
- Overtime pay rate for Municipal Railway inspectors was postponed to July 26, 1943.
- Proposed emergency ordinance converts monthly pay rates to daily rates for certain city employees, effective August 1, 1943.
- Board authorized a $122.75 budget transfer to pay a temporary chauffeur during the regular chauffeur's vacation.
- Greyhound and Jessie Street owners clash over sidewalks and grade
- Proposed $4,500 transfer from the Salvage for Victory Fund to pay June and July tin-can scavenger bills, sent to Finance Committee.
- Salary ordinance on 5-day and 6-day work weeks for city employees was re-referred to the Finance Committee.
- Board approved the Chief Administrative Officer's report on food quality and restaurant facilities at the Bethlehem Shipyards.
- Supervisor MacPhee presented resolution urging the Mayor to comply with state law requiring display of the California flag on public buildings.
- Leo Paslin would pay the City $500 to settle claims over old age security paid to his parents.
- Board moved to finally pass an emergency ordinance appropriating $109,440 to pay 76 San Francisco Water Department rangers.
- Supervisor Mead moved that the Board send a representative, possibly from Finance Committee, to a Washington transportation meeting; debate continues.
- Proposed compromise of city lawsuits against Leo Paslin for old-age security paid to his parents, referred from Finance Committee without recommendation.
- The Board referred MacPhee's request for more San Mateo County money for Log Cabin Ranch School to the Chief Probation Officer.
- The Board sent the Mayor its wishes for a speedy recovery from illness and an early return to office.
- Track removal bids on Twenty-fourth and Guerrero came in too high
- Resolution honouring newspaperman Al C. Joy adopted unanimously by rising vote, and the Board adjourned in his memory.
- Board approved paying $625 in 1943 dues to the League of California Cities, with no objection.
- Action on a proposed compromise of Dozolina Rolandi's damage claim over an alleged slide was postponed.
- A claim settlement with Dozolina Rolandi over a slide was sent back to the Finance Committee.
- Reconsideration of Edward Kenney's appointment to the Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District was postponed to January 31, 1944.
- Market Street Railway's street repair obligations were postponed to a special order of business on January 31, 1944.
- Supervisor MacPhee's proposal to make San Carlos and Lexington Streets one-way was sent to the Police Committee.
- Ordinance changing Park Department gardener and head gardener pay for a six-day week was re-referred to Finance Committee.
- Park Department salary schedule Bill 2269 was re-referred to the Finance Committee by Supervisor MacPhee.
- Bill 2731 proposes a six-day week for Park Department gardeners, with changed positions and pay effective February 16, 1944.
- Park Department reappropriation of $16,110 for a six-day week for gardeners was re-referred to Finance Committee by Supervisor MacPhee.
- Proposed change to park gardeners' pay and a six-day week, effective January 1, 1944.
- Amendment limiting the Chief Administrative Officer's power to negotiate and close deals for a free market carried.
- Proposed ordinance on electrical musical devices and public nuisance enforcement; Supervisor Green moved to postpone consideration two weeks.
- Proposed: police clerks and assistants assigned to the District Attorney's warrant and bond office, with no extra pay.
- Treasurer authorized to invest $5,000 and $15,000 of bequest funds in savings bonds, passed as an emergency measure.
- Proposal to move the deadline for supplemental budget requests from May 15th to May 1st is before the Board.
- The Board unanimously adopted a memorial resolution for Mrs. Ada Morris, wife of Municipal Judge Clarence W. Morris, and adjourned in her honour.
- Proposed emergency ordinance appropriates $10,950 from surplus for improvements at the Juvenile Detention Home; vote continues on next page.
- Supervisor MacPhee asked to briefly raise another proposal to cancel taxes on federally owned properties.
- Board considers a $40,000 appropriation to cover Municipal Railway passenger and damage claims, and a proposed amendment requiring Board approval of settlements.
- Matter taken into the Board's own hands on Supervisor MacPhee's motion, seconded by Mead, without objection.
- Emergency ordinance proposed to appropriate $10,950 for improvements at the Juvenile Detention Home.
- Supervisor MacPhee presented a salary schedule ordinance for city and school district employees, effective July 1, 1944.
- The Board approved setting the Car Repairer Welder salary at $11 per day on the Finance Committee's recommendation.
- Lineman and related electrical worker pay classes were approved at the Finance Committee's recommended rates, passed 7 to 1.
- The Board approved a salary range of $175 to $225 for the Playground Director classification on the Finance Committee's recommendation.
- Pay ranges for L-group jobs, including Dental Hygienist, Dietitian and Chief Dietitian, approved.
- Board approved Finance Committee pay rates for U-group city workers, including water department workers at $8 per day, by 7 votes to 1.
- Supervisor MacPhee moved approval of administrative provisions of a proposed salary standardization ordinance; the final vote is not yet recorded.
- Board approved Finance Committee pay rates for chauffeurs and ambulance drivers, set in line with police rates.
- Finance Committee janitor pay rates were debated; Supervisor Mancuso's lower-rate amendment failed for want of a second.
- Supervisor MacPhee presented a Civil Service Commission resolution adopting employee compensation schedules; the vote is not printed on this page.
- Pay ranges for M-group city jobs were proposed by the Finance Committee; the vote continues on the next page.
- Machinist and bracemaker day rates were restored to the original recommendations, carried 6 to 2 by the Board.
- Finance Committee pay recommendations for the P group of employments, including hospital stewards and public health nurses, were proposed for approval.
- Pay ranges for the T group of juvenile detention, probation and social service jobs were proposed on the Finance Committee's recommendation.
- Finance Committee pay recommendations for B-group city employees proposed by MacPhee; vote not shown.
- Pay ranges for I-group city jobs, including Porter Foreman, Head Porter, Seamstress and Head Seamstress, approved.
- Pay ranges for N-group inspectors, including Market and Food Inspector and Housing and Industrial Inspector, approved.
- Supervisor MacPhee proposed raising Municipal Railway operator pay rates to match earlier Finance Committee recommendations; undecided on this page.
- Consideration of Housing Authority tax payments was postponed two weeks so the Assessor could investigate further.
- Supervisors tabled Bill No. 2800, the Salary Standardization Ordinance, by a 10-0 vote, with Brown absent.
- Board agreed without objection to hear the Market Street Railway purchase declaration as a Committee of the Whole on March 27.
- Supervisor MacPhee's change to the depreciation fund in the Market Street Railway purchase charter amendment was approved; vote counts not printed.
- Board approved an amended charter provision setting the Market Street Railway reconstruction fund at $300,000 to $500,000 in the first year.
- Supervisor Mancuso was appointed, without objection, to represent the Board at the County Supervisors' Association convention in Visalia.
- Supervisor MacPhee moved to authorize payment of 1944 membership dues to the County Supervisors Association; outcome continues on the next page.
- The Board set a public hearing on the budget for Tuesday, May 9, 1944, at 2:00 p.m.
- Ordinance on returning defendants to San Francisco was re-referred to committee on Supervisor MacPhee's motion.
- Mayor's veto of the fair juries plea put off
- MacPhee proposed extending the deadline for supplemental budget requests from May 10 to May 15, 1944; he did not press it.
- Board approved the Municipal Court budget without objection, on Supervisor MacPhee's motion.
- Board approved the Superior Court budget without objection, on Supervisor MacPhee's motion.
- Board approved the Juvenile Court probation office budget without objection, on Supervisor MacPhee's motion.
- Board approved the Chief Administrative Officer budget without objection, on Supervisor MacPhee's motion.
- Board approved the Department of Finance and Records budget without objection, on Supervisor MacPhee's motion.
- Supervisor MacPhee moved approval of the Public Works budget for the Sewage Treatment Plant, approved without objection.
- Supervisor MacPhee moved approval of the Public Works budget for the Sewage Pumping Stations, approved without objection.
- Supervisor MacPhee moved approval of the Public Works budget for Street Cleaning, approved without objection.
- Supervisor MacPhee moved approval of the Public Works budget for Street Repair, approved without objection.
- Supervisor MacPhee moved approval of the Public Works budget for Bridges, approved without objection.
- Public Pound budget approved without objection.
- Health Department chemical laboratory budget approved by the Board without objection, on Supervisor MacPhee's motion.
- Health Department plumbing division budget approved by the Board without objection, on Supervisor MacPhee's motion.
- Health Department field nursing administration budget approved by the Board without objection, on Supervisor MacPhee's motion.
- Health Department field nursing in schools budget approved by the Board without objection, on Supervisor MacPhee's motion.
- The Public Utilities Commission General Office budget was approved by nine ayes, with two supervisors absent.
- The San Francisco Airport budget under the Public Utilities Commission was approved by nine ayes, with two absent.
- The Public Utilities Commission Light, Heat and Power budget was approved by nine ayes, with two absent.
- The Assessor's 1944-45 budget was approved on Supervisor MacPhee's motion, without objection.
- Isolation Hospital budget approved without objection under the Health Department.
- Emergency Hospital budget approved without objection under the Health Department.
- Agricultural Department budget approved without objection.
- The Weights and Measures Department budget was approved without objection on MacPhee's motion.
- The Controller's budget was approved after a $65,000 increase, mostly for salary adjustments and tax judgments.
- District Attorney's budget for fiscal 1944-1945 approved without objection.
- Treasurer's budget for fiscal 1944-1945 approved without objection.
- Fire Department budget for fiscal 1944-1945 approved without objection.
- Board of Permit Appeals budget for fiscal 1944-1945 approved without objection.
- Board approved the Department of Public Health's central office accounting budget without objection.
- Board approved the Health Department's central office bacteriological laboratory budget without objection.
- Board approved the Health Department's central office school medical inspection budget without objection.
- Board approved the Health Department's central office dental bureau budget without objection.
- Board approved the Health Department's central office food and sanitary inspection budget without objection.
- Machine Shop budget approved as requested, with one machinist's salary of $2,838 questioned but left in place.
- Public Library budget approved without objection after Supervisor MacPhee explained and moved it.
- War Memorial budget approved without objection after Supervisor MacPhee explained and moved it.
- San Francisco Water Department supplemental budget approved by vote of nine to none.
- Hetch Hetchy Water Supply budget approved by vote of nine to none.
- Hetch Hetchy Power Operative budget approved by vote of nine to none.
- Utilities Engineering budget approved by vote of nine to none.
- Hetch Hetchy War Emergency budget approved by vote of nine to none.
- San Francisco Unified School District budget approved without objection.
- Employees' Retirement System budget approved without objection.
- The 1944 budget for the Registrar of Voters was approved without objection.
- The 1944 budget for the Recorder was approved without objection.
- The 1944 budget for the County Clerk was approved without objection.
- The 1944 budget for the Department of Public Works General Office was approved without objection.
- The 1944 budget for the Bureau of Accounts of Public Works was approved without objection.
- The 1944 budget for the Building Inspection division of Public Works was approved without objection.
- The 1944 budget for the Engineering division of Public Works was approved without objection.
- Recreation Commission budget heard; a Miraloma District speaker followed, with outcome on the next page.
- Board approved the San Francisco Law Library budget without objection, on Supervisor MacPhee's motion.
- Board approved the Juvenile Court Detention Home budget without objection, on Supervisor MacPhee's motion.
- Board approved the Log Cabin Ranch budget with a $19,000 increase, while its continuation remained undecided.
- Board approved the Juvenile Court Laguna Honda Girls School budget without objection, on Supervisor MacPhee's motion.
- Board approved the Adult Probation Department budget without objection, on Supervisor MacPhee's motion.
- Board approved the Tax Collector budget without objection, on Supervisor MacPhee's motion.
- Supervisor MacPhee moved approval of the Public Works budget for the Central Permit Bureau, approved without objection.
- Supervisor MacPhee moved approval of the Public Works budget for Sewer Repair, approved without objection.
- Supervisor MacPhee moved approval of the Public Works budget for the Special Road Improvement Fund for County Roads, approved without objection.
- Supervisor MacPhee moved approval of the Public Works budget for the Special Gas Tax Street Improvement Fund, approved without objection.
- Supervisor MacPhee moved approval of the Department of Electricity budget, approved without objection.
- Health Department City Physicians budget approved by the Board without objection, on Supervisor MacPhee's motion.
- Health Department other field nursing budget approved by the Board without objection, on Supervisor MacPhee's motion.
- Budget approved to open a new Hayes Valley-Fillmore field nursing office, planned as a full generalized health center, by 7 to 2.
- Health Department tuberculosis bureau budget approved by the Board without objection, on Supervisor MacPhee's motion.
- Health Department budget for Hunters Point area health centers covering the full fiscal year 1944-1945 is being considered.
- Interdepartmental Health Department central office budget approved without objection.
- Laguna Honda Home budget approved, adding about seven employments because patient help was scarce.
- San Francisco Hospital budget approved without objection under the Health Department.
- Hassler Health Home budget approved, adding about five employments because patient help was scarce.
- Public Welfare Department budget approved without objection.
- Coroner's office budget approved without objection.
- The City Planning Commission budget was approved without objection on MacPhee's motion.
- Supervisor MacPhee moved approval of the Municipal Railway budget; the vote is printed on the next page.
- City Attorney's budget for fiscal 1944-1945 approved without objection.
- Public Defender's budget for fiscal 1944-1945 approved without objection.
- Police Department budget for fiscal 1944-1945 approved without objection.
- Park Commission budget for fiscal 1944-1945 approved without objection.
- Board approved the Health Department's central office statistics budget without objection.
- Board approved the Health Department's central office milk and abattoir inspection budget without objection.
- Board approved the Health Department's central office communicable diseases budget without objection.
- Board approved the Health Department's central office venereal disease control budget without objection.
- Board approved the Health Department's central office mental hygiene budget without objection.
- Board approved the Health Department's central office child welfare medical budget without objection.
- Budget for the Department of Electricity's Inspection Bureau approved without objection on May 17, 1944.
- Budget for the Department of Electricity's Fire Alarm Office approved without objection on May 17, 1944.
- Budget for the Department of Electricity's Plant Division approved without objection on May 17, 1944.
- Public Health central administration budget approved after Supervisor Brown's motion to cut a $10,000 survey was defeated.
- Art Commission budget approved without objection after Supervisor MacPhee explained and moved it.
- M. H. de Young Memorial Museum budget approved without objection after Supervisor MacPhee moved it.
- Steinhart Aquarium budget approved without objection after Supervisor MacPhee explained and moved it.
- Simson African Hall budget at the California Academy of Sciences approved without objection after Supervisor MacPhee moved it.
- San Francisco Water Department budget approved by vote of nine to none.
- Civil Service Commission budget approved without objection.
- The 1944 budget for the Public Administrator was approved without objection.
- The 1944 budget for the Purchasing Department was approved without objection.
- The 1944 budget for the Real Estate Department was approved without objection.
- The 1944 budget for the Civic Auditorium was approved without objection.
- The 1944 budget for the Bureau of Building Repair of Public Works was approved without objection.
- Public Welfare Department's General Clerk-Stenographer position was swapped for a General Clerk-Typist, and the change was approved.
- Retirement System budget increased by $120,000 for military-leave and former firemen's obligations, and the increases were approved.
- Coordinating Council's budget increase of $446 for auto allowance, postage and telephone is proposed.
- Supplemental budget of $900 restoring a Senior Librarian post at the Public Library approved as children's hours resume.
- Juvenile Court position changed from Psychiatrist at $450 to part-time Physician Specialist at $250 per month, approved.
- Two Psychiatric Social Service Worker salaries in Juvenile Court set at $190 until February 1, 1945, then $205, approved.
- Detention Home maintenance post changed to Working Foreman-Janitor at $204 per month, approved as a pay correction.
- Supplemental budget of $7,160 for a Detention Home nurse and preliminary planning for a new Probation Department building approved.
- San Francisco Hospital general clerk part-time post cut by $79.50 and general clerk post raised by $160, approved.
- Emergency Hospital overtime allowance raised from $8,350 to $26,100, approved in supplemental budget.
- Hassler Health Home gets two new part-time physician-specialist positions at $75, approved.
- Hassler Health Home dietitian and registered nurse pay rates raised, with a five-day dietitian post, approved.
- Public Welfare Department automotive and storage budget increased by $1,250 in total, approved.
- Public Welfare Department unappropriated reserve of $75,000 set up for possible unemployment, approved.
- Supplemental budget increases of $14,098 for Water Department overtime, pensions and audit approved.
- Pension and retirement allowance increased by $189 for the Utilities Engineering Bureau, approved.
- Street Repair's staff is increased by four laborers and one sub-foreman asphalt finisher, with no added appropriation.
- Juvenile Court's supplemental budget of $16,115 for Log Cabin Ranch School furnishings and other needs was approved.
- Two Assistant Director salaries at Log Cabin Ranch School were reset, on a six-day week basis, and approved.
- The Public Administrator's printing appropriation was raised from $900 to $2,200 and approved.
- The Purchasing Department swapped one General Clerk-Stenographer post for a Clerk-Typist at $150 per month, and it was approved.
- The Purchasing Department was approved to add one Garageman at $209 per month and two daily Garagemen at $8.00 each.
- Park Department staff were moved to a 48-hour week at an added yearly cost of $14,344, subject to Civil Service Commission recommendation.
- Recreation Commission staff, including janitors and gardeners, were placed on a 44-hour basis at added yearly cost of $14,672, subject to Civil Service approval.
- Nine janitors at Hunters Point and teen-age centers were set up for a 44-hour week, as recommended by the Recreation Commission.
- The Recreation Commission's $10,000 supplemental budget for improving the northern section of Aptos Playground was approved.
- Supplemental budget restores a Public Health Educator post in the Health Department's venereal disease control division; approved without objection.
- Supplemental budget raises part-time city physician salaries in the Health Department; approved without objection.
- Supplemental budget raises the overtime allowance at Laguna Honda Home from $400 to $950; approved without objection.
- Supplemental budget raises the amount for three gas ranges at Laguna Honda Home from $1,500 to $3,200; approved without objection.
- Board approved budget change in the Coroner's office, replacing an ambulance driver post with a clerk-typist.
- Board approved a $26,507 increase in Municipal Railway budget for overtime, temporary pay, sick leave, and pensions.
- Purchasing Department's budget for premiums on official bonds raised from $12,000 to $15,000, approved without objection.
- Public Works raised an Electrical Engineering Inspector's pay at sewage pumping stations by $780, approved without objection.
- Chief Engineer's salary line in Public Works Bureau of Building Repair cut to half-time, $2,250, approved without objection.
- Public Works bridges budget increased $300 to cover half of the Chief Engineer's raise, approved without objection.
- Coordinating Council budget for fiscal 1944-1945 approved without objection after MacPhee's motion.
- Machinist salary in the Department of Electricity's machine shop questioned for a five-day week; outcome continues on next page.
- Board approved renaming the Red Cross rescue truck line Rescue Service, with $1,800 for truck upkeep and fuel.
- Board approved $2,400 to continue the City's contract with the Servicemen's Art Center at 450 Grant Avenue.
- Board approved a $300 salary increase for the Assessor's photographer, bringing it to $2,400.
- Board approved $3,000 to continue the City Attorney's Claims Investigator position.
- Board approved $390 in Sheriff salary increases for an elevator operator and a head keeper.
- Civilian War Council budget recommendation approved, deleting an Assistant Director and a Supervisor of Volunteer Registration and reclassifying a clerk-stenographer post.
- Civilian War Council budget request approved, replacing one General Storekeeper position with a General Storekeeper position at $2,280.
- Bureau of Light, Heat and Power budget raised $160 for pension and retirement allowance; approved.
- Civil Service Commission budget additions for Market Street Railway staff and supplies proposed; legality of approval questioned.
- Hetch Hetchy Power Division received a $1,118 supplemental appropriation for overtime pay; approved.
- Hetch Hetchy Power Division budget lines raised by $2,456, $2,635 and $938 for overtime, temporary salaries and pensions; approved.
- San Francisco Water Department salaries raised by $15,435 permanent, $806 civilian defense and $125 temporary; approved.
- Two sheriff's chauffeurs' monthly pay raised from $205 to $252 each, approved by supplemental budget.
- Park Department equipment item raised by $500 to buy a second-hand roller, approved by supplemental budget.
- Park Department's operating engineer and janitor get full pay, adding $240 for dropped living quarters deductions, approved.
- Park Department's tractor chauffeur position set up at $13 a day, replacing an $8-a-day chauffeur, approved by supplemental budget.
- Park Department watchmen, janitors and animal keepers moved to 48-hour weeks at $14,344 a year, subject to Civil Service approval.
- The Board approved a $1,000 supplemental appropriation to extend building repairs at Civilian Defense Headquarters.
- Supplemental appropriation of $12,135 for pay of employees transferred under the disability provision was approved.
- Supplemental budget of $735 for Public Library pension costs approved after salary standardization raised the salary roll.
- Supplemental budget of $50 for an extra organ concert at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor approved.
- Museum staff positions at the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum reclassified, cutting the budget by $456, approved.
- San Francisco Hospital anaesthesiologist part-time post changed to a physician-specialist at the same $2,250 rate, approved.
- Hassler Health Home telephone operator post changed to a general clerk-typist at $160, approved.
- Supplemental budget increases of $741 for Hetch Hetchy Water Supply salaries and pensions approved; a garage foreman post changed.
- Two as-needed lineman positions added to the Hetch Hetchy Power Operative budget, at daily rates.
- Special Agent positions in the Hetch Hetchy War Emergency budget increased from three to six, costing $8,640, approved.
- Health Department staffing and pay changes at San Francisco Hospital and Laguna Honda Home approved in supplemental budget without objection.
- Health Department central office postage budget raised from $3,800 to $5,600, approved without objection.
- Employees' Retirement System supplemental budget requests for military leave and former firemen's benefits were approved without objection.
- The Registered Nurse salary at Laguna Honda Girls School was raised from $150 to $180 per month and approved.
- The Tax Collector's postage appropriation was raised to $5,200 and printing to $7,400, and approved.
- The Registrar of Voters' advertising appropriation was raised from $700 to $1,500 and approved.
- A General Clerk position in the Recreation Commission was reclassified to Senior Clerk, adding $525 to the budget, and approved.
- A $64,400 supplemental budget for Department of Education county officers was approved after a settlement with the Civil Service Commission, avoiding court action.
- Supplemental budget raises physician-specialist pay in the Health Department's communicable diseases bureau; approved without objection.
- Supplemental budget adds kitchen helpers, orderlies, a porter and seven registered nurses at Laguna Honda Home; approved without objection.
- Supplemental budget adds one Head Nurse post at Laguna Honda Home; approved without objection.
- Board approved a budget change for the City Planning Commission, cutting positions for a net decrease of $1,380.
- Board approved raising the Controller's audit budgets for the Retirement System to $3,500 and School Department to $2,000.
- Board approved cutting one Head Clerk post in the Controller's office and adding a General Clerk-Typist.
- Board approved an extra $978 in the Controller's budget to cover a tax judgment for Fisher Corporation, Ltd.
- A $13,613 supplemental appropriation for Municipal Railway staff working over forty hours is proposed; outcome continues.
- Purchasing Department's official advertising budget raised from $5,200 to $12,200, approved without objection.
- Public Works engineering bureau reshuffled field staff positions and salaries, approved without objection; the change needs no new appropriation.
- Public Works raised an Assistant Engineer's salary from $3,600 to $4,500 using a $900 supplemental appropriation, approved without objection.
- Public Works Bureau of Street Repair seeks a $3,684 supplemental appropriation; the outcome continues on the next page.
- Recreation Commission budget approved after the Board reinstated $10,000 to buy land for Miraloma Playground.
- Board approved a $17,460 supplemental appropriation to employ personnel for the Auxiliary Fire Service.
- Board approved raising the War Housing Center's fixed charges by $2,100, from $3,900 to $6,000.
- Board approved $5,700 for San Francisco Hospitality House, covering music and rentals.
- Board approved $3,000 to employ a Superintendent of Dormitories.
- Board approved $2,400 to reinstate an Assistant Director post in the District Attorney's Bureau of Domestic Relations.
- Health Department supplemental budget pay-rate changes for San Francisco Hospital, Laguna Honda Home and other health staff were approved on motion by MacPhee.
- San Francisco Airport budget increased $2,298 for overtime, temporary salaries and pensions; approved.
- Hetch Hetchy Water Supply budget revised: an Accountant's pay cut to $225 and a Senior Accountant post eliminated; approved.
- Hetch Hetchy Water Supply received a $978 supplemental appropriation for employee pay above 40 hours weekly; approved.
- Civilian War Council budget approved as presented, since the Mayor wanted no change.
- Board of Supervisors printing and advertising budget raised by $25,600 because contract prices rose.
- Audit of the Controller's books budget raised from $5,000 to $6,000 approved.
- Mayor's $25,000 reserve for military and war leaves deleted, replaced by a compensation reserve.
- Civilian War Council granted $240 to fund a Senior Clerk-Stenographer, eliminating one Clerk-Stenographer post.
- The Board approved supplemental budget changes adding staff positions and raising utilities, telephone, janitorial and rental costs for the civil defence office.
- The Board approved $12,000 to rent a Master Control Center in the Western Women's Club building for civil defence.
- The city's 1944-1945 budget, including supplemental budgets, was adopted by an 11-0 vote.
- Board ordered Clerk to prepare documents transferring $4,000 between two appropriation accounts.
- Parkside club fights the sale of Forty-third Avenue school land
- The Board asked the Clerk to transfer $2,000 within its accounts to pay official advertising costs for the fiscal year.
- Urban redevelopment proposal 4078 amended to remove Housing Authority deletion debate; final vote continues on next page.
- Supervisors Mead and Sullivan were appointed to represent the Board at a county officials meeting in Syracuse, New York.
- Supervisor MacPhee proposed a resolution asking Congress to amend the Social Security Act for employee pension rights.
- Board members serving on the County Supervisors Association of California board were authorized to attend its meetings.
- Supervisor Mancuso was authorized to represent the Board at a bowling association testimonial dinner.
- Board postponed further consideration of the McLaren Park boundary and land purchase resolution until August 14, 1944.
- Supervisor MacPhee's motion for an actuarial report on costs of a police retirement charter amendment was approved without objection.
- Supervisor Mancuso was appointed to attend a County Supervisors Association board meeting in Los Angeles on August 25, 1944.
- Supervisor MacPhee's suggestion that the Finance Committee study cutting the cost of Board calendars and journals was referred to committee.
- Planning Commission secretary and members may join the American Society of Planning Officials; the item was sent to Finance Committee.
- Salary ordinance change reclassifying a City Attorney position was passed for second reading, then rescinded and postponed to August 28, 1944.
- Motion asking the Park Commission to limit McLaren Park land spending to $100,000 and revise its boundaries failed.
- Public hearing on the Market Street Railway budget set for September
- Finance Committee recommended referring the $60,000 consulting engineer employment of L. V. Newton to the Board, with favorable recommendation.
- Board approved cutting one $160-a-month General Clerk position from the City Attorney's budget, 6 to 5.
- Supervisor MacPhee proposed cutting one $375-a-month Civil Attorney position from the City Attorney's budget.
- Budget approved 9-2 as amended, but Supervisor Uhl moved reconsideration before the result was announced.
- Market Street Extension fares put at $7,708,800 in the railway budget
- The Board adopted the city budget as amended, including a $60,000 consultant contract with L. V. Newton.
- Board approved cutting one $160-a-month General Clerk-Stenographer position from the City Attorney's budget, 7 to 4.
- Motion to eliminate one Principal Attorney, Civil position at $600 a month failed, 10 noes to 1 aye.
- Reconsideration refused and the railway budget stands approved
- Finance Committee recommended making a Horticultural Inspection janitor post part-time at $84 per month; the ordinance continues on the next page.
- McLaren Park boundaries redrawn from Burrows Street to University Street
- Board approved Controller requests moving $250 and $120 between its fiscal 1944-1945 appropriation accounts.
- The Board unanimously thanked Supervisor Mancuso for his report on the County Supervisors' Association meeting and referred it to committee.
- Proposed charter amendment would let elective officers join the city's retirement system, to go before voters on November 7, 1944.
- Proposed limit on ticket resale markups for railroads, buses and airlines was continued to October 2, 1944.
- Proposal to cancel 1944-45 taxes on property acquired by the United States was re-referred to Finance Committee.
- Bill 3107, changing District Attorney job positions, was sent to Finance Committee, then passed for second reading.
- Mayor Woodall Rodgers of Dallas greets the Board on a visit
- Consideration of the City Planning Commission report on changing McLaren Park's boundaries was postponed to November 6, 1944.
- Board approved a $500 warrant paying its annual membership dues to Alta California, Inc., for 1944-45.
- McLaren Park boundary change put off until November
- Board agreed without objection that the Clerk obtain Grand Jury report copies for each supervisor.
- A bill to create a Municipal Railway excess accident liability reserve fund was set for consideration and postponed.
- Board approved a warrant paying its 1944 League of California Cities membership dues, without objection.
- A $200,000 surplus-fund appropriation for the Municipal Railway accident reserve fund was postponed to December 18, 1944.
- Consideration of a bill creating an excess liability accident reserve fund for the Municipal Railway was postponed.
- Supervisor MacPhee urged mandatory fuse blocks on Christmas tree wiring after a fatal fire at 120 Santa Ana Avenue; referred to the Judiciary Committee.
- Supervisor MacPhee moved to re-refer Supervisor Green's legislative report to committee and have it printed, and it was so ordered.
- Board of Supervisors approved a $250 overtime fund allotment from its appropriation for fiscal 1944-1945.
- Supervisors set a special hearing for January 15, 1945 on medical society charges about rodent control and plague danger.
- Supervisor MacPhee moved a special hearing on January 15, 1945 about rodent control and charges against the Board over plague danger.
- The Board asked the Clerk to invite Charles E. Carey, Regional Director of the Bureau of Reclamation, to speak on the Central Valley Project.
- Consideration of a Municipal Railway excess accident reserve fund ordinance was postponed to January 29, 1945.
- A $200,000 supplemental appropriation from the Surplus Fund for the Municipal Railway's excess accident reserve was proposed.
- Charles Purcell agreed to refund $194,000 spent on the Funston Avenue approach to the Golden Gate Bridge; the Board extended thanks to Supervisors Gallagher and Meyer.
- Board proposes resolution opposing commercial facilities in State Parks, reaffirming its earlier position and protesting related state budget appropriations.
- Backing for higher state taxes for post-war works sent to committee
- Board deferred the proposed State acquisition of the Golden Gate Bridge until a written opinion and a convenient date.
- Supervisor MacPhee's motion asks the Public Utilities Commission to let residents be heard before rerouting bus or streetcar lines; referred to committee.
- Consideration of the Municipal Railway excess liability accident reserve fund was continued to February 14, 1945.
- Consideration of a $200,000 supplemental appropriation from the Surplus Fund for the Municipal Railway was continued to February 13, 1945.
- Supervisor Mancuso was authorized without objection to represent the Board at the County Supervisors' Association meeting in Sacramento.
- Consideration of post-war revenue-producing legislation was continued to February 19, 1945, at the Utilities Manager's request.
- Board transfers $250 within its own budget to pay dues to the County Supervisors' Association of California.
- Emergency $500 from reserve proposed for steam pipe repairs at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor heating plant.
- A bill to add one hoisting engineer job at $13 a day in the Park Department was continued for one week.
- Supervisor MacPhee moved on the County Supervisors Association directors' meeting at Sacramento; outcome continues on next page.
- Supervisor MacPhee withdrew a proposal to raise the long-trip taxi fare to $1.25 and referred it to Finance Committee.
- Board urges the House Banking and Currency Committee to approve a $100,000,000 federal appropriation for San Francisco homes.
- A bill regulating solicitation by taxicab and passenger-vehicle drivers and runners was re-referred to the Police Committee.
- Post-war tax and revenue proposals were tabled after repeated postponements, by 8 ayes to 2 noes.
- City Attorney told to sue for impounded streetcar fare money
- Funds of $250 allotted and $25 transferred for the Board of Supervisors' own office, fiscal 1944-1945.
- A proposed $200,000 supplemental appropriation from surplus funds for the Municipal Railway liability reserve is pending.
- Proposed $875 appropriation for two Civil Service Commission personnel assistant positions was re-referred to the Finance Committee.
- Confirming a lease of Water Department property on Van Ness Avenue to Trader Vic; consideration was continued.
- Bill 3201 proposes a $200,000 transfer from the Municipal Railway surplus fund to an accident claims reserve.
- Manager of Utilities' report on Municipal Railway track work and street cars on Fifth Street accepted and filed.
- $35,000 for the Lincoln Way outfall sewer tabled
- Supervisor MacPhee moves to re-refer Trader Vic's proposed city property lease to Finance Committee; the vote continues next page.
- Motion to hire a reporter for joint committee hearings on a central passenger terminal was referred to Rules Committee.
- Lease proposal for Trader Vic's restaurant was re-referred to Finance Committee for a report within three weeks.
- Municipal Railway's $3,200 purchase of two automobiles for its Claims Department was sent back to Finance Committee.
- Supervisor MacPhee's proposal urging federal agencies to release building priorities for San Francisco housing was referred to committee.
- Supervisor MacPhee moved to hire a reporter for joint committee proceedings on Proposal No. 4649; the vote continues on the next page.
- The airport bond issue was lifted from the table, then referred to the Finance Committee after MacPhee's postponement motion was changed.
- Motion carried to have the Public Utilities Commission and Mr. Eckart appear on May 21 about selling unneeded Water Department lands.
- Consideration of the used automobile dealer permit ordinance, with its $2,000 bond requirement, was continued to May 28, 1945.
- Motion to approve the Public Utilities Commission's heat, light and power budget as amended was withdrawn.
- Budget for the Hospitality House approved by the Chief Administrative Officer's department without objection.
- Budget for the San Francisco Council for Veterans' Services approved without objection.
- Recorder's budget explained; Supervisor Colman urged newer equipment to improve efficiency and cut costs.
- The Board approved $6,100 for replacement electric cable at Fleishhacker Pool, as requested by the Park Commission.
- The Board approved the Park Commission's budget by nine ayes to one no, with Supervisor Brown absent.
- Supplemental budget approved to make a criminal attorney post in the District Attorney's office full time, adding $1,128.
- $1,007.99 sought to replace Steinhart Aquarium's refrigeration for fish
- The County Clerk's budget was approved without objection.
- Supervisor Uhl proposed cutting $40,153 from the San Francisco Citizens' Protective Corps budget; the vote is not shown.
- Budget for the Adult Probation Department approved without objection.
- A supplemental $30 budget increase to correct an Adult Probation Department salary was approved.
- Budget for the Chief Administrative Officer approved after three added positions were found to be two transfers.
- Budget for the Chief Administrative Officer's War Service Activities approved without objection.
- The Board approved the Recreation Commission budget, with increased employments, without objection.
- The Board approved a supplemental request of $9,224 to improve Aptos Playground.
- A supplemental request of $5,000 for rentals in the Recreation Commission budget was proposed.
- Real Estate Department's budget approved without objection.
- Civic Auditorium gets one General Clerk-Stenographer position, approved without objection.
- Civic Auditorium gets one elevator operator at $154 per month, approved without objection.
- Board approved raising the Park Commission Operating Engineer salary from $3,300 to $3,600, with Mayor's approval.
- Board approved raising a Park Commission janitor's pay by $170 after military leave, with Mayor's approval.
- Board approved the Public Library budget eight to one, with Supervisor Uhl opposing branch library spending.
- Board approved the War Memorial budget without objection, with increases expected to bring added revenues.
- Budget increase of $240 for Simson African Hall at the California Academy of Sciences approved without objection.
- Municipal Court budget approved without objection; judges' salaries may change under state law.
- Superior Court budget approved without objection after discussion of judges' salary increases.
- Law Library budget approved without objection.
- Police war-emergency budget item was moved for approval; the final outcome is unclear on this page.
- The M. H. deYoung Memorial Museum budget was approved, with two curator posts allowed instead of three requested.
- Budget for dormitories under the Chief Administrative Officer approved without objection.
- Budget of the Director of Finance and Records approved after deleting its $6,375 salary line, position kept.
- Budget for the Tax Collector approved without objection after explanation by Supervisor MacPhee.
- Budget for the Registrar of Voters approved after explanation, without objection.
- The Board approved the budget for the Police Department's Auxiliary Police without objection.
- The Board approved $18,000 to paint the benches at Kezar Stadium, as requested by the Park Commission.
- Consideration of the Fire Department budget was temporarily postponed while Mr. Younger and the Fire Chief were sent for.
- The Public Administrator's budget was approved without objection.
- A change to an administrative technician salary range in the Chief Administrative Officer's budget was approved, per Civil Service action.
- A swap of one senior clerk for a head clerk in the Recorder's office budget was approved, with a $3,000 net change.
- Proposed changes to County Clerk clerk salary amounts were presented; the Board's decision is not shown on this page.
- The City Attorney's furniture and office equipment budget was cut from $2,000 to $1,000 without objection.
- Budget for the Log Cabin Ranch School of the Juvenile Court approved without objection.
- Budget for the Laguna Honda Children's Home of the Juvenile Court approved without objection.
- Budget for the San Francisco War Housing Center approved without objection.
- Budget for the Victory Garden Advisory Service approved without objection.
- Budget for the Salvage for Victory program under the Chief Administrative Officer approved without objection.
- The Board approved the Department of Public Health budget, indexes 50.1 to 50.21, without objection.
- Police Department budget approved 9 to 1, keeping $100,000 for Mission Police Station buildings after a deletion motion failed.
- Board approved the Art Commission budget without objection after Supervisor MacPhee explained its increases.
- Juvenile Court detention home budget approved without objection.
- The legislative expense budget was cut from $25,000 to $20,000 by a six to four vote.
- The California Palace of the Legion of Honor budget was approved without objection.
- The Board approved the Farmers' Market budget, which the Chief Administrative Officer said is supported by market revenues.
- Supervisor Colman moved to delete $300,000 for street improvements from the Public Works budget; discussion continued.
- The Board approved the Coordinating Council budget, with increases due to salary increments, without objection.
- Civil Service Commission supplemental budget request approved after staffing and salary line changes proposed by Supervisor MacPhee.
- The Public Utilities Commission's Hetch Hetchy Power Operative budget was approved without objection.
- The Board approved the budget for the Public Pound without objection on a motion by Supervisor MacPhee.
- The Board approved the Fire Department budget, with officers' pay for acting ranks noted as opposed by Supervisor Colman.
- The Board approved the Public Welfare Department budget as amended, after cutting the Aid to Needy Children line.
- The Board approved the Agricultural Commission budget, which had only normal salary increases, without objection.
- The Board approved the Civil Service Commission's budget without objection after the Controller's note on Market Street Railway staffing.
- Supervisor MacPhee's amendment to Section 1.7 of the annual salary ordinance was approved, setting a five-day normal work week; no final action printed.
- Street lighting equipment replacement budget line cut from $41,000 to $20,500 by the Board, with no recorded objection.
- Board approved the budget for the Sewage Treatment Plant without objection.
- The Board approved the Hetch Hetchy Water Supply budget with no objection.
- The Board approved the Department of Education county offices budget with no objection.
- Board approved a $150,000 Emergency Reserve Fund line in the Mayor's budget.
- Temporary railway salaries cut to $60,000 after a staffing dispute
- The Public Utilities Commission General Office budget was approved without objection after Supervisor MacPhee's explanation and motion.
- Budget of the Central Permit Bureau approved without objection.
- The 1945 Department of Electricity budget was approved, adding inspectors partly funded by inspection fees.
- Consideration of the $295,000 Aid to Needy Children budget, with a proposed $30,000 cut, was postponed.
- The $6,375 salary for the Director of Finance and Records, earlier deleted, is restored to the budget.
- Budget of the San Francisco Hospital approved without objection after vacant positions were deducted from Health Department funds.
- County road and electrical department budgets approved
- The Board approved the Department of Weights and Measures budget, with increases limited to normal salary raises.
- The Board approved the City Planning Commission budget, as amended earlier, without objection.
- The Public Utilities Commission's Utilities Engineering budget was approved without objection.
- The Public Utilities Commission's Hetch Hetchy War Emergency budget was approved without objection.
- The Board approved the Bureau of Street Cleaning budget without objection, as presented by Public Works.
- Supervisor Brown proposed cutting Police Department employments about 25 per cent, saving about $350,000; no vote shown.
- Appropriations from the 1944 sewer bond issue, set up in Index 40, approved by the Board without objection.
- The Board approved the budget for the Citizens' Protective Corps auxiliary fire service without objection.
- The Board approved the Coroner's budget, including a bailiff position, after a motion to delete it was withdrawn.
- Treasurer's Office budget approved after postponement over two employment positions tied to the Market Street Railway acquisition.
- The city's budget for the coming year is approved after an earlier refusal was rescinded.
- Supplemental budget request approved, eliminating a Foreman Cement Finisher post and adding a General Foreman Cement Finisher at $1,968.
- Supplemental budget request approved to raise Public Works janitors from 58 to 59, total cost $128,876.
- Motion to approve the budget failed by a 5 to 6 vote.
- Board approved the budget for Sewage Pumping Stations without objection.
- The Board approved the San Francisco Water Department budget by nine votes to two.
- Supervisor MacPhee moved approval of the San Francisco Unified School District budget; debate continues on the next page.
- Supervisor Uhl challenged the $15,000 salary for the Municipal Railway general manager; the outcome is not printed on this page.
- Hetch Hetchy power plant operating budget of $1,131,500 was amended to delete $3,350 of equipment; final vote continues on next page.
- Board approved the Superior Court budget after increases were explained, with no objection.
- Board approved the Registrar of Volunteers budget with no objection.
- Budget of the City and County Employees Retirement System approved; two extra jobs came from the Market Street Railway acquisition.
- Budget of the Department of Public Works General Office approved, including two new jobs; about 40 laborer posts were unfilled.
- Budget of the Bureau of Architecture approved without objection.
- Budget of the Public Works Bureau of Accounts approved without objection after explanation.
- Budget of the Bureau of Building Inspection approved without objection.
- The 1945 budget for the Department of Public Works bridges was approved without objection.
- The 1945 budget for the Department of Public Works gas tax street improvement fund was approved without objection.
- The Recreation Commission budget was discussed, with Miss Randall explaining vacancies in the Recreation Department.
- Coroner's office requested one new position to replace a police officer; the Board's decision is not shown here.
- The $6,600 salary for Principal Assistant to the Chief Administrative Officer was deleted from the 1945 budget.
- Supervisor MacPhee proposed the Board urge approval of state bill A.B. 2176 on city tax collection; it was referred to committee.
- Board approved a $350 internal budget transfer from Contractual Services to Overtime within the Board of Supervisors.
- Supervisor MacPhee moved approval of the annual salary ordinance, as amended, and recommended it to the Board.
- Debate continues on the annual appropriation ordinance, with about $1,600,000 of Water Department capital spending disputed.
- Motion to hold the employee meal price recommendation in abeyance until salary standardization is reconsidered carried.
- Supervisor MacPhee withdrew his motion to let the Chief Probation Officer work a 48-hour week.
- Civil Service Commission recommendation merging Policewoman and Juvenile Aid Officer classes into Q20 Policewoman was approved without objection.
- Board amends the 1945-46 annual salary ordinance wording, and proposes letting Public Works engineers be paid for overtime.
- MacPhee moved to hold employee meal charge rates in abeyance pending the salary standardization study.
- Clerk ordered to send a congratulatory letter to Fireman's Fund Insurance Company for its "Story of San Francisco" pamphlet.
- The Board discussed selling unneeded Public Utilities land in San Mateo County at $1,000 per acre, and water rates; no decision yet shown.
- The Chief Administrative Officer was authorized to sign a $249,621 request for widening Army Street, San Jose Avenue and Guerrero Street.
- Supervisor MacPhee moved final passage of the annual appropriation ordinance for fiscal 1945-1946; the vote continues on the next page.
- Supervisor MacPhee moved final passage of the annual salary ordinance setting city positions and pay for fiscal 1945-1946.
- Settlement for two girls hurt at Twentieth and Noe put off
- Board adopts resolution mourning Leslie W. Hansen, a Bayview pioneer, and adjourns that day in his memory.
- Emergency annual salary ordinance fixing city positions and pay for the fiscal year ending June 1946 was proposed for final passage.
- The Annual Salary Ordinance, amended to match the budget with an emergency clause, is moved for final passage.
- Board passed the 1945-46 Annual Salary Ordinance on second reading, amended to match the budget, after the mayor's veto was sustained.
- Request to approve Controller fund allotments for the Board's 1945-46 year was put off to July 9, 1945.
- The Board sent to Finance Committee a resolution ordering an annual audit of the Controller's books by Ernst & Ernst.
- Board asked the Navy, through the Mayor, to decide quickly on a naval hospital site that the Planning Commission said lies within McLaren Park.
- Supervisor MacPhee moved on a City Planning Commission report about the Central Passenger Terminal; the outcome is cut off on this page.
- Board heard Public Works and engineers on possible sites for sewage disposal plants; no decision was reached on this page.
- MacPhee suggested keeping United Nations flags flying in Civic Center; the suggestion was referred to committee.
- Board of Supervisors approves moving $113.48 between budget accounts to pay insurance on a loaned Packard car.
- Board unanimously adopted a resolution mourning Judge Thomas F. Prendergast and sending his family an engrossed copy.
- Supervisors debate asking the Mayor to hold a public hearing on San Francisco's meat quota shortage; the vote is not yet recorded.
- Supervisor MacPhee, seconded by Supervisor Colman, moved to suspend the rules; the outcome is not shown here.
- Proposal asking the Mayor to hold a public hearing on San Francisco meat quotas was tabled.
- Board sent a proposed charter amendment for $5 million in utility revenue bonds back to committee.
- Charter amendment on bonds for city officers and employees was postponed to September 17, 1945.
- Board scheduled a City Planning Commission report on South Basin redevelopment for September 11, 1945.
- Consideration of the Post Street widening was postponed to Monday, September 24, 1945.
- City Planning Commission presented maps and a report on South Basin tidelands development to the Board, which would provide post-war industrial land.
- The time for the audit of the Controller's books was extended by 30 days, without objection.
- Supervisor MacPhee's motion to return the Grand Jury's proposed amendment to Judiciary Committee was ordered by the Board.
- The Board approved a $250 allotment from its overtime allowance for its own use in fiscal 1945-1946.
- Proposed charter amendment to section 148 would give hearings to probationary employees before dismissal, for voters on November 6, 1945.
- Proposal to let promotional civil service employees appeal dismissal during probation goes to voters on November 6, 1945.
- Supervisor MacPhee's amendment giving city employees three-week vacations after five years was approved, pending submission to voters.
- Board ordered a charter amendment submitted to voters tying certain city employees' pay to private-sector collective bargaining rates.
- Voters are asked to amend the Charter so city employees' pay follows prevailing rates set in private-industry collective bargaining agreements.
- Supervisor MacPhee's substitute amendment to the proposed charter amendment on city employee pay standards was approved, tying wages to prevailing private rates.
- Consideration of developing South Basin tidelands under the Community Redevelopment Act was postponed until October 8, 1945.
- Proposed ordinance would make August 15, 1945 a legal holiday for city employees marking the end of war with Japan.
- The Board, without objection, ordered the Clerk to send the Coordinating Council a letter commending its camp work for under-privileged children.
- Consideration of the Mayor's returned proposal on South Basin Tidelands was continued to October 15, 1945.
- Supervisor MacPhee asked the Public Health Director to report on rat-affected districts; referred to the Health Committee.
- Five supervisors named to a committee on the juvenile home site
- Amendment capping the War Memorial Reserve at $100,000 for Opera House and Veterans Building work was re-referred to committee by MacPhee.
- $1,300 more allotted for printing the Board's journals and calendars
- Board sent the legislation permitting street-trenching machines back to the Streets Committee after new objections.
- $500 voted for the Board's yearly dues in Alta California
- Consideration of closing Alameda Street between Florida and Bryant for Rainier Brewing's plant expansion was postponed thirty days.
- $20,000 moved to put Marina District wires underground on Baker Street
- Proposed ordinance would extend sidewalk flower stand operating hours from 9:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
- The Board asked the Manager of Utilities to attend a December 3, 1945 meeting to discuss how Public Utilities Commission costs are paid.
- Bill No. 3379, amending the annual salary ordinance for the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, was placed on the calendar for December 3, 1945.
- Proposal to add a photographer position paid $200-250 monthly to the de Young Museum salary schedule.
- Proposed salary ordinance creating new Juvenile Court positions for the Edgewater School for Girls facility.
- Director of Property proposed joining real estate and appraisal associations; Supervisor McPhee moved to refer it to committee.
- Emergency ordinance proposed to appropriate $8,320 and $8,175 for temporary salaries and supplies in the Recorder's office.
- Public Welfare Department proposed to join three outside welfare organizations, with membership expenses paid from appropriated funds.
- Funding for a new Edgewater School for Girls at Forty-eighth Avenue and Noriega Street was postponed to December 3, 1945.
- Emergency ordinance proposed to appropriate $7,175 to reinstate three museum positions for staff returning from military leave.
- Supervisor MacPhee moved that the proposed trade wage schedule be re-referred to committee for further rate changes, and the motion carried.
- Emergency ordinance appropriating $695.31 from a General Fund reserve to pay a temporary Board chauffeur was finally passed.
- Board approved a $625 warrant paying its 1945 annual membership dues to the League of California Cities.
- Juvenile Court staffing put off until December
- Consideration of a $2,669.94 settlement to F. Joseph Williams for 1943 flood damage was postponed to December 10, 1945.
- Board passed an emergency ordinance letting Juvenile Court ranch school staff, including a cook and nurse, work over 40 hours a week.
- City Planning Commission asked to consult city officials and state agencies on planning a San Francisco central passenger terminal.
- A $2,500 transfer within the Board of Supervisors budget to buy a public address system was approved.
- A $250 third-quarter overtime allotment for the Board of Supervisors was requested from the Controller and adopted.
- Proposal to raise court room clerk positions from 14 to 15 in the Municipal Court salary schedule was re-referred to Finance Committee.
- Proposed $1,250 appropriation to pay a new Municipal Court room clerk at $250 a month.
- Board asked Civil Service Commission representative Henderson to appear on June 3 about extra Municipal Railway platform men.
- The Board unanimously adopted a resolution of sympathy on the death of Addis Emmett Gartland, brother of Supervisor Gartland.
- The Board set a January 14, 1946 hearing requiring the Public Utilities Commission to explain its speculation in public property.
- Proposed $37,500 for a state study of a second San Francisco Bay bridge was re-referred to Finance Committee.
- Supervisors postponed their review of the Public Utilities Commission's withholding of city-owned property from sale until February 11, 1946.
- Board asked the Utilities Manager and Public Utilities Commission members to explain why they withhold Commission property from sale.
- Proposal asking the Police Commission to justify yellow zone permits east of Van Ness Avenue was placed on the January 21 calendar.
- Supervisor MacPhee's motion asking the Police Commission to report its plans for installing parking meters was ordered without objection.
- The Clerk was instructed to send David A. Lewis, the Mayor's administrative assistant, a letter wishing him a speedy recovery.
- Public Utilities Commission's policy on withholding city property from sale was postponed to February 18, 1946.
- Supervisor MacPhee presented a resolution favoring state bill A.B. 110, a $10,000,000 urban redevelopment subvention to counties.
- Board tabled Assemblyman Maloney's request that it back Assembly Bill 110, a $10,000,000 urban redevelopment appropriation.
- Board adopts MacPhee motion making the pending matter a special order at 3:00 p.m. next Monday.
- Board strikes from the calendar the Public Utilities Commission property-withholding matter after its report was filed.
- Muni service hearing on streetcar waits was moved continued to next Monday at 3:00, with Lewis proposing tomorrow at 10:00.
- Towing of cars from no-stopping streets sent back to committee
- The Board adopted Proposal 5441 asking that a new traffic code be prepared, incorporating recent changes, with the City Attorney and Police Department.
- Supervisor MacPhee's Proposal 5444 asks the Police Committee to study rising motor vehicle accidents and find a remedy; outcome continues on next page.
- Supervisor MacPhee's proposal asks the Public Utilities Commission for a new Municipal Railway fare schedule; referred to Public Utilities Committee.
- Legislation for a $37,500 San Francisco share of a second bay crossing survey was called out of committee and continued to March 11, 1946.
- Assistant Superintendent, City Distribution salary range of $500-600 was referred to the Civil Service Commission.
- MacPhee suggested the Clerk consult the Board President or Finance Chairman before authorizing sick leave pay appropriations.
- Supervisor MacPhee's proposed resolution requiring the City Attorney's attendance at Board meetings was referred to the Finance Committee.
- Proposal 5241, urging a Trans-Bay Bridge study, was re-referred to the County, State and National Affairs Committee.
- Board votes to prepare legislation putting it on record favoring Congressman Welch's H.R. 529 bridge survey.
- Emergency ordinance setting officers' bond amounts was re-referred to the Finance Committee by Supervisor MacPhee.
- Ordinance setting bond amounts for city officers was re-referred to the Finance Committee.
- Supervisors amend a prevailing wage resolution raising bricklayers' tenders' hourly rates and debating engineers' overtime; final vote not shown.
- Emergency bill setting bonds for city officers was re-referred to the Finance Committee on Supervisor MacPhee's motion.
- Supervisor MacPhee's motion held the proposed $35,000 causeway survey resolution over for four weeks.
- A proposed charter amendment on Public Utilities Commission rate powers was ordered tabled by a 6 to 5 vote.
- Supervisor MacPhee withdrew his motion to delay the bay crossing study four weeks, so the matter stays open.
- Proposed $37,500 from city funds for a state study of a second San Francisco Bay bridge crossing; outcome not yet shown.
- McLaren Park boundaries brought before the Board without a recommendation
- Proposed: McLaren Park limited to about 275 acres, with the commissions to recommend its boundaries later.
- The Board voted to reconsider Bill 4039, which would have repealed Ordinance 324 designating election days as city holidays.
- Supervisors debated overriding the Mayor's veto of a resolution urging Hospitality House stay open; MacPhee moved referral to committee.
- Proposal to refund $300 to Grove J. Fink and repeal Resolution 5104 was continued for consideration.
- $49,500 paid to Mayfair Heights for the Geary carbarn site
- Mayor was asked to appoint a citizens' committee for Flag Day observance on June 16, 1946, with the Elks lodge.
- Board's motion to reconsider Bill 4039, which would repeal election-day holidays, was defeated five to five.
- Police Committee proposes banning parking, day or night, on Adair, Annie, Bernal, Brosnan and Bush Streets.
- Street Planting Ordinance was postponed to May 6, set as a Special Order at 2:30 p.m.
- Jefferson and Jones Streets lease put off for a week
- Red Cross seeks school land at Sutter and Gough Streets
- Supervisor Lewis proposed substituting 361 acres for 275 acres in the park boundary resolution; the vote is not yet recorded.
- The Board debated a tree planting ordinance for city streets; an amendment limiting its reach to public streets carried.
- Refund of a $300 deposit to Grove J. Fink, after a broadcasting-station zoning change was denied, was postponed one week.
- Board rescinded its earlier policy to build courts on the Hospitality House site and re-referred the matter to the Judiciary Committee.
- School land sale at Sutter and Gough Streets put off again
- Resolution proposed petitioning the Public Utilities Commission to consider issuing weekly passes for the Municipal Railway.
- Proposed $200 purchase of two McLaren Park lots from Ray T. Burke was postponed one week.
- Park Commission budget discussed; the Mayor allowed 11 new positions, and Supervisor MacPhee moved to delete them.
- Mancuso proposed reinserting eight of eleven deleted Park Department positions; the vote is not recorded on this page.
- Motion to keep Park Department materials and supplies at $75,000, not $90,000, was defeated on a tie vote.
- Zoo overtime in the budget was cut from $3,000 to $500 by a 7 to 3 vote.
- Motion to approve the city budget as amended was proposed; the vote is not printed on this page.
- Retirement allowance was cut by $3,000, reducing the department's proposed increase of $4,317.
- Park budget amount cut from $99,280 to $20,000 by a 6-4 vote, with one member absent.
- MacPhee's motion cut the General Department overtime allowance to $3,000, carried by 8 to 2.
- Motion to cut $30,000 from the Park Department repair appropriation was defeated by the Board.
- Equipment purchases budget line reduced from $15,475 to $10,974.50 by a seven to three vote.
- Park Department budget adopted as amended, cutting Concession Center plan money from $25,000 to $5,000.
- Civic Auditorium budget rises $10,289 for permanent salaries, including two new janitor positions.
- Motion to cut public building repairs from $100,000 to $75,000 failed on a 4 to 6 vote.
- Board adopted the Recorder's budget, which increases appropriations by $41,757, with no objections.
- Engineering budget reduced after two new positions were deleted; Joint Highway funds moved to County Road Fund.
- Public Works architecture budget cut by $1,425 when the purchase of a new car was deleted.
- A motion to cut Public Health overtime from $5,000 to $4,000 was defeated; materials were cut to $3,000.
- Street repair budget from the Gas Tax Fund adopted, the overtime reduction motion being set aside by substitute motion.
- The Sewage Pumping Stations budget was adopted with overtime cut to $100 and one new position for a new Lakeside pump station.
- Board debated a $50,000 sewer repair revolving fund and two new sewer jobs; a motion to delete one position was defeated.
- The Central Permit Bureau budget, an increase of $9,717 for three positions, was adopted without objection.
- MacPhee proposed deleting $55,000 for Broadway Tunnel plans from the budget; debate continued, with no vote printed.
- The Board voted 8 to 1 to rescind its adoption of the Recreation Commission budget.
- Department of Public Works sought a $125,000 appropriation to purchase land; the vote continues on the next page.
- Request asking the Public Utilities Commission to consider weekly passes for Municipal Railway was postponed two weeks.
- One general clerk-stenographer position was deleted from the Department of Public Health budget.
- The Board adopted the city budget as amended, with no objections recorded.
- Board debated limiting emergency relief for non-resident indigents to sixty days, with Supervisor Mancuso proposing amendments; no final vote yet.
- Supervisors voted 7 to 3 to cut five general clerk-typist positions from the Public Welfare Department, as amended by Supervisor Brown.
- The Board cut the Public Utilities Commission maintenance and repair of structures budget from $5,000 to $4,000.
- Mayor proposed cutting Public Welfare indigent aid from $1,200,000 to $900,000; the Board's debate continues.
- The Emergency Hospital budget was adopted, adding one new porter position to its staff.
- A motion to disapprove a $6,300 supplemental budget for a head clerk's retirement period was proposed.
- A substitute motion by MacPhee cut the Hassler Health Home overtime from $24,534 to $500, and the Board approved it.
- City Planning Commission budget adopted as amended, cutting the Master Plan consultant fund from $7,500 to $5,000.
- The Park Department budget was adopted as amended after a roll-call vote of the supervisors.
- Supplemental Public Library budget of $2,000 and $10,410 adopted without objection.
- Park Department budget adopted as amended, with the tree planting appropriation included.
- The Board adopted the Public Pound budget without objection.
- The Board adopted the Coordinating Council budget without objection.
- The Board adopted a $1,500 supplemental budget for Board of Supervisors membership dues without objection.
- Supervisors added a $95,000 capital item for West Sunset South to the Recreation Commission budget; the motion carried 9 to 1.
- Supervisor MacPhee moved to delete one sergeant-at-arms position from the budget; outcome not shown.
- MacPhee moved to rescind the Board's action on the Recreation Commission budget; Mancuso objected and debate continued.
- The Board adopted the budget as amended, after reducing Index 62 line 25 from $4,000 to $1,500 without objection.
- Municipal Railway overtime budget was cut to $30,000 by voice vote with no objection.
- Utilities Engineering budget of the Public Utilities Commission adopted as amended, with overtime cut by $500.
- The Board voted without objection to reopen and rescind its earlier action on the Public Utilities Commission General Office budget.
- Board postponed one week its decision on leasing or selling a Utilities Commission lot on Jefferson Street.
- Broadcast station refused on Palo Alto Avenue; Grove Fink's $300 returned
- Proposal to remove prisoner cages from the Municipal Courts was re-referred to the Police Committee.
- Supervisor MacPhee gave Lloyd Taylor of the Market Street Association the floor to speak on the license tax charter proposal.
- Proposed acceptance of a deed from Ray T. Burke for McLaren Park land; decision continues on the next page.
- Members debate whether to confirm the $95,500 sale of city property or refuse it for a higher $112,500 offer.
- Supervisor MacPhee moved that the Board record its position and write the Community Chest asking to meet about the Juvenile Court budget cut.
- Discussion of extra platform men for the Municipal Railway was postponed one week, Civil Service Commission secretary summoned.
- Ordinance regulating photographers and solicitors was put over for one week after a proposed newspaper exemption drew objections.
- Consideration of the city job classification list was postponed again on Supervisor MacPhee's motion, with no objection.
- The Board voted without objection to recess until 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 3, 1946.
- Board postponed for one week the proposal to move the Farmers' Market and buy a new site.
- Mono-Rail promoters asked to hold a special demonstration at the next Monday's Board meeting.
- City Attorney's salary ordinance amended to let one law clerk work over 40 hours a week; passed on first reading.
- Supervisor MacPhee asked that the Community Chest meet the Board on child welfare budget cuts; referred to committee.
- Board referred a monorail proposal, claimed to run on a 5-cent fare, to the Public Utilities Commission for study.
- Resolution urging the Mayor to appoint a committee to prepare a Master Plan for Youth in San Francisco was adopted.
- The Assessor's clerical error list of property assessment corrections was approved without objection.
- Proposed ordinance would add Underground District No. 116, Anzavista, on former Calvary Cemetery land, with cost differences paid by owners.
- $398,318 and $1,101,682 sought for Municipal Railway rebuilding
- Supervisor MacPhee's motion rescinded the August 5 adoption of a proposal to take land for a Hetch Hetchy pump station, sending it to Finance Committee.
- Supervisor MacPhee's motion to rescind the adoption of Proposal 5905 and re-refer it to Finance Committee carried.
- Proposal to raise the City Treasurer's salary to $10,000 was postponed until September 3, 1946.
- Charter amendment on the Sheriff's section was proposed for the November 5, 1946 ballot; its outcome is not shown here.
- Proposed amendment to the salary ordinance adds clerk and stenographer jobs for Board of Education veterans counselling; sent to Finance Committee.
- The Board officially recognized a Coronet magazine article praising San Francisco's emergency hospital service and ordered a thank-you letter sent.
- Proposed charter amendment would raise the District Attorney's salary to $15,000 for voters on November 5, 1946.
- Proposed charter amendment to Section 28 relating to the Assessor; the outcome appears on the next page.
- Judiciary Committee chairman MacPhee moves to send a proposed fire department pay charter amendment back to committee.
- Action on submitting Charter amendments to voters is being rescinded and reconsidered; outcome continues on next page.
- Charter amendment proposed to raise the mayor's salary from $10,000 to $15,000 for voters at the November 5, 1946 election.
- Proposed charter amendment on the public defender's salary and duties was postponed to September 3, 1946.
- Charter amendment on the City Attorney's office proposed for the November 5, 1946 election.
- Refuse collection rate ordinance was sent back to committee for further study of revenues and costs.
- Proposal to raise the Treasurer's salary to $10,000 a year, postponed to September 10, 1946.
- Proposal to raise the Sheriff's salary to $10,000 a year, postponed to September 10, 1946.
- Proposed charter amendment raising the district attorney's salary to $15,000 was postponed until September 10, 1946.
- Proposed charter amendment raising the assessor's salary to $12,000 for the November 1946 ballot; outcome not on this page.
- Proposed charter amendment setting retirement salary base for former police corporals was re-referred to Judiciary Committee.
- A proposed charter amendment would raise the mayor's salary from $10,000 to $15,000 a year, pending voter approval.
- Proposed charter amendment would raise the city attorney's salary to $15,000 and change his appointment powers.
- Supervisor MacPhee moved to return the proposed refuse collection rate ordinance to the Judiciary Committee for further study.
- Study asked for a 30,000-car garage south of Market Street
- Board sends voters Charter Amendment No. 1 on standardizing pay for certain city employees, including bus operators.
- Proposed charter amendment would raise the assessor's salary to $12,000; it was sent to the Judiciary Committee.
- Proposed charter amendment would raise the district attorney's salary to $15,000; its outcome appears on the next page.
- Proposed charter amendment raising the treasurer's salary to $10,000 was sent back to the Judiciary Committee.
- Ordinance organizing San Francisco's Disaster Corps into divisions, each with assigned city departments and volunteers.
- Proposed charter amendment would raise the mayor's salary from $10,000 to $15,000 a year, for voters on November 5, 1946.
- Charter amendment on standardizing salaries of certain elective officers was re-referred to Judiciary Committee and postponed.
- Earlier order to put a retirement-provisions charter amendment on the November 5, 1946 ballot was rescinded without objection.
- Proposed charter amendment raising the sheriff's salary to $10,000 was re-referred to the Judiciary Committee.
- Proposed charter amendment on the city attorney's duties was sent back to the Judiciary Committee.
- Supervisor MacPhee's proposed charter amendment was referred to the Judiciary Committee without objection.
- A substitute charter amendment on pay standards for Muni carmen was approved by the Board and referred to the Judiciary Committee.
- Board re-referred a proposed amendment to the refuse collection rate ordinance to the Judiciary Committee.
- Printing of arguments for Charter Amendment No. 1 on the November 1946 ballot was referred to the Judiciary Committee.
- A proposed revision of the refuse collection initiative ordinance was re-referred to the Judiciary Committee.
- City to take land between Quintara and Ortega Streets
- Supervisors postponed the police and fire pay charter amendment to a special meeting on September 20, 1946.
- Proposal to rename automobile supply stations as gasoline supply stations and add repair services; consideration postponed to October 7, 1946.
- Proposal to narrow sidewalks on Post Street between Taylor and Powell streets was continued to September 22, 1946.
- Police Committee recommended an ordinance requiring permits and licences for photographers taking pictures of people in public places; consideration was postponed.
- Proposal to let gasoline supply stations make certain adjustments to and replace specified parts of motor vehicles.
- Board repealed Resolution 5666, which set how pay is calculated for certain intermittent and temporary city employees.
- Board tabled Proposal 6063 on bus line applications, pending labor concerns raised at the meeting.
- The Junior Chamber of Commerce's City Planning Commission charter amendment was re-referred to the Judiciary Committee by a nine to two vote.
- Resolution to send two Board representatives to the United Nations conference in New York was refused adoption.
- Board resolved that the Board President and one appointed member will represent San Francisco at the United Nations Conference in New York City.
- Fink and Keystone appealed the City Planning Commission's refusal to rezone Twin Peaks property from residential to commercial; the Board continued the hearing.
- Consideration of Bill 4421 was continued one week, with no objection from the Board.
- Consideration of Street Railway Union Local 1380's request for a hearing on existing inequalities was postponed, with the Finance Committee meeting moved to December 4th.
- Board tabled the Fink and Keystone appeal seeking to rezone Twin Peaks property from residential to commercial.
- North Beach block sought from war surplus for Municipal Railway buses
- Bill No. 4421 was referred to the Finance Committee on November 25, 1946.
- Supervisors ask the City Attorney to send a representative to all Board of Supervisors meetings; no objection was raised.
- Tovar Avenue to be closed down to the shore line
- Board postponed Bill 4085 on licensing scavenger vehicles to December 16, 1946, by a 10 to 1 vote.
- Supervisor MacPhee's motion postponed a proposal to create a transport council for Market Street traffic until December 23, 1946.
- $1,140 sought to repair the Glen Park Fieldhouse boiler
- Substitute motion refers Mr. Hurley's reasons for resigning from the Municipal Railway to the Public Utilities Committee.
- Proposal 6169 on a transportation coordinating council was sent back to the Public Utilities and Judiciary committee.
- Board continued discussion of selling land near Crystal Spring Lakes for residential use until January 20, 1947.
- Committee recommends City Planning Commission prepare a general redevelopment plan for the Western Addition, District 1.
- Cancellation of taxes on state-acquired property was continued one week on MacPhee's motion.
- Survey requested of city-owned San Mateo land for possible building
- Board adopted a resolution recognizing the First Methodist Church's centennial and congratulating its clergy and members.
- Proposed ordinance would cut the minimum fine for non-bus vehicles parked in bus zones from $5 to $2.
- Supervisor Mancuso's proposal to reduce Traffic Code penalties was called out of Police Committee and taken up by the Board.
- Board adopted a resolution endorsing American Brotherhood Week, February 16-23, 1947, and urging observance citywide.
- Proposed ordinance would set a $2 minimum fine for parking on or near railroad tracks; the text continues.
- Board urges State Legislature to require automobile owners to carry injury insurance; proposal re-referred to committee.
- Proposed ordinance would raise disability retirement allowances for members retiring before July 1, 1947.
- Supervisors Mancuso and Gallagher reported on their Seattle transit study trip, and MacPhee moved that the report enter the record.
- Proposed ten-year Lake Merced boating and fishing lease to Chas. A. Kay and Michael M. Shrum sent back to Finance Committee.
- Board proposes $37,500 for an engineering study of bringing mainline trains into San Francisco over a new Bay crossing.
- Proposal amending Rule 44 on calling matters from committee was continued for two weeks.
- Consideration of the proposed new Building Code was set as a special order of business for February 24, 1947.
- The Board asked the Mayor to appoint a citizens' committee for Public Schools Week, April 27 to May 3, 1947.
- Finance Committee motion to inquire into motor coach and trolley coach purchases was tabled.
- MacPhee's motion to have the Civil Service Commission review the salary standardization proposals was defeated, 8 to 2.
- A flat monthly salary of $700 was set for the Director of the Bureau of Personnel and Safety; carried unanimously.
- A salary range of $210-250 was set for the Foreman of Recreational Activities position; carried unanimously.
- Lease of surplus school land on Tehama Street put off
- Salary Standardization Ordinance setting city employee pay schedules proposed for second reading.
- Fire-prevention rules for public and commercial garages were continued one week to April 7, 1947.
- Proposed resolution asks Congress to let cities collect taxes from federal government properties; outcome not printed here.
- Proposed ordinance would require posting notices of building permits on affected property, with a penalty for interfering with them.
- Consideration of $55,000 to buy a San Mateo County site for the Crystal Springs Filtration Plant was continued one week.
- Bill No. 4627 was re-referred to committee by the Board on a vote of eleven ayes.
- Bill narrowing sidewalks on Post Street between Taylor and Powell was continued until September 23, 1946.
- Resolution urging state approval of Assembly Bill 1456 on administration of veterans' housing projects; outcome not yet shown.
- Proposed ordinance would require notice of building and use permits to be posted on affected properties, with a penalty for interference.
- Cancellation of the second 1946-47 tax installment on Block 5288 land acquired by the United States was continued two weeks.
- Card room permit ordinance, Sections 241 to 259, was re-referred to the Police Committee for further study.
- The Board approved the Sheriff's budget as amended, by a 9-0 vote.
- Supervisors deleted $5,000 for Public Library temporary salaries with no objection.
- The Board approved a supplemental request of $80,728 for the Maintenance of Minors Fund.
- Motion to cut fire department positions from 1,202 to 1,084 was postponed until after 8:00 p.m.
- Utilities Engineering budget adopted by unanimous vote of those present.
- Supplemental budget request consolidating Personnel and Accident Prevention Bureaus adopted, reducing spending by $4,886.
- Hetch Hetchy Power budget adopted by unanimous vote of those present.
- Supplemental budget request for Light, Heat and Power, $495 for revised salary rates, approved without objection.
- Supplemental budget of $619 for San Francisco Airport retirement allowances, due to salary adjustments, was approved.
- Supplemental budget of $16,268 for Municipal Railway retirement allowances was approved.
- Supplemental budget of $3,480 for Municipal Railway legal services from the City Attorney was approved.
- Supplemental budget of $76,750 for Water Department source-of-supply maintenance was approved.
- Supplemental budget of $4,700 for general Water Department maintenance was approved.
- Supplemental budget of $6,000 for Water Department additions and betterments was approved.
- A reduction of $713 in Water Department charges for PUC General Office services was approved.
- Supplemental budget request for Hetch Hetchy Water Supply overtime allowance was proposed; outcome not printed on this page.
- A proposed ordinance requires posting notice of permit issuance and its cost, with a penalty for interfering, sent from Judiciary Committee.
- Board approved a $453 supplemental budget request for Hetch Hetchy Water Supply retirement allowance.
- Board approved a $712 reduction in Hetch Hetchy Water Supply budget for the Public Utilities Commission.
- Board approved a $250 supplemental budget request for Hetch Hetchy Power Division holiday allowance.
- Board approved a $680 supplemental budget request for Hetch Hetchy Power Division temporary salaries.
- Board approved a $7,051 supplemental budget request for Hetch Hetchy Power Division transportation maintenance.
- Supplemental budget request of $470 for Utilities Engineering Bureau retirement allowance approved, with no objection.
- Hetch Hetchy Power Division surplus fund reduced by $12,192 in a supplemental budget request, approved with no objection.
- Board suggested the Board of Education give careful consideration to the tax rate when preparing the San Francisco Unified School District budget.
- Board cut Indigent Aid for non-residents from $225,000 to $200,000 by eight votes to two.
- Hetch Hetchy Water Supply budget adopted as amended, with Supervisor Mancuso alone opposing; contractual services line trimmed to $3,000.
- Supplemental budget request for the General Office, $550 for revised salary rates, approved without objection.
- Supplemental budget of $33,467 for San Francisco Airport's International Air Terminal Area operation was approved.
- Supplemental budget of $2,324 for Municipal Railway engineering services from the PUC Bureau of Engineering was approved.
- Supplemental budget of $8,845 for Municipal Railway purchasing services was approved.
- A reduction of $30,917 in Municipal Railway budget accounts, offset by cuts elsewhere, was approved.
- Supplemental budget of $1,960 for Water Department overtime was approved.
- Supplemental budget of $64,700 for Water Department transportation and distribution maintenance was approved.
- Supplemental budget of $11,450 for Water Department automotive equipment maintenance was approved.
- Supplemental budget of $2,577 for Water Department retirement allowances was approved.
- Board approved a $60 supplemental budget request for Hetch Hetchy Water Supply holiday pay.
- Board approved a $150 supplemental budget request for Hetch Hetchy Water Supply temporary salaries.
- Board approved a $9,662 supplemental budget request for Hetch Hetchy Water Supply general maintenance.
- Board approved a $2,690 supplemental budget request for Hetch Hetchy Water Supply road maintenance.
- Board approved a $2,324 supplemental budget request for Hetch Hetchy Water Supply engineering bureau.
- Board approved a $130 supplemental budget request for Hetch Hetchy Power Division overtime allowance.
- Board approved a $2,532 supplemental budget request for Hetch Hetchy Power Division production maintenance.
- Board approved a $1,100 supplemental budget request for Hetch Hetchy Power Division retirement allowance.
- Board approved a $1,161 supplemental budget request for Hetch Hetchy Power Division engineering bureau.
- Supplemental budget request for Hetch Hetchy Power Division, Public Utilities Commission, was moved; outcome continues on next page.
- Supplemental budget request of $40 for Utilities Engineering Bureau overtime approved, with no objection.
- Water Department surplus fund reduced by $167,424 in a supplemental budget request, approved with no objection.
- Hetch Hetchy Water Supply surplus fund reduced by $14,651 in a supplemental budget request, approved with no objection.
- Public Utilities Commission budget, as amended with supplementals, adopted with no objection.
- Proposal to amend Senate Bill 173 so stores can be part of a public garage was referred to committee.
- Proposed ordinance would require posting permit notices on affected properties, with appeal rights; consideration continued.
- Permit posting and appeal notice ordinance consideration continued one week on Supervisor MacPhee's motion, with no objection.
- Ordinance on permit posting and appeals to the Board of Permit Appeals was continued week by week, now to June 9, 1947.
- Amendments to the proposed Building Code on construction, materials and fire limits were approved; the bill remains pending for June 9.
- Section on parking space in business structures deleted from the proposed Building Code and re-referred to the Judiciary Committee.
- The Board fixed hourly pay for platform men and bus operators at the average of the two highest state rates.
- Proposed $25,000,000 water bond for new Hetch Hetchy pipelines was sent back to Finance Committee.
- A matter is put off for one week
- Proposal asks the Governor to create a Federal-State commission studying a second Bay crossing; the Board has not yet decided.
- Motion to re-refer the plan to provide courtrooms for three new Superior Court judges to committee carried.
- Proposal to exempt librarian position X42 from Charter residence requirements was refused.
- The Board authorized the President to name rent control board nominees if members did not submit names by August 14, 1947.
- Consideration of a charter amendment on business license taxes was continued to August 18, 1947.
- Board continued consideration of a resolution asking the Governor to create a commission on a second Bay crossing for two weeks.
- Proposed emergency amendment to the Hotel Rent Control Ordinance would create a Fair Rent Committee to adjust rental inequities; consideration continued.
- Board members voted to expunge from the record the discussion that followed presentation of the F car line ordinance.
- Board rescinded its adoption of the tax-delinquent property auction and sent it back for a valuation report.
- The Board re-referred Proposal No. 7110, which urges the state to build a second Bay crossing, back to committee.
- Proposal urging the State to speed construction of the Second Bay Crossing was re-referred to committee.
- Proposed charter amendment to the city's electors on police and fire departments, outcome not shown on this page.
- Board authorized Supervisor Lewis and willing supervisors to attend the American Municipal Association conference in New Orleans.
- Consideration of the charter amendment on the Police and Fire Departments was temporarily postponed without objection.
- Proposed charter amendment on civil service qualifications and tests, amending Section 145, continues on the next page.
- The Board rescinded its earlier action and continued debating a proposed charter amendment affecting Section 145, with a joint amendment proposed.
- Passed for second reading a measure authorizing a $350 compromise of Filamene Miller's claim against the City.
- Finally passed an emergency appropriation of $2,782 raising pay for two part-time Juvenile Court referees from $350 to $500 monthly.
- The Finance Committee's resolution to confirm the sale of Water Department Parcel 38-A to San Mateo Title Company for $2,820 was taken up.
- Passed for second reading a measure letting the City Attorney settle the City's claim for renting Parcel 65 at $2,400 per year.
- Proposed ordinance reclassifies two Tax Collector positions to Inspector and Senior Inspector titles in the salary ordinance.
- Ordinance to fund a $1,480 general clerk position in the Treasurer's office was continued one week.
- Ordinance adding a general clerk position to the Treasurer's salary schedule was continued one week.
- Proposal to add a $210-260 monthly bookkeeper post at Public Works was continued for one week.
- Emergency $400 appropriation to repair the Coroner's Office ambulance was continued one week.
- Proposal to let the Director of Property sell city-owned buildings on Guerrero Street and San Jose Avenue at public auction.
- MacPhee's motion on removing Army Street homes ruled out of order
- Proposed ordinance allowing agencies and organizations to temporarily use official voting machines; MacPhee moved to bar public and parochial schools.
- Salary ordinance change adding standby pay for demand service was referred back to the Finance Committee.
- Bill setting minimum and maximum private ambulance rates was taken up out of order; its decision is not printed here.
- Consideration of transferring Hyde Street utility land to the Park Department as public park was continued one week.
- Supervisor MacPhee asked the Police Committee to seek ways to tighten firearm possession restrictions, and it was referred.
- Supervisor MacPhee asked the City Planning Commission to give each supervisor a copy of the Western Addition Urban Redevelopment Program.
- Proposed ordinance would set minimum and maximum private ambulance rates; a motion to send it back to committee lost.
- Ambulance rate bill amended to lower some First and Second District fares; final passage is not printed here.
- Motion to delay a $2,700 appropriation for two emergency telephone operators at Municipal Court was defeated.
- Proposed amendment to the annual salary ordinance for demand standby pay was re-referred to the Finance Committee.
- Proposed charter amendment on the Sheriff's salary was temporarily postponed while the Sheriff was sent for.
- Electrical Code $10 annual inspection fee on sellers continued one week; motion to refer to committee failed.
- Electrical Code amendment setting a $10 annual inspection fee for electrical material sellers was sent back to committee.
- Rules Committee proposal to amend Rule 42 on the privilege of the floor was continued one week.
- Narrower sidewalks on Post Street sent back to committee
- Sidewalk widths to change on Columbia Square Street near Folsom Street
- Public Utilities Commission proposed the city acquire the California Street Cable Railroad's operating properties through a bond issue; the Board's action is not yet shown.
- Board adopted a memorial resolution for Dr. Jason Noble Pierce under suspended rules by an 11-to-0 vote.
- $1.9M to finish paying for the Market Street Railway's properties
- Board re-referred the $7,000 Superior Court appropriation for pro tempore reporters to Finance Committee.
- Consideration of the Mayor's agreement employing Francis V. Keesling, Jr. as congressional public relations counsel was continued one week.
- Streets Committee's Silliman Street improvement bill, with $4,000 city aid, was continued to April 19, 1948.
- Angle parking to be barred on state highways without approval
- Municipal Court supply appropriation of $2,500 reduced by $204 on amendment; consideration postponed pending the Clerk's appearance.
- Board set a special order for April 26, 1948 to hear plans for trolley coach overhead wires.
- Board president was authorized to attend the Western Regional Conference of Municipal Officials in Salt Lake City.
- Supervisor MacPhee's motion to suspend the rules and consider repealing Resolution 7415 was refused by the Board.
- Park Commission president Harvey E. Teller was granted leave of absence from May 7 to 17, 1948, to leave the state.
- Park Commission member Fred D. Parr granted leave of absence to leave the state from May 1 to May 10, 1948.
- Argument favoring juvenile court bonds approved for the ballot
- A motion to suspend the rules and repeal Resolution 7415 on expanded Air Force and universal military training failed.
- Board voted to suspend its rules so it could rescind its earlier adoption of Resolution 7415 on an expanded Air Force.
- Sale of city-owned land near Kenyon Avenue to City Title Insurance Company for $2,000 was put off two weeks.
- Engineering and striping funds of $15,800 for parking meter zones were continued for one week.
- The Board granted Controller Harry D. Ross leave from June 4 to 15, 1948, to leave the state.
- The Board granted Harold L. Zellerbach, president of the Art Commission, 60 days' leave from May 31, 1948, to leave the state.
- Ordinance adding the National Institute of City and Town Clerks to city memberships was postponed one week.
- Supervisors voted 6 to 5 to hold the District Attorney, Sheriff and Public Defender budgets in abeyance until those departments could be heard.
- Purchase of power budget of $400,000 approved, with the vote count not printed.
- Supplemental budget of $4,600 for Tax Collector various services approved.
- Purchase of power budget line of $400,000 approved, including $195,000 in supplemental funds.
- Mayor recommended declining the Navy's offer of the USS Enterprise; consideration was temporarily postponed.
- Proposed ordinance designating a redevelopment area was held in abeyance pending a June 3 public hearing on urban redevelopment.
- Board resumed debating a proposed convention center bond issue, which Mr. Holm said was a first step toward debt.
- The Board approved a motion endorsing federal housing bill H.R. 6888 on slum clearance and low-rent housing.
- Endorsement of pending federal housing bill H.R. 6888 adopted, with a report to be sent to the Mayor.
- Supervisor MacPhee's motion to temporarily postpone the building code amendment on gasoline station buildings passed without objection.
- Supervisor MacPhee's motion to temporarily postpone the building code definitions amendment passed without objection.
- Consideration of a Western Addition redevelopment area ordinance was continued one week amid eviction concerns.
- Supervisor MacPhee moved that an ordinance designating a redevelopment area pass; displaced tenants' return rights were questioned.
- Board asked the Chief Administrative Officer to use all available means to speed up street sign installation.
- Board assigned the letter A to the school bond proposition for the November ballot.
- San Francisco declared the need for a Redevelopment Agency under the state Community Redevelopment Act.
- Proposal asking the state Public Utilities Commission to survey Municipal Railway operations was referred to committee.
- Resolution urging Congress to repeal the federal amusement tax was referred to the County, State and National Affairs Committee.
- Proposed Building Code change would bar rebuilding of certain fire-damaged buildings in the Fire Limits; outcome not shown on this page.
- Resolution urging Congress to repeal the federal amusement tax was put off for one week.
- Sloss estate trustees allowed a balcony over the Lyon Street sidewalk
- Western Pacific Railroad's spur track permit across Connecticut Street north of Army Street was continued one week.
- Proposal urging a Twin Peaks planetarium site was withdrawn from tabling; Supervisor Christopher suggested sending it to the Academy.
- Supervisor Dan Gallagher granted leave of absence from December 5 through 20, 1948, with permission to leave the State.
- Substitute resolution adopted requiring Board approval of policy before the City Attorney's rate expert represents the city before the Public Utilities Commission.
- City takes over the new roadway on Rhode Island Street
- Flower stand move to Powell Street sent back to committee
- Board adopted a resolution urging the President to oppose the Bernadotte partition plan and recognize Israel.
- Ordinance appropriating $100,000 for Water Department electric power for pumping was temporarily postponed.
- Resolution adopted memorializing Congress to help remove White Russians from China.
- Request to the State Legislature to enact a Parking Authorities Law was temporarily postponed by the committee.
- The Board adopted a resolution by rising vote in memory of Ray Schiller, presented jointly by all members.
- Authorizing the City Attorney to represent the city in PG&E's rate case was temporarily postponed again; briefs would cost $4,000.
- Resolution urging City Planning Commission to study the DeLeuw transportation report for the Master Plan was adopted as amended.
- Appeal against changing Victoria Street's official grade near Palmetto Avenue was denied.
- Attorney explains a protest against the Victoria Street grade change
- Leave of absence sought for Civil Service Commissioner Francis P. Walsh for February 4-6, 1949; rules suspended.
- Protests against a proposed grade change on Victoria Street near Palmetto Avenue were re-referred to Streets Committee.
- $2,500 voted for the Board's County Supervisors Association dues
- Salary ordinance adding firemen, lieutenants and a captain at the San Francisco Airport was postponed for one week.
- Proposal to change the Board's rules on non-debatable motions was tabled.
- Shops backed at Eucalyptus Drive beside the Muni right-of-way
- Eucalyptus Drive rezoning appeal put off one week
- Supervisor Gallagher was appointed president pro tempore on motion by MacPhee, carried without objection.
- Park Commission proposed a four-year concession letting S. Alan Agnew rent part of the Oriental Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park.
- Lake Merced boat lease put off two weeks for an inspection
- Protests denied on the Mendell Street paving assessment
- Consideration of File No. 3956 on the Angel Island bid was continued for two weeks.
- Proposal to let the Recreation Department join several recreation and camping societies was re-referred to Finance Committee.
- Proposal to call for bids on leasing Angel Island was sent back to committee, with bids due before May 15, 1949.
- Arthur C. Jenkins' report on Municipal Railway economic features was re-referred to committee after a deferral vote.
- Coit Tower maintenance budget of $6,650, proposed for reduction to $2,000, was temporarily postponed.
- Merry-go-round playground animal painting funds of $2,500 temporarily postponed rather than deleted.
- The $3,000 Alamo Square drainage item in the Park Department budget was deleted by the Board.
- A final passage vote with no subject on this page
- Board took up a $220,000 Park Department appropriation to buy Frederick Street land for the Kezar Stadium extension.
- Juvenile Court detention home salaries and food funded with emergency money; consideration continued one week.
- Assessor's temporary salaries funded with $4,000 emergency money; consideration continued one week.
- Park Department's $18,218 convenience station at the Zoological Gardens was continued for one week.
- War Memorial heat, light and power funded with $800 emergency money; consideration continued one week.
- Agreement with the State of California for National Guard use of seven acres at Fort Funston and the Palace of Fine Arts continued one week.
- Consideration of eminent domain proceedings for land at Persia Avenue and Dublin Street, for a John McLaren Park entrance, was continued one week.
- Board continued the proposal to let the City Attorney begin condemning land for a McLaren Park entrance at Persia Avenue.
- Ordinance on city acquisition and leasing of Angel Island was continued for one week.
- Proposed policy on the city acquiring and leasing Angel Island was sent back to committee.
- Supervisor MacPhee asked the Public Utilities Commission to expedite its Jenkins Report recommendations; no objection was raised.
- Shops turned down on Bayshore Boulevard south of Silver Avenue
- Consideration of a statute of limitations waiver for Hetch Hetchy employees was continued for one week.
- Ted Robbins's Harding Park golf concession put off again
- Ray de Haven's Lincoln Park golf concession put off again
- A duplicate ordinance setting pay schedules for certain employees was tabled to clear the Board's records.
- Proposed golf concession at Sharp Park Golf Course for Allan H. Schoux was continued to August 1, 1949.
- Lee Dougan's golf driving range at Sloat and Sunset put off
- Stow Lake Company's boat concession in Golden Gate Park put off
- Measure repealing the ban on feeding pigeons taken from committee and placed on the August 15 calendar.
- Hearing set on taking land for the Silver Terrace Playground
- Portola Heights Boosters ask land be taken for Silver Terrace Playground
- Mayor returned disapproved File 4521 asking for a Bay Area rapid transit citizens' advisory committee; it was referred to committee.
- The matter postponed a week, its subject not named here
- Proposal to repeal the ban on feeding birds in public places was referred to the Judiciary Committee.
- Proposed charter amendment for a forty-hour Police Department work week was postponed to Wednesday, August 31, at 2 p.m.
- Charter amendment dropping the two-year practice rule for assistant attorneys was re-referred to the Judiciary Committee.
- Retirement Board member Harry J. Stewart granted leave to leave the state October 1 through October 9, 1949.
- Chief Administrative Officer Thomas A. Brooks granted leave to leave the state September 24 through October 12, 1949.
- Public Welfare Commissioner Rosalind Johns granted one month's leave to leave the state from October 5, 1949.
- Supervisor MacPhee asked the Finance Committee to consider combining departmental reports into one volume during budget review.
- City Planning Commission asked to study population trends for school sites
- Memorial site debated between Golden Gate Park and Hunter's Point
- Berwick buildings on Potrero Avenue for voting machines put off
- Ordinance raising the city employees' retirement salary basis from $500 to $700 passed for second reading as amended.
- Board continued for one week the public housing resolution, pending federal approval of non-discrimination and non-segregation language.
- Board adopted a resolution in memoriam honouring William P. Horn by unanimous rising vote.
- Application by the Housing Authority for a preliminary federal loan of up to $450,000 for planning low-rent housing was temporarily postponed.
- Board adopted a resolution in memoriam honouring James J. Maher by unanimous rising vote.
- MacPhee's motion asking the City Attorney to draft a competitive-bid ordinance for city concessions was referred to the Judiciary Committee.
- Competitive bidding for all city department concessions and privileges proposed; City Attorney asked to draft ordinance, sent to committee.
- The Board tabled a resolution urging the Governor to keep full state financial support for aged and blind aid programs.
- Cooperation agreement for public housing amended to cover not more than 3,000 units, File 4781.
- Board continued consideration of a $100,000 San Francisco Airport terminal appropriation for two weeks.
- Chief Administrative Officer's report on school district insurance was deferred for 90 days, with a report due then.
- Mason Street stopping ban between Bush and Market sent to committee
- $11,053.52 more for Eaton and Smith on Anza and Blake Streets
- Park Department's $13,200 Beach Chalet heating and design appropriation was referred back to Finance Committee.
- $3,500 for engineering on the Kezar Stadium seat rebuild
- Consideration of a proposal to repeal the 1939 Police Reserve ordinance was continued for two weeks.
- Protest hearing on paving portions of Bemis Street between Castro and Roanoke Streets by Bernal Construction Company continued one week.
- Two-family housing refused on Spruce Street south of Clay Street
- The Board agreed without objection to hold a public hearing on the 1950-51 budget estimates on May 1, 1950, at 2:30 p.m.
- Board continued the proposed repeal of the Police Reserve ordinance for two weeks to study expected police hiring.
- The local FEPC ordinance was sent back to be brought before the Board two weeks later, on January 23, 1950.
- The Board rescinded its passage for second reading of a $125,000 appropriation for cottages at Groveland, Moccasin and Early Intake.
- The Board adopted a memorial resolution for James C. Dawson, presented by Supervisor MacPhee.
- Supplemental Public Welfare Department recommendations on categorical aids, recommended by Finance Committee, were adopted.
- Motion to suspend the rules to hear Milton Marks and the Civil Service Commission on salary data failed.
- Hearing on a proposed grade change on Carver Street was continued for one week at Supervisor MacPhee's motion.
- Supervisors passed on first reading $15,853 from the Water Operating Fund to clean and paint the Dumbarton Pipe Line Bridge.
- Supervisors adopted a resolution letting the Recreation Commissioner and staff attend the California Recreation Society meeting in San Jose.
- The Board referred the Recreation Commission's report on recreation bond spending, including planned ballfields and soccer fields, to the Education, Parks and Recreation Committee.
- Supervisors passed on first reading a plan to sell a 4-foot easement over a lot on Edward Street at public auction.
- Land swapped with Anna Lufrano on Broadway for the tunnel
- Welfare lien on 3131 Moraga Street released for Elma A. Jarvinen
- Proposed $200 settlement of the City's claim against Cecil F. Hickman passed on first reading.
- Plumbing Inspection in the Health Department would fund a $1,100 clerk-stenographer post, passed on first reading.
- Emergency relief for dependent non-residents extended for December 1949 and January 1950, adopted by eleven ayes.
- Purchase of Alameda County land from Antone Lawrence and Merlin Bohnett for Bay Division Pipe Line No. 3 adopted for $2,910.
- Purchase of San Mateo County property from various parties for $220 for Bay Division Pipe Line No. 3 proposed.
- Health Department's $1,500 appropriation for sick leave replacements passed on first reading.
- Health Service System staffing changes, adding a secretary and two clerk-typists, passed on first reading, effective January 1, 1950.
- Board cancelled erroneous and duplicate personal property tax assessments for the years 1942 through 1949.
- Erroneous and illegal assessments for the year 1949 were cancelled by resolution.
- Board approved buying property from various owners in Santa Clara County for $23,197 for Bay Division Pipe Line No. 3.
- The Board, amended by Supervisor Gallagher, asked the Real Estate Department to report on city property rentals at Hetch Hetchy.
- Public Welfare Department receives $551,877 plus $156,878 for Aid to Needy Children through June 30, 1950, finally passed.
- Public Health Department's emergency hospitals receive $7,000 for sick leave, finally passed as an emergency ordinance.
- Municipal Court receives $11,000 from the Emergency Reserve Fund to pay Purchasing Department tabulating services, finally passed.
- San Francisco Hospital receives $5,000 for sick leave replacements under an emergency ordinance, finally passed.
- Welfare lien on 1504 Noe Street released for Mary McCabe
- Supervisors passed on first reading $212 to pay Public Works sewage plant employees who worked holidays.
- Supervisors passed finally $1,625 for the Purchaser of Supplies to buy a direct-process machine for the Reproduction Bureau.
- A proposal to exempt one Park Department landscape architect from charter residence rules was refused adoption.
- Resolution asking the federal housing agency to reserve capital grant money for San Francisco slum clearance and redevelopment, adopted.
- Controller may transfer $1,235,000 in water bond funds for an electric pumping plant at Lake Merced; adopted after one-week continuance.
- Board released the city's lien on 955 Vermont Street held for health care furnished to May Kennedy.
- Cancellation of 1949 duplicate personal property assessments, including those on removed property or defunct firms, was adopted.
- Erroneous and illegal 1949 assessments caused by clerical error were cancelled by resolution.
- Board approved buying property from various owners in San Mateo County for $14,260 for Bay Division Pipe Line No. 3.
- Controller authorized to move $1,235,000 within the 1942 water bond fund for a Lake Merced pumping plant.
- Proposed ordinance to raise private ambulance maximum charges from $1.00 to $2.50 was sent back to committee.
- Consideration of a statute of limitations waiver for two Board of Education employees' reclassification claim was continued for two weeks.
- Board approved paying $5,000 in 1950 membership dues to the County Supervisors' Association of California.
- Appropriation of $1,500 for Department of Public Health sick leave replacements was finally passed by the Board.
- Board finally passed an amendment to the salary ordinance adding the plumbing inspection position in the Department of Public Health.
- Board finally passed $15,853 from the Water Operating Fund to clean and paint the Dumbarton Pipe Line Bridge and pipe lines.
- Board passed an ordinance appropriating $212 for Public Works sewage plant employees' holiday pay.
- Board passed an ordinance authorizing public auction sale of a 4-foot easement on Edward Street lot 27.
- Land on the south side of Broadway east of Hyde Street was finally approved for exchange with Anna Lufrano for land needed for the Broadway Tunnel.
- Ordinance to settle the City's claim against Cecil F. Hickman by accepting $200 was moved for passage; the vote is not printed here.
- Board finally passed $1,100 for a new clerk-stenographer position in the Department of Public Health's plumbing inspection office.
- Board finally passed salary changes for the Health Service System, adding a board secretary and two clerk-typist posts, effective January 1, 1950.
- Board passed an ordinance appropriating $1,600 to employ a temporary draftsman in the Park Department.
- Six more days given to protest the Athens Street paving
- Pipe line easement to Leslie Salt Company over Water Department land near Ravenswood was deferred one more week.
- Board continued for one week consideration of a $231 appropriation for the pigeon-trapping program, after a rescission of its final passage.
- Joseph L. Alioto, Board of Education member, was granted leave of absence from February 21 through March 6, 1950.
- Sale of the Turk and Fillmore car house put off again
- Charles L. Harney paid another $1,303.80 for extra Masonic Avenue materials
- Closing DeHaro Street south of Army Street for good proposed
- Resolution asking the Mayor to call a city-wide conference on youth welfare was adopted.
- Mrs. Richard Nason, Jr., Board of Education member, was granted leave of absence from February 21 through March 6, 1950.
- The Board adopted a resolution in memory of Judge Louis F. Ward by rising vote.
- Board adopted a resolution commending Paul Naton, former secretary-manager of the San Francisco Junior Chamber of Commerce.
- Sale of the Turk and Fillmore car house put off again
- Finance Committee's salary standardization report on city employee pay was referred to the Civil Service Commission for review and cost analysis.
- Board adopted a resolution in memory of Mrs. Elizabeth Murphy, carried unanimously by rising vote.
- Housing Authority not ready to bid for the Fillmore car barn
- MacPhee withdrew his motion to hold a committee-of-the-whole hearing on Bay Bridge approaches.
- Board adopted a resolution asking that Maiden Lane between Stockton Street and Grant Avenue be closed to traffic for a festival.
- Maiden Lane closed for the Spring Comes to Maiden Lane festival
- Substitute Public Works Code amendment on garbage grinders and sewer discharges passed for second reading, with Chief Administrative Officer changes.
- Board commended the San Francisco City College basketball team and coach for reaching the national junior college tournament in Kansas.
- Board tabled a Chief Administrative Officer report on lower insurance costs for San Francisco Unified School District properties.
- Board unanimously adopted a resolution in memory of the late Clarence F. Pratt by rising vote.
- Supervisors sent the amendment to change the 40-hour work-week discontinuance date to June 30, 1950 back to committee.
- Clerk of the Board authorized to request a $2,100 intra-fund budget transfer for repairs, telephone, fuel, supplies and equipment.
- Maiden Lane closed for the Spring Comes to Maiden Lane festival
- The Board adopted a resolution asking the Mayor to proclaim April 23-29, 1950, as Mental Health Week.
- Protest hearing on paving Phelps Street between Fairfax and Galvez Avenues was referred to the Streets Committee.
- The Board adopted a resolution extending felicitations to conductor Pierre Monteux on his seventy-fifth birthday.
- Planning Director Paul Oppermann's leave request was referred to the Finance Committee.
- Charter amendment on retirement and death allowances for uniformed police and other employees was amended and continued to April 6, 1950.
- Supervisors to attend April 15 centennial at Portsmouth Square
- Supervisor MacPhee withdrew his motion asking the Police Commission to report on hiring more officers after the department survey.
- Two-family housing refused for blocks in the Glen Park area
- Motion to repeal the Salary Standardization Ordinance, which faced a referendum, was refused passage for second reading.
- Public Utilities Commission overtime and holiday pay appropriation of $1,200 for Hetch Hetchy was re-referred to the Finance Committee.
- Proposed $200 appropriation for Public Utilities Commission employees' car allowances was re-referred to Finance Committee.
- Proposed $200 appropriation for Public Utilities Commission overtime payments was re-referred to Finance Committee.
- Peter Bercut, Park Commissioner, was granted leave to leave the state May 19 through July 31, 1950.
- The Board unanimously adopted a resolution in memoriam of Martin Stelling, Jr.
- Emmet Daley, a member of the District Attorney's Office, was granted leave to leave the state May 8 through 11, 1950.
- A supervisor to chair the Youth Fair in Union Square
- George D. Hart, Library Commission president, was granted leave to leave the state from May 10 to July 15, 1950.
- Francis Joseph McCarthy, Art Commissioner, was granted leave to leave the state from May 5 to May 16, 1950.
- Emergency $6,350 appropriation for the City Attorney's telephone, litigation and supplies was continued for one week.
- Mrs. Bernard L. Hechinger, Public Welfare Commissioner, was granted leave to leave the state May 24 through June 12, 1950.
- Supervisor MacPhee proposed a resolution urging public participation in observing A. J. Cloud Day on May 13, 1950.
- The Board unanimously adopted a resolution in memoriam of William Edminister.
- Proposed $2.6M appropriation for Municipal Railway rehabilitation; Board debated cutting several construction items, with consideration still pending.
- Supervisor MacPhee moved, seconded by Mancuso, that the Clerk request a $3,750 intra-fund budget transfer from the Controller.
- Sam K. Harrison was granted leave to leave the state from May 12 to 16, 1950.
- The Board of Supervisors' own budget, with Finance Committee cuts, was moved for approval; no vote is recorded on this page.
- Board adopted the Department of Public Works County Road Fund Construction budget, as recommended by the Finance Committee.
- Board adopted the Department of Electricity budget, requiring all employments to be on a 40-hour week.
- Public Works Building Inspection budget advanced, with line-item reductions proposed; outcome continues on the next page.
- Public Defender's budget adopted with a minor office furniture change for the Youth Guidance Center.
- Board of Permit Appeals budget adopted, with all employments on a 40-hour week.
- Steinhart Aquarium budget of the California Academy of Sciences proposed with staff reductions; vote continues on next page.
- Board adopted the Special Gas Tax street budget, setting aside $410,000 as unappropriated balance for Sunset Boulevard extension work.
- Consideration of the Public Works budget for the North Point sewage treatment plant was temporarily postponed by the Board.
- The Public Administrator's budget was adopted, cutting $450 from its automobile allowance, with one dissenting vote.
- The Board adopted the Public Works budget for County Road Fund bridges, cutting general maintenance repairs from $2,000 to $1,000.
- Board adopted the Director of Finance and Records' budget, as recommended by the Finance Committee, with all employments on a 40-hour week.
- The Board adopted the Public Works general budget for the County Road Fund, as recommended by the Finance Committee.
- Board adopted the District Attorney's budget after deleting one special officer position from the proposed budget.
- Motion to adopt the Department of Public Works General Office budget, with a reduced automobile allowance, is pending.},
- The Board moved to cut temporary salaries at the Richmond-Sunset sewage treatment plant from $1,784 to $1,000 before adopting its budget.
- The Board adopted the Public Works street cleaning budget as amended, cutting chauffeurs and a motor broom purchase.
- Board adopted the Registrar of Voters' budget, including $28,450 for voting machines.
- The District Attorney's budget, with a Finance Committee furniture cut, was moved for approval; no vote is recorded on this page.
- Board cut Bureau of Engineering automobile funds to $2,000; the budget's final adoption vote continues on the next page.
- Board cut City Hall basement Fire Department alterations from $25,000 to $10,000, then adopted the Public Works Bureau of Architecture budget.
- The County Clerk's budget was adopted, with all employments set on a 40-hour week.
- Board adopted the Public Works Bureau of Accounts budget, requiring all employment on a 40-hour week, by a 7 to 0 vote.
- Street repair budget moved with a forty-hour week for staff
- War Memorial budget, as submitted by the Mayor, adopted on the Finance Committee's recommendation.
- Board adopted the Fire Alarm Office budget, with 44-hour weeks for telephone operators and fire dispatchers.
- The Purchasing Department's budget was adopted, with 48-hour and 44-hour week exceptions for certain employees.
- The Real Estate Department's budget was adopted, trimming $235 from contractual services and stationery.
- Board adopted the Public Works Sewage Pumping Stations budget, with all employment set at a 40-hour week.
- Municipal Court budget adopted, including supplemental sums for printing, court calendars and traffic violator names.
- The Board adopted the Treasurer's budget with small cuts to travel expense and printing, after a motion to delete a cashier post failed.
- Superior Court budget adopted with Finance Committee cuts to materials and supplies and equipment.
- Law Library budget moved for adoption as recommended by Finance Committee; the vote continues on the next page.
- Board adopted the Real Estate Department's Auditorium budget, with 40-hour week exceptions for four auditorium positions.
- Board adopted the Chief Administrative Officer's budget, as recommended by the Finance Committee, with all employments on a 40-hour week.
- Board adopted the Public Works Central Permit Bureau budget, with all employment set at a 40-hour week.
- Board adopted the Public Works Bureau of Street Cleaning budget after cutting laborers from six to three.
- Board adopted the Recorder's budget with minor equipment changes and a 40-hour employment week.
- The Board adopted the Public Works sewer repair budget, with a 44-hour week for two supervisory sewer positions.
- Board adopted the Tax Collector's budget with an automobile line cut by $600 and a 40-hour week.
- Farmers' Market budget adopted with a $224 fire insurance reduction and a 48-hour week for two posts.
- Public Health central office budget was moved for adoption; a motion to cut dead-animal removal funds was withdrawn.
- Public Utilities Commission Bureau of Light, Heat and Power budget proposed with line reductions; final vote not on this page.
- Electricity Department Plant Division budget adopted with changes to a parking meter serviceman position and work-week rules.
- Supervisor Gallagher proposed cutting Art Commission's Furthering Visual Arts funding from $10,000 to $7,500.
- The Board adopted the San Francisco Airport budget, with its supplemental, as recommended by the Finance Committee.
- Public Works budget for North Point and Southeast sewage treatment plants adopted, with a 40-hour week condition.
- The Controller's budget was adopted with reductions for overtime, contractual costs and office equipment.
- Motion to adopt the Employees' Retirement System budget, cutting $278,315 for former Fire Department members, continues on the next page.
- Board adopted the Water Department budget with line-item cuts, including reductions to heat, light and power and reconstruction.
- Log Cabin Ranch School budget, part of the juvenile detention system, adopted by ten votes to none.
- Board adopted the Public Health central accounting budget, cutting contractual expenses by $155.
- Budget of the Capital Improvement Fund adopted as recommended by the Finance Committee.
- Budget of the Coroner adopted as recommended by the Finance Committee, with a 40-hour week and listed exceptions.
- Motion made to adopt the Public Health central statistics budget; the outcome is not printed on this page.
- The Civil Service Commission budget was adopted, with all employments placed on a 40-hour week.
- The Board adopted the Municipal Railway budget, trimming holiday pay by $2,887 and keeping the supplementals.
- Board adopted the Juvenile Detention Home budget, with staffing and supply cuts and $1,750 for moving to new quarters.
- Budget of the Public Pound adopted as recommended by the Finance Committee.
- Public Health milk and abattoir inspection budget adopted, cutting an automobile line by $1,250.
- The Board is debating the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum budget, including a $200,000 warehouse; an amendment to allow it was moved, outcome not yet printed.
- Move to cut the Public Utilities Commission printing budget to $15,000
- The Board restored the District Attorney's Special Officer post and adopted the department's amended 1950 budget.
- The Board adopted the Public Works sewer repair budget, requiring all sewer repair staff to work a 40-hour week.
- Board took up the Hetch Hetchy Water Supply budget, with the Public Utilities Commission's recommended changes; outcome continues on next page.
- Board rescinded its earlier adoption of the District Attorney budget so a Special Officer position can be restored.
- Budget of the Agricultural (Horticultural) Inspection Department adopted as recommended by the Finance Committee.
- Proposal to cut Public Health rodent controlman posts from 11 to 5 carried over to the next page.
- The Park Department budget, with cuts to tennis courts, concerts and equipment, was moved; a $250,000 Gas House Cove bulkhead was defeated.
- City Planning Commission budget adopted after cuts to contractual services, supplies, and membership dues.
- Board adopted the Department of Weights and Measures budget, with all employments on a 40-hour week except one inspector.
- A motion to cut the Board of Supervisors' chauffeur salary from $8,844 to $7,960 was defeated; the budget adoption continues on the next page.
- Board ordered new interdepartmental positions in the 1950-1951 budget to follow Civil Service classifications, with tenure set by the Civil Service Commission.
- Motion proposed on the Fire Department budget, excluding personnel; the outcome continues on the next page.
- The Board adopted the 1950 budget for the Public Health Education division after cutting several line items.
- Board adopted the Fire Department budget with cuts to firehouse repairs, equipment, drill tower, engine replacement and staff positions.
- The Board adopted the Sheriff's budget after cutting clerk, jailer, building repair and vehicle lines.
- The Board adopted the Adult Probation Department budget with cuts to officer salaries, equipment and office alterations.
- Public Utilities Commission general office budget adopted, including $150,000 to buy the California Street Cable Railroad Company.
- Board took up the Assessor's budget and cut land appraiser positions from 16 to 10 before adoption.
- Motion proposed directing the Civil Service Commission to set pay rates for disability transfer employments in the Annual Salary Ordinance.
- The Board cut Police Department travel expense to $5,040 and reduced patrol driver positions to 22; an equipment cut was defeated.
- The Board adopted the 1950 budget of the Department of Public Health's Communicable Diseases office, cutting travel expense from $370 to $300.
- The Mayor's 1950 budget was adopted with the Finance Committee's changes and the 40-hour week rule.
- Public Library budget proposed for adoption with cuts to staff, furniture and the Marina Branch; vote continues on next page.
- Board directed the Controller to adjust retirement allowances in the 1950-1951 budget estimates to match approved personal services changes.
- Motion proposed to adopt the Recreation Department budget, cutting equipment from $9,500 to $5,000.
- Police Department budget adopted with cuts to animal care, horse feed and equipment, and policemen employments reduced to 1,232.
- MacPhee moved to adopt the Mayor's Redevelopment Agency budget with Finance Committee changes; the vote continues on the next page.
- The Board adopted the Board of Education county offices budget, cutting materials and supplies by $425.
- City Attorney's budget adopted, with reductions to one principal, one senior attorney and one stenographer position.
- The Board adopted the Assessor's budget with reduced travel, car allowance, and equipment amounts, plus a 44-hour week exception during tax season.
- Board adopted a schedule of retirement and compensation adjustments to departmental budgets, applying if Ordinance 5396 remains in effect.
- Supervisor MacPhee moved to adopt the balance of the Health Department budgets, as recommended by the Finance Committee with changes.
- Board adopted the California Palace of the Legion of Honor budget after cutting contractual services and organist pay.
- The Board adopted the 1950 budget of the City Planning Commission after reducing several line items, including contractual services and stenographer posts.
- Supervisor MacPhee's resolution, File 5102, was adopted by a unanimous rising vote of the Board.
- Charles T. McDonough, Civil Service Commissioner, granted leave of absence to leave the state May 19-25, 1950.
- Board of Permit Appeals member Reed W. Robinson was granted leave to leave the state from May 26 to June 18, 1950.
- Tax Collector's $850 burglar alarm for the parking meter coin room was re-referred to Finance Committee.
- Leave of absence granted to Public Administrator Phil C. Katz
- Board granted Art Commission President Harold L. Zellerbach a two-week leave of absence to leave the state.
- Bert Levit, president of the Board of Education, was granted leave of absence from the state from June 17 to June 25, 1950.
- Fire Chief Edward P. Walsh was granted three days' leave of absence from the state from June 1, 1950.
- Richard H. Newhall, a War Memorial trustee, was granted leave of absence from the state through July 31, 1950.
- Francis P. Walsh, president of the Civil Service Commission, requested leave of absence from the state for June 9 through 12, 1950.
- The Board adopted a resolution closing Eureka Street between Eighteenth and Nineteenth Streets to traffic on weekday mornings June 19-30, 1950.
- Resolution adopted in memory of Martin H. Gerry III, a former city purchaser of supplies.
- Board unanimously adopted a resolution in memory of William Zech, Sr.
- Board adopted leave of absence for Mayor Elmer E. Robinson, July 3-29, 1950, with permission to leave the state.
- Head Librarian was authorized to attend the American Library Association conference in Cleveland, Ohio.
- Land in Santa Clara County for the Bay Division Pipe Line was approved for purchase from five owners for $16,795.
- Health lien lifted at 2310 Castro Street for Nicholas M. Gruich
- Settlement proposed giving the city $2,333 in Officer Scholz's death
- Emergency relief for dependent non-residents extended for June and July 1950, approved.
- Public Welfare Department's July 1950 categorical aid recommendations approved by the Board.
- Accepted $35 bequest from the Stephen Ardito estate for the M. H. DeYoung Memorial Museum.
- Ben G. Kline, Director of Finance and Records, was granted two weeks' leave from July 5, 1950, with permission to leave the state.
- Proposed $1,750 payment to Ora Robinson to settle her lawsuit over a fall on a defective sidewalk.
- Land swapped with Atlas Realty and $5,750 for a school site
- An adoption vote with no subject on this page
- Leave of absence for Deputy District Attorney Emmet Daly, June 29 to July 1, 1950, moved for adoption.
- Water pipeline land in Santa Clara County was approved for purchase from three owners for $9,386.
- Reassessment of three parcels erroneously assessed in 1949 was adopted.
- Land in Santa Clara County for the Bay Division Pipe Line was proposed for purchase from four owners for $5,805.
- Board adopted leave of absence for Supervisor Marvin E. Lewis, June 30 to August 1, 1950, with permission to leave the state.
- Public Health director and San Francisco Hospital superintendent to sign narcotics and alcohol orders for 1950-51.
- Passed for second reading: surplus Water Department land in San Mateo County to be exchanged with Henry A. Jones for pipeline land.
- Adopted: the Clerk of the Board may request a $50 transfer from contractual services to equipment for the Board.
- Finally passed the annual salary ordinance setting city pay for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1950.
- Passed for second reading: $4,000 added for the sewage treatment plant at the Log Cabin Ranch School.
- A $1,500 appropriation for Municipal Court reporter transcripts is pending; its vote is on the next page.
- Monthly rents of $50 to $135 proposed for seven stores
- Acquisition by eminent domain of two Burlingame lots, Kay Park Subdivision, for up to $7,000 for the Sunset Supply Line water pipe.
- $50,000 appropriation to the Board of Education to buy land for school purposes passed for second reading.
- Purchase proposed of a house and vacant lot on Hamilton Street
- Consideration of Hetch Hetchy electric energy rate schedules was continued one week on a motion by MacPhee.
- The Board adopted a substitute resolution modifying residence waivers granted to various civil service classifications under the Charter.
- Consideration of Frank and Pearl Galey's request to reduce their property assessment was continued for one week.
- Schedules of Hetch Hetchy electric energy rates were continued for one week before final action.
- Resolution in memory of Mrs. Catherine E. Turkington was adopted unanimously by the Board of Supervisors.
- Resolution approving Public Welfare Department recommendations on categorical aids for August 1950 was adopted.
- Board extended emergency relief to dependent non-residents for July and August, per a list dated July 31, 1950.
- Board authorized the Civil Service Commission to spend money on a salary standardization survey.
- Board adopted supplemental Public Welfare Department recommendations on categorical aids, based on July 25, 1950 letters.
- The Board adopted a resolution asking the Public Utilities Commission to waive certain electric energy charges against the 1950-51 budget.
- Board adopted a resolution granting Art Commission President Harold L. Zellerbach leave to travel out of state, August 28 to September 3, 1950.
- Flower show is authorized to be held in City Hall on August 30 and 31, 1950.
- Public Health Department lien on 165 Lobos Street for care given to Michael Foley is released.
- Crystal Palace Baths one-year sublease at $1,250 a month was amended; further votes were still pending.
- Health lien lifted at 235 Granville Way for Frieda Hubner
- Purchase of property in Santa Clara County from various owners for $18,647 for Bay Division Pipe Line No. 3 proposed; vote not printed here.
- Planning Director and principal city planner are approved to attend a planning conference in Los Angeles, August 13-16, 1950.
- Refund of duplicate and erroneous tax payments for fiscal year 1949-50 is approved.
- Land traded with Anne C. Mitchell to widen San Jose Avenue
- Board adopted a resolution exempting the Director of Disaster Corps post from the Charter's residence requirement.
- Annual Salary Ordinance amended to create Disaster Corps director and general clerk-stenographer positions; finally passed.
- Leave granted from September 10 to 20, including out of state
- Emergency appropriation of $10,850 from the Emergency Reserve Fund for two Disaster Corps positions finally passed after rescission.
- Resolution in memory of Al Silverstein was adopted by unanimous rising vote.
- Mayor recommended a 30-day leave of absence for Gordon C. Osborne, Chief of the Department of Electricity.
- Residency requirement waiver for a physician anesthetist at the Department of Public Health, reported by Finance Committee without recommendation.
- Ordinance appropriating $1,170 for a temporary building inspector on the Park Merced housing project and Stoneson Shopping Center is finally passed.
- Residency requirement waived for the toxicologist position in the Office of Coroner.
- Proposal allowing prize fights at Kezar Stadium was referred to Finance Committee.
- Consideration of $86,700 for Municipal Railway rehabilitation was continued one week after amendments reducing the amount.
- Proposed release of city lien securing aid to indigent Adeline H. Flynn, with a new lien recorded for the balance.
- Payment of $10 per meeting to Redevelopment Agency members was continued for two weeks.
- Acquisition of an easement in Burlingame by eminent domain, costing up to $1,750, for the Sunset Supply Line was approved.
- Attendance of the Public Welfare director at two American Public Welfare Association meetings, in Washington and Boise, was approved.
- Board adopted resolution allowing the aid lien on Emily Thomson's property to be subordinated to a mortgage.
- Clerk to ask the Chief Administrative Officer to negotiate a contract giving the City net proceeds from temporary war housing projects.
- Supplemental Public Welfare Department recommendations on categorical aids were approved by resolution in a letter dated August 29, 1950.
- Emergency relief was extended to dependent non-residents for September and October 1950 by resolution.
- Charter amendment letting Municipal Railway employees unable to run buses retire early at age 50 was ordered submitted to voters.
- Purchase of a strip of land in San Mateo County from California Water Service Company for $3,700 was approved.
- An adoption vote with no subject on this page
- Payment of $10 per meeting to Parking Authority members was continued for two weeks.
- Purchase of land in San Mateo County from Dorothy Feigenbaum for $850 and Frank Belcher for $3,100 was approved.
- Release of the city's lien on Lot 3, Block 7163, recorded for welfare aid to Irene Luippage, was approved.
- Fred D. Parr was granted leave of absence to leave the state for September 17 through 28, 1950.
- Consideration of files on transferring government temporary housing to the local Housing Authority was continued one week.
- The Board adopted a resolution commending Cleland O. Whitton, president of the Multiple Listing Service of San Francisco.
- Contract for a survey and inventory of San Francisco housing awarded, and all other bids rejected.
- A. B. Crowley was requested leave of absence from the Retirement Board to leave the state, September 12 through 17, 1950.
- The Board unanimously adopted Resolution 10271 by rising vote, with the subject not stated in this text.
- A resolution approving a Park Commission agreement to run a parking lot at Kezar Stadium was referred to the Finance Committee.
- The Board tabled a resolution authorizing the chief administrative officer to attend a city managers conference in Houston.
- Board granted Art Commission president Harold L. Zellerbach leave to travel outside California, September 16-20, 1950.
- Mayor Elmer E. Robinson was granted leave to leave the state for October 4-7, 1950.
- Director of Public Health Dr. J. C. Geiger was granted thirty days' leave to leave the state from September 21, 1950.
- Sale of surplus city land on Turk Street to Safeway Stores, Inc. for $152,500 was continued to September 18.
- Leave of absence for John F. Brady, Retirement Board president, was moved for adoption; the final vote is not printed here.
- Harry J. Stewart, Retirement Board member, granted leave of absence for October 1-11, 1950, to leave the state.
- The Board adopted a resolution commending the San Francisco Examiner and merchants for the Christmas Value Days event, urging early shopping.
- Donald A. Cameron, Public Utilities Commissioner, granted leave of absence for October 6-14, 1950, to leave the state.
- Chief of Police Michael E. Mitchell was granted leave of absence to leave the state from October 4 to 16, 1950.
- Mayor recommended a leave of absence for Art Commission president Harold L. Zellerbach, October 17-26, 1950, with permission to leave the state.
- $1,442 voted to alter the Disaster Council office on Hyde Street
- Leave of absence granted to City Planning Commissioner Oliver M. Rousseau for October 9-20, 1950, to leave the state.
- Emergency appropriation of $1,140 for a temporary courtroom clerk for an extra session judge was finally passed.
- Paul Oppermann, Director of Planning, granted leave from November 17 through 23, 1950, with permission to leave the state.
- Joseph H. Dyer, Jr., Art Commission secretary, granted two weeks leave from October 10, 1950, with permission to leave the state.
- Henry C. Maginn, president of the Police Commission, was granted one month's leave of absence from October 13, 1950.
- The Clerk of the Board was authorized to request a $300 allotment from the Controller to repair a Board automobile.
- Dr. Walter Heil, director of the M. H. DeYoung Memorial Museum, was granted leave of absence to travel out of state.
- A Public Utilities Commission representative's trip to a National Safety Council congress in Chicago was re-referred to committee.
- $525,000 sought to buy land for a St. Mary's Park garage
- Thirty-eighth Avenue between Balboa and Cabrillo Streets closed October 31 for the Balboa Merchants' Halloween party; adopted.
- Approved a $600 internal fund transfer to repair the Board's automobiles for the rest of the fiscal year.
- Proposed $1,980 to create a six-day reservoir keeper post at Hetch Hetchy and abolish a laborer post; sent back to committee.
- Leave of absence granted to Dr. Walter Heil, De Young Museum director, for November 1 to December 8, 1950.
- Retirement System physician's hours increase of $550 was re-referred to the Finance Committee.
- Proposed $24,676.32 emergency appropriation for Disaster Council and Disaster Corps was continued one week.
- The Board unanimously adopted a resolution in memory of Joseph G. Gallagher.
- Board adopted Public Welfare Department recommendations on categorical aid payments for November.
- Resolution adopted urging San Francisco voters to vote at the November 7, 1950 election.
- Dr. J. C. Geiger, Director of Public Health, granted thirty days' leave of absence from October 23, 1950 to leave the state.
- Fire Department money for fireboat crew vacation relief was put off one week by the Board.
- The Board adopted a resolution congratulating Edmund G. Pat Brown on his election as Attorney-General.
- Purchasing Department salary ordinance change is put off for one week.
- Consideration of $6,529 for new Municipal Railway storekeeper positions was continued for one week.
- Companion amendment to the Annual Salary Ordinance for the Purchasing Department was continued for one week.
- Supervisor Mancuso was authorized to attend the County Supervisors' Association meeting in Sacramento on November 22, 1950.
- Finance and Records Director Ben C. Kline sought leave to leave the state from November 23 to 26, 1950.
- Ronald H. Born, Director of Public Welfare, was granted leave of absence from November 8 to December 8, 1950.
- $152,500 voted to rebuild the Powell Street cable car rails
- Municipal Railway salary ordinance adding and changing positions is put off for one week.
- A $14,250 emergency appropriation for new Disaster Council and Disaster Corps posts was referred to Finance Committee.
- An amendment to the Annual Salary Ordinance for Disaster Corps positions was referred to Finance Committee.
- Airport premium pay for field service and security employees was amended to $2,240, with the roll call still to come.
- Mayor Elmer E. Robinson granted leave to leave the state from November 22 to December 9, 1950.
- Controller Harry D. Ross granted leave to leave the state from November 22 to December 9, 1950.
- $6,955 for two new City Attorney positions was sent back to the Finance Committee for further review.
- Leave of absence granted to Police Commissioner Washington I. Kohnke for November 17-19, 1950, out of state.
- Municipal Railway appropriation of $6,529 for storekeeper positions failed, as seven votes fell short of the eight required.
- Companion salary ordinance for Municipal Railway positions was re-referred to Finance Committee.
- Companion amendment to the City Attorney salary ordinance was sent back to the Finance Committee with the related appropriation.
- Leave of absence granted to Legion of Honor director Thomas C. Howe, Jr. for November 27 to December 31, 1950, out of state.
- Companion salary ordinance for Purchasing Department positions was re-referred to Finance Committee.
- Companion salary ordinance for Purchasing Department positions was re-referred to Finance Committee.
- Recreation and Park Commissioner Rev. Eugene J. Shea was granted leave of absence to travel outside the state.
- Emergency $2,000 appropriation for Hassler Health Home sick leave payments was referred to Finance Committee.
- Public Welfare Commissioner John F. Henning was granted leave of absence to leave the state from November 30 to December 10, 1950.
- Supervisor MacPhee moved to lift from the table a $1,020 Fire Department appropriation for vacation relief on fire boats, and it carried.
- Emergency $14,450 appropriation for Disaster Council pamphlets on surviving atomic attack was referred to Finance Committee.
- The Board voted to invite the Public Utilities Commission to explain why it would not sell an unused Newark to Redwood City pipe line for $25,000.
- Board postponed for one week the request to exempt the Public Library head music librarian post from residence rules.
- Mission Street car lot rezoning put off to December
- The Board adopted a resolution authorizing a San Francisco Airport representative to attend an airport executives meeting in Chico.
- Board unanimously adopted a resolution in memoriam for Jeremiah J. Mahoney.
- Rules for food and beverage vending machines in City Hall were re-referred to the Finance Committee.
- Board adopted Resolution No. 10603 on December 11, 1950, with the subject not printed on this page.
- Resolution urging San Franciscans to donate blood to the Irwin Memorial Blood Bank was adopted unanimously.
- Resolution in memory of Eugene Broderick was adopted by the Board of Supervisors.
- Property owners protested assessments for paving part of Leland Avenue, and the protests were re-referred to committee.
- Fred G. Ainslie was granted leave from the Board of Permit Appeals for December 23-29, 1950, with permission to leave the state.
- Dan S. Hewitt was granted leave from the Board of Permit Appeals for January 3-9, 1951, with permission to leave the state.
- Board unanimously adopted a resolution in memoriam of Mrs. Gertrude K. Siller.
- Proposed airport rates and charges drew airline objections that they were discriminatory; the Board's final vote is not yet recorded.
- Emergency $5,500 appropriation for roof repairs at the de Young Museum was referred to the Finance Committee.
- Mayor's veto of a $765.35 payment for repairs to Crystal Salt Water Baths was sustained by the Board.
- Board adopted leaves of absence for Recreation and Park Commissioner Michael Buckley and Supervisor Dan Gallagher, December 1950 to February 1951.
- Supervisor Mead was appointed President Pro Tem while Board President Christopher was hospitalized after an operation.
- Market Street rezoning appeal near Castro Street put off a week
- Supervisors referred a $13,400 appropriation for County Jail No. 2 temporary salaries and contract services to Finance Committee.
- Supervisors referred a $7,800 appropriation to repair fire boat condenser tubes to Finance Committee.
- A $3,000 emergency appropriation to fund a civilian defense communication technician post was referred to Finance Committee.
- Municipal Railway overtime appropriation of $2,665 for weekend traffic checks was re-referred to Finance Committee.
- Emergency ordinance appropriating $3,300 to Public Health for a Visiting Nurses Association contract change was referred to Finance Committee.
- Resolution 10692 was adopted unanimously after the Board suspended its rules.
- A $7,500 emergency appropriation for Municipal Court temporary judges and clerks was referred to Finance Committee.
- An amendment to the Annual Salary Ordinance for the Department of Electricity, companion to the $3,000 appropriation, was referred to Finance Committee.
- Companion measure File No. 6867-2 on the transport chief proposal was re-referred to the Finance Committee.
- Proposal to create a Chief of Transportation post for civilian defense was re-referred to the Finance Committee.
- A resolution honouring the late Perry Kittredge, who devoted his life to city youth, was adopted unanimously.
- A hearing was set for January 29, 1951 on an appeal over refusing to rezone a Nineteenth Avenue corner to commercial.
- A proposed Chief of Transportation-Civilian Defense position in Public Utilities was refused final passage.
- Prices for excerpts from the Municipal Code in pamphlet form proposed; the vote continues on the next page.
- Board moved to adopt fixed prices for pamphlet excerpts from the Municipal Code; the vote continues on the next page.
- The Board adopted prices for selling excerpts of the Municipal Code in pamphlet form.
- Board defeated a $3,705 emergency appropriation from the Emergency Reserve Fund for a new civilian defence transportation chief post.
- Leave of absence granted to Harold Zellerbach of the Art Commission and Frank Flynn of War Memorial trustees.
- Art Commission president Harold Zellerbach and War Memorial trustee Frank Flynn were granted leaves of absence with permission to leave the state.
- Rezoning refused at Nineteenth Avenue and Noriega Street
- Board sets January 29, 1951 hearing on appeal against refusing to rezone a Nineteenth Avenue and Rivera Street corner to commercial.
- A new Chief of Transportation-Civilian Defense position in Public Utilities was refused final passage by the Board.
- Referred to Finance Committee a $1,000 emergency appropriation to cover Fire Department fire boat staffing during sick leave.
- Labor groups urged the Board to sit as a committee of the whole, in the evening, to consider the salary standardization survey.
- Recreation and Park appropriation for inspectors and engineers, cut from $32,475 to $15,480, passed for second reading as amended.
- Board passed on second reading a $2,750 appropriation for a new Chief of Transportation in the Disaster Corps.
- Emergency $1,000 appropriation for auxiliary police training supplies at the pistol range was referred to Finance Committee.
- Emergency $13,195 appropriation to uniform 300 Police Reserve members was referred to Finance Committee.
- Resolution honoring the late Joseph Di Giorgio was adopted by a unanimous vote of the Board.
- Supervisors Gallagher and Mancuso were authorized to attend the County Supervisors' Association meeting in Sacramento.
- Board refused to reconsider its passage of a land exchange with Henry Doelger Builder near Alemany Boulevard in Daly City.
- Board adopted a resolution closing Maiden Lane between Stockton and Kearny Streets March 15-17, 1951 for a spring festival.
- Resolution in memoriam of Mrs. Pearl L. Bayless was unanimously adopted by the Board.
- Ordinance appropriating $44,000 to buy meat for Laguna Honda Home and San Francisco Hospital was referred to the Finance Committee.
- Resolution commending John R. Titsworth, retiring secretary of the Golden West YMCA branch, was adopted.
- Supervisor MacPhee introduced a salary standardization ordinance for city officers and employees, effective July 1, 1951, sent to Finance Committee.
- A motion to approve Civil Service salary recommendations and Finance Committee changes for two directors remains pending before the Board.
- Ordinance appropriating $40,000 for a crippled children's program was referred to the Finance Committee.
- Board debates revised salary standardization schedules raising pay for about 7,500 city employees; the final vote continues.
- Board Clerk authorized to transfer $500 from contractual services to equipment to buy filing equipment.
- Board unanimously adopted a resolution in memory of Mrs. Catherine E. Supple, presented by Supervisor MacPhee.
- Supervisor MacPhee presented a resolution commending the Guardsmen's fund drive for camperships for underprivileged children.
- Maiden Lane asked to be closed for its spring festival
- Board unanimously adopted a resolution in memory of John J. Roddy, presented by MacPhee and J. Joseph Sullivan.
- Controller authorized to pay sundry bills incurred while considering the salary standardization ordinance.
- Emergency $2,082 temporary salary appropriation for Laguna Honda Home referred to Finance Committee.
- Leaves of absence for Police Commissioner Kohnke, Mulvihill and Zellerbach, March to April 1951, were adopted.
- Emergency $1,000 appropriation for Youth Guidance Center temporary salaries was referred to Finance Committee.
- A resolution in memory of Judge Herbert W. Erskine, presented jointly by all Supervisors, was moved for adoption.
- Adopted Public Welfare Department recommendations on categorical aids for April, per letters dated March 20, 1951.
- City spends $1,400 on Brussels Street work at its own property
- Board passed on first reading $4,750 to hire temporary janitors and gardeners for new playgrounds and fieldhouses.
- Extended emergency relief to dependent non-residents for March and April, per the list dated March 26, 1951.
- Board adopted a resolution granting leaves of absence to Art Commissioner McCarthy and Planning Director Oppermann.
- Emergency ordinance appropriating $40,391 from state aid for rheumatic heart diagnosis and treatment by Public Health was finally passed.
- The Board finally passed an emergency $2,082 appropriation for temporary salaries at Laguna Honda Home.
- The Board finally passed an emergency $1,000 appropriation for temporary salaries at Juvenile Hall.
- Board backs 1951 cancer fund drive
- Board passed on first reading $1,110 to hire a temporary photographer for the de Young Museum.
- Emergency $10,500 appropriation for City Hall dome repairs was referred to the Finance Committee.
- Board adopted a resolution commending six newspapers and TV stations for coverage of the Kefauver Senate crime hearings.
- Emergency $22,228 appropriation for Laguna Honda Home pay and supplies was referred to the Finance Committee.
- Recreation and Park's $25,000 request for portable bleacher seats at several playgrounds was continued for one week.
- Municipal Court's $5,579.79 emergency appropriation for salaries, contract services and transcripts was referred to the Finance Committee.
- Recreation and Park's $10,000 emergency appropriation for temporary wages was referred to the Finance Committee.
- Proposal to add fluoride to part of the city water supply put off one week.
- One-way plan covers Ninth, Tenth, Bryant and Harrison Streets
- Bush and Pine Streets to be one-way at certain hours
- Board approved a $1,000 budget transfer from Contractual Services to overtime, telephone and supplies for the rest of the fiscal year.
- Board adopted the Mayor's recommendation granting leaves of absence to six officials to leave the State.
- Consideration of $1,125 for police overtime payments was continued for one week.
- Supervisor Edward T. Mancuso authorized to attend a county officials meeting in Washington, D. C.
- Board backs Boys' Chorus fund drive
- Golden Gate Bridge directors invited to discuss a $5,000,000 loan
- Resolution 11110 was adopted after the Board suspended its rules; its subject is not printed here.
- Emergency appropriation of $500 for County Clerk overtime for courtroom clerks on jury trials sent to Finance Committee.
- Motion to set a May 14 special hearing on unpaid judgments and their 7 per cent penalty was approved.
- The Board adopted a resolution asking the Mayor to proclaim May 28 to June 2, 1951, as Give Youth a Job Week.
- Supervisor Gallagher was authorized to attend the Toll Bridge Authority meeting in Sacramento on May 10, 1951.
- Emergency appropriation of $8,970 for Hassler Health Home's pay, supplies and food sent to Finance Committee.
- Emergency appropriation of $13,300 for Laguna Honda Home supplies and food sent to Finance Committee.
- Board approved the War Memorial and War Memorial Art Museum budget, as amended on Finance Committee recommendations.
- Emergency appropriation of $3,186 for the Bureau of Street Cleaning was referred to the Finance Committee.
- Emergency appropriation of $500 for Bureau of Building Inspection vehicle repairs was referred to the Finance Committee.
- Supervisors moved to trim Fire Department budget items, including firemen, lieutenants and boat drydocking; final budget vote is not shown here.
- Motion to approve the Disaster Council's supplemental budget with Finance Committee cuts was defeated by six votes to five.
- Motion proposed to delete $75,000 for buildings, structures and improvements; the vote is not shown here.
- The motion to approve the Parking Authority budget with proposed cuts was lost; the Board then considered the budget item by item.
- Supervisors approved Finance Committee budget cuts to the War Memorial and Art Museum, trimming $21,922 from its budget.
- Leaves of absence approved for the Disaster Corps, DeYoung Museum, Public Utilities, Police and Board of Education officials.
- Emergency appropriation of $5,200 for the Emergency Hospital's supplies and repairs was referred to the Finance Committee.
- Board cut pay for two fire captains from eight months to four, reducing the amount from $6,800 to $3,400.
- Board deleted two firemen from the Salvage Corps budget, cutting $6,960 from the appropriation.
- Board reduced the regular maintenance and repair budget for firehouses from $32,000 to $25,000.
- Director of the M. H. DeYoung Memorial Museum was authorized to attend museum meetings in Philadelphia and visit New York and Washington.
- Board approved Finance Committee cuts to the Disaster Council budget, trimming car allowances, contractual and materials funds.
- MacPhee proposed cutting Disaster Council materials and supplies from $31,357 to $10,000.
- A cut in the Total Materials and Supplies budget line from $7,985 to $5,000 was approved.
- Deletion of $1,800 for motorized transportation and a cut of total equipment to $2,775 were approved.
- The budget of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, amended after Finance Committee recommendations, was approved.
- Board approved the City Attorney's budget after cutting $18,000 from civil attorney salaries and $250 from office equipment.
- Finance Committee proposed cuts to the Legion of Honor budget; acting director Germaine MacAgy spoke against them.
- The Treasurer's budget was approved as submitted by the Mayor, as recommended by the Finance Committee, by 11 ayes.
- The District Attorney's budget, amended after Finance Committee recommendations, was approved.
- Finance Committee recommended cutting the Public Library budget, including $45,000 for buildings and $24,500 for books.
- Budget of the Recorder approved as recommended by the Finance Committee.
- Budget of the Public Administrator approved as recommended by the Finance Committee.
- Budget of the Department of Electricity approved as recommended by the Finance Committee, after an earlier withdrawal.
- Board voted to delete one Plumber position from the city budget.
- Budget of the Coroner approved as recommended by the Finance Committee.
- Budget of the Controller approved as recommended by the Finance Committee.
- Budget of the Civil Service Commission approved as recommended by the Finance Committee.
- Budget for the Road Commissioner's street repair fund was approved as recommended by the Finance Committee.
- The Board approved the Public Defender's budget as submitted by the Mayor and recommended by the Finance Committee.
- The Public Library budget was approved as amended by the Board and the Finance Committee's recommendations.
- Road Commissioner's road improvement budget approved as the committee recommended
- Public Works budget for the Central Permit Bureau approved as recommended by the Finance Committee.
- Law Library budget was approved as recommended by the Finance Committee.
- Director of Finance and Records budget was approved as recommended by the Finance Committee.
- Board temporarily postponed consideration of the Public Health communicable diseases budget.
- Budget of the Tax Collector approved as recommended by the Finance Committee.
- Budget of the Purchaser of Supplies approved as recommended by the Finance Committee.
- Budget of the Real Estate Department approved as recommended by the Finance Committee.
- Public Works street fund budget approved as recommended
- Road improvement budget approved as recommended
- Supervisor MacPhee moved to delete $236,752 for Mayor-approved capital improvements; the motion was temporarily postponed.
- Supervisor MacPhee presented a resolution asking for an investigation of emergency hospital fees; it was referred to Finance Committee.
- Motion to approve Finance Committee cuts of $405,292 to the Recreation and Park Commissary Division, still under debate.
- Budget of the County Clerk approved as recommended by the Finance Committee.
- Board voted to delete one Senior Recreation Specialist position from the city budget.
- Budget for the Department of Public Health's central office accounting was approved as recommended by the Finance Committee.
- MacPhee proposed approving the balance of the Finance Committee's budget recommendations; outcome continues on next page.
- Budget of the Agricultural Commission approved as recommended by the Finance Committee.
- Budget of the Public Pound approved as recommended by the Finance Committee.
- Board approved the Department of Public Health Central Office statistics budget as recommended by the Finance Committee.
- Motion to approve the rest of the Finance Committee's budget recommendations was withdrawn.
- Board approved the Public Health milk and abattoir inspectors budget as recommended by the Finance Committee.
- Motion to delete four playground director positions from the budget was lost by the Board.
- Motion to delete the Chief Operating Engineer position was lost after the Board rescinded its earlier deletion.
- The Legion of Honor museum budget was approved with one Curator B position deleted, by a vote of 10 to 1.
- Motion to cut $1,500 for photographic and drafting supplies was defeated by the Board.
- Board of Permit Appeals budget was approved as recommended by the Finance Committee.
- The Board approved the Bureau of Accounts budget of the Department of Public Works as recommended by the Finance Committee.
- Public Works budget for the Bureau of Street Cleaning approved as recommended by the Finance Committee.
- Chief Administrative Officer budget was approved as recommended by the Finance Committee.
- The Board approved the General Office budget of the Department of Public Works as recommended by the Finance Committee.
- Motion to approve the Department of Electricity budget was withdrawn without a vote.
- Public Works budget for the Bureau of Building Inspection approved as recommended by the Finance Committee.
- Bridge repair budget approved as the committee recommended
- Finance Committee budget reductions totalling $70,381 across several accounts were approved.
- The Board approved the California Academy of Sciences budget with Finance Committee reductions to salaries, maintenance and a janitor position.
- Board approved the Public Utilities Commission General Office budget as amended following Finance Committee recommendations.
- Finance Committee cuts to the Public Utilities Commission general office budget, including a chauffeur position, were moved for approval.
- Board approved the Public Utilities Commission Bureau of Light, Heat and Power budget as submitted by the Mayor.
- Board approved the San Francisco Airport budget as amended and ordered it submitted.
- MacPhee moved approval of the City Planning Commission budget with Finance Committee amendments; outcome not printed here.
- The Public Utilities Commission was asked to cut duplicate Muni lines and review free rider passes.
- The Board debated Finance Committee cuts to Adult Probation Department positions; the final vote appears on the next page.
- Recreation and Park Department supplemental budget approved with Finance Committee cuts, including $23,140 in retirement allowance.
- Motion to delete three Land Appraiser posts in the Assessor's budget was defeated, as was its amendment to cut two.
- Board rescinded its earlier deletion of funds for the Recreation and Park Department's Commissary Division.
- The Board approved the Tuberculosis Bureau budget of the Department of Public Health as recommended by the Finance Committee.
- Board approved San Francisco Hospital's supplemental budget after deleting $2,800 in holiday pay.
- The Board approved the Adult Guidance Center budget of the Department of Public Health as recommended by the Finance Committee.
- Finance Committee budget reductions for the Municipal Court approved, including office furniture and typewriter cuts.
- The Water Department budget was approved after an amendment sending surplus funds above 25 per cent to the General Fund.
- A motion to approve Finance Committee changes to the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum budget is pending.
- Art Commission supplemental budget approved after temporary salaries were cut from $2,500 to $1,000.
- Board approved the Registrar of Voters budget, adding $25,000 for a voting machine warehouse.
- The Board cut Hetch Hetchy budget lines, reducing Additions and Betterments from $41,145 to $34,113 on a vote of eleven to none.
- Venereal Disease Control budget of the Public Health Department approved after a nurse and a physician position were cut.
- Board debates cutting the horse inspector and policemen positions from the Police Department budget; outcome continues on the next page.
- Motion to adopt the 1951-1952 city budget, as amended, failed on the Board's vote.
- The Board approved the Department of Public Health Dental Bureau budget as submitted by the Mayor and recommended by Finance Committee.
- The Legion of Honor museum budget, as amended after Finance Committee review, was approved by the Board.
- Board ordered new interdepartmental service positions in the 1951-52 budget to follow Civil Service classifications, with tenure set by the Commission.
- Board authorized the Controller to pay sundry bills incurred in adopting the 1951-1952 budget.
- A motion was made to rescind the Board's approval of the Assessor's budget, as amended.
- Board approved the Finance Committee's recommendation that new automobiles in the budget be Class A type unless otherwise ordered.
- Ordinance raising abattoir inspection fees amended to cut two inspection positions; final outcome not yet printed.
- Sheriff's supplemental budget had its earlier approval rescinded; the revised budget's outcome continues on the next page.
- Motion to delete one chauffeur position from the budget failed.
- Board approved the San Francisco Unified School District budget as submitted by the Mayor and Finance Committee.
- Motion cut the budget's overtime allowance from $9,000 to $7,000 and was carried.
- Board approved the Department of Public Health central office administration budget, as amended by the Finance Committee's recommendations.
- The Board approved the Police Department budget as amended after Finance Committee recommendations, by a 6 to 5 vote.
- MacPhee's motion to delete a $499 Killefer disk harrow from the Water Department budget was carried.
- The Board approved the Hassler Health Home budget after cutting its contractual services line from $41,803 to $38,500.
- Overtime allowance in the city budget was cut from $9,000 to $7,000.
- Board voted to delete $236,752 in capital improvements from the Recreation and Park Department budget.
- Board deleted one Senior Recreational Specialist position from the Recreation and Park Department budget after rejecting a salary cut amendment.
- A motion concerning the Department of Public Health interdepartmental budget was made; its outcome continues on the next page.
- Recreation and Park Department supplemental budget reconsidered; MacPhee moved to delete a Finance Committee recommendation on vendors' salaries.
- MacPhee proposed moving Water and Hetch Hetchy surpluses above 25 per cent to the General Fund; discussion continued.
- The Board tabled File No. 7598, a proposal to raise fees for inspecting animals killed for market.
- Proposal to delete seven Building Appraiser positions from the city budget failed.
- Proposal to delete one chauffeur position from the city budget failed.
- Board refused to delete one Chauffeur position from the Recreation and Park Department budget.
- Sewer tax legislation was temporarily postponed after a motion to continue it for two weeks failed.
- Supervisors refused to delete one chauffeur position from the Hetch Hetchy Project budget.
- Board approved the California Palace of the Legion of Honor's supplemental budget as submitted by the Mayor.
- Board voted 8 to 3 to delete Water Department funds for a jack hammer, compressor and centrifugal pump, later rescinding the jack hammer cut.
- Public Works Bureau of Engineers supplemental budget approved after the Board deleted $200,000 for sewer construction.
- Weights and Measures department budget approved as submitted by the Mayor, per Finance Committee recommendation.
- Capital Improvement Fund purchase and use tax budget approved as submitted by the Mayor, per Finance Committee recommendation.
- Fire Department supplemental budget amended to delete $2,500 for National Safety Council; final approval not printed on this page.
- The Board approved the Department of Public Health Bureau of Mental Hygiene budget as recommended by the Finance Committee.
- The Board approved the Public Health Department budget for milk and abattoir inspection, after amendments from the Finance Committee.
- Four Property Auditor positions were deleted from the city budget; a later effort to restore them failed.
- Superior Court budget approved as amended, after Finance Committee reductions to equipment, public address system and other lines.
- Youth Guidance Center probation budget reductions approved, cutting a clerk-stenographer post, physician specialist hours and holiday pay.
- County Clerk's $443.33 emergency salary appropriation for a Superior Court courtroom clerk was referred to the Finance Committee.
- The Board approved supplemental budgets recommended by the Mayor, totalling $1,604,546, with the changes it had made.
- Finance Committee reductions to the Legion of Honor budget were proposed; the outcome continues on the next page.
- The Board approved the San Francisco Airport supplemental budget of the Public Utilities Commission, after deleting $1,644 for retirement.
- Supervisor MacPhee's motion to delete a Chief Operating Engineer post in the Recreation and Park budget passed.
- Supervisor MacPhee's motion to delete two Key Punch Operator posts in the Assessor's budget passed.
- Motion to cut Finance Committee recommendations totaling $405,292 in half for six months failed.
- Motion to delete four Playground Director posts in the Recreation and Park budget was defeated.
- The Board cut the Public Works building repair budget for Repairs to Public Buildings from $86,050 to $75,000.
- Sheriff's budget approved after the Board deleted one Law Clerk position and cut equipment spending to $2,000.
- The Board cut Laguna Honda Home temporary salaries from $9,900 to $7,200, then approved its budget as amended.
- The Board deleted $50,000 from the Farmers' Market buildings and grounds budget, then approved the budget as amended.
- Board voted to delete $10,797 for contractual services from the City Planning Department's supplemental budget.
- Deletion of $935 premium pay from the Legion of Honor supplemental budget carried; final vote continues on the next page.
- Communicable Diseases budget of the Public Health Department approved, as submitted by the Mayor and recommended by Finance.
- The Board of Supervisors' own budget was approved as recommended by the Finance Committee and amended by the Board.
- The Board approved Finance Committee budget reductions for the Municipal Court, including cutting office furniture from $3,500 to $750.
- Board voted to delete $50,000 for improvements from the Civic Auditorium budget; the budget vote continues on the next page.
- Youth Guidance Center Probation Office budget approved as amended following Finance Committee reductions.
- Youth Guidance Center Juvenile Hall budget approved as amended after holiday pay reductions by the Board.
- The Mayor's office budget was debated with proposed cuts; the Administrative Analyst and clerk deletions were voted down.
- Hetch Hetchy Project budget approved, as amended after Finance Committee recommendations.
- Board approved Laguna Honda Home's supplemental budget after deleting $413 in temporary salaries.
- Board voted 6 to 5 to delete one Water Department chauffeur position, after first rescinding that deletion.
- Board voted 7 to 4 to delete $7,999 for a drill press in the Water Department budget.
- Board directed the Civil Service Commission to set pay rates for disability transfer jobs in the Annual Salary Ordinance.
- Board ordered department budgets adjusted so new salary schedules under the Salary Standardization Ordinance take effect July 1, 1951.
- Controller directed to adjust the retirement allowance in the 1951-1952 budget estimates.
- Board approved the Public Works Bureau of Building Repair budget after deleting $3,000 in automobile funds.
- The Board approved the Department of Public Health Public Health Education budget as submitted by the Mayor and recommended by Finance Committee.
- The Board approved the Department of Public Health Food and Sanitary Inspection budget as submitted by the Mayor and recommended by Finance Committee.
- The Board approved the Department of Public Health Chemical Laboratory budget as submitted by the Mayor and recommended by Finance Committee.
- The Board approved the Department of Public Health City Physicians budget as submitted by the Mayor and recommended by Finance Committee.
- The Emergency Hospital budget was approved as the Mayor submitted it, following Finance Committee recommendation.
- The Youth Guidance Center Log Cabin Ranch budget was approved as submitted by the Mayor.
- Rescission of an earlier cut in War Memorial heat, light and power funds from $6,000 to $4,000 was approved.
- The Board approved the Assessor's budget after deleting positions for land, building and property appraisers.
- Motion to delete four Property Auditor positions from the Assessor's budget was adopted.
- The Board rescinded earlier cuts and approved the Recreation and Park Department's supplemental budget, as amended after Finance Committee recommendations.
- Department of Electricity disaster relief supplemental budget approved after the Board deleted $5,313 in wages.
- Board approved the Department of Education county budget as submitted by the Mayor and recommended by Finance Committee.
- Board approved the school district cafeteria fund budget as submitted by the Mayor and recommended by Finance Committee.
- The Board approved the California Academy of Sciences Museum Buildings supplemental budget after deleting $365 in janitors' premium pay.
- Supplemental budget for the California Academy of Sciences Museum Buildings approved after rescission and a Finance Committee change.
- Police Department supplemental budget approved after night-shift premium pay for telephone operators and jail matrons was halved.
- Supervisors approved the Public Works sewage treatment plants budget as amended by the Board after Finance Committee review.
- Fire Department budget approved as amended after the Board deleted 18 firemen, two lieutenants and a captain.
- Travel expense line in the city budget cut from $2,000 to $500 on a supervisors' motion.
- MacPhee's motion to delete a $4,900 compressor from the Water Department budget was carried, 8 to 3.
- The Board approved the San Francisco Hospital budget after cutting $20,000 for surgical suite modernization and $5,000 for nursery sealing.
- A motion on the Public Welfare Department budget was made; its outcome appears on the next page.
- Public Works Bureau of Architecture improvements budget cut from $10,000 to zero on Finance Committee recommendation.
- Board voted to delete three Janitor positions from the Recreation and Park Department budget.
- The Board approved the Department of Public Health budget for Plumbing Inspection as recommended by the Finance Committee.
- The Board approved the Department of Public Health budget for Public Health Nursing as recommended by the Finance Committee.
- Board continued consideration of a report on unpaid city judgments for two weeks, with no objection.
- Supervisors cut the Water Department's light, heat and power budget line from $250,000 to $237,000.
- Supervisors cut the Secondary Feeder Mains line from $193,610 to $100,000 by a six to five vote.
- Board approved the Public Works Bureau of Engineering budget after cutting $218,000 from sewer construction and studies.
- Board approved cuts to sewage treatment plant budget lines; the final budget vote is not shown here.
- Motion to transfer excess Water Department surplus to the General Fund was temporarily postponed.
- Police Department supplemental budget approved after cutting a clerk-typist's salary to $31,945 and deleting $2,500 for National Safety Council.
- The Board approved the Public Works Bureau of Architecture budget as amended by the Finance Committee recommendations.
- The Board approved the Department of Public Health Bacteriological Laboratory budget as recommended by the Finance Committee.
- The Board approved the Department of Public Health Bureau of Child Hygiene budget as recommended by the Finance Committee.
- Motion to cut seven Building Appraiser positions from the Assessor's budget failed.
- Municipal Railway budget approved after the Board cut its investigations item from $18,000 to $15,000.
- Disaster Corps requested $2,375 in emergency funds to set up a generator for the control center; outcome not shown.
- The Board reduced travel and contract budgets for the Municipal Government Survey Advisory Committee; the final budget vote continues on the next page.
- Board approved the County School Service Fund budget as submitted by the Mayor and recommended by the Finance Committee.
- The Board voted to rescind its earlier adoption of the city budget, on MacPhee's motion.
- The Board approved the budget of the city employees' retirement system, as recommended by the Finance Committee.
- Emergency $28,000 appropriation for Municipal Railway motor coach fuel was referred to the Finance Committee.
- Emergency $4,865.72 appropriation for state-required workmen's compensation insurance was referred to the Finance Committee.
- Emergency $10,000 appropriation for temporary Recreation and Park Commissary Division wages was referred to the Finance Committee.
- Resolution No. 11178 was adopted, though its subject is not printed on these pages.
- Clerk of the Board may move $600 between appropriations to buy office equipment.
- Emergency appropriation of $275 for heat, light and power at the Art Museum was referred to Finance Committee.
- Resolution urging state enactment of A.B. 1689 on state aid to counties for mental illness care.
- Leave of absence granted to Supervisor Marvin E. Lewis for June 18 to July 5.
- Study of acquiring Angel Island from the federal government was sent back to the Public Buildings committee.
- Emergency appropriation of $14,700 from the Water Surplus Fund for Water Department materials was referred to Finance Committee.
- Emergency appropriation of $275 from War Memorial Fund reserve for overtime was referred to Finance Committee.
- Resolution granting leaves of absence to four city officials, including Fred G. Ainslie and Charles Foehn, was adopted.
- A $15,000 appropriation for playground director wages was temporarily postponed while the Board checked whether to reduce it.
- Final passage of a $3,500 emergency appropriation for Superior Court criminal-insanity and narcotics commitment charges.
- Public Health appropriation of $26,600 for Laguna Honda Home, San Francisco Hospital and Hassler Health Home was referred to Finance Committee.
- Resolution 11252 was adopted 10 to 0 after suspension of rules; its subject is not printed on this page.
- Emergency $2,100 appropriation for Public Works building repair fuel and utilities was referred to Finance Committee.
- Board adopted a resolution commending Harvey E. Teller on retiring as Park and Recreation general manager.
- Sewer use and sewage service charge ordinance was re-referred to the Finance Committee for further study.
- Board of Equalization hearing on the 1951-52 property assessments was continued for one week.
- Emergency appropriation of $56,340 for twelve firemen and officers to man a fireboat was finally passed.
- Fire Department salary ordinance reducing firemen positions from 1,289 to 1,283 was finally passed as amended.
- Ordinance on designating and regulating funeral escort officers re-referred to Police Committee.
- Board continued for one week an ordinance appropriating $35,000 for extra work by Charles L. Harney, Inc. at Phelan Beach.
- The $750,000 West Sunset Community Center appropriation was continued for one week, to be heard as a Special Order at 2 p.m.
- Board temporarily postponed a proposed charter amendment adding Section 36.2 to the charter, after debate on referral and ballot timing.
- Purchase of a California Street lot from Philip H. Fong for $32,500 for the St. Mary's garage was sent back to Finance Committee.
- Emergency appropriation of $7,481.25 for educational leave stipends for four Public Welfare employees was referred to Finance Committee.
- A companion proposal amending the Public Defender's annual salary ordinance passed first reading.
- Sheriff's department appropriation of $684 to pay one operating engineer for a 48-hour week passed second reading.
- Board adopted extension of emergency relief to dependent non-residents for September and October 1951.
- Board adopted settlement of a $521.35 claim by the State Harbor Commissioners for damage to Wharf No. 90.
- The Board asked the Director of Traffic to explain why the Stevenson Street one-way resolution was never put into effect.
- Mayor's resolution grants leaves of absence to four city officials, including Frank Flynn and Russell Wolden, with permission to leave the state.
- $7,500 for a new principal attorney in the Public Defender's office
- Board adopted supplemental Public Welfare Department recommendations on categorical aids, following Finance Committee.
- Board adopted authorization of a refund for duplicate and erroneous tax payments for three fiscal years.
- Health lien lifted from 1419 Cabrillo Street over Eliza Colton's care
- Board adopted a resolution fixing prices for pamphlet excerpts of the Municipal Code.
- Board approved leaves of absence for five city commission and board members, including Bert W. Levit and Harold L. Zellerbach.
- $7,500 for a new principal attorney in the Public Defender's office
- Supervisor MacPhee moved to summon the Mayor and Public Utilities Commission to discuss the city's proposed purchase of the California Street cable railroad.
- City pays Dimitry and Natalie Sivachenko $8,500 and conveys land to them in exchange for property needed to widen San Jose Avenue-Guerrero Street.
- Board finally passed a companion amendment to the Annual Salary Ordinance for the Public Defender's office staffing change.
- Board continued the Sewer Tax Ordinance, as amended, for one week after rescinding its refusal of second reading.
- Public Health Department clerk-stenographer appropriation was re-referred to Finance Committee.
- The Board adopted a resolution asking the Mayor to proclaim September 22, 1951, as Youth Bowling Day.
- Resolution 11569 was adopted, though its subject is not printed on this page.
- Board finally passed $4,176 for a new Chef post at the Hassler Health Home, replacing a Junior Chef position.
- Sale of surplus city land in Assessor's Block 7948 to California School of Mechanical Arts confirmed.
- Resolution adopted requiring the San Francisco Housing Authority to report on rehousing for low-income people displaced by Redevelopment Agency projects.
- The Board adopted a resolution letting the Controller accept partial wage assignments from Municipal Railway employees as Community Chest contributions.
- Proposed sewer use and service charge ordinance re-referred to Finance Committee for further study.
- Board extended to October 31, 1951 the deadline for the Controller's annual audit of the 1950-51 books.
- Resolution 11618 was adopted, though its subject is not printed on these pages.
- $1,050 for a temporary courtroom clerk sent to committee
- Supervisor MacPhee asked the Clerk to find out whether the Department of Public Welfare interviews old-age security recipients annually; the request was granted without objection.
- Supervisor McMurray was authorised to represent the Board at a governor's conference on aging in Sacramento.
- $3,200 in city aid to improve Campbell Avenue
- Leaves of absence granted to four city commission officials, including Library Commission president George D. Hart, to travel out of state.
- Proposal to put two city chauffeurs on a 48-hour week was continued for one week.
- Emergency water supply for Burnett Avenue flats brought back up
- Representation at the League of California Cities convention in San Francisco, October 15-17, 1951, was authorized.
- $5,000 to replace corroded pipes at San Francisco Hospital
- Members of the Public Health Department were authorized to attend a conference on problems of the aging in Sacramento.
- Adopted leaves of absence letting the Superintendent, Board of Education president and vice-president, and an associate superintendent leave the state.
- Supervisor Fazackerley was appointed President Pro Tempore for the meeting by motion, with no objection.
- Board urges Coast Guard to keep the Golden Gate Lifeboat Station
- Resolution 11675 was adopted on Supervisor MacPhee's motion; its subject is not printed on this page.
- The Board adopted a resolution requesting an actuarial report on changing retirement rules for employees who withdrew contributions.
- $2,500 for sick leave salaries at the health department
- The Board approved leaves of absence for four city officials, including Recreation and Park Commissioner Michael J. Buckley, through November 1951.
- Board referred a $2,400 emergency appropriation for Laguna Honda Home temporary salaries to the Finance Committee.
- Board finally passed $28,853 from the Emergency Reserve Fund to remodel the surgical suite at San Francisco Hospital.
- Board referred a $5,700 emergency appropriation for Retirement System temporary salaries to the Finance Committee.
- Board referred an $8,500 emergency appropriation for Sheriff temporary salaries to the Finance Committee.
- Consideration of forfeiting W. O. Tyson's $1,000 deposit on the Byrnes Store Rock Quarry lease was continued one week.
- Board considered forfeiting W. O. Tyson's $1,000 deposit for a Byrnes Store Rock Quarry lease in San Mateo County; City Attorney opinions requested.
- Supervisors passed on first reading $375 to add one senior orderly position at Laguna Honda Home.
- Board congratulated Frank A. Clarvoe, San Francisco News editor, on his West Coast Scripps-Howard post.
- Supervisor MacPhee proposed fixing prices for pamphlet excerpts of the Municipal Code, rescinding Resolution 11539.
- Proposed $2,500 Public Health appropriation to cover replacement of employees on sick leave, an emergency measure, continued one week.
- Proposed $2,400 Laguna Honda Home appropriation for temporary salaries replacing vacationing key staff, an emergency measure, continued one week.
- Proposed $5,700 Retirement System appropriation for temporary salaries covering vacation relief and sick leave, an emergency measure, continued one week.
- Resolution 11731 was adopted by the Board, but its subject is not stated on this page.
- Supervisors passed on first reading a salary ordinance change creating the Laguna Honda Home position in the companion measure.
- An emergency measure appropriating $2,500 from a fuel fund for new fire escapes and standpipes at San Francisco Hospital was proposed.
- Supervisors referred a $2,850 appropriation for a new laundry tumbler at Laguna Honda Home to Finance Committee.
- Recreation and Park Department's $33,660 request for San Francisco Zoo improvements was continued one week after a cut motion failed.
- Consideration of $33,660 for San Francisco Zoo improvements was continued one week at the Recreation and Park Department's request.
- Cancellation of erroneous 1951 personal property assessments was re-referred to the Finance Committee.
- More time asked for the Corona Heights museum paving contracts
- The Mayor, Controller and Supervisor Gallagher were authorized to attend a municipal conference in Washington, D.C.
- Board adopted a resolution granting leaves of absence to Police Commissioner Henry C. Maginn and Edward Sharkey.
- Ordinance appropriating $49,431 for improvements to the De Young Memorial Museum passed for second reading.
- Forfeiture of W. O. Tyson's $1,000 bid deposit for Byrnes Store Rock Quarry lease proposed; consideration continued one week.
- Supervisors finally passed $375 to place one senior orderly on a 48-hour week at Laguna Honda Home.
- Leave of absence granted to Public Welfare director Ronald H. Born and to Supervisor John J. Sullivan for four days.
- The Board adopted the Public Welfare Department's recommendations on categorical aids, letters dated November 20, 1951.
- The Board adopted an extension of emergency relief to dependent non-residents for November and December 1951.
- The Board fixed December 3, 1951 as the hearing date for objections to clerical errors in the 1951-52 assessment roll.
- The Board adopted supplemental Public Welfare Department recommendations on categorical aids, letters dated November 20, 1951.
- Planners refuse shops at Geneva Avenue and San Jose Avenue
- Police Code change limiting financial reports for sedan, limousine and taxi operators to holders of more than one permit passed for second reading.
- Registrar of Voters ordered to canvass the votes cast at the November 6, 1951 municipal election.
- Supervisor Mancuso and the Controller were authorized to attend a county officials' convention in Chicago in December 1951.
- Forfeiture of W. O. Tyson's $1,000 deposit for the Byrnes Store Rock Quarry lease in San Mateo County was continued to November 26.
- Hearing set December 3 on corrected property tax bills
- The Board set a special caucus on January 3, 1952, to select a new Board President, and the motion carried.
- Earlier assessments not counted for city aid on Campbell Avenue
- Consideration of a twenty-year equestrian lease in Golden Gate Park was continued three weeks.
- Board voted to rescind its refusal of a $28,850 appropriation for the Survey Advisory Committee, then deferred it one week.
- Proposed assignment of the subsurface lease of St. Mary's Square was re-referred to the Finance Committee.
- Proposed $28,850 for a citywide records-keeping survey; Supervisor Arnold questioned earlier funds, outcome continues.
- Dr. Walter Heil, director of the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, was granted leave to leave the state through January 5, 1952.
- Board of Equalization continued [name withheld] and [name withheld] assessment reduction application for one week to investigate the premises.
- Board granted leaves of absence to Supervisors Christopher and MacPhee for late January and February 1952.
- California Street Cable Railroad allowed to settle its unpaid taxes
- Gallagher raised a Labor Council petition asking that the salary survey report be considered by the whole Board, not the Finance Committee.
- Time limit extended for buying materials for Mission Street lighting between Silver and Geneva Avenues.
- The Board unanimously adopted a resolution in memory of [name withheld].
- Property owners protested assessments for Rutledge Street intersection work; the Board referred the protest to the Streets Committee.
- Board passed an emergency measure asking the Mayor to let the federal government lease and use Recreation and Park Commission property.
- Funding of $28,850 for a city records survey was put off until 3:15 p.m. after the Board requested department representatives.
- Board accepted a $1,000 anonymous gift to build a swimming pool at Log Cabin Ranch School for Boys.
- Board adopted a resolution congratulating Mills College on its 100th anniversary.
- Equestrian Foundation stable lease in Golden Gate Park recommended for rejection
- The Board adopted a resolution authorizing a contract with Paddock Engineering Company to build a swimming pool at Log Cabin Ranch School for Boys.
- Big Brother Group gives $1,800 for a Log Cabin Ranch pool
- $2,000 for the Maiden Lane festival sent back to committee
- MacPhee's substitute motion, carried 11 to 0, asks the Mayor to call a meeting on the second bay crossing terminus.
- Supervisor Lewis's special committee report on the city's stand for the second bay crossing terminus is debated; a substitute motion is pending.
- Supervisor MacPhee's motion to instruct the Legislative Representative to convene San Francisco officials on the bay crossing failed for lack of a second.
- Supervisor Mancuso moved that Supervisor Lewis and the Board President attend Sacramento to support the [name withheld] bill on the second bay crossing.
- Supervisor MacPhee's motion deferred consideration of fees for medical examiners of mentally ill persons for one week.
- The Board ordered a charter amendment on zone-change appeals submitted to voters, with postponements capped at ninety days.
- Maiden Lane to be closed to traffic for the spring festival
- A change to a part-time school cafeteria helper position is continued one week.
- A $750 appropriation for a Public Welfare station wagon was continued for one week.
- Leaves of absence were approved for [name withheld], [name withheld] and [name withheld], with permission to leave the state.
- The Board deferred consideration of the pending Municipal Railway fare and rate measure until April 28, 1952.
- Transfer of Phelan Avenue school land for street use put off
- Consideration of a $500 appropriation for Probation Office employees' cars at Youth Guidance Center was continued.
- Supervisor Lewis presented a resolution opposing additional Bay Bridge bonded debt except for financing a southern bay crossing.
- Street levels on Dartmouth Street to be changed
- The Board adopted a resolution in memoriam honouring [name withheld], presented by Supervisors MacPhee and Mancuso.
- Recreation and Park Department budget rescinded, then the Supervisor of Restaurants and Playgrounds position deleted.
- Venereal disease control budget postponed by motion; the Health Department was asked to explain it.
- Consideration of the Public Welfare Department budget was temporarily postponed, and the Board asked [name withheld] to appear.
- Consideration of the Department of Public Health venereal disease control budget was temporarily postponed for review of possible cuts.
- The Art Commission's budget was temporarily postponed by motion, with no vote on its funding.
- The Board adopted a resolution asking the Mayor to appoint a citizens' committee for Flag Day observance.
- Supervisors MacPhee and Mancuso presented a resolution in memory of [name withheld].
- The proposed 1952-53 city budget was temporarily postponed by the Board sitting as a Committee of the Whole.
- Resolution in memory of [name withheld] was adopted by a rising vote of the Board.
- The Board temporarily postponed an emergency $4,400 appropriation for Youth Guidance Center repairs, after a proposed cut to $1,400.
- The Board adopted the Mayor's resolution granting leaves of absence to [name withheld], [name withheld] and [name withheld].
- Rezoning for shops refused at Peru Avenue and Athens Street
- Supervisors postponed until 4 p.m. the Redevelopment Agency's plan for the Diamond Heights Redevelopment Project Area B-1 to hear property owners.
- Twenty-fourth Street closed for Noe Valley merchants' repaving party
- Supervisors debated dissolving the Municipal Government Survey Advisory Committee; consideration was continued and the outcome is not yet recorded.
- Clerk directed to ask the City Attorney for a written opinion on the Board's power to compile an administrative code.
- Resolution 12336 was adopted by the Board, though its subject is not printed on this page.
- Resolution commending members of the Municipal Government Survey Advisory Committee was continued for two weeks.
- Protests heard on the Campbell Avenue street improvement between Brussels and Goettingen Streets, built by Bernal Construction Company.
- Resolution in memory of Robert P. Scott was adopted unanimously by rising vote.
- Supervisor MacPhee proposed asking state authorities to study overpasses or underpasses at Tiburon, [name withheld] and Greenbrae junctions.
- The Board granted the Parking Authority more time, until August 13, to study off-street parking in the West Portal area.
- Consideration of the proposed Richmond-San Rafael Bridge was continued for three weeks while state toll bridge studies proceed.
- Board of Equalization continued [name withheld] request to reduce the building assessment on Lot 7, Block 278, for one week.
- Resolution commending press, radio and television for coverage of the Republican National Convention was adopted.
- The Board continued the Shamlians' petition to reduce their property assessment for one week, so a supervisor can visit the premises.
- The Board postponed [name withheld] petition to reduce his property assessment for one week because he was hospitalized.
- Board considers opposing proposed high-level steel bridge between Richmond and San Rafael; consideration temporarily postponed.
- [name withheld] and others withdrew their property assessment reduction application before the Board considered it.
- Supervisor MacPhee's motion asking the Assessor for assessment data on a Metropolitan project building was withdrawn, then ruled out of order.
- An adoption vote with no subject on this page
- Proposed charter amendment on Civil Service Commission emergency appointments temporarily postponed until August 11, 1952.
- Proposed change to employee retirement rules for attorneys and physicians was temporarily postponed until August 11, 1952.
- Consideration of city staff attendance at the League of California Cities convention in San Diego was continued one week.
- Stanley Breyer was appointed to the Bay Area Rapid Transit Commission, replacing Henry E. North, who resigned.
- Resolution 12521 (File 9221) was adopted by a rising vote, ten ayes and one absent.
- Hearing on vacating parts of Thomas Avenue and Conkling Street was temporarily postponed.
- Request for shops on West Portal Avenue refused
- Board continued the zoning appeal on property on West Portal Avenue to the next meeting.
- The Board continued to September 2 its consideration of an ordinance letting attorneys and physicians keep working past retirement age in non-civil service jobs.
- Charter amendment on the Bureau of Fire Prevention and Public Safety ordered submitted to voters, 10-0.
- A proposed charter amendment on fire boat marine crews and the Fire Prevention Bureau had amendments pending when this page ends.
- Consideration of $1,015,000 for [name withheld] construction was continued one week by the Board.
- Request for shops at Alemany Boulevard and Santa Rosa Avenue refused
- Resolution adopted asking the Mayor to designate November 9-16, 1952 as 'Jackie Week.'
- Resolution asks the Mayor to proclaim November 11-17, 1952 as Optimist Week; the Board adopted it.
- Supervisor Mancuso was authorized to attend a National Association of County Officials meeting in Chicago.
- Appeal over rezoning the southwest corner of Franklin and Lombard Streets to commercial was continued one week.
- A proposed new Board rule barring supervisors from outside work against the City was re-referred to the Rules Committee.
- Lease of Municipal Railway land at Fillmore and Turk put off
- Purchase of [name withheld] lots near Bacon Street for $2,100 for McLaren Park was sent to committee.
- The Board authorised the Clerk to spend up to $1,000 hiring staff to study budget requests for 1953-1954.
- The Board unanimously adopted a resolution in memory of [name withheld].
- A $1,870 Laguna Honda Home appropriation for an assistant nursing superintendent post was continued for one week.
- Board continued for four weeks a proposal to repeal the ban on passing Market Street safety zones.
- Cars may be allowed onto the Market Street car track area
- Board continued discussion of the 1953-59 Capital Improvement Program special order for one week.
- The Board adopted a resolution honoring the late [name withheld] by rising vote.
- The Board unanimously adopted a memorial resolution honouring [name withheld].
- The Board rescinded its earlier final passage of a $3,400 Public Works telephone expense appropriation, with no objection, to reconsider it.
- The Board adopted a tribute to [name withheld] on his thirty-first anniversary as general director of the San Francisco Opera Company.
- The Board asked the Mayor to appoint a citizens' committee to arrange a bust of [name withheld] at the War Memorial Opera House.
- Proposed $1,000 appropriation for rewards to informants on illegal garbage dumping was continued one week.
- Supervisor Lewis proposed urging the Toll Bridge Authority to speed traffic on the Bay Bridge; debate set for April 13.
- Proposed Health Code amendment offering $250 rewards for informants on illegal garbage dumping was continued; Supervisor Ferdon opposed the amount.
- Proposed ordinance on disposing of parking facility revenues from the 1947 bond fund; repeals Ordinance 7723.
- Supervisor MacPhee moves again on buying McLaren Park land
- Consideration of the civil service sick leave rule was postponed one week after Supervisor MacPhee objected.
- Recreation and Park wage appropriation of $32,544 was re-referred to the Finance Committee for further study.
- Board vote of 5 to 3 cancelled the special April 28 hearing on rent control extension.
- Substitute asking Golden Gate Bridge directors to trial 25-cent passenger tolls failed, 2 votes to 8, with the main resolution still pending.
- Coaster derby [name withheld] while another site is sought
- Board adopted a resolution temporarily closing East Lake Merced Boulevard from Higuera Avenue for the June 7, 1953 [name withheld].
- Supervisor Lewis was authorized to represent the Board at an Assembly Committee meeting on second bay crossings.
- $268.45 paid to one firm to replace a lost street bond coupon
- Supervisor MacPhee moves $235,000 into the budget for McLaren Park
- Board adopted a resolution commending [name withheld], retiring minister of College City-Lakeside Presbyterian Church.
- Resolution 13371, jointly presented by Supervisors MacPhee and Christopher, was unanimously adopted by rising vote.