All decisions
about 880 Board decisions about Dewey Mead, in date order. Each links to its printed page.
- The ordinance regulating gasoline supply stations near schools, hospitals and churches was refused passage, eight votes to three.
- A demand from the Order of Cincinnatus for $50,000 to continue Police Department graft investigations was referred to the Finance Committee.
- Resolution of intention for a bond issue to build a courts building was laid over until July 9, 1936.
- Board asked its President to appoint three supervisors to represent San Francisco at the Pasadena Tournament of Roses.
- The Board asked its President to appoint three Supervisors to represent San Francisco at the Pasadena Tournament of Roses.
- The Mayor was asked to appoint a citizens' committee to observe Washington's Birthday.
- Henry Schmidt of the International Longshoremen's Union asked authorities to clean up a strikebreakers' nest; referred to Public Welfare Committee.
- The Board endorsed Assembly Bills 1189 and 1190, which would exempt California-built ships over 1,000 tons from sales tax.
- Fifth Street and Grant Avenue extensions declared necessary but too costly
- The Board asked the Public Works Department what is planned for pavement between the Market Street Railway tracks on Market and Valencia streets.
- The Board ordered a telegram sent to President Roosevelt regretting his opposition to legislation maintaining Pacific intercoastal shipping.
- Supervisor Mead moved to recommend a standardized salary schedule for city crafts; action was deferred temporarily.
- Supervisor Mead renewed his motion to adopt the Civil Service salary standardization schedule with no wage increases this year.
- Board voted to invite Congressmen Welch and Havenner to the O'Shaughnessy Dam dedication as its guests.
- Supervisor Mead presented Resolution 4119 asking the President to appoint a committee to represent San Francisco at the American Legion convention.
- Proposal to speed conversion of overhead electrical lines to underground was laid over one week after amendments.
- Ordinance banning private businesses from intercepting police broadcasts for commercial use is ordered submitted.
- Board passed for second reading a $3,000 supplemental appropriation for oiling Hunters Point roadways, then amended it to become an emergency measure.
- Supervisor Mead asked the City Attorney whether higher parking rates during public events such as football games are authorized, and it was so ordered.
- Supervisor Mead moved that the divisions of the salary standardization report be considered in order; approved without objection.
- Resolution 40 refers proposed salary range changes to the Civil Service Commission for a report by February 6, 1939.
- Proposed changes to city salary schedules, including hodcarrier, bricklayer and teller pay, were referred to the Civil Service Commission for a report by February 6, 1939.
- Supervisor Mead proposed a resolution urging Congress to appropriate $875M for social security and continuing WPA employment.
- California Citizens' Association endorsement taken back and returned to committee
- Plan No. 8 for distributing Hetch Hetchy power was referred to the City Attorney for further study.
- Endorsement of Senate Bill 1094 to raise San Francisco Superior Court judges from sixteen to twenty is proposed.
- Board considers a resolution urging Sacramento to support Senate Bills 261 and 347 for San Francisco State College.
- Board rescinded its earlier order putting a policy on institutional workers' pay to voters on May 19.
- Board requested City Attorney and State Attorney General opinions on appeals from the Board of Education, at the Key PTA's request.
- Supervisors Mead, McGowan and McSheehy proposed a resolution protesting a 130-hour monthly minimum on WPA projects.
- Motion proposed asking Western Union to negotiate with striking telegraph employees to end the strike.
- Proposed ordinance would change Municipal Code rules on chimney installer registration and inspection fees; the outcome continues on the next page.
- Registrar of Voters directed to print a favorable ballot argument on letting Municipal Railway motormen and conductors drive buses.
- Board asked the Board of Education to give dismissed teacher Margaret Mulcahy a hearing; the motion carried.
- Consideration of the paint shop permit ordinance was postponed until November 6, 1939, on Supervisor Mead's motion.
- Appeals by George A. Gibbs and Victor Bjorkman against sidewalk assessments on Alemany Boulevard were continued to November 20, 1939.
- Proposed salary standardization schedules for per diem crafts were postponed to February 19, 1940.
- Board postponed approval of a contract with engineer Purcell until March 4, 1940, after Supervisor Uhl objected.
- Supervisor Mead presented a resolution asking the Controller to certify funds for a traffic survey contract with engineer Charles H. Purcell.
- Board proposes budgeting funds to buy Lyon Street property adjoining the Palace of Fine Arts for park use.
- Andrew J. Gallagher was allowed to use the Supervisors' cars at the annual Father Yorke Grave Pilgrimage.
- Sunday, September 15, 1940 was designated San Francisco Day at the Exposition.
- Mead's motion urging the state to raise the $58 relief ceiling was amended and referred to the Public Welfare Committee.
- Supervisor Mead presented a resolution advancing $1,000 in extra funds to supervisors for a Washington, D.C. delegation.
- Amendment carried exempting licensees such as Whitney Brothers, operators of the Chutes at the Beach, from a mechanical amusement device ordinance section.
- Overtime pay rules for city craft workers were postponed one week and made a special order of business.
- Supervisor Mead presented an amendment banning mechanical repairs and washing of parked vehicles on streets.
- Proposed flower-stand ordinance amended to set a $15 quarterly licence fee; sidewalk size and hour limits failed.
- Supervisor Mead's amendment to sidewalk flower stand licence rules was defeated on a 5-5 tie; the ordinance remains pending.
- Sidewalks on Maple Street to narrow to eight feet
- Part of Appleton Avenue proposed for closing near Holly Park Circle
- Mary Connolly's request to cut her building assessment by $200 failed on a 5-1 vote.
- Board adopted corrections to the prevailing wage calendar for building and construction trades, as requested by contractors and unions.
- Mead was added to the committee attending the County Supervisors' Convention at Sacramento, with McSheehy as chairman.
- Board substitute motion has a joint committee meet City Engineer John Casey to discuss whether he can outline a traffic and transportation plan.
- Supervisors Brown and Ratto were appointed to represent San Francisco at the Los Banos May Day celebration.
- State relief legislation, Senate Bill 133, was referred to the Joint Judiciary and Finance Committee for study.
- A general foreman main pipes job class at $12.00 per day was added to the proposed salary ordinance, Bill 1250.
- Board considers salary standardization Bill 1250 with the Civil Service report, including a proposed $9.50 daily rate for pipe calkers.
- A pay rate for a serviceman class was raised in the proposed salary standardization ordinance, Bill 1250.
- A general foreman service and meters job class at $11.50 per day was added to the proposed salary ordinance, Bill 1250.
- A proposed pay rate of $6.80 per day for the trackman class was moved in the salary ordinance, Bill 1250.
- Supervisor Mead moved adoption of Section II of the salary report, which proposes higher foremen wages.
- Board approved Section I-B of the Civil Service salary report on city employee pay, by eight votes to three.
- The gateman pay rate was raised from $8.50 to $10.00 per day in the proposed salary ordinance, Bill 1250.
- Mead moved approval of Section I-B of the Civil Service wage standardization report; the vote continues on the next page.
- Supervisors voted 6-4 to reconsider Section III of the Salary Standardization ordinance, so the pay schedules remain pending.
- Salary standardization bill amended to add stationary engineer and sewer pumping attendant classes, adding about $10,000 to the budget.
- Supervisor Mead proposed a telegram asking Senate Finance Committee members to lift the tabled Bill from the table.
- Supervisor Mead moved that buses load at the curb near California and Sansome Streets, but the Board adjourned before any vote.
- Consideration of protests against street paving assessments near the Potrero Low Rent Housing Project was postponed to July 7, 1941.
- Supervisor Mead proposed benches for streetcar riders on long-interval lines; the outcome continues on the next page.
- Clerk directed to write Market Street Railway Company about buses on Polk Street not stopping at loading zones.
- Hearing on street paving assessments by Charles L. Harney was postponed to July 21, 1941.
- De Haro Street level changes sent back to the Streets Committee
- An ordinance proposed to limit the size of sidewalk flower stands; its vote is not on this page.
- Resolution proposes a committee study of providing seating for streetcar passengers waiting on long-interval lines.
- Wm. J. and Elenor C. Hesthal's building assessment was reduced $100 to $3,000 after a larger reduction motion failed.
- Motion to cut Amy E. Gunn's building assessment failed; the application was referred to Supervisor Uhl for further investigation.
- Mrs. Gaynell Peacock's building assessment on lot 31, block 3611 was reduced by $350 to $1,000.
- Glen Wright asked for an assessment correction on lot 1A, block 505; appraisers recommended a $250 building reduction.
- Chas. G. and Mary Williams's assessment appeal was refused; the appraisers' no-reduction recommendation was confirmed.
- Joseph A. and Edna X. Galick's proposed $500 building assessment cut failed; their appeal was taken under advisement.
- Amy E. Dunn's motion for a $100 building assessment reduction failed on a split vote.
- Pauline Oneto's two building assessments were each reduced to $3,000 on a motion by Supervisor Mead.
- Mary Connolly's building assessment on Lot 9, Block 25 was reduced by $200, to $1,000.
- Oscar E. and Mary Lundgreen's building assessment was reduced by $200 on appeal, with no objection.
- Board granted a $250 building assessment reduction for William and Annie Schoenfeld, setting the assessment at $1,200.
- Emily McGinnis's building assessment was cut by $750, to $7,250, after her appeal.
- Joey H. Lubeck's building assessment for lots 32-35 was cut by $600, to $14,000, on appeal.
- Board confirmed appraisers' recommendation on the Klang land assessment after Mead's $500 reduction motion failed for lack of a second.
- Proposal to spend $55,000 from Municipal Railway surplus on a traffic-solution plan was postponed until August 25, 1941.
- Supervisor Mead asked the Clerk to obtain a report on San Francisco's exhibit at the State Fair in Sacramento.
- A $205-a-month marine fireman post on the Fire Department's fire boats was approved.
- Board agreed without objection to draft a resolution urging investigation of John Reber's proposed San Francisco Bay development plan.
- Supervisor Mead presented a resolution in memory of labour leader Joseph Henry Ault; the outcome is not printed on this page.
- Board adopted a resolution after a reconsideration vote; the resolution's subject is not printed on this page.
- Supervisor Ratto reported on a California Highway Commission meeting and a committee is being appointed to attend a Los Angeles meeting.
- Board of Education asked to seek bids at Fifth and Market
- Resolution 2320 asks the Civil Service Commission for revised salary schedules for the Airport Manager and related classifications.
- A motion proposed fixing airport manager Bernard Doolin's yearly pay at up to $10,000 in the budget.
- Board resolves to set the Airport Manager's salary at $10,000 a year for Captain Bernard Doolin, if legally allowed.
- Supervisor Mead proposed rescinding leaves of absence for officials to attend Washington conferences; referred to Public Utilities Committee.
- Supervisor Mead proposed investigating a $5,700 citizens' committee loan to fund officials' Washington trip; referred to Finance Committee.
- Board urges the State Legislature and Governor to fund adequate quarters for the Golden Gate Bridge guard, about $25,000.
- Supervisor Jesse Colman was designated administrative officer to arrange decent burials for indigent veterans in San Francisco.
- Library Department emergency ordinance creating staff positions and funds for civil service placement was re-referred to the Finance Committee.
- The Building Trades Council's request for an investigation of Chamber of Commerce spending was re-referred to the Joint Finance Committee.
- Supervisor Mead proposed a resolution asking the War Labor Board to take jurisdiction over the San Francisco hotel strike.
- Supervisor Mead's proposal asking the War Labor Board to settle the hotel strike was referred to committee.
- Board members agreed to meet after adjournment to review and approve the coming fiscal year budget.
- Supervisors Green, O'Gara and Gallagher were appointed to attend a County Supervisors Association meeting in Sacramento.
- Supervisor Mead asked the Civil Service Commission for a report on raising the Street Cleaning Supervisor's salary; referred to Finance Committee.
- Supervisor Mead proposed asking the Civil Service Commission to survey park department position classifications.
- Supervisor Mead's motion postponed consideration of clerical salary schedules amending the standardization ordinance until May 11, 1942.
- The Board overrode the Mayor's veto of an overtime pay ordinance for city craft workers, making it law retroactive to July 1, 1941.
- Proposed ordinance would make landowners liable for sand or dirt drifting onto paved public streets and sidewalks.
- Laurel Hill Cemetery Association's assessment appeal was postponed until July 21, 1942, when the full Board is present.
- The Board approved the Assessor's clerical error list correcting property assessment records, by vote of eleven supervisors.
- Building assessment on Dorothy M. Jacobsen's property at 2266 Pacific Avenue reduced by $500 to $1,000.
- The Board approved earlier motions for reducing assessments that had been held under advisement.
- The Board approved the Board of Appraisers' recommended reductions and corrections of property assessments.
- Hannah Twomey's building assessment on lot 36, block 1524 was reduced by $1,000.
- Joseph and Lorna Stipinovich's Washington Street building assessment was cut by $800 to $10,000 after a 6-1 vote.
- Building assessment on Nellie E. McDonald's property at 1679 21st Avenue reduced by $100 to $1,600 by motion.
- The Board denied all remaining applications for reduced or corrected assessments not otherwise acted on.
- Supervisor Mead presented a resolution mourning James C. Mullins, president of General Paint Corporation, and adjourning in his honour.
- Supervisor O'Gara was excused from committee duties until he entered armed forces, and the Board granted his request by unanimous vote.
- A street improvement ordinance for Duncan Street from Castro Street westerly was taken up from Streets Committee without recommendation.
- Supervisor MacPhee was appointed to represent the Board on the municipal war manpower committee without objection.
- Bicycle licensing ordinance was finally passed, then re-referred to Finance Committee after objections from the Bicycle Dealers Association.
- Board asks the Mayor to appoint a committee to run a December 7 war bond sale marking Pearl Harbor.
- Ordinance allowing Public Welfare Commission to grant Robinson Bequest aid as services or merchandise was re-referred to committee.
- Fare cut for the Market Street Railway sent back to committee
- The Board thanked Bill Kyne for donating $250 to the Chronicle Benefit Fund and $10,000 to the cruiser San Francisco's crew.
- Appeal heard on rezoning the corner of Buchanan and Geary Streets
- Supervisor Mead's amendment dropping the emergency clause from Bill 2046, which funds a Water Department supervisor post, passed second reading.
- Finance Committee proposed moving $2,000 of surplus Civilian War Council funds to create one civilian defense assistant director post.
- Clerk directed to alert Captain Munn to illegal parking in Polk Street bus stop zones; no objection was raised.
- Residence-requirement exemption for personnel assistant and examiner posts was re-referred to committee after attorney Grover O'Connor's request.
- Doubts raised whether Market Street Railway shareholders would approve a sale
- Supervisor Mead moved, without objection, that Director George W. Kemper's resignation from the Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District be accepted and referred to Finance Committee.
- Supervisor Mead proposed a resolution electing Edmund G. Brown as bridge district director; immediate consideration was refused.
- Board concurred with the Civil Service Commission's salary range for the Supervisor, Consumers' Accounts classification.
- Superintendent of Jail salary range set at $315 to $360 after Frank Moitoza protested the recommendation.
- Bricklayer salary class sent back to Civil Service Commission, which was asked to report back as early as possible.
- Ambulance Driver salary range proposed at $200 to $225 and referred to the Civil Service Commission for report.
- Jack Smith requested higher pay for Rammer; Board moved to fix it at $11 per day and referred it to Civil Service.
- The Board referred the Chief Building Inspector classification to the Civil Service Commission for report.
- Mr. Eckart proposed raising the Reservoir Keeper pay rate to $225 a month, with a $185 to $200 range suggested instead.
- Board proposed higher pay ranges for several Class A city jobs and referred them to the Civil Service Commission for review.
- Board concurred in Civil Service salary recommendation for Superintendent of Equipment, Municipal Railway, after an earlier motion failed.
- Janitor salary range was set at $165 to $185 without objection.
- Working foreman janitor salary range was fixed at $190 to $215 without objection.
- Board proposed amended pay schedules for many city job classes and referred them to the Civil Service Commission.
- Pay rates for machinists, bracemakers and instrument makers were sent back to the Civil Service Commission after union objections.
- Salary class for school building maintenance supervisor sent back to Civil Service Commission for report, with supporting data.
- Building inspector salary range sent back to Civil Service Commission after Del Carlo objected to the recommended range.
- Jack Smith requested higher pay for Paver; Board moved to fix it at $12 per day and referred it to Civil Service.
- The Board referred the Plumbing Inspector classification to the Civil Service Commission for report.
- The Board referred the Chief Plumbing Inspector classification to the Civil Service Commission for report.
- Cable Splicer pay scale, proposed at $16 per day, was referred to the Civil Service Commission.
- Supervisor street cleaning salary range re-referred to Civil Service Commission; Del Carlo sought $400.
- Board referred the Special Complaint Inspector classification to the Civil Service Commission, without objection.
- Board referred the Hoseman, Ships and Docks classification to the Civil Service Commission, without objection.
- Board concurred with the Civil Service Commission's recommendation on the Supervisor of Closing Bills classification.
- Supervisor Uhl moved to keep the General Manager and Chief Engineer's salary at $833.33 a month instead of the proposed range.
- Board concurred in the Civil Service Commission's recommendation on the Supervisors of Service and Supply classification in the Water Department.
- Board concurred in the Civil Service Commission's recommendation on the Assistant Manager, Water Sales classification.
- Foreman lineman pay classes E160, E162 and E164 were referred to the Civil Service Commission on Mead's motion.
- Board concurred in Civil Service salary recommendation for General Superintendent of Shops despite objection.
- Board set the elevator operator salary range at $165 to $180 for a five and one-half day week.
- Salary range for the Mayor's usher was set at $200 to $225 and referred to the Civil Service Commission.
- The salary range for the Superintendent of the Juvenile Detention Home was set at $250 to $300.
- Salary range for Director of Service in the Assessor's Office set at $275 to $350.
- Bookkeeping Machine Operator salary range set at $185 to $225, matching the Bookkeeper range.
- Senior Bookkeeping Machine Operator salary range set at $225 to $275 on Controller's recommendation.
- Blue Printer salary range set at $185 to $225 so the Blue Print Room stays open.
- Photographer salary range for the Public Utilities Commission set at $190 to $235.
- Salary range for the Office Engineer was under consideration after statements by Mr. Glick and Mr. Turner; decision continues on next page.
- Mead's motion to set the Director of Property salary range at $750 to $1,000 failed for lack of a second.
- Maximum salary for Principal Attorney, Criminal set at $800 without objection.
- Salary range of $165 to $200 established for the Secretarial Telephone Operator class.
- Salary range for the Housing Inspector classification set at $240 to $300 after Building Trades Council request, unopposed.
- Salary range for Operating Room Nurses set at $165 to $195 on Supervisor Mead's motion.
- Salary range for the Anaesthetist classification set at $190 to $220 on Supervisor Mead's motion, after Moitoza's request.
- Salary range for the Field Nurse classification set at $185 to $220, without objection, after a Field Nurse's statement.
- Salary range for the assistant bacteriologist class was set at $215 to $260.
- Teller salary range re-referred to the Civil Service Commission after Grover O'Connor asked for $200 to $250.
- Court Room Clerk salary range request of $225 to $250 sent to the Civil Service Commission.
- Criminal Law Clerk salary class referred to the Civil Service Commission, following Mr. Henderson's point about Class B152.
- Dental hygienists' requested salary range of $165 to $250 approved and referred to the Civil Service Commission for report.
- Motion to set the Supervisor of Personal Property Records salary range at $260 to $325 failed for lack of a second.
- Board set the Hetch Hetchy Chief Engineer salary range at $600 to $833.33 after Supervisors Mead and Brown disagreed.
- Salary range for the City Architect raised to $500 to $600, ordered without objection.
- Resolution 3230 refers proposed pay schedule changes for Class O positions to the Civil Service Commission for review and report.
- Proposed pay range changes for several city classifications were sent to the Civil Service Commission for review.
- Mr. H. S. Foley asked the Board to adopt a resolution urging Civil Service to review conductor pay classes again.
- The salary range for the Woman Attendant at the Juvenile Detention Home was set at $165 to $190.
- Meter Reader salary range set at $165 to $200, matching the General Clerk range.
- Senior Addressing Machine Operator salary range set at $180 to $215.
- Requested salary range of $225 to $275 for Senior Clerks was approved and referred to the Civil Service Commission for report.
- Maximum salary for Senior Attorney, Criminal set at $450 without objection.
- Salary range of $225 to $280 set for the Assistant to the City Librarian, as requested by Mr. Rea.
- Salary range for the Chief Housing Inspector classification set at $300 to $350, without objection.
- Salary range for Registered Nurses set at $155 to $185 after Moitoza objected to the existing range.
- Salary range for the Instructor of Nursing classification set at $201 to $230 on Supervisor Mead's motion.
- Salary for Class S103 female conductors set at $1.00 per hour, same as Class S102.
- Salary for Class S104 motormen set at $1.00 per hour, same as Class S102.
- Salary for Class S106 bus operators set at $1.0714 per hour by the Board.
- Salary range for Class S120 Day Dispatcher set at $245 to $265 by the Board.
- Salary range for the social service director class was set at $350 to $435.
- Salary range for the bacteriological laboratory technician class was set at $165 to $200 after objection.
- Salary range for the bacteriologist class was set at $265 to $300.
- Salary range for the director of laboratories class was set at $325 to $400.
- Assistant Cashier salary range in the Recorder's Office sent to Civil Service Commission after Frank Moitoza protested it.
- Civil Law Clerk salary increase to $225 to $250 referred to the Civil Service Commission for report.
- Salary range of $450 to $560 for Assistant Director of Property referred to Civil Service Commission.
- Salary range of $325 to $400 established for Engineer of Street Improvement Investigations; motion carried.
- Captain Doolin's requests for airport employee salary classes were referred to the Civil Service Commission with a transcript of his statement.
- Supervisor Mead reported on labor-representative visits by Public Works employee John G. Veovich to department yards.
- The Board asked Frank Flynn to donate his services as public relations counsel at Sacramento, since no funds were appropriated.
- Proposal for the City Attorney to join Los Angeles County in defending photographic copying of Recorder's records was sent to Finance Committee.
- Supervisors debated a motion to keep a $300,000 Unappropriated Reserve Fund for Civilian Defense; the vote is not shown on this page.
- The clerk was authorized, without objection, to request a $75 Controller transfer for a temporary chauffeur during sick leave.
- Public Welfare Department would hire two child-welfare counsellors for six months, state-funded, to advise mothers considering outside jobs.
- Municipal Carmen's Union, through H. S. Foley, presented its case for overtime pay for Municipal Railway inspectors.
- Supervisor Mead moved a $10,000 assessment reduction for French Hospital at 5th Avenue and Geary, and the outcome is not yet recorded.
- Board denied all assessment reduction applications not otherwise acted on, by a vote of 10 to 0.
- Board approved the Assessor's clerical error list correcting assessment records, by a vote of 10 to 0.
- Resolution thanks Robert McCarthy for offering to build a Civic Center dormitory housing 88 members of the armed forces.
- Board approved motions for assessment reductions previously taken under advisement, by a vote of 10 to 0.
- Board approved the Board of Appraisers' recommended reductions and corrections to property assessments, by a vote of 10 to 0.
- Petition against the Jessie Street sidewalk and grade change denied
- Board asked the Governor by telegram to set aside a reward for the capture of a rapist and a fatal hit-and-run driver.
- One-man streetcars opposed; Carmen's Union backed for higher wages
- Proposed charter amendment on city salaries was withdrawn by its proponents, so it will not go to voters.
- Board's petition asking Donald Nelson to reconsider refusing Friant-Kern Canal construction was postponed one week.
- Five-day week legislation was postponed until October 25, 1943, after a motion to delay passed.
- Proposed ordinance would refund $1,320 in excess license fees to C. W. Webb; Supervisor Mead objected and discussion continued.
- Proposed refund of $1,320 in excess license fees to C. W. Webb was referred to the Finance Committee.
- Resolution honours Morris Franklin "Dick" Harris, a deputy assessor for more than forty-three years.
- City Attorney to fight any rise above the six-cent streetcar fare
- A memorial service for Miss Esther Richards, suggested by the San Francisco Call-Bulletin, is endorsed and recommended to San Franciscans.
- Resolution urges the Federal District Court to adopt written rules for selecting jurors more fairly.
- Resolution on federal jury selection was re-referred to the Judiciary Committee for further hearing.
- A bill raising city laborers' wages was refused passage, then that vote was rescinded, leaving it open.
- Supervisor Mead and others proposed amending the city pay schedule for Municipal Railway street car and bus operators.
- The Mayor's veto of Bill 2832, which amends salary standards for labor, miscellaneous trades and water service, was taken up.
- Supervisor Mead proposed a resolution backing Chamber of Commerce opposition to the "Right of Employment" initiative; it was referred to committee.
- Bill 2879 would make selling rationed commodities above federal OPA price ceilings in San Francisco a misdemeanor; its outcome is pending.
- Motion to postpone the rezoning for one week was defeated by the Board on May 8, 1944.
- Supervisor Mead moved that every supervisor may be appointed to attend the County Supervisors' Association meeting in Sacramento; carried unanimously.
- Supervisor Mead moved final passage of the Annual Appropriation Ordinance for fiscal year 1944-1945.
- Settlement drawn with Clinton Construction over Washington Street track damage
- The Board approved internal transfers of $11,344 in allotments among its own appropriations for fiscal year 1944-1945 without objection.
- The Board directed the Clerk to make sure the clocks in City Hall, especially in its chambers and office, show the correct time.
- Labor Council opposes hiring L. V. Newton as railway consultant
- Supervisor Mead moved to delete the $60,000 budget item employing L. V. Newton as transit consultant; the vote is not shown here.
- Supervisor Mead's motion asks the Park Commission to explain damaged WPA statues near Laguna Honda Home; referred to committee.
- The Board confirmed Mayor Lapham's appointment of Donald W. Cleary as full-time legislative representative for the city.
- A $250 intra-fund transfer between Board of Supervisors appropriations was approved without objection.
- Supervisor Mead withdrew his request that the Board concur with and commend the Labor Council's stand on work stoppages.
- The Board approved, without objection, the City's contract with Donald W. Cleary as legislative representative for fiscal year 1944-45.
- Twenty-third Avenue residents refused removal of their parkway
- Board considers endorsing a proposal to raise the California residence requirement for relief from three to five years.
- The Board asked the Director of Public Works for a cost estimate to remodel the Clerk of the Board's office, without objection.
- Supervisors voted 6-5 to rescind the referral of the scavengers' letter on rat control to the Health Committee.
- Board concurred in the Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District's state legislative program, including the Golden Gate Freeway and Bridge approaches.
- Faulkner's answer to the Medical Society's charges about scavengers was again referred to the Public Health and Welfare Committee.
- Proposed ordinance would let county officers of the school department claim travel costs for approved educational conferences.
- Consideration of the taxicab and sedan rates ordinance was postponed to March 12, 1945.
- Supervisor Mead's motion demanding removal of streetcars from Fifth Street between Mission and Market was referred to the Public Utilities Committee.
- Supervisor Mead's request for a progress report on the new Juvenile Detention Home, funded by 1944 bonds, was ordered without objection.
- Board commended the Chief of Police and his staff for apprehending Louis Jackson, a confessed murderer.
- Board wished Police Officer Albrecht a speedy recovery after he was shot by Louis Jackson.
- Mead urged the Board to compliment Art Commissioner Bufano and sponsor Johnston for the fifty-cent symphony concerts.
- The Board rescinded its earlier approval of a 10 per cent night-work pay increase for Municipal Railway platform men (carmen).
- A proposed $10,000 tree planting program for the city failed on a vote of 3 to 8.
- A proposal to amend the Farmers' Market ordinance to allow pooled produce shipments in emergencies is before the Board.
- Board urged Governor Warren to sign a state loan of $5,000,000 for a low level Golden Gate Bridge approach.
- Ordinance setting daily travel expense amounts for city officers and employees in fiscal 1945-1946 was taken up from Finance Committee.
- Renaming Angelica Street to Linda Street sent back to committee
- Board is expressing appreciation for the Governor's approval of bills, including a loan for the Sausalito bridge approach.
- Rescinding the 1942 postponement on widening Post Street was approved, and the matter was referred back to the Streets Committee for public hearing.
- Board debated the Travel Expense Ordinance, with Colman seeking a $15 daily allowance instead of $20; the vote continues on the next page.
- Proposed ordinance rewrites angle parking rules so streets must be designated by Board resolution before angle parking is allowed.
- Supervisor Mead's motion asking the Mayor to call a public meeting on meat quotas was referred to committee.
- City takes over the new roadway on Rey Street
- Seventh Street sidewalk width bill was sent back to the Streets Committee after the Public Works recommendation was questioned.
- Jitney bus fares set at fifteen cents to Geneva Avenue
- Supervisor Sullivan was appointed to represent the Board at a Sacramento meeting on post-war funds.
- Balboa Park favored as site for the new Juvenile Home
- Mead moved that the Bay Cities Metal Trades Council and shipyards be invited to a Board meeting on October 24, 1945; outcome not shown.
- Proposed charter amendment would open regular Civil Service Commission meetings to the public, including sessions after 5:00 p.m.
- Supervisor Mead's motion urging federal agencies to continue machinists' wage negotiations was referred to the County, State and National Affairs Committee.
- Supervisor MacPhee was appointed by the President to represent the Board at a State Chamber of Commerce meeting in Los Angeles.
- Board agreed without objection that the President appoint a member to attend the State Chamber of Commerce meeting in Los Angeles.
- Jitney fares set at fifteen cents, twenty-five to Hunters Point
- Board voted to rescind its earlier action on Proposal 5263, which concerned the carfare increase.
- President Dan Gallagher was appointed to attend a Sacramento legislative conference on January 9, 1946.
- A proposed resolution asks the Police Commission to make yellow zone permit holders east of Van Ness Avenue justify continued use.
- The Recreation Department was asked to study reopening Crystal Palace Plunge and covering part of Fleishhacker Pool.
- Supervisor Mead re-introduced a resolution that Municipal Railway officials be placed under oath; the vote is not shown.
- Board referred the Director of Property post to Civil Service Commission with a proposed salary range of $650-800.
- Board referred the Senior Tabulating Machine and Key Punch Operator post to Civil Service Commission with a proposed salary range of $325-400.
- Chief Valuation Engineer salary class sent to Civil Service Commission with proposed $750 salary after an earlier defeat.
- Building Inspector pay range of $275-400 was proposed and referred to the Civil Service Commission after a rescinded vote.
- Public Service Director salary class sent to Civil Service Commission with proposed range of $550-625.
- The Chief Assistant Clerk's proposed salary range of $450-550 was sent to the Civil Service Commission.
- The Clerk of the Board of Supervisors' proposed salary range of $550-675 was sent to the Civil Service Commission.
- The Psychologist post's proposed salary range of $250-300 was sent to the Civil Service Commission.
- Chief Assistant Assessor salary range of $500-600 was referred to the Civil Service Commission.
- Proposed salary range of $335-375 for Assistant Superintendent of Plant, to be considered by the Civil Service Commission.
- Key Punch Operator job referred to Civil Service Commission with proposed salary range $185-225.
- Tabulating Machine Operator job referred to Civil Service Commission with proposed salary range $210-255.
- The Senior Psychologist post's proposed salary range of $300-350 was sent to the Civil Service Commission.
- Consideration of an ordinance settling Dora Bradley Carle's lawsuit against the City was continued.
- General Foreman Carpenter classification was referred to Civil Service Commission with proposed salary of $18 per day.
- Assistant Clerk classification was referred to Civil Service Commission with salary comparable to Head Clerk's range.
- Board approved a $1,400 transfer within its budget to pay the Mayor's chauffeur loaned to the Board during sick leave.
- Foreman Carpenter classification was referred to Civil Service Commission with proposed salary of $16 per day.
- Salary Standardization Ordinance passed on first reading, setting city employee pay under Charter Sections 151 and 151.1, pending final passage.
- Board adopts pay schedules for city and non-certificated San Francisco Unified School District employees, following the Civil Service Commission majority report.
- Salary Standardization Ordinance, setting city employee pay schedules, passed for second reading by nine ayes to two noes.
- Supervisor Mead moved that the Board adopt the Civil Service Commission's majority report on city employee salary standardization.
- Supervisor Mead moved to pass the Salary Standardization Ordinance, Bill 3966, notwithstanding the Mayor's veto.
- Supervisor Mead moved to reconsider Bill 3966, the Salary Standardization Ordinance, after the Mayor vetoed it.
- Proposed ordinance would let the Chief Administrative Officer establish and run a farmers' market; vote continues next page.
- Supervisor Mead proposed cancelling delinquent tax penalties for veterans; the proposal was referred to the Judiciary Committee.
- Resolution adopted asking the Mayor to appoint a citizens' committee to arrange the observance of Admission Day.
- Supervisor Mead proposed higher overtime pay for engineers in the public-work wage resolution, reviewed by the Civil Service Commission.
- A Park Commission ordinance on street plans and tree planting was re-referred to the Streets Committee.
- Street tree planting and protection ordinance was re-referred to committee after Public Works and other departments raised objections.
- A motion to table the proposed sale of city buildings on Guerrero Street and San Jose Avenue was defeated; the sale remains pending.
- Board adopted, as amended, a wage scale resolution for private employment on public contracts.
- Wage Scale Resolution amended: Asbestos Workers' rate raised to $1.75 an hour and double time set after 8 hours.
- Board adopted, as amended, the Wage Scale Resolution setting private employment wage rates on public contracts.
- Supervisors voted to rescind an earlier action, leaving the $300 settlement of Herman De Piero's street-defect claim pending.
- A street tree protection and planting ordinance was re-referred to Streets Committee, then postponed one week.
- Public Health and Welfare Committee recommended an ordinance defining invalid cars and setting their hire rates; the vote continues.
- Lease of city land at Jefferson and Jones Streets put off
- Board temporarily postponed the budget item for $6,000 in alterations to its own office, after City Architect Reidy said the work could not be done for $12,000.
- The Supervisors' own budget was adopted by a vote of six to two.
- The Board adopted the police budget without objection.
- Mayor's city budget adopted by seven ayes to one no; Christopher voted no.
- Real Estate Department budget debated; MacPhee proposed deleting $1,200 for a departmental automobile.
- Spending gas tax money on new street signs was temporarily postponed until the City Attorney gives a legal opinion.
- Supervisor Mead moved a supplemental budget of $12,500 to rehabilitate the ship Gjoa; the outcome is not printed here.
- Mead's motion for a four-member committee to survey farmers' markets was referred to the Commercial and Industrial Development Committee.
- Mead moved to approve a $10,000 supplemental budget for the Farmers' Market; the vote continues on the next page.
- Supervisor Mead's motion to spend $6,000 on land for a Farmers' Market survey was ruled out of order.
- Motion to approve a $347,465 supplemental budget for the Public Utilities Commission was defeated on a 5-5 vote.
- Supervisor Mead moved to rescind the deletion of a $10,000 request for the Farmers' Market.
- Board adopted the Civil Service Commission budget after cutting temporary salaries by $5,440 and adding permanent clerk positions.
- Supervisor Mead moved to rescind the earlier action on the Farmers' Market, which he wants continued; outcome not shown.
- Supervisor Mead withdrew his motion to restore $10,000 for the Farmers' Market, saying he would reintroduce it later.
- Chief Administrative Officer would contract to pay the League of California Cities for Sacramento representation; Supervisor Mead asked the amount first.
- Board refused emergency passage, then postponed for one week a $1,800 overtime appropriation for Assessor's office employees.
- Clerk directed to number the streetcar operators' charter amendment No. 1 on the November ballot.
- Board sent back to committee the proposed Sunset land purchase for a school, recreation center and library after Associated Home Builders objected.
- City to take land between Quintara and Ortega Streets
- Proposal to buy a new Farmers' Market site was temporarily postponed 6-4 by the Board, then laid over one week.
- Supervisor Mead moved to reconsider the vote adopting the Farmers' Market financing ballot declaration, which is not yet decided.
- Motion to rescind the refusal of a $62,000 appropriation was defeated five to six.
- Supervisor Mead moved to reconsider the adopted Farmers' Market proposal 5717; debate continued and no vote is printed here.
- Supervisor Mead moved a Grand Jury investigation of the Farmers' Market; he withdrew the motion.
- Board set a September 16, 1946 special order to consider bills taking land in the Sunset District for a community center.
- Board refused to delete $410,000 for replacing Market Street streetcar tracks; the appropriation remains pending.
- Charter amendment on officers subject to salary standardization, Section 151.1, was designated Charter Amendment No. 8.
- Charter amendment on budget estimates and budget adoption, Sections 69 and 72, has its vote on the next page.
- Charter amendment on the Salvage Corps, Section 38.1, was designated Charter Amendment No. 7.
- Board sent the Pony Express bus application back to committee and set it as a special order for September 30, 1946.
- Proposed charter amendment to Section 24 on permits and licenses was designated Charter Amendment No. 5.
- Board consented to correcting clerical errors in the 1946-1947 assessment roll; the proposal was sent to Finance Committee.
- Supervisor Mead proposed protecting Beniamino Bufano's damaged statues and investigating vandalism; referred to committee.
- Supervisor Mead's proposal to find, protect and investigate damage to Bufano sculptures was referred to committee.
- Correction of a clerical error in the 1946-1947 assessment of Volume 23, Block 3605, Lot 6 was postponed to November 18, 1946.
- Reconsideration sought of refused rezoning of a Nineteenth Avenue lot for an office building by Atlas Realty Company.
- Consideration of Bills 4084, 4085 and 4086 on license taxes was continued to January 13, 1947.
- Mayor authorized to seek a $24,752 federal loan to plan a proposed Junior Museum; vote not shown on this page.
- Mayor is asked to apply for a federal loan of plan preparation funds for a proposed Junior Museum.
- Proposed lease of 1625 Market Street at $250 monthly for the Recreation Department was continued to January 6, 1947.
- Supervisor Mead's motion sends the proposed citywide Building Code back to the Judiciary Committee for further hearings.
- Motion carried to resolve into committee of the whole to set pay rates for motormen, conductors and bus operators.
- Proposed Building Code sent back to the Judiciary Committee by a 6-5 vote after industry and organization objections.
- Supervisor Lewis was authorized to travel to Washington, D.C., to press San Francisco's case for a second bay bridge crossing.
- Ordinance setting new salary schedules for street car and bus operators at $1.24 per hour heads toward final passage.
- Board debates raising auto mechanic pay rates; an amendment to the salary ordinance was adopted and the measure continues.
- Supervisor Mead moved to raise pay rates for auto mechanics and machinists under Ordinance 4253; the Board's vote continues.
- Continued one week the $3,313.47 transfer for air-conditioning and lighting filters in the Library Department.
- Board approved a proposed salary range of $425-500 for an Administrative Assistant in Juvenile Court.
- Salary range for the position of Teller proposed at $250-310 and carried.
- Salary range for the position of Cashier C proposed at $255-315 and carried.
- Salary range for the position of Senior Teller proposed at $295-365 and carried.
- Salary range for the position of Cashier A proposed at $410-485 and carried.
- A salary range of $380-450 for the Chief Clerk was approved.
- A flat salary of $500 per month for the Confidential Secretary to the Mayor was approved.
- A flat salary rate of $675 for the Executive Secretary to the Mayor was proposed and lost.
- Proposed $280-335 pay range for senior bookkeepers approved by the Committee of the Whole.
- A salary range of $600-750 was set for the Tax Collector's position after earlier votes failed.
- The Salary Standardization Bill was referred to the Committee of the Whole by a 10-0 vote.
- Salary range for Managing Director of the War Memorial set at $600-700 by substitute motion.
- Salary range for the position of Cashier B proposed at $340-400 and carried.
- Board approved a proposed salary range of $370-440 for the Assistant Superintendent of San Francisco Hospital.
- Proposed $230-280 pay range for bookkeepers sent to the Civil Service Commission for review and report.
- Proposed $50 pay increase for cost analysts deferred until the Mayor's administrative analyst position is considered.
- A salary range of $325-425 for the Secretary of the Public Utilities Commission was approved.
- A salary range of $385-460 for the Secretary of the Library Department was approved.
- Salary range of $500-650 approved for the Assistant Director of the PUC Bureau of Accounts.
- A salary range of $650-800 for the Administrative Assistant to the Mayor was proposed and lost.
- Proposed $335-395 pay range for accountants approved by six votes to three in committee.
- A flat salary rate of $675 was set for the Executive Secretary to the Mayor.
- A salary range of $650-800 was set for the Administrative Assistant to the Mayor.
- Board rejected a proposed salary range of $500-650 for the Assistant Director of the Bureau of Accounts, Public Utilities Commission.
- Proposed pay range of $400-500 for Maintenance Chief at San Francisco Airport was carried.
- Board set a proposed salary range of $205-250 for the storekeeper position.
- Salary range of $275-325 for the Fire Dispatcher position adopted.
- Salary range of $335-375 for the Chief Fire Dispatcher position adopted.
- Board set a proposed salary range of $205-250 for the bookkeeping machine operator position.
- Board set a proposed salary range of $250-310 for the senior bookkeeping machine operator position.
- Salary range of $270-335 proposed for the Statistician post, with a substitute motion then offered.
- Assistant Stationery Buyer pay range of $270-335 was first lost, then the committee's action on it was rescinded.
- Board carried a proposed salary range of $205-250 for the General Clerk-Stenographer post (B408).
- Board carried a proposed salary range of $220-270 for the Legal Stenographer post (B410).
- Board carried a proposed salary range of $205-250 for the Telephone Operator post (B454).
- Board carried a proposed salary range of $205-250 for the Braille Typist post (B510).
- Proposed salary range of $225-250 for Working Foreman Car Cleaner; vote continues on next page.
- Proposed salary range of $250-285 for Airport Crew Chief was carried.
- Flat salary of $12,500 per year for Airport Department Manager was carried.
- Proposed salary range of $230-280 for Junior Draftsman was carried.
- Proposed salary range of $280-340 for Draftsman was carried.
- Proposed salary range of $280-340 for Cartographer and Art Designer was carried.
- Board set a flat rate of $2.25 per hour for paver positions.
- Board carried a proposed salary range of $295-365 for the Assistant Clerk of the Board of Supervisors (B413).
- Salary range of $205-250 approved for meter reader position.
- Salary range of $205-250 approved for voting machine adjuster position.
- Salary range of $205-250 approved for multigraph operator position.
- Board approved the proposed $160-195 salary range for the Office Assistant position.
- Armorer, R.O.T.C. pay range of $205-250 was carried by the Board on an eight-to-zero vote.
- Monthly pay range of $295-365 for Head Clerk carried on a roll call vote.
- Salary range of $170-200 approved for the Janitress position.
- Salary range of $185-215 approved for the Janitor position.
- Salary range of $250-310 for a Senior Clerk-Typist position was rejected.
- Board adopted a proposed $285-355 salary range for the Senior Instructor of Nursing position.
- Salary range of $270-335 approved for statistician position.
- Salary range of $295-365 a month proposed for the Director of Service in the Assessor's Office, carried by vote.
- A proposed salary range of $335-395 for a Tabulating Bureau supervisor lost 4-4, then was marked carried.
- Salary range of $430-500 adopted for the Director of Public Health Nursing classification.
- Salary range of $245-282 carried for the position of Window Cleaner, over two noes.
- Proposed pay range of $200-250 for Airport Attendant; the vote is printed on the next page.
- Salary range of $310-360 adopted for the Supervisor, Public Health Nursing classification.
- Salary range of $370-420 adopted for the Assistant Director of Public Health Nursing classification.
- Board set a proposed salary range of $205-250 for the blueprinter position.
- Board set a proposed salary range of $205-250 for the photostat operator position.
- Flat salary of $500 per month for the Superintendent of Plant adopted.
- Board set a proposed salary range of $205-250 for the calculating machine operator position.
- Flat salary of $415 per month for the Assistant Superintendent of Plant adopted.
- Board set a proposed salary range of $250-300 for instructors of nursing.
- Board carried a proposed salary range of $250-310 for the Senior Clerk-Stenographer post (B412).
- Board carried a proposed salary range of $250-310 for the Chief Telephone Operator post (B458).
- Proposed salary range of $300-350 for Airport Services Supervisor was carried.
- Monthly pay range of $250-310 for Senior Clerk carried on a roll call vote.
- Board proposed a salary range of $300-380 for superintendent of nursing at Hassler Health Home.
- Board carried a salary range for the Supervisor, Equipment and Supplies classification (B382) after a split vote.
- Salary range of $205-250 approved for payroll machine operator position.
- Salary range of $205-250 approved for addressing machine operator position.
- Board approved the proposed $205-250 salary range for the Usher position in the Mayor's Office.
- Board rejected the proposed $600-700 salary range for the County Clerk position.
- Printing and Stationery Buyer pay range of $320-395 was proposed by Supervisor Mead and lost on a four-to-four vote.
- Salary range of $170-210 approved for the Elevator Operator position.
- Salary range of $180-210 approved for the School Janitress position.
- Salary range of $205-250 for a General Clerk-Typist position was rejected.
- Board adopted a proposed $210-260 salary range for the Operating Room Nurse position.
- Board adopted a proposed $250-320 salary range for the Senior Operating Room Nurse position.
- Salary range of $240-270 approved for senior addressing machine operator position.
- Salary range for the chief valuation engineer post was set at $715-890 monthly.
- Pay range of $200-235 for the Sub-Foreman Book Repairer position was carried.
- City Librarian's compensation was raised from $666.66 to $750 and the change was carried.
- Hourly rate of $2.00 for the rigger ground man position was carried.
- Board proposed a pay range of $260-310 for the powerhouse operator classification, with the vote on the next page.
- Board's proposed pay range of $650 to $800 for the Chief Assistant Controller was lost.
- Board set the pay range for the Senior Engineer position at $550-655.
- The Committee rescinded its earlier action on the Chief Assistant Controller salary classification, B21.
- Tree topper's proposed pay rate of $1.75 per hour was adopted.
- The proposed $420-500 salary range for Cost Analyst was defeated, and a motion to rescind that vote was refused.
- A flat monthly rate of $833.33 for the Chief Juvenile Probation Officer was carried.
- Pay range of $420-500 for the Cost Analyst position was carried on a 4-2 vote.
- Salary range for the job of Superintendent of Airport Operations fixed at $600-750, carried by the Board.
- Board carried a proposed pay range of $210-260 for the governorman classification.
- Pay range of $280-325 for the Head Librarian position was carried.
- Board set the pay range for the Instrument Man position at $280-340.
- Committee set the Supervisor of Athletics salary at a proposed range of $350-425 after a substitute motion carried.
- Two Public Utilities Commission director positions, G84 and F75, were abolished; carried unanimously.
- Future salary standardization surveys were ordered to include raise history for past years, carried without objection.
- A monthly rate of $254 was set for the Junior Operating Engineer position; carried unanimously.
- Proposed salary amendments and supporting data were referred to the Civil Service Commission for review and report.
- A salary range of $380-450 was set for the Custodian of Voting Machines position; carried by a 6 to 4 vote.
- Supervisor Christopher proposed setting the Director of Public Health's salary at $15,000 a year; the vote is not printed here.
- Motion to remove the microphones at Supervisors' desks failed for want of a second.
- The 1947 Fire Department budget was adopted by ten votes to one.
- The M. H. de Young Memorial Museum budget, as amended, together with a supplemental budget, was adopted.
- Board voted to rescind an earlier deletion of an Elevator Operator position in index 38, sheet 3.
- Supervisor Mead temporarily withdrew his motion to rescind Board approval of the Public Works Public Buildings budget line.
- Earlier action on the Public Works budget was rescinded by vote, reopening the budget for review.
- Mead's motion to cut the laundry charge from $5.00 to $2.50 in the Annual Salary Ordinance was defeated.
- Proposed ordinance would set aside certain license fee proceeds for capital expenditures and public improvements.
- Emergency ordinance proposed to appropriate $4,494.64 for moving civil defence sirens to a storage yard.
- Pacific Gas and Electric's Jennings Street gate sent back to committee
- Teresio and Stella Vaio's request for a lower assessment on 1430 Chestnut Street was refused; the appraiser's recommendation was confirmed.
- Board postponed for one week an appeal against refusal to rezone the Silver Avenue and Cambridge Street corner.
- Three Department of Public Health laboratory and blood bank positions exempted from Charter residence requirements.
- Part of Quesada Avenue closed for good near Quint Street
- Supplemental Public Welfare Department recommendations for persons recommended as categorical aid recipients were adopted.
- Metropolitan Properties Company allowed a wooden loading platform on Harrison Street
- Delay on Davis Hardwood's Beach Street planing mill is reversed
- Resolution urging the Governor to act on a second bay crossing was tabled by the Board.
- Resolution asking President Truman and Governor Warren to create a commission for a second bay crossing was tabled.
- Proposed ordinance to let dried fruits, nuts and honey be sold at the Farmers' Market is set for a November 10 special order.
- Board ordered the Clerk to telegraph the State Board of Harbor Commissioners about its adoption of Proposal No. 7280.
- Board considered the Mayor's request to reopen the acquisition of additional land for San Francisco State Teachers' College.
- Finance Committee asked to survey curb painting costs and consider assessing property owners for it; referred.
- Part of Teresita Boulevard and Sequoia Way may be closed
- Motion to refer a union's requested $500-600 pay range for four street positions to the Civil Service Commission failed.
- Motion to refer the Cost Analyst position's proposed $460-550 pay range to the Civil Service Commission failed.
- Motion to refer the Fire Dispatcher E52 pay request, range $260-320, to the Civil Service Commission failed.
- Ramsell Street between Alemany Boulevard and Palmetto Avenue was ordered improved, with $700 city aid, and passed.
- Consideration of bills regulating mechanical amusement devices and their license fees was continued for one week.
- City aid raised for Dublin Street work between Persia and Russia
- City to take over Quintara Street between Thirty-first and Thirty-second Avenues
- City to take over parts of Naglee Avenue and Graystone Terrace
- Three supervisors approved to attend Sacramento highway meeting
- Board sent the Post Street sidewalk-narrowing bill back to the Streets Committee rather than submitting it to voters.
- Supervisor Mead asked the Clerk to investigate removing the Victory sign from the Board chambers and report back.
- Supervisor Mead moved to adjourn the budget hearing after the crowd disrupted order; the motion lost for want of a second.
- Parking meter rules for Grant Avenue and Haight Street held over
- Parking meter zone rules for Fourteenth Street and nearby streets were amended for Zone 9, then consideration was continued two weeks.
- Board temporarily postponed a $6,500 appropriation to buy more land for the Farmers' Market.
- Pavements line of the 1948 budget restored after an amendment carried eleven votes to none.
- Board adopted the Mayor's budget, cutting Portola Festival and Centennial Year funding from $250,000 to $200,000.
- Motion to rescind the Board's action on the Fire Department budget was defeated.
- Extra $150,000 for Kezar Stadium lights was refused by a 4-7 vote.
- Parking meter rules for Grant Avenue and Haight Street held over
- The Board deferred consideration of Bill No. 5253 until the second Monday in July.
- Protests against the assessment for paving Diamond Street between Twenty-Eighth and Valley Streets are heard; the decision is continued.
- Two more tuberculosis wards to open at San Francisco Hospital
- Supervisor Christopher was appointed President Pro Tem for the June 21, 1948 meeting, without objection.
- A Finance Committee recommendation to amend the Municipal Code on contractor definitions and a $10 annual fee was taken up again.
- $46,332 for Municipal Railway pay changes after the Kenney court ruling
- The Board adopted Mead's resolution asking the Mayor to appoint a committee to study improving the blank wall of the Marshall Square Building facing Civic Center.
- Board of Trustees of the M. H. deYoung Memorial Museum authorized to accept a $1,000 gift from Archer M. Huntington.
- Consideration of closing Wawona Street between Eighteenth and Nineteenth Avenues was continued one week.
- Supervisors temporarily postponed the citywide tax levy ordinance for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1949, without objection.
- Amendment sent to the City Attorney and the proposal postponed
- Supervisors rescinded a refusal, then temporarily postponed the 1948-49 budget amendment funding Municipal Railway operation.
- Proposal to make the County Clerk office elective was temporarily postponed after the Board reconsidered its vote.
- Endorsement of Harry E. Wentworth for State Athletic Commission was sent back to committee.
- Goettingen Street closed at midday for E. R. Taylor School
- The Board adopted a resolution authorizing a ballot argument favoring the $250,000 Butano Forest bond issue and repealing Resolution 7908.
- Appeal over rezoning at Oakdale Avenue and Quint Street taken up
- Proposed rule allowing self-service gasoline dispensing was temporarily postponed pending testimony from the Chief of Fire Prevention.
- Consideration of $26,718.50 from the water fund to pay special counsel Dion Holm retroactive pay was continued one week.
- Rezoning for light industry backed at Eighteenth and DeHaro Streets
- The Board granted leave of absence to George W. Johns, Board of Education president, for January 9 to 16, 1949, with permission to leave the State.
- Planning Commission asked to prepare a transportation plan from the DeLeuw Report; the matter was sent back to committee for two weeks.
- Supervisors asked Superintendent Dr. Clish to explain what was done to transport crippled school children during the taxicab strike.
- Two-week leave granted from January 17, with permission to travel
- Protests against a proposed grade change on Victoria Street near Palmetto Avenue were put on next Monday's calendar.
- Board carried a motion inviting Arthur C. Jenkins to explain his plans for surveying the Municipal Railway.
- Board referred to committee a resolution urging the federal government to acquire Tuolumne County sugar pine trees; the suspension of rules was defeated.
- Supervisors temporarily postponed $3,500 for Municipal Railway holiday pay until the transit manager explains his statements.
- Protests against paving Mendell Street between Hudson and Jerrold Avenues were referred to the Streets Committee.
- Civil Service report on proposed pay schedule amendments was temporarily postponed, after six employee groups asked for Committee of the Whole review.
- Proposal to change street grades on Colby Street between Silliman and Felton Streets was continued for two weeks.
- Franconia and Massasoit street levels sent back to committee
- William Alexander's footbridge at Fairfax and Hawes sent back to committee
- Backstops budget item of $3,000 for Bay view Playground was temporarily postponed by the Board.
- Cut of one Fire Department Senior Clerk Stenographer post was rescinded, so the position was restored.
- Board rescinded its earlier approval of the Venereal Disease Control budget, which included $1,200 more rent for the City Clinic at 33 Hunt Street.
- Consideration of the Kezar Stadium expansion plan was postponed to Thursday, May 26, at 3:00 p.m.
- Water Department appropriation reduced to $51,200 after a $2,000 cut to transmission maintenance, passed on first reading.
- The Board voted to deny all assessment reduction applications not otherwise acted upon by the Board of Equalization.
- Ethel Pabor's assessment appeal for lot 15, block 4027 was granted a $100 reduction on the building.
- The Board approved the Assessor's Clerical Error List for the 1949-1950 assessment roll.
- Board took up a resolution waiving the statute of limitations for Hetch Hetchy employees' civil service classification suit; outcome not yet shown.
- Public Utilities Commission proposes a new water rate schedule and bi-monthly reading of accounts; the vote continues on the next page.
- Leave of absence to leave the State, August 25 to September 8, 1949, granted to Mrs. Bernard L. Hechinger, Public Welfare Commissioner.
- Leave of absence to leave the State, August 22 to September 1, 1949, granted to Edward Sharkey, War Memorial director.
- Protests against changing official street grades on Broadway, Mason Street and nearby streets were heard and sent back to the Streets Committee.
- Broadway and Larkin Streets to close for ten days in October
- Board rescinded its earlier adoption of a $4,000,000 bond issue for the Cherry River Development Project.
- Temporary closing of Larkin Street, changed from Hyde Street, between California and Pine Streets on September 16, 1949 was adopted.
- Supervisor Mead asked the Clerk to send thanks to Dr. J. C. Geiger for the Auditorium used as a meeting place; approved without objection.
- Police Commission asked whether Pacific Avenue could go one-way eastbound
- Southern Pacific's request to raise Peninsula rates was recommitted to committee, with interested parties to be notified.
- A resolution would amend Resolution 9159 to add Charles Silvera, a New York Yankees catcher, to the World Series reception committee.
- Fulton Street closing for the Pets Unlimited benefit show tabled
- Resolution proposed to send designated officials to eastern cities for the American Municipal Association convention; outcome not shown.
- Roadways and curbs of Anza, Wawona, Franconia, Peralta and Samoset streets passed for second reading as accepted city streets.
- Board asked Congressman Franck Havenner to visit and explain the future of Hunters Point Naval Shipyard.
- Street levels proposed for change on Wayland Street
- City to take over the stairways on Arbol and Sonora Lanes
- The Board opened a hearing on the proposed vacation of Romolo Place between Vallejo and Fresno Streets; no outcome yet.
- Leland Avenue improvement west of Sawyer Street, with $400 city aid
- Board adopted resolution approving the Crocker Amazon Highlands map and accepting streets and a drainage easement as public streets.
- Parts of Canal and Congdon Streets proposed for closing
- Street levels to change on Bowdoin Street between Woolsey and Dwight
- Proposal letting vehicle-for-hire operators use the self-insurance option was continued for one week.
- Board adopted a resolution waiving Lanham Act removal provisions for temporary veterans' housing transferred to the Housing Authority.
- Portion of Locksley Avenue vacated by Resolution 9375 on the Streets Committee's recommendation, adopted by eleven ayes.
- Ordinance accepting Anza Street roadways and curbs between Masonic and Parker Avenues; vote not shown on this page.
- Street levels changed on Bowdoin Street between Woolsey and Dwight
- City takes over the stairways on Arbol and Sonora Lanes
- Leland Avenue improvement finally passed with $400 in city aid
- The Board adopted a motion by rising vote congratulating former President J. Joseph Sullivan on his term.
- The hearing on protests against paving Masonic Avenue north from Geary Boulevard was referred back to Streets Committee.
- The Board finally passed a $554,000 appropriation to rehabilitate the Municipal Railway from a 1947 bond fund.
- Supervisor Mead moved to table a proposal raising minimum fines for stopping vehicles on any street.
- The Board adopted a resolution endorsing the March of Dimes fundraising drive.
- Proposed rule requiring 20-by-29-inch signs to mark prohibited stopping zones was tabled by the Board.
- The Board ordered the Clerk to ask the Police Department for suggestions on curbing city youth hoodlums before any hearings.
- Ban on job discrimination refused, then reopened for another vote
- Streets Committee approved to attend Los Angeles road conference
- Proposal to repeal the ban on playing poker in barrooms and public places was recommitted to the Police Committee.
- Supervisor Mead's proposal for the Police Committee to investigate card rooms in Gardena and San Diego was withdrawn after suspension of rules failed.
- Card room licensing ordinance, repealing Ordinances 801 and 827, was re-referred to the Police Committee.
- Proposal for free police permits to play bridge in incorporated social clubs was moved to be recommitted to committee.
- Appeal over Congdon Street shops rezoning put off a week
- Proposed sale of the Municipal Railway carhouse at Turk and Fillmore Streets was deferred for four weeks.
- Board unanimously adopted a resolution in memoriam of Mrs. Selena E. Lewis.
- Charter amendment on vacations for crafts and per diem employees was temporarily postponed by the Board.
- Supervisor Mead moved to expunge the record of discussion on the salary standardization charter amendment; outcome not printed.
- Appeal against denial of a lot-area variance on Laussat Street was continued one week at the appellant's request.
- Board unanimously adopted a resolution in memory of Lloyd Taylor by rising vote.
- Mrs. Richard Nason granted leave of absence for the month of July, with permission to leave the state.
- Supervisor John J. Sullivan granted leave of absence for May 5-17, 1950, with permission to leave the state.
- Mrs. Sigmund Stern, Recreation Commissioner, was granted 30 days' leave from April 19, 1950, to leave the state.
- Fred D. Parr, Park Commissioner, was granted leave from April 21 to May 13, 1950 to leave the state.
- Thomas C. Howe, Jr., Director of the Legion of Honor, was granted about four weeks' leave in May 1950 to leave the state.
- Harold T. Lopez, City Planning Commissioner, was granted two weeks' leave from April 13, 1950 to leave the state.
- Harvey E. Teller, Park Commissioner, requested leave from May 5 through May 23, 1950 to leave the state.
- Board adopted a resolution commending the San Francisco Junior Chamber of Commerce for its Miss San Francisco beauty contest.
- A resolution commending the United Nationalities of San Francisco and urging citizens to assist its program was proposed.
- Supervisor Christopher presented a resolution asking the Mayor to proclaim the week of April 17 as Apartment House Week.
- Resolution asking the Mayor to proclaim Plumbing Industry and Home Comfort Week from May 15, 1950 was adopted.
- Board welcomed Malcolm R. Giles of the Loyal Order of Moose and asked the Mayor to proclaim June 18, 1950, Loyal Order of Moose Day.
- Supervisor Mead proposed a resolution asking the Mayor to proclaim a heating, piping and air conditioning week.
- Board asked the Park Commission to explain why Kezar Stadium rental fees were cut; continued to June 12.
- Resolution adopted endorsing a Booker T. Washington Memorial benefit show at the Civic Auditorium.
- Board granted District Attorney Edmund G. Brown leave to leave the state from June 29 to July 8, 1950.
- Board clerk to arrange an early meeting of interested parties on a park site for the state centennial celebration.
- Mayor recommended leave of absence for M. H. DeYoung Memorial Museum director Walter Heil, March 16-24, 1950.
- Resolution in memory of Jack Burket presented by Supervisor Christopher; outcome on next page.
- Mayor asked for a committee to help pick low-cost housing sites; the Board appointed Mead, Fazackerley and MacPhee.
- Louis Ferrari drops his protest against the Wayland Street paving
- Dan S. Hewitt, War Memorial trustee, granted leave to leave the state July 8 through July 20, 1950.
- Mayor vetoed a parking meter zone addition on Third Street; the Board deferred consideration for one week.
- A resolution disapproving the Public Works order to pave Wayland Street between Bowdoin and Hamilton was tabled.
- Resolution approving the canvass of votes from the June 6, 1950 primary and special municipal election was adopted.
- Consideration of the Mayor's veto of the Third Street parking meter zone extension was continued to June 26, 1950.
- Resolution fixing the date of the Board of Supervisors' annual meeting as a Board of Equalization was adopted.
- The Board adopted a resolution authorizing purchase of two Ray Park lots in Burlingame for $7,000 for the Sunset Supply Line.
- Harold L. Zellerbach, president of the Art Commission, requested two weeks' leave from July 12, 1950 to leave the state.
- Board adopted a resolution in memory of John P. McLaughlin by rising vote.
- Proposal to ban left-hand turns at certain Castro, Seventeenth and Market Streets intersections was continued one week.
- Proposed Traffic Code change giving funeral processions right of way with lighted headlamps was continued one week.
- Invitation to American Federation of Government Employees to hold its 1952 biennial convention in San Francisco adopted.
- Proposed trip for Supervisor Halley to survey civilian defense in eastern cities was refused adoption by the Board.
- Resolution in memoriam for John F. McGowan adopted by unanimous rising vote.
- Resolution adopted proclaiming a September 17, 1950 ceremony raising the first official United Nations flag atop the Press Club.
- Resolution urging local rent advisory boards to hold open meetings on percentage rent increases; final vote not shown.
- Five members would be added to the Parking Authority at $10 per meeting; ordinance passed for second reading.
- Consideration of File No. 6357, permission to carry firearms, was continued for one week.
- Board continued the proposed ordinance on permits to carry guns for two weeks, so detective agencies can draft a version.
- Proposed police permit rules for private detectives and armed guards were tabled, and a substitute was referred to committee.
- Agreement letting the Maritime Museum Association use part of Aquatic Park Building was postponed pending Kodak and museum assurances.
- A survey of Civic Center facilities and possible changes to meet demand for their use was proposed by the Streets Committee.
- Clerk John R. McGrath granted leave from November 18 to 22, 1950 to attend a clerks' meeting in Cleveland.
- Reed W. Robinson, a Permit Appeals Board member, was granted leave to leave the state from November 10 to 21, 1950.
- Memorial resolution for Alexander Watchman adopted unanimously by rising vote, presented by Supervisor Christopher.
- Roadway, curbs, sidewalk and stairway of Mullen Avenue between Franconia Street and Peralta Avenue were accepted by the city.
- City takes over the roadway and stairway on Mullen Avenue
- Board adopted a resolution commending Sylvan Drive residents for their Christmas display called "Candy Lane."
- Public Health appropriation of $6,350 for a new Division of Public Health Education chief position passed for second reading.
- Fire Department's $1,020 vacation relief appropriation for fire boat crews was tabled after the Chief said another measure covered it.
- Board temporarily postponed a resolution urging the Civil Aeronautics Board to keep United Air Lines' direct San Francisco to Washington route.
- Board commended Paul A. Bissinger, retiring president of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce.
- Board suspended its rules to consider a resolution in memoriam of Louis F. Erb.
- The Board adopted a resolution asking the Mayor to appoint a citizens' committee to welcome John J. Hearn.
- Assessment for paving the Leland Avenue intersections at Hahn and Sawyer Streets was confirmed and sent to Public Works.
- A Public Utilities salary change, a companion to the transport appropriation, was refused passage.
- Board finally passed an emergency $2,145 appropriation to keep one building inspector working on the Park Merced housing project.
- Proposed $3,705 Public Utilities position for a civilian defense transportation chief was refused passage by the Board.
- Board passed $8,912.25 for the Survey Advisory Committee to second reading, then rescinded that passage without objection.
- $566,500 approved to repave streets outside streetcar tracks
- Ordinance on beverage and food vending machines was re-referred to the Finance Committee.
- Supervisor Mead proposed sending salary adjustment data to the Civil Service Commission for review and a report to the Board.
- Repealed 1939 City Hall telephone resolution sent to Finance Committee for review.
- Supervisor Mead proposed a letter to the Chief of Police asking for special consideration of loading zones.
- Supervisor Mead moved that pay adjustment data go to the Civil Service Commission for review and report.
- The Board adopted a resolution urging Congress to keep federal tax exemption for state and municipal securities.
- Confidential secretary to the District Attorney kept at present $330-400 range; proposed flat $350 rejected.
- Motion to set the Assessor's Office Director of Service salary range at $410-480 failed.
- Salary range of $200 to $230 for the waitress job class was approved.
- Proposed pay range of $280-330 for surveyor's field assistant was defeated.
- Motion to reject a $33.33 monthly raise for the chief juvenile probation officer died for want of a second.
- Pay range for laundresses of $190-230 approved.
- Proposed pay range of $320-380 for instrument man was defeated.
- Motion on the proposed Assistant Superintendent pay range of $450-540 a month failed for want of a second.
- Salary range of $200 to $230 for the waiter job class was proposed by Supervisor Mead.
- Pay range for starchers of $190-230 approved.
- Pay range for flatwork ironers of $190-230 approved.
- The "More Power to America Special" train, brought by General Electric and PG&E, is commended by the Board.
- Phelps Street between Third Street and Fairfax Avenue was added to the list of streets where parking is prohibited day or night.
- Board temporarily postponed a proposal to add fluoride to part of the city's water supply.
- Proposal to raise the minimum bus-zone parking fine to $5 for first violations and $25 for repeats was temporarily postponed.
- Left turns banned from Richardson Avenue into Chestnut Street
- Ordinance requiring public passenger vehicle operators to post notice of the state law against misdirecting hotel guests passed for second reading.
- Angle parking approved on Vicente Street and Seventeenth Avenue
- Public passenger vehicle operators must now post a notice of the state law against misdirecting hotel guests; passed.
- Supervisor Mead asked for an ordinance banning painted signs on sidewalks; it was referred to the Police Committee.
- Part of Geary Boulevard closed between Forty-second and Forty-third Avenues
- Supervisor Mead's Resolution 11046 was adopted by nine ayes to none, two absent.
- Ordway Street to be improved with about $2,200 in aid
- Board asks State Harbor Commissioners to reopen Francisco Street crossing at the Embarcadero, or let the city do it.
- Board refused to suspend its rules, so the proposed increase in taxicab, limousine and sedan fares was not considered.
- Supervisor Christopher proposed urging the Recreation and Park Commission to take temporary custody of a draftee's pet lion.
- Left-hand turns banned at listed downtown intersections during set hours, repealing three older resolutions.
- Lease at 3948 Twenty-fourth Street for a warden's office put off
- The Board adopted a resolution commending the dairy industry and urging observance of June as Dairy Month.
- Shafter Avenue to be improved with about $300 in city aid
- Mayor and Public Utilities Commission authorized to accept up to $500,000 in federal funds for San Francisco Airport development.
- Mayor and Public Utilities Commission authorized to accept $583,212 in federal funds for San Francisco Airport development.
- The Board adopted a resolution sending Supervisor Lewis to Washington to seek reconsideration of the denied St. Mary's Square garage application.
- Resolution in memoriam of Buster Brown Jones was adopted by unanimous rising vote.
- Resolution commending Foster and Kleiser Company on its fiftieth anniversary was adopted.
- Mayor asked to appoint a citizens' committee to mark the opening of the new Farmers' Market.
- Ordinance letting unfiled financial reports cancel sedan, limousine or taxicab permits was re-referred to Police Committee.
- Congressional representatives urged to support federal rollback of retail beef prices.
- The Board adopted a resolution welcoming delegates returning from the World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament of Nations.
- Unresolved applications for reduced property assessments were denied by the Board sitting as the Board of Equalization.
- The Board approved the Assessor's clerical error list applicable to the 1951-1952 assessment roll.
- Resolution congratulating the newly organized San Francisco Real Estate Board was adopted, and the Mayor asked to proclaim Realtors' Week.
- Le Blanc Corporation's request to reduce assessment on its Hadacol stock was denied by the Board.
- Board adopted Resolution No. 11389 on File 7823; the subject heading is not printed on this page.
- Board finally passed a $10,000 emergency appropriation for Police Department efforts against illegal narcotics traffic and use.
- Resolution No. 11419 was adopted unanimously, with two members absent; its subject is not printed here.
- Leaves of absence were granted to George W. Cuniffe and Dan S. Hewitt from city boards for August and September 1951.
- The Board adopted a resolution accepting a pipeline easement granted by Stoneson Development Corporation in Stonestown.
- Appropriation of $600 for Public Utilities overtime pay was continued for one week.
- Masonic Avenue paving bill approved north of Geary Boulevard
- Passed for second reading: $600 appropriated for overtime pay in the Public Utilities General Office, eight ayes to three noes.
- Leaves of absence granted to Chief Administrative Officer Thomas Brooks and Superintendent Herbert Clish with permission to leave the state.
- Proposed charter amendment on civil service commission appointments was sent back to the Finance Committee.
- Ordinance on services permitted at gasoline supply stations was re-referred to the Police Committee with no objection.
- Proposed ordinance would let failure to file a financial report be grounds to cancel taxicab, sedan or limousine permits.
- Board adopted a resolution urging reconstruction of the Spanish monastery of Santa Maria de Ovila as a memorial to William Randolph Hearst.
- Supervisor Arnold moved to continue the $750,000 West Sunset Community Center appropriation one week and require topographical plans; no vote was recorded.
- Motor vehicle for hire permits may be temporarily suspended for sickness, death or hardship, passed for second reading.
- Resolution changing the deadline for Civil Service salary survey schedules and adding funds was adopted.
- Board of Supervisors adopted a resolution granting leave of absence to Supervisor Dan Gallagher.
- Consideration of Civil Service representatives attending a Detroit conference, October 8-11, 1951, was continued one week.
- Finance Committee recommends cutting the $41,938 adoption program appropriation to $20,635 with amendments.
- Proposal to ban left-hand turns at Clinton Park Avenue and Guerrero Street was tabled by the Board.
- Assessor's Office division chiefs would attend a national assessing conference in St. Louis; the Finance Committee sent it without recommendation.
- Elizabeth Street closed at midday for St. Philip's school
- Hearing on objections to corrected 1951-52 assessment roll found no protestants; a measure was moved for adoption.
- Balboa Street closed for the merchants' Halloween parade
- Vienna and Italy Streets closed during Epiphany school hours
- Vote on the cable line settlement postponed again
- Parts of El Dorado, Alameda and Merrimac Streets closed for good
- Proposed salary ordinance adds standby-service pay at 25 per cent of straight time for hourly employees; passed for second reading.
- $18,500 to buy a firehouse site at Sixteenth and Vermont
- Supervisor Mead asked the Clerk to check one-way status of Pacific Street and Broadway Tunnel car tracks; Clerk directed to comply.
- The Board unanimously adopted a resolution in memoriam for Harry B. Smith, presented jointly by all members.
- Parts of Thirty-second and Sussex Streets closed for good
- The city accepted a deed to the operative properties of the California Street Cable Railroad Company.
- Pay range of $330-390 set for Superintendent of Laundry at Laguna Honda Home, carried 9 to 2.
- Motion to commend the Finance Committee for its handling of the Salary Standardization Ordinance drew objection and no Board action was taken.
- Clerk of the Board and Chief Assistant Clerk commended for their help on the Salary Standardization Ordinance.
- Board overruled protests against vacating Wattson Place between Ruth and Leo Streets and referred the proposal to Public Works.
- Resolution 12522 (File 9221) was adopted by a rising vote, ten ayes and one absent.
- The Mayor was asked to proclaim October 12-18, 1952, as Letter Writing Week; the resolution was adopted.
- Board directs the Clerk to write to the Utilities and Municipal Railway managers about buses skipping loading zones.
- Board unanimously adopted a resolution in memoriam for [name withheld].
- Supervisor Harold Dobbs was appointed to the board and executive committee of the California Mission Trails Association.
- Board approved [name withheld] to the Redevelopment Agency, replacing [name withheld], for a term through September 1954.
- Sheriff's rehabilitation and advisory appointments referred to committee
- The Board adopted a resolution confirming Supervisor Marvin E. Lewis as a Bay Area Council governor for 1953.
- Board unanimously adopted a resolution in memory of State Senator [name withheld].
- Resolution 13196, presented by Supervisor Mead, was adopted by eleven supervisors on March 30, 1953.
- Resolution authorizing an informal meeting with the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors, with $300 added, was adopted.
- Board authorized an informal meeting with the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors to discuss inter-county problems, with $300 set aside.
- A resolution to send a message of friendship to the Italian people through Premier [name withheld] was proposed.
- Resolution commending [name withheld] was adopted by the Board on May 4, 1953.
- Supervisor Mead moved to add $1,800 to the Retirement System budget for new chairs for Board members.
- Supervisor Mead withdrew his motion to add $1,800 for new chairs to the Retirement System budget.
- Board rejected Supervisor Mead's motion to add $1,800 for new chairs to the Retirement System budget.
- The Board directed the Clerk to send a letter thanking [name withheld] of Lilli Ann Corporation for a plaque.
- The Board adopted a resolution asking the Mayor to proclaim August 9-15, 1953 as Farmers' Market Week.
- Testimonial resolution honouring Supervisor Chester R. MacPhee, newly appointed Collector of Customs, was read to the Board.
- Supervisor Mead proposed a Fair Rents Committee; the measure was referred to the Public Health and Welfare Committee.
- Resolution in memoriam for [name withheld] was adopted unanimously by rising vote.
- Mead's resolution asking the Mayor to appoint a citizens' committee welcoming General Mark Clark was referred to committee after Dobbs objected.
- Board adopted a memorial resolution in memory of [name withheld].
- The Board set a Monday caucus time for choosing its president, then rescinded that time as impractical.
- Proposal to block the Public Utilities Commission's abandonment of parts of bus lines 19 and 53 was refused.
- Board adopted a resolution asking the Mayor to proclaim February 7-13, 1954, as Negro History Week.
- The Board adopted a resolution asking the Mayor to appoint a citizens' committee for the Lincoln and Washington birthday observances.
- Eugene D. Bennett was confirmed as a member of the San Francisco War Memorial Board of Trustees, replacing [name withheld].
- Board welcomes the Painting and Decorating Contractors of California to its fiftieth convention and asks the Mayor to proclaim a contractors' day.
- Initiative ordinance on motormen, conductors and entrance ages for street railway cars was continued one week to February 8, 1954.
- Board members may attend Redwood Empire Supervisors' Unit meetings at [name withheld] and Sacramento on February 17 and 18, if funds allow.
- Board adopted a resolution commending and congratulating [name withheld].
- Supervisor Mead asked the City Attorney for an opinion on garage operators' alleged practice of tying parking to servicing cars.
- Shopper's Special bus to the Civic Center Auto Park put off
- Board adopted a resolution commending Radio Station KGO, presented by Supervisor Christopher.
- Motion to set the Director of Planning's pay at $1,150 a month failed.
- Fire station sites proposed at Ingalls Street and San Jose Avenue
- Narrower sidewalks proposed on Market Street above Danvers Street
- Repairs to the [name withheld] Baths costing $473 were put off for one week.
- Board voted to authorize the President and one member to meet Oakland's mayor to help end the cemetery strike.
- Consideration of the Better Parking Company concession agreement with the Public Utilities Commission was continued one week.
- Traffic islands proposed where Lincoln Way meets the Great Highway
- All four corners of Lane Street and Revere Avenue were adopted as a stop intersection.
- Proposal to rescind a 1939 resolution on the 1906 rebirth anniversary was re-referred back to the Commercial and Industrial Development Committee.
- Evening stopping banned on Fourteenth Street between Harrison and Market
- Board adopted a resolution in memoriam for [name withheld] by unanimous rising vote.
- Consideration of traffic islands at Lincoln Way intersections with the Great Highway and La Playa was continued for two weeks.
- Ballot argument favoring Proposition E on cable cars was readopted after an earlier rescission.
- Board adopted a resolution asking the Mayor to appoint a citizens' committee to observe Flag Day on June 13, 1954.
- A resolution proposes not accepting a bequest of art objects and hand-carved furniture from the [name withheld] estate.
- Proposal to spend $10,962.08 replacing a Municipal Railway motor coach was postponed to compare gasoline and electric bus prices.
- Motion to restore $15,480 for three Land Appraisers in the Assessor's budget was defeated.
- Municipal Railway's $5,000 consultant services item was deleted from the budget by a 6 to 4 vote.
- Board adopted a resolution in memory of [name withheld].
- Resolution in memoriam for [name withheld] was adopted by the Board.
- Resolution welcoming delegates to the Forty and Eight and American Legion annual conventions was adopted.
- Resolution 14509 (File 10700) was adopted; its subject is not printed on this page.
- The Board adopted a resolution temporarily closing Sunset Boulevard between Taraval and Wawona Streets for the July 17 [name withheld].
- The Board adopted a resolution in memory of James Joseph Gartland by rising vote.
- The Board adopted the Mayor's resolution granting leaves of absence to McAteer, [name withheld], [name withheld] and Halley, with permission to leave the state.
- Consideration of applications for equalization of assessments was continued for one week by the Board sitting as Board of Equalization.
- Authorization for a Civil Service examination for a division chief position was temporarily postponed.
- Approval of a Civil Service examination for a bacteriologist position was temporarily postponed.
- Consideration of File No. 11958, sitting as the Board of Equalization, was continued for one week.
- Board adopted Resolution No. 14558, a routine measure whose text is not printed on this page.
- American Can Company was granted revocable permission to build two enclosed bridges across Twenty-second Street between Third and Illinois Streets.
- Board confirmed the Director of Property's refusal to reduce [name withheld] property assessment.
- Proposal changing city retirement withdrawal and redeposit rules was sent back to Judiciary Committee for an actuarial report.
- Board adopted the Mayor's resolution granting summer 1954 leaves of absence to four city officials.
- A motion carried with no subject on this page
- Board confirmed the Director of Property's refusal to reduce [name withheld] property assessment.
- Proposed charter amendment on the number, pay and meetings of the Board of Supervisors was temporarily postponed pending the Mayor's arrival.
- Motion to deny Golden Gate Scenic S.[name withheld], Inc.'s assessment reduction application failed.
- Part of Cabrillo Street to close as a school playground
- Resolution authorizing San Francisco representation at the County Supervisors Association annual meeting in [name withheld] was adopted.
- Sheriff's office disability and death benefits put to the voters
- Charter amendment on disability and retirement benefits for Emergency Hospital stewards and ambulance drivers moved for submission to voters.
- Refusal of shops on Lombard Street near Van Ness Avenue appealed
- $350,000 voted for traffic signals on Oak, Fell and Turk Streets
- Board finally passed an ordinance letting the Library Commission use part of West Sunset Community Center for a branch library.
- Lombard Street rezoning appeal put off for a full Board
- Leaves of absence granted to [name withheld], [name withheld] [name withheld], Supervisor Christopher and [name withheld] in October and November 1954.
- Mayor Robinson was granted leave to travel to Munich, Germany, to inspect Radio Free Europe facilities, October 18-30, 1954.
- Supervisors Arnold and Mead were authorized to attend the Redwood Empire Association convention at Sonoma Mission Inn, adopted.
- Supervisors Arnold and Mead were designated and authorized to attend the American Municipal Association convention in Philadelphia, adopted.
- Leaves of absence granted to [name withheld] and [name withheld] to leave the state on official-related trips in October 1954.
- Supervisor Mead's motion asking the Mayor to appear and explain his refusal to sign appropriations was withdrawn.
- The Board commends Supervisor McCarty for his efforts supporting Proposition B, the $5,000,000 recreation bond issue.
- Leaves of absence were granted to three city officials, including Planning Director Paul Oppermann, to travel outside the state.
- Resolution proposed asking the Mayor to proclaim November 13 as [name withheld] in San Francisco.
- Finding on financial effect of a five-cent shopper's fare on Mission Street, Fifteenth to Army, adopted.
- Rules proposed for planting trees along streets and sidewalks
- Proposal to create a permanent liaison committee on national defense and regional development was continued for one week.
- A motion defeated, with no subject on this page