All decisions
about 180 Board decisions about Fred W. Meyer, in date order. Each links to its printed page.
- Chief Water Purification Engineer's monthly salary raised from $200 to $350 after several competing motions were voted on.
- Board rescinded its earlier plan to meet at 10 a.m. the next day on rapid transit and power distribution.
- The Board went on record favoring an adequate rapid transit system for San Francisco citizens, adopted without objection.
- Supervisor Meyer proposed that the Board favor subways over elevated railways for rapid transit trunk lines; debate continued.
- The Mayor was asked to appoint a citizens' committee to observe Lincoln's Birthday.
- Bonds proposed for rapid transit, debate held over to next meeting
- Subway favored over an elevated line for rapid transit
- Supervisor Meyer's motion to resume the rapid transit hearing on January 25, 1937 was ordered.
- Supervisor Meyer proposed a charter amendment on appropriations to meet utility deficits; the vote continues on the next page.
- Charter amendment on utility deficit budgets sent to voters at the March 9, 1937 special election.
- Supervisors ordered a charter amendment submitted to voters requiring a two-thirds board vote for utility deficit appropriations.
- Supervisor Meyer's motion asks the Public Utilities Commission about buying Market Street Railway and bond timing; adopted as amended by Roncovieri.
- Supervisor Meyer's motion urging a general obligation bond for rapid transit was deferred temporarily without a vote.
- Supervisor Meyer's motion to put a subway and rapid transit bond on the ballot was continued to tomorrow at 2 p.m.
- Supervisor Meyer proposed sending the Public Utilities Commission's subway and rapid transit plan to voters as a bond measure.
- Supervisor McSheehy proposed re-submitting a revenue bond Charter amendment for power distribution; the report was put off until March 22, 1937.
- Supervisor Meyer's motion to put a subway rapid transit bond proposal before voters was moved to postpone a week.
- Laurel Hill Cemetery removal ordinance laid over two weeks on Supervisor Meyer's motion, made a special order for 2:30 p.m.
- Dominic Camiccia's assessment was reduced by $750 after the Board approved the appraisers' recommendation.
- Supervisors voted to repeal Resolution 3373, which had started proceedings to acquire the privately owned railway lines.
- All assessment applications heard but not granted were denied on Meyer's motion.
- The Arbitrary List, as corrected, was approved on Meyer's motion.
- The Assessment Clerical Error List was accepted on Meyer's motion.
- A. Hammersmith's assessment was reduced by $500 on Supervisor Meyer's motion after appraisers recommended the cut.
- Earlier assessment recommendations by several supervisors and the Special Appraisers' Committee were approved.
- Resolution 3375 proposes a city bond issue for subways, surface rapid transit lines and bus lines, laid over from July 19.
- A resolution to extend Grant Avenue across Market to Brannan Street, with $4,694,000 in bonds, faced a committee referral fight and an appeal.
- Supervisors' committee sought for State Fair Supervisors' Day in September
- For the Grant Avenue extension carried, Fifth Street next
- Fifth Street extension question sent to the voters
- Supervisors Meyer and Brown were appointed to attend the State Fair at Sacramento on Governor's Day.
- The Clerk was asked to get the City Attorney's opinion on when proposed Charter amendments can go to voters.
- James Ricketts replaces William Filmer on the Golden Gate Bridge board
- Board empowered the Mayor and Public Utilities chairman to confer with officials about Twentieth Avenue car service.
- Supervisor Uhl's proposed bus routes were deferred on the calendar until the Citizens' Committee is appointed.
- Margarite Peat and Edith McAlpine won a $100 reduction on their building's assessment.
- Ernest Rohde's building assessment was reduced by $400 to $6,000 on motion by Meyer.
- The Board of Equalization granted Alfred and Edith Bacigalupi a $750 reduction on their building assessment, making it $4,750.
- Salary standardization was taken into the hands of the Board after Committee of the Whole rose, with protests from several groups heard.
- Salary standardization bill amended to phase in city employee raises, carried 7 to 1 with three absent.
- Supervisor Meyer moved that the Mayor be asked to raise the City Architect's salary to $500 monthly; outcome not printed here.
- Supervisor Meyer moved that the Mayor investigate the $250 monthly pay of a Public Works General Foreman Electrician.
- Consideration of the Park Budget was postponed to Friday, May 24, 1940, with no objection raised.
- City Attorney's budget, Index 4, was approved by the Board of Supervisors.
- The supervisors approved the Department of Electricity budget for 1940-1941 by a vote of seven to two.
- Supervisors approved the Hetch Hetchy Water Supply budget by a 9 to 0 vote.
- Mayor's request to correct his office's chauffeur salary budget to $5400 failed on a 4-5 vote.
- Universal Advertising offers $50,000 a year for rubbish bin advertising
- Mayor asks the Board to reconsider a $28,000 bill sponsoring WPA widening of Post Street and Presidio Avenue.
- Proposal for the Toll Bridge Authority to paint the water pipe line while repainting the bridge, with the city paying about $400 yearly; vote not printed.
- Chas. and Mary Hermanson's assessment application was taken under advisement after the Assessor reported the assessment was in proportion.
- Board approves the state agreement for new traffic signals
- The Board asked the Housing Authority to grant a hearing to citizens protesting a proposed low-cost housing project in the Western Addition.
- Supervisor Meyer moved approval of the Emergency Hospitals budget, Index 54; the outcome is not printed here.
- Supervisor Shannon presented an analysis of the Isolation Hospital budget, showing a proposed $1,853 decrease for 1941-42.
- A proposal to discuss State Legislature relief representations is debated, with referral or postponement to June 9 suggested.
- Market Street Railway's bus franchise bill was sent back to the Public Utilities Committee for further study.
- A bill would move $13,982 and $1,360 in surplus funds to pay new Fire Department positions through June 1942.
- Matthew Little's deed for land for Corwin and Stanton Streets was continued, then sent back to the Streets and Highways Committee.
- Mayor's $300,000 emergency appropriation for city departments and Civilian Defense Council moved to final passage.
- Proposed appeal asks the Interior Secretary to stay a court order cancelling the city's Hetch Hetchy power resale deal with PG&E.
- Housing Authority offered 2.5% of shelter rent in lieu of taxes; supervisors moved to postpone the decision one week.
- The Board approved the Assessor's budget, Index No. 3, as amended, keeping temporary salaries at $60,000.
- Meyer moved restoring $66,000 for Joint Highway District No. 9 in the budget; outcome continues on next page.
- Motion to restore $21,000 travel expense for the Civilian Defense Council failed by seven votes to three.
- A $6,000 appropriation for the Salvage for Victory Commission's 1942-43 expenses was taken up on the Finance Committee's recommendation.
- Salary range for Civil Engineering Draftsman set at $240 to $300 after Mr. Bohay requested it; ordered without objection.
- Salary range for the Chief Engineer of the Bureau of Light, Heat and Power set at $500 to $650.
- Chainman salary range set at $175 to $200 after Ivan Flamm requested $200 to $250, without objection.
- Salary range of $360 to $450 set for the Chief Assistant Clerk of the Board of Supervisors.
- Joseph J. Phillips urged a $300 minimum salary for the Division Right of Way Agent; no decision is printed here.
- Salary range for the Dairy Inspector classification set at $260 to $320, without objection.
- Salary range for the Consumers' Complaint Investigator classification set at $225 to $280, without objection.
- Salary range for General Storekeeper was referred back to the Civil Service Commission after protest.
- Surveyor's Field Assistant salary range set at $200 to $250, without objection.
- Surveyor salary range set at $280 to $325, without objection, after a request by Ivan Flamm.
- Assistant Chief Surveyor salary range set at $325 to $350 to match related job classes, without objection.
- Roncovieri objected to a proposed salary cut for the Bureau of Delinquent Revenue director and moved re-referral to Civil Service.
- Salary range of $260 to $325 set for the Supervisor of Personal Property Records in the Assessor's Office.
- Salary range for the park starter class was set at $185 to $225.
- Senior Criminal Law Clerk salary range re-referred to the Civil Service Commission with a recommended $240 to $300.
- Drifting sand on Thirty-second and Thirty-third Avenues declared a nuisance
- Motion to rescind the Board's April 5 refusal of funds for measuring Victory Gardens failed.
- A carried motion with no subject on this page
- Police Committee recommends an emergency ordinance banning street solicitation of magazine subscriptions and goods for future delivery.
- Board passed an emergency ordinance banning street solicitation of magazine subscriptions and future-delivery sales in San Francisco, as amended.
- Consideration of an unnamed report was postponed one week, to March 13, 1944.
- Board of Equalization postponed its decision on the Molloy land assessment at 293 Union Street to a later session.
- Stockton Street closure for Simmons Bed Company sent to Public Works
- Action taken by the Board of Equalization on assessment corrections approved by roll-call vote.
- The Assessor's clerical error list approved by roll-call vote.
- Dion Holm, Assistant City Attorney, was granted a leave of absence from August 21 to September 15, 1944.
- Controller authorized to cancel 1944-45 property taxes on Lot 4, Block 694, acquired by the United States.
- Senate Bill 1190 was removed from the calendar and referred to the Chief Administrative Officer to contact Senator Judah.
- Spur tracks for the Southern Pacific proposed on Bluxome Street
- Defense of Mission Street trading stamps sent to committee
- Spur track for Howard Realty Company proposed on Ritch Street
- The Board approved the Bureau of Sewer Repair budget 7 to 3, over objection that $12,000,000 in bond money was already available.
- Budget of the Bureau of Building Repair approved without objection after explanation by Mr. Hester.
- Public Utilities Commission requested a supplemental budget of $42,730 to fund new personnel and employee relations bureaus.
- Board approved Civil Service Commission changes reclassifying positions in the Water Department and Hetch Hetchy Water Supply, Power and Utilities Engineering Bureau.
- $3,200 sought for two cars for the railway claims investigators
- Spur tracks for the Southern Pacific proposed on Bluxome Street
- Board moved to hold a special hearing on June 11 on a proposed $20,000,000 airport bond issue.
- Board sends a committee to Sacramento to urge the Governor to approve Assembly Bill 1156.
- Nine-foot sidewalks on Powell Street sent back to committee
- Ordinance proposed to reduce sidewalks on Mission Street between the Embarcadero and South Van Ness Avenue to twelve feet.
- Rule barring city contract terms that limit labor-saving devices was continued to November 19, 1945.
- Supervisor Mancuso was directed to attend the County Supervisors' Association directors' meeting in Los Angeles.
- Proposed supplemental agreement with the State Department of Public Works on right of way for Bayshore Freeway, Route 68.
- Board referred the Chief Food and Sanitary Inspector post to Civil Service Commission with a proposed salary range of $350-550.
- Proposed salary range of $560-700 for the Assistant Director of Public Works failed to go to the Civil Service Commission.
- General Superintendent of Streets salary range of $600-750 was referred to the Civil Service Commission by a 6-4 vote.
- Board referred the Director of Services post in the Assessor's Office to Civil Service Commission with a proposed salary range of $330-400.
- Proposed salary range of $505-605 for the school building maintenance supervisor was sent to the Civil Service Commission.
- City Architect pay range of $600-750 was proposed and referred to the Civil Service Commission.
- Assistant Superintendent of Plant job referred to Civil Service Commission with proposed salary range $335-375.
- Assistant Director of Property job referred to Civil Service Commission with proposed salary range $500-600.
- Earlier referral of the General Superintendent of Streets pay class to Civil Service was rescinded at the occupant's request.
- Assistant Director of Public Works pay class referred to the Civil Service Commission with a proposed $560-660 salary range.
- Board approved the overtime item in the Board of Supervisors budget without objection.
- Public Works budget reduced by $117,857, with a $125,000 capital outlay proposed for a land purchase.
- Motion to adopt the Communicable Diseases budget, including an $11,325 increase for one position, lost for want of a second.
- Supervisor Meyer's motion postponed the proposed rules on keeping live fowl and animals in San Francisco for one week.
- Broadcast station refused on Palo Alto Avenue; Grove Fink's $300 returned
- Supervisors temporarily postponed the proposed rezoning of the southwest corner of Lombard and Webster Streets.
- Rezoning appeal heard for a store at Lombard and Webster
- Board postponed for one week a proposed lease of a second-floor room at 1254 Market Street for the Recreation Department.
- Supervisors postponed for one week an ordinance creating the Laurel Heights underground utility district, which would make property owners pay extra costs.
- Board approved paying Alta California Inc. its annual membership dues for July 1946 to June 1947.
- Consideration of the charter amendment setting fire department pay scales was postponed until August 26, 1946.
- Bill No. 4222, funding the Municipal Railway, was rescinded after the Mayor returned it unsigned, and sent back to Finance Committee.
- The Board temporarily postponed the police and fire pay charter amendment, which capped police at one officer per 500 residents, after debate.
- Proposal to repeal a 1939 pay formula for some temporary and intermittent city employees was postponed for three weeks.
- Supervisors refused to submit a charter amendment letting Public Works spend up to $500 on emergency work on unimproved streets.
- Ordinance would let gasoline supply stations make certain additional adjustments and replace specified motor vehicle parts.
- Board carried a motion asking the President to appoint a supervisor to represent the City at Alta California Inc.'s directors' meeting in Marysville.
- Consideration of the Harvard Street and Burrows Street improvement assessment, Bill No. 4331, was continued for three weeks.
- A $350 intra-fund transfer for the Board of Supervisors' own budget, from contractual services to materials and supplies, was adopted.
- Salary range of $550-650 approved for the Assistant Director of Public Works.
- Chief Assistant Purchaser of Supplies pay range of $430-520 was proposed by Supervisor Meyer but lost for want of a second.
- Board set a flat monthly pay rate of $311.25 for chauffeur and ambulance driver positions.
- Finance Committee's proposal to amend commercial vehicle licensing rules was taken up; consideration continued.
- Mendell Street to be graded and paved at Jerrold Avenue
- $2.2M in bonds sought to pay off Market Street Railway
- Members were authorised to attend the ceremonies marking completion of the San Rafael-Novato-Petaluma Highway.
- The Board authorized the President and interested members to attend the County Supervisors' Association meeting in Santa Barbara.
- Pacific Auxiliary Fire Alarm Company was directed to install auxiliary fire alarm boxes in various public schools.
- Passed for second reading a $20,250 appropriation to pay newly created Police Department lieutenant positions.
- Park Department salary ordinance replacing an activated sludge plant engineer post with a sewage treatment chemist passed first reading.
- Controller authorized to refund certain taxes erroneously paid, adopted under Revenue and Taxation Code section 5096.
- Emergency relief extended for October and November 1947 to non-resident dependent indigents, adopted.
- Controller authorized to transfer $3,000 to the City Planning Commission to buy equipment for a transportation plan, adopted.
- Proposed: Controller to cancel $20.22 in 1946 taxes on Lot 20, Block 2040, erroneously assessed.
- Passed for second reading an amendment raising Police Department lieutenant positions from 37 to 43 at $375 monthly.
- Passed for second reading a $1,000 Public Works appropriation for overtime pay to boiler inspectors.
- Park Department appropriation of $2,680 for a sewage treatment plant chemist position passed first reading.
- Board authorized the Director of Property to buy tax-sold land needed for Laurel Hill Playground.
- Controller authorized to buy land for the Sunset Supply Line from Lake Merced Golf and Country Club for $1,500, adopted.
- Recreation Department salary ordinance changed to add a General Clerk and drop a Stenographer; passed for second reading.
- Veterans' Housing Bureau gets $2,960 for two typist positions, replacing two stenographer posts; passed for second reading.
- Recreation Department clerk position funded at $1,480 and a stenographer post abolished; passed for second reading.
- Veterans' Housing Bureau salary ordinance would swap two stenographer posts for two typist posts; vote continues next page.
- Balance of the Civilian Defense Council revolving fund to move to the General Fund, repealing Ordinance 1728, passed first reading.
- The Board adopted a resolution authorizing purchase of land for $425,000 from Stauffer Chemical and American Cream Tartar for the North Point sewage plant.
- Board adopted a quitclaim deed to Theo. G. Meyer and Sons for part of Molimo Drive and an alley.
- Felton, Oxford, Leland and Venus Streets to be improved with $1,700
- Proposed salary ordinance adding demand standby pay for certain city positions was put off until December 1, 1947.
- Chief Administrative Officer authorized to apply to the state for a permit to build North Point sewage and sludge treatment plants.
- A motion carried with no subject on this page
- Part of the Glen Park Reservoir site to be sold
- Motion to finally pass $10,185 for five new Water Department engineering and chemical positions was made.
- Public Works gets $300 to hire temporary telephone operators covering City Hall Exchange staff on sick leave or vacation.
- Board took up for final passage an ordinance creating a $500 revolving fund for the Tax Collector's Office; outcome not printed here.
- Annual Salary Ordinance amended to add five engineering and chemical Water Department positions and delete five similar ones.
- Tax Collector's Office $500 appropriation for a purchase and use tax revolving fund was finally passed.
- City Attorney authorized to stipulate a $1.00 yearly leasehold judgment for Fairfax Avenue parcels.
- Legion of Honor and its director authorized to join certain organizations and pay membership dues; Ordinance 2771 repealed.
- Supervisor Lewis appointed to the board of directors of California Mission Trails, Ltd., without objection.