All decisions
about 1,500 Board decisions about James Halley, in date order. Each links to its printed page.
- Board adopted Proposal 7529, transferring funds to buy Municipal Railway street cars after Mayor Robinson's transit plan.
- Board postponed for six months a proposal to reduce sidewalk widths on Post Street between Taylor and Powell Streets.
- Board president authorized to appoint members to attend the It's May Day in Los Banos festival.
- Improvement of Silliman Street between Amherst and Princeton Streets, with about $4,000 city aid, was continued one week.
- Silliman Street improvement between Amherst and Princeton Streets, with about $4,000 city aid, was re-referred to committee.
- The Board voted to rescind its earlier suspension of rules that had allowed reconsidering Resolution 7415 on universal military training.
- Access rights to be restored along the Seventh Street freeway land
- Marshall Square rezoning for shops sent back to committee
- Proposal to rezone property in Marshall Square, Civic Center, from residential to commercial was re-referred to committee.
- Closing of Wawona Street sent back to committee
- The Board re-referred the proposal to sell city-owned buildings on Guerrero Street and San Jose Avenue to the Streets Committee.
- Post Street sidewalk plan recommended for a six-month postponement
- Harvey Duarte and Eleanor Allara paid $3,200 to widen Mullen Avenue
- Twentieth Street to be closed for the Portola Festival
- Ordinance appropriating $26,718.50 to pay Dion R. Holm retroactive pay awarded by court passed for second reading.
- Proposed Fire Code section on dispensing gasoline or volatile liquids to the public was continued one week.
- Board continued to April 1949 a proposed Fire Code rule on dispensing gasoline to the public.
- Proposal urging the California Academy of Sciences to consider Twin Peaks for a planetarium was tabled by the Board.
- Land at Eighteenth and DeHaro Streets cleared for light industry
- Supervisor Halley asked the Clerk to request copies of state bills on establishing alcoholic farms, and was so ordered.
- Hearing on protests against a proposed grade change on Victoria Street near Palmetto Avenue was temporarily postponed.
- The Board referred the Civil Service Commission's cost estimate of proposed employee pay schedule amendments to the Finance Committee.
- A citywide ordinance capping apartment and dwelling rents at 10 per cent over March 31, 1949 levels was tabled.
- A carried motion with no subject on this page
- Kezar Stadium rehabilitation money of $175,000 was deleted, and a later motion to restore it failed.
- Board rescinded its earlier cut, restoring the Park Commission's concert budget to $26,436.
- Board deleted the $12,000 reproduction line, then moved to rescind that deletion; the rescission result is not printed here.
- Auditorium improvements budget cut from $164,500 to $53,000; the Real Estate budget awaits adoption.
- Playground Director part-time budget line of $23,506 reduced to $15,000 by amendment in committee.
- Water Department temporary salaries reduced to $32,500 from $44,575 for San Mateo County pipeline work.
- The Board restored the employee car allowance, but its $1,260 amount stayed unchanged after reduction amendments failed.
- Supervisor Halley moved to rescind the Board's earlier order sending a District Attorney charter amendment to voters.
- Lease of Public Works land along Portola Drive for coin-operated binocular machines was continued one week.
- Park Department's extra $2,683.78 for J. G. Gratton's Golden Gate Park water well was put off one week.
- Board resumed consideration of the Housing Authority's application for a $450,000 federal loan to build low-rent dwelling units.
- Resolution sending Police Department representatives to eastern cities to study off-street parking was continued one week.
- Board approved City Attorney attending a Civil Aeronautics Board hearing and a law officers' convention, with four weeks' leave.
- Park Department's $2,400 for preliminary plans to extend Kezar Stadium was continued for one week.
- Board commended the Down Town Association for its Christmas tree musical program in San Francisco.
- Board adopted a resolution commending San Francisco Fire Department members for their Firehouse Christmas decorations.
- Board unanimously adopts a resolution in memory of Dr. Paul D. Michelson.
- Supervisor Halley introduced a resolution in memory of George W. Gerhard; its outcome is not shown here.
- The Board voted to refer the Fair Employment Practices measure to the Joint Judiciary and County, State and National Affairs Committee.
- Harold B. Hoogasian takes over the Powell Street flower stand permit
- Board adopted a resolution urging state authorities to approve money for new facilities at San Francisco State College.
- Acceptance of the roadway and curbs of Quintara Street, between 33rd and 34th Avenues, was tabled.
- Shops rezoning refused on Congdon Street near Trumbull Street
- Request for 150 Otis Street sent back to committee
- Shops rezoning refused at Geary and Laguna Streets
- Director of Planning Paul Oppermann was granted leave of absence from March 1 to March 15, 1950, with permission to leave the state.
- Supervisor MacPhee proposed adding Finance Committee's extra pay-range amendments to its report; a substitute motion was also offered.
- Supervisor Halley proposed an 8 per cent pay increase for city employees earning up to $833.33 monthly; the vote is still pending.
- Salary standardization ordinance for city employees stayed under debate; Supervisor Halley's substitute motions were withdrawn or lost for want of a second.
- Consideration of salary standardization matters was continued to Monday, March 13, 1950.
- Board postponed salary standardization decisions for city employees until Monday, March 13, by a 6-5 vote.
- Halley's motion to send city employee pay standardization back to the Civil Service Commission lost 5-6; pay increases remain undecided.
- Board adopts resolution urging public support of the Fourth Annual Grand National Junior Livestock Exhibition and Arena Show.
- Board referred pay classes lacking an 8 per cent increase proposal to the Civil Service Commission for report.
- Supervisor Halley proposed referring classifications not yet considered to the Civil Service Commission for report.
- Mayor's appointments of James E. Stratten and Dr. J. Joseph Hayes to the Redevelopment Agency are approved.
- Supervisor Halley's pending substitute motion on salary standardization was withdrawn by a vote of ten to none.
- Supervisor Halley moved to consider the proposed salary standardization ordinance; outcome appears on the next page.
- Civil Service Commission's pay schedule for city employees adopted by an 8 to 3 vote.
- Memorial resolution for John L. McNab, jointly presented by all supervisors, had its rules suspended for consideration.
- A proposed charter amendment requiring campaign receipts and expenditure statements for municipal elections was continued to March 30th.
- The salary standardization ordinance for city employees, under Charter Sections 151 and 151.1, was temporarily postponed by the Board.
- Wayland Street paving appeal put off for four more weeks
- Phelps Street paving bill confirmed, no written protest filed
- Police Code amendment letting armed forces recruiters place A-boards on sidewalks was continued for one week.
- Board continued consideration for one week of a measure on posting notices and permits for moving buildings.
- The Board adopted a resolution in memoriam honouring Nion R. Tucker, jointly presented by all members.
- Leave of absence granted to Planning Director Paul Oppermann, with travel expenses authorized for a Washington, D.C. meeting.
- Retirement Board member Harry J. Stewart given leave of absence from April 28 to May 13, 1950; outcome not printed here.
- Leave of absence granted to George W. Johns, Board of Education member, for May 1-15, 1950.
- The Board adopted a substitute resolution commending the San Francisco Municipal Chorus on its twenty-fifth anniversary.
- The Board unanimously adopted a resolution in memoriam of J. Emmet Hayden, presented jointly by all supervisors.
- Move to overturn the Public Works ruling on Wayland Street protests
- Ordinance abolishing sidewalk width rules on Erkson Court, between Post Street and its north end, passed for second reading.
- Parking Authority budget cut: commissioner fees lowered to $2,500 and janitorial service to $800; adoption still pending.
- A chauffeur in the Public Utilities Commission general office was exempted from the 40-hour week in the budget.
- Motion to rescind adoption of the Hetch Hetchy Water Supply budget was defeated by seven noes to three.
- Consideration of the appeal over protests against paving Wayland Street between Bowdoin and Hamilton was continued for four weeks.
- Protests against the Elmira Street paving assessment between Helena Street and 250 feet north were heard; Heiney protest raised and the Public Works director was sent for.
- Supervisor Mead was appointed President Pro Tempore during President Christopher's absence.
- Wayland Street paving between Bowdoin and Hamilton tabled
- Consideration of Redevelopment Area B in Diamond Heights was continued one week on Halley's motion.
- Park Commission asked to rename Mission Park after Father Crowley
- Supervisor Halley's motion re-referred a traffic ordinance on funeral processions' right of way back to the Police Committee.
- Leave of absence granted to Assistant District Attorney Frank M. Brown for August 14-18, 1950, to leave the state.
- J. J. Mulvihill, Board of Permit Appeals member, granted leave of absence from July 28 to August 14, 1950.
- Supervisor Dan Gallagher granted leave of absence from July 28 to August 1, 1950, with permission to leave the state.
- John M. Kennedy, Civil Service Commissioner, requested leave of absence for August 1-31, 1950; adoption continues on next page.
- Supervisor Dan Gallagher was granted a two-day leave of absence starting August 12, 1950, with permission to leave the state.
- Frank A. Flynn, a War Memorial trustee, was granted 90 days' leave from August 4, 1950, with permission to leave the state.
- Harold L. Zellerbach, Art Commission president, was granted leave for August 2-6, 1950, with permission to leave the state.
- Charter amendment on appointing Achenbach Foundation director and curators was re-referred to the Judiciary Committee.
- Resolution in memory of Albert E. Jacobs was adopted by unanimous vote.
- Bay Hill Realty allowed a gutter and stairway on Kearny Street
- Board postponed for one week an emergency $7,500 appropriation for a complete inventory of city housing.
- Board considers awarding a contract, or rejecting all bids, for a citywide survey and inventory of housing.
- Proposed charter amendment on emergency cost-of-living payments for civil service employees was re-referred to Judiciary Committee.
- Proposed change to handling of inter-departmental service requisitions was re-referred to committee.
- Building must sit back as required at Fifteenth Avenue and Judah
- Protesters from the Reis and Paul Tract Improvement Club and the Peters opposed paving of the Alpha Street-Tioga Avenue connection; the Board's hearing was set.
- Board commended the Variety Club's charitable enterprise and endorsed its campaign, urging public support for it.
- Hearing on protests against the Alpha Street–Tioga Avenue connection improvement referred to Streets Committee.
- Reconsideration of the Kezar Stadium parking concession award to Barrett Garages was continued one week.
- Proposed rules requiring Chief of Police permits for armed private detectives and guards were put off one week.
- Compensation of $10 per meeting for Parking Authority members was continued for one week.
- Water Department funding of $2,200 for extra employee hours was continued for one week, with a proposed cut to $1,580.
- Appropriation of $2,200 for Water Department employees' 48-hour week was continued for one more week.
- Pay of $10 per meeting for Redevelopment Agency members was rescinded and continued for one week.
- Proposed rule requiring police chief permits for private detectives and guards who carry weapons was re-referred to committee.
- The Board adopted a resolution supporting the 1950 Grand National Livestock Exposition, Horse Show and Rodeo and urging citizens to attend.
- The Board adopted a resolution welcoming delegates to the Centennial Convention of California Masonry.
- The Board adopted a resolution welcoming delegates to the International Air Transport Association's annual general meeting, October 16-20, 1950.
- A $1,638 Hetch Hetchy appropriation for a 48-hour week for three employee posts was continued for two weeks.
- Public Utilities Commission salary ordinance companion measure was continued for two weeks, with no decision reached.
- Proposed $2,200 appropriation for Water Department 48-hour week staff, with proposed cuts, was continued for two weeks.
- Companion salary change deleting one Public Utilities Commission chauffeur was continued for two weeks.
- Part of Martin Street near Poppy Lane proposed for closing
- City takes over the roadway and stairway on Mullen Avenue
- Part of Ellis Street west of Anzavista closed for good
- Resolution 10463, presented by Supervisor Halley, was unanimously adopted; its subject is not printed here.
- An amendment to the annual salary ordinance for Public Utilities Commission staff, companion to the $2,200 item, was temporarily postponed.
- Municipal Railway's two new storekeeper positions and abolition of two trackman posts were postponed to November 20, 1950.
- A Purchasing Department salary ordinance change, companion to the storekeeper appropriation, was postponed to November 20, 1950.
- A Municipal Railway salary ordinance change, companion to the appropriation, was postponed to November 20, 1950.
- A $2,200 appropriation for Water Department staff working a 48-hour week was temporarily postponed by the Board.
- A Purchasing Department salary ordinance change was postponed to November 20, 1950.
- Consideration of U. P. Bronsdon's request for a larger old age security grant was proposed to be continued one week.
- The Public Utilities Commission was to discuss selling an unused bay pipeline from Newark to Redwood City; consideration was temporarily postponed.
- Sale of about 6.7 acres of surplus airport land in San Mateo County was put off for one week.
- Board continued consideration of U. P. Bronsdon's appeal over his old age security grant for two weeks.
- Proposal to sell about 6.725 acres of surplus airport land in San Mateo County at public auction was sent back to committee.
- Board authorized members of the Disaster Council and Disaster Corps to attend a Sacramento civil defense meeting.
- Work on the Montcalm and York crossing put off
- Board to hear protests on proposed improvement of the Leland Avenue intersections at Hahn and Sawyer Streets.
- Mr. U. P. Bronsdon appealed his Old Age Security grant amount; the hearing was continued to December 26, 1950.
- Board confirmed Mrs. Amy Cogley's Old Age Security grant after she appeared to show cause for her appeal.
- Board confirmed Mr. Oswald A. Willing's Old Age Security grant after his appeal, following a City Attorney's opinion.
- Board adopted a resolution commending retiring Chief of Police Michael Mitchell.
- Municipal Court's $7,500 request for temporary judges and clerks was sent back to Finance Committee.
- A proposed real estate measure was continued for one week after the Director of Real Estate explained it.
- Board voted to adjourn after finishing its hearing on the "E" classification of salaries.
- Board continued its salary standardization hearings to a recessed session on February 13, 1951.
- The Board jointly presented a memorial resolution honouring Maurice E. Harrison; the vote is printed on the next page.
- Board resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole to hear individuals and organizations on salary standardization classifications.
- Board continued for four weeks its proposal to repeal the 1939 ban on feeding birds in public places.
- Ban proposed on trapping or killing birds in streets and parks
- Halley presented a resolution urging public support for the Fifth Annual Grand National Junior Livestock Exhibition; outcome not yet shown.
- Pay range of $210-250 for check room attendant was rejected.
- The Board adopted a salary range of $290-350 for the audiometer technician classification on an 8-2 vote.
- The Board adopted a salary range of $270-320 for the venereal disease investigator classification on an 8-2 vote.
- Halley moved to rescind an earlier pay-range action; the outcome continues on the next page.
- Pay range for Flatwork Ironer position 1-152 changed to $180-230 monthly after rescinding the earlier range.
- Proposed salary range of $340-410 for the Juvenile Hall division supervisor was rejected by the Board.
- Pay for school cafeteria helpers set at $1.15 per hour.
- Proposed pay range of $200-240 for orderlies failed on a tie vote.
- Pay range of $230-270 set for the city's dining room steward job class.
- Pay range of $200-235 for the Orderly job, class 1-116, approved after an earlier refusal was rescinded.
- Pay range of $220-255 for the Senior Orderly job, class 1-120, was defeated.
- Pay range for Laundress position 1-154 changed to $180-230 monthly after rescinding the earlier range.
- Resolution congratulating the Press and Union League Club on its recent merger was adopted by the Board.
- Proposal adding portions of many streets to the one-way list was deferred to March 26, 1951.
- Proposed one-way eastbound plan for Fell Street between Franklin and Market was referred back to the City Planning Commission for further study.
- Ordway Street to be improved with about $2,200 in aid
- Proposal to move street flower market locations from Kearny Street to Stockton Street was continued for one week.
- Rezoning for light industry approved at Palou Avenue and Selby Street
- Board continued consideration of buying Lot 25, Block 258 from Helen Sass for $40,000 for St. Mary's Square garage.
- Protesters' appeal against the Leland Avenue street improvement was continued for two weeks, with committee recommending denial.
- Board temporarily postponed consideration of the Administrative Provisions of the Annual Salary Ordinance for fiscal 1951-52, File 7305.
- Halley's proposal to pay school cafeteria workers monthly instead of hourly was lost.
- Streets Committee recommended denying protests against the Leland Avenue improvement; the appeal was continued two weeks.
- Proposed amendment to place Board of Education cafeteria workers on a monthly salary basis was defeated.
- Proposed extra $10 monthly pay for morgue attendants handling contagious disease cases was defeated.
- Resolution 11083 was adopted with the rules suspended for immediate consideration; its subject is not printed on this page.
- Ordway Street paving between San Bruno Avenue and Girard Street, with $2,200 city aid, was re-referred to the Streets Committee.
- Supervisor Halley proposed changing school cafeteria employees' pay from hourly to monthly; the item was temporarily postponed.
- Board unanimously adopted a resolution in memory of Herbert F. Suhr.
- Board carried Halley's substitute to hire its own court reporter, rejecting a Civic Unity stenographer's admission to the railing.
- Board denied the Degino appeal and confirmed the assessment for Leland Avenue improvements between Sawyer Street and its western end.
- Fire Department budget was approved, rescinded, then cut by one firemen position in 1951, 6-5.
- Myra Way, Dalewood Way and Lansdale Avenue become public streets
- Supervisors Halley and Mancuso jointly presented a resolution in memory of Edward J. Casey; its outcome is on the next page.
- Street levels on Hamilton Street may be changed
- The Board approved the Parking Authority budget after cutting some positions and reducing contractual services and supplies.
- The Board approved the Fire Department and Salvage Corps budget, as amended by the Finance Committee and further amended by the Board.
- Board amended the budget motion so two supervising director positions are abolished, after opposition to closing the Photographic Center.
- Board temporarily postponed consideration of the Redevelopment Agency budget item.
- Board approved the Redevelopment Agency budget as submitted by the Mayor, rejecting the Finance Committee's $2,500 cut.
- A proposed 3 per cent tax on hotel and apartment occupancy was debated; a motion to refer it to committee was made.
- The Board approved the Assessor's budget as amended following the Finance Committee's recommendations.
- The Board approved the Recreation and Park Department budget as amended by the Board and Finance Committee.
- Budget for the California Palace of the Legion of Honor failed after motions to cut its exhibition and curator funding.
- The Board approved the California Palace of the Legion of Honor budget as amended on Finance Committee recommendations.
- Motion to rescind the deletion of one Elevator Operator position was withdrawn.
- Assessor's budget approved as amended after Finance Committee recommendations, including cuts to car allowance and equipment.
- Ordinance creating a city passenger automobile pool was re-referred to the Finance Committee.
- Municipal Court budget approved as amended following Finance Committee recommendations and further Board changes.
- Resolution in memoriam of John E. (Jack) Butterfield was adopted unanimously by rising vote.
- Proposed ordinance would bar employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry; the Board took it up in committee of the whole.
- Motion to submit the F.E.P.C. fair employment measure to voters failed, 4 to 7, as the Board kept it for its own vote.
- Board adopted a resolution memorializing Uda Waldrop by rising vote.
- A memorial resolution for Mrs. Rosalie DiMaggio was presented; its adoption is not printed on this page.
- Protests against the Summit Street improvement between Thrift Street and Margaret Avenue were referred to the Streets Committee.
- The Board rescinded its earlier adoption of Christopher's motion on the Youth Authority report so objectionable language could be removed.
- Board adopted a memorial resolution honouring Mrs. Florence Adele Blodgett by rising vote.
- Board adopted a memorial resolution honouring Henry J. Dippel by rising vote.
- Appeals by Brignac and Alger against the Sumi Street improvement assessment were overridden and the assessment confirmed, then referred to Public Works.
- Supervisors passed on first reading a measure reclassifying nine Group Supervisor positions at the Youth Guidance Center.
- Supervisor Gallagher was appointed President Pro Tem for this meeting, with no objection.
- Kellogg and Associates presented a 1952 housing and vacancy survey; a motion to consider it at a recessed meeting was ruled out of order.
- The Board put off consideration of the 1952 Housing and Vacancy Survey by Kellogg and Associates until September 18.
- A vote with no subject on this page
- An adoption vote with no subject on this page
- Board continued for four weeks the ordinance regulating advertising signs adjacent to freeways, for further study by Supervisor Halley.
- Halley and Mancuso's resolution, File 9221, was adopted by unanimous rising vote.
- Board postponed for one week a $25,000 Public Works appropriation for improving Jessie Street east of Tenth Street.
- Board postponed for one week a resolution recommending state law to remove city liability in sidewalk injury suits.
- The Board adopted, as amended, a resolution urging the Bureau of Internal Revenue to keep its tax headquarters in San Francisco.
- Stretches of Sixteenth Street near Carolina and Wisconsin adopted
- Rush-hour limits on Eighteenth Street between Harrison and Sanchez Streets
- Tribute adopted in memory of
- Afternoon stopping ban on Market and Mission Streets refused
- Caledonia and Dore Streets made one-way at
- Chief Administrative Officer asked to arrange a civic ceremony for the approaching opening of the Broadway Tunnel, and the motion carried.
- Board of Education clerical and pianist position changes were continued one week for a Board of Education representative to explain.
- The Board adopted a resolution in memoriam for [name withheld] by rising vote.
- Resolution in memory of Arthur H. Connolly adopted by rising vote.
- Resolution in memory of [name withheld] adopted by rising vote.
- The Board adopted a resolution asking the Mayor to proclaim March 4, 1953, as President's Day.
- Board urged the Golden Gate Bridge District to reinforce the bridge against further damage, backing the engineers' report; motion carried.
- The Board adopted a resolution asking the Mayor to proclaim January 26-31, 1953, as Veterans of Foreign Wars Blood Donor Week.
- Board continued for four weeks its resolution supporting simultaneous construction of parallel and southern Bay crossings.
- Board adopted a resolution commending and congratulating [name withheld].
- Board voted to rescind its earlier request that the Board of Education let the Parking Authority use Commerce Playfield for parking.
- The Board adopted a resolution temporarily closing Grant Avenue between Jackson Street and Broadway for the Chinese New Year celebration.
- Supervisor MacPhee objected, so the resolution urging Congress to fund Veterans' Administration hospitals was referred to committee.
- Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company was to be commended for seventy-five years of Pacific Coast telephone service; vote continues on next page.
- Boutwell Street sidewalk widths put off once more
- Clay Street closed to unveil the [name withheld] plaque
- The Board adopted a resolution proclaiming the Seventh Annual Grand National Junior Livestock Exposition at the Cow Palace.
- The Board unanimously adopted a memorial resolution for [name withheld].
- Grove Street closed so a portico can be built over it
- The Board adopted a resolution jointly congratulating [name withheld] on his eightieth birthday.
- Supervisors continued consideration of a resolution urging a five-cent shoppers' special fare on Muni downtown for one week.
- The Board adopted a resolution congratulating the San Francisco News on its fiftieth anniversary.
- Supervisor Halley moved, without objection, that the Clerk wire Sacramento representatives about Board policy on Golden Gate Bridge control.
- The Board unanimously adopted a resolution in memory of [name withheld].
- Committee recommendation to enact state bills transferring Golden Gate Bridge control to California was tabled.
- Supervisors moved to rescind their refusal of a $400 Hetch Hetchy overtime appropriation; the outcome is not printed here.
- Supervisor Halley presented a resolution urging observance of Public Schools Week and visits to public schools; outcome not shown on this page.
- Board adopted a resolution authorizing the Mayor to accept the [name withheld] rare orchid collection for the Recreation and Park Department.
- Board sends back to committee a proposal urging state law changes to let San Francisco annex parts of San Mateo County.
- Board adopts resolution asking Congress to oppose HR 4663 changes to the low-rent housing program.
- Board of Supervisors opposed a federal proviso on urban redevelopment in HR 4663, the Independent Offices Appropriation Bill.
- Appeal against refusal to rezone land on Alemany Boulevard near Leo Street put over to May 11, 1953.
- Supervisors proposed urging the Golden Gate Bridge District to cut passenger car tolls from 40 cents to 25 cents.
- Board continued consideration of a $100 Coroner overtime appropriation for one week on Halley's motion.
- Board re-referred to committee a resolution urging the state delegation to seek enabling legislation for annexing portions of San Mateo County.
- Money for traffic signals at several city intersections was referred to the Police Committee.
- $80,432.50 proposed for traffic signals at various intersections
- Board refused to adopt a resolution finding no emergency, so rent control continuance after July 31, 1953 was tabled.
- Parking meters moved to the south side of Hickory Street
- Two-hour parking set near Geary Boulevard during track removal
- Board took up a resolution congratulating [name withheld] Sons on its centennial in San Francisco; outcome not shown.
- Equalization of the 1953-54 city property assessments was deferred until Monday, July 13, 1953.
- Resolution 13498, taken up out of order under suspended rules, was adopted without objection.
- Board adopted Halley's substitute motion deferring any position on a southern crossing until the Washington delegation reports.
- Board proposes conditional support for state bill S.B. 2289 on Bay Bridge tolls, if amended as the city's delegation recommends.
- Board debates a resolution backing federal amendments to the Consent Statute so Bay Bridge tolls can fund the Southern Crossing.
- McCarty was appointed President Pro Tem in the absence of [name withheld], with no objection.
- Resolution proposed to extend Bay Bridge tolls and back federal legislation on up to two new crossings; vote continues on the next page.
- Board debated a proposed resolution on Bay Bridge toll collection under the federal consent statute; no final vote yet.
- The Board set 5:00 p.m. Thursday, July 16, 1953 as the deadline for further assessment reduction applications.
- Board confirmed the Director of Property's refusal to reduce the assessment on [name withheld] property at Lot 20, Block 2623.
- Consideration of [name withheld] assessment application was continued for one week because he did not appear.
- The American Auxiliary of [name withheld] withdrew its assessment application, and the Board tabled it.
- [name withheld] and [name withheld] request to reduce the assessment on their property was denied after the Board of Equalization confirmed the Director of Property's recommendation.
- Board confirmed denial of [name withheld] property assessment reduction request for Lot 50A, Block 3605.
- Board denied [name withheld] property assessment reduction request for Lot 49, Block 3611 after she did not appear.
- [name withheld] application to reduce the assessment on his property was denied, confirming the Director of Property's recommendation.
- Higgins and Sons Realty Company's application to reduce its property assessment was heard and continues onto the next page.
- Appeal against the rezoning refusal at Mason and Valparaiso Streets
- The Board approved the Assessor's clerical error list for the 1953-54 assessment roll.
- Consideration of the citywide Fair Rent measure was temporarily postponed until the end of the meeting.
- Payment of $48.52 to former employee [name withheld] from the retirement fund was continued one week.
- Board refused, then rescinded its refusal of, and postponed, $5,000 for the Fair Rent Committee on rent control.
- The Board adopted a resolution in memory of [name withheld].
- The Board asked the Mayor to invite the King and Queen of Greece to visit San Francisco.
- Charter amendment on procedure for appointing an acting mayor was continued for one week on Supervisor Halley's motion.
- Proposed $1,894,950 library bond for branch libraries and Main Library work was continued one week to July 27, 1953.
- Proposed $495,000 bond issue for a voting machine repair warehouse and workshop was continued to July 27, 1953.
- Supervisors moved to continue for one week the measure disapproving the Bus Line 35 service cut on Castro area streets.
- Board seeks the Health Center auditorium while its chamber is fixed
- Auction sale of Water Department land on Ocean Avenue put off one week.
- Board postponed for one week its decision on disapproving cuts to Bus Line 35 service on Duncan, Newburg and Castro Streets.
- Board postponed for one week an appeal over rezoning the southwest corner of Mason and Valparaiso Streets to commercial.
- Water Department land on Ocean Avenue to be sold at auction
- [name withheld], Jr. was approved as a member of the Parking Authority.
- The Board unanimously adopted a resolution in memory of [name withheld] by rising vote.
- Consideration of a $9,835 emergency appropriation for the District Attorney's offices was continued for one week.
- The Board adopted a resolution in memoriam for [name withheld], passed by rising vote.
- The Board adopted a resolution in memoriam for [name withheld], presented jointly by all supervisors.
- Exemption of the dairy and milk inspector position from Charter residence rules sent to Finance Committee.
- The Board adopted a resolution asking the Mayor to proclaim October 9th as [name withheld].
- Board voted to recess until Wednesday, September 2 to consider a special election for Municipal Railway bonds.
- San Bruno Avenue zoning case put off another week
- Appeal to rezone property on San Bruno Avenue from residential to light industrial was continued one week.
- Board adopted Resolution 13724 (1939 series) under File 10700, with its subject not described here.
- Property at California Street and Thirty-second Avenue taken up
- Light industry refused on San Bruno Avenue south of Ordway Street
- Board adopts a resolution in memoriam for [name withheld].
- Light industry refused on San Bruno Avenue south of Ordway Street
- [name withheld] protested the indigent aid amount he receives from the Public Welfare Department; the hearing's outcome is not printed here.
- Memorial resolution honouring [name withheld] was adopted unanimously by rising vote.
- Memorial resolution honouring [name withheld] was adopted unanimously by rising vote.
- Resolution adopted asking the Mayor to proclaim the week of October 30, 1953 as Grand National Week.
- Board urges the state to buy [name withheld] for a park
- The Board adopted a memorial resolution honouring [name withheld].
- [name withheld] [name withheld] granted leave of absence from December 11, 1953 to January 21, 1954.
- A Fire Code change on garage permits near schools was continued one week, pending the Board of Education's position.
- Stop signs approved at Hyde and McAllister Streets
- Board sent back to committee an ordinance regulating city officers' votes at conventions, after the City Attorney found it invalid.
- Board granted the State Senate committee on abolishing personal property taxes use of its facilities for May 17-18 public hearings.
- Lien for public health care given to [name withheld] re-referred to Finance Committee for repayment timing information.
- Farmers' Market ordinance changes on penalties, permits and appeals were sent back to the Public Buildings committee.
- Board adopted a resolution in memoriam honoring [name withheld].
- Wires to go underground on parts of Eddy and Scott Streets
- Farmers' Market Ordinance changes on penalties and market permits were continued to May 10, 1954.
- Planning Commission clears shops on Lombard Street west of Webster
- Motion to restore $38,000 for relocating social services in the budget failed, 2 to 9.
- Halley's motion to cut the Executive Assistant salary from $12,000 to $11,200 was withdrawn after the position was found in the salary ordinance.
- Budget restored $154,500 for the Outer Sunset branch library by a 6-5 vote.
- Board adopted a resolution congratulating Calvary Presbyterian Church on its one-hundredth anniversary in San Francisco.
- Motion to rescind the San Francisco Hospital budget for 1954-55 failed for want of a second.
- Board adopted a resolution in memoriam for [name withheld].
- Adopted resolution asking the Mayor to proclaim June and July as clean-up months and appoint a citizens' committee.
- Board adopted a resolution in memoriam for [name withheld].
- The Board temporarily postponed the annual budget appropriation ordinance for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1955.
- Board adopted Resolution 14431 under File 10700; its subject is not printed on this page.
- A $2,500 emergency appropriation for City Attorney litigation expenses was introduced; its vote is not shown on this page.
- An ordinance listing and fixing city job positions and pay for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1955 is pending.
- Grant Avenue to be closed for the Craftsmen's Street Fair
- Halley proposed a resolution asking the Mayor to proclaim July and August Paint Up, Clean Up and Fix Up months, rescinding Resolution 14429.
- Board adopted resolution arranging an official welcome by [name withheld] for the San Francisco Seals.
- Four-lane widening proposed for Market Street to Corbett Avenue
- Resolution granting leaves of absence to the Sheriff, library commissioners, librarian and Board of Education president was adopted.
- Wires to go underground on parts of Eddy and Scott Streets
- Board resolution asks the Mayor to appoint a citizens' committee to help plan the American Society of Travel Agents convention; adopted.
- Consideration of the measure temporarily postponed
- Four-lane widening proposed for Market Street to Corbett Avenue
- Sidewalks on Portola Drive to be cut to twelve feet
- Mayor asked to appoint a citizens committee to campaign for approval of bond issues.
- Rescission of the $7,960,000 San Francisco Hospital improvement resolution passed, seven votes to three.
- Resolution declaring $5,475,000 needed to rehabilitate Laguna Honda Home and Hospital adopted by the Board of Supervisors.
- Proposed $5,830,000 bond resolution for San Francisco Hospital improvements, moved for adoption; outcome not yet printed.
- Supervisor Halley moved to rescind Board action on improvements to Laguna Honda Home and Hospital; the text continues on the next page.
- Protests by two Grand View Terrace lot owners against paving costs were referred to the Streets Committee.
- Board adopted a resolution in memory of [name withheld], presented jointly by all members.
- Board refused adoption of a resolution accepting a marble plaque from [name withheld] for the airport terminal.
- Motion proposed to reduce American President Lines' possessory interest assessment of $240,703 to $1; no vote recorded yet.
- Planning Commission refuses shops on Lombard Street west of Van Ness
- Schedule of rates and charges for common-use facilities at San Francisco International Airport approved.
- Board adopted a resolution nominating certain city officials as directors of the Shoreline Planning Association of California.
- Halley's motion seeking a $45,000 supplemental appropriation for linking the San Francisco Railway with an interurban transit system was referred to Finance Committee.
- Resolution approving an Elections Code amendment on how County Central Committee members are elected was adopted.
- Market Street sidewalk widths to 6 and 8 feet proposed; after passage was rescinded, the measure was postponed one week.
- The Board adopted a memorial resolution honouring [name withheld] by unanimous rising vote.
- Planning Commission refuses shops on Lombard Street west of Van Ness
- Proposed sidewalk widths on Market Street from Danvers Street to Corbett Avenue were postponed two weeks.
- Planning Commission refuses shops on Lombard Street west of Van Ness
- Lombard Street shops appeal [name withheld] for a full Board
- The Board unanimously adopted a resolution in memoriam for [name withheld] by rising vote.
- The Board adopted a resolution asking the Mayor to appoint a citizens' committee to observe Veterans' Day, November 11, 1954.
- [name withheld] asks for a footbridge over upper Market Street
- Supervisors put off again the ordinance setting Market Street sidewalk widths between Danvers Street and Corbett Avenue, for one week.
- Refusal of shops on Lombard Street near Van Ness Avenue appealed
- Board adopted a resolution asking the Mayor to proclaim October 11-16, 1954, as San Francisco Nurse Week.
- [name withheld] was congratulated by resolution on her 80th birthday.
- [name withheld] was congratulated by resolution on the 100th anniversary of its founding in San Francisco.
- The Board agreed by voice vote to meet in December to consider applications for Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District vacancies.
- Supervisor Halley presented a resolution calling for the American flag to be flown on All Veterans' Day, November 11, 1954.
- Resolution adopted asking the Mayor to proclaim October 29 to November 7, 1954, as Grand National Week.
- Resolution congratulating [name withheld]. and his wife on their golden wedding anniversary was adopted.
- Part of Colby Street may be closed for good
- The Board adopted a resolution asking the City Planning Department to survey land uses under all freeway routes.
- Concrete island approved on Market Street between Gough and Van Ness
- Shell Oil Company allowed pipe lines in Illinois Street
- Motion to request a $45,000 supplemental appropriation for a Municipal Railway rapid transit study was adopted.
- Map approved for new streets in the Potrero Annex housing project
- State tidelands permit accepted near Jennings Street and Arthur Avenue
- Southern Freeway named a major city street from Alemany to Tennessee
- Webster Street widened to six lanes between Eddy and Golden Gate
- Refusal of shops at Guerrero and Twenty-eighth Streets appealed
- Board adopted leaves of absence for several city commissioners, the Controller, and a supervisor in November 1954.
- Public Defender appropriation of $6,881.25 for supplies and law books rescinded from second reading, then continued to November 22, 1954.
- The Board adopted the canvass certifying votes cast at the November 2, 1954 consolidated municipal elections.
- Amendment to the Public Defender's salary ordinance continued two weeks, to November 22, 1954.
- Supplemental public welfare recommendations on categorical aids were approved by the Board of Supervisors.
- Emergency relief grants to dependent non-residents were extended for November and December 1954.
- The Board approved leaves of absence for four commission members, allowing them to leave the state in December.
- Rules proposed for planting trees along streets and sidewalks
- Board continued for two weeks a $6,881.25 appropriation for the Public Defender's office supplies and law books.
- Refusal of shops on Geary Boulevard near Twenty-eighth Avenue appealed
- Municipal Railway improvement and $10,000,000 bond issue were sent back to the Finance Committee.
- Board temporarily postponed a $10,000,000 bond resolution to integrate the Municipal Railway with planned rapid transit.
- Board temporarily postponed a motion asking the Clerk to request $68,000 for expert advice on rapid transit.
- Resolution asking the Mayor to appoint a participating committee for urban renewal was adopted by the Board.
- The Board adopted a resolution ordering the vacation of a portion of Colby Street after no one objected.
- Board continued the $6,881.25 Public Defender appropriation for legal services and equipment to December 20, 1954.
- Board continued the $18,985 Public Defender appropriation for new attorney and clerk positions to December 20, 1954.
- Refusal of shops on Geary Boulevard near Twenty-eighth Avenue appealed
- Board continued the companion amendment to the Public Defender salary ordinance to December 20, 1954.
- Supervisor Halley warns against freeways through Golden Gate Park
- Supervisor Halley asked the state to inform city officials of future hearings on the southern bay crossing, and the Clerk was directed to comply.
- Adopted a finding on the Municipal Railway's proposal to keep the five-cent Shopper's Shuttle fare from January to June 1955.
- The Board unanimously adopted a resolution in memory of [name withheld] by rising vote.
- Approved continuing the Municipal Railway's Special Shopper's Shuttle Service in the Civic Center and downtown areas from January to June 1955.
- Consideration of the Mayor's nomination of Lewis as Congressional Legislative Representative was continued for one week.
- Geary Boulevard rezoning appeal put off for a full Board
- Geary Boulevard zoning case put off another week
- Shops refused on Geary Boulevard west of Twenty-eighth Avenue
- No-stopping proposed on Post and O'Farrell Streets east of Taylor Street
- The Board adopted a resolution opposing Tuolumne County water district power plant legislation and supporting changes to the Raker Act.
- The Board adopted a resolution commending [name withheld].
- The Board adopted a resolution asking the Mayor to appoint a citizens' committee for Veterans' Day, November 11, 1955.
- Geary Boulevard zoning case put off another week
- The Board adopted a resolution commending [name withheld].
- The Board accepted a $20,000 gift from the Shrine to rebuild the Kezar press box.
- Board rescinded its earlier adoption rejecting [name withheld], Inc.'s claim to cancel 1954-55 harbor property taxes.
- Proposed $48,500 purchase of Doyle Estate Company land for a firehouse site was re-referred to committee.
- Mayor asked to proclaim May as Paint Up, Clean Up and Fix Up Month and appoint a citizens' committee; the Board adopted it.
- Supervisor Halley moved a resolution commending [name withheld]; the outcome is not printed on this page.
- Halley proposed asking the Mayor to appoint a citizens' committee for Memorial Day observance.
- Halley proposed asking the Mayor to appoint honorary hosts for the 10th San Francisco National Sports and [name withheld].
- A resolution in memory of [name withheld], Sr. was unanimously adopted by rising vote.
- Supervisor Halley asks a 180-day limit for blighted area redevelopment
- Leaves of absence granted to Supervisor McMahon for March 5-16 and [name withheld] for March 1-6.
- Board adopted a resolution congratulating [name withheld] on his promotion to [name withheld], Army Reserve.
- Board adopted a resolution commending William Randolph Hearst, Jr.
- Proposed amendments to the Public Works Code were continued for two weeks after Supervisor McAteer could not tell what changed.
- A proposed $275-335 monthly pay range for General Clerk-Typists failed on a tie vote; later rescinded.
- Board authorized any member to attend Redwood Empire and County Supervisors' Association meetings in Sacramento, March 1955.
- Motion to give [name withheld] of the Department of Public Health the privilege of the floor failed.
- Motion to set the [name withheld] monthly pay range at $350-410 failed on a tie vote.
- Board adopted a resolution opposing several state bills recommended by its State Legislation Committee.
- Board opposed a state bill applying civil service rules to Housing Authority employees and blanketing in incumbents.
- Board voted to oppose a state bill letting the Public Defender represent defendants who can afford their own counsel.
- A $2,000 supplemental appropriation request for a court reporter at State Legislation Committee meetings was referred to Finance Committee.
- The Board voted to oppose ten state bills on sales and property tax exemptions, including AB 6 and AB 931.
- Board adopted a resolution urging state passage of bills on a San Francisco fire boat, redevelopment plans, and public assistance.
- Board voted to oppose state bill SB 133 requiring copies of birth and death certificates to the Department of Public Health.
- Board voted to oppose state bill AB 1437 on issuing purchase orders to moving contractors without prices.
- Board voted to oppose state bills AB 424, AB 2213 and AB 2447 on absentee ballots, clerks and precinct boards.
- State bill AB 1787, making a state of emergency automatic upon a military alert warning, was approved.
- State bill AB 1788, letting the Governor order civil defense drills, was approved.
- State bill SB 1293, providing $250,000 for mobile generators, was approved.
- State bills AB 224 and AB 228, dropping repeated polling place publication, were approved.
- State bill AB 1786, shielding Disaster Corps members from civil damages during emergencies, was approved.
- Board took up a resolution opposing certain state bills and moved it to seriatim consideration.
- Board voted to oppose a state bill giving paid educational leave to state and county welfare employees.
- Board voted to oppose a state bill changing the time in which aid is paid to needy blind persons.
- A state bill giving Municipal Court employees a 10% night shift premium was sent to committee for review.
- A state bill appropriating money for Yacht Harbor improvements was sent to committee for review.
- The Board voted to oppose AB 2532, a state bill calling for a new tube between Oakland and Alameda.
- A pending measure whose subject is not named was adopted by ten votes and then referred to committee.
- Board voted to oppose state bill AB 1292, which would allow red lights or sirens on state vehicles used for civil defense.
- State bill SB 1291, extending the Civil Defense Act of 1950 to 1957, was approved.
- State bill AB 101, adding insect larvae to potato standards in the Agricultural Code, was approved.
- State bill AB 78, setting a $5.00 filing fee for county committeeman candidates, was approved.
- State bills AB 3249 and AB 3542, clarifying law on the southern crossing, were approved.
- Resolution urging state tax exemption for shipping interests was re-referred to committee for further study.
- The Board adopted a resolution endorsing state bills AB 806 and SB 593 on municipal court staff numbers and pay.
- The Board adopted a resolution commending William Randolph Hearst Jr. and two colleagues for their Kremlin interviews.
- Halley's motion to approve State Legislation Committee positions on four state bills was referred to the County, State and National Affairs Committee after Ferdon objected.
- Consideration of state bills SB 332 and 333 on Golden Gate Bridge jurisdiction was continued for two weeks.
- Dwight Street sidewalks widened from 10 to 20 feet, finally passed
- Dwight Street between Brussels and Goettingen Streets was ordered improved with about $4,600 in city aid, finally passed.
- The Board adopted a resolution expressing appreciation to [name withheld] for his contribution to medical science.
- Board adopted its approval of AB 1419, a state bill to keep rails on the Bay Bridge until mass transit planning is complete.
- Committee recommends approving state bills AB 146 on hospital construction funding and AB 1419 on Bay Bridge rails.
- A resolution urging enactment of State Senate Bills 332 and 333 was sent back to the State Legislation Committee for study.
- The Board adopted a resolution in memory of [name withheld] by rising vote.
- Board continued consideration for one week of the proposed abandonment of Bus Line No. 81 on Jennings Street.
- State Legislation Committee recommended a state bill on building standards; the outcome is on the next page.
- Board voted to oppose state measure AC A 41, which would bar San Francisco and other cities from imposing income taxes.
- State bill AB 3678, renaming the San Francisco Fish and Game Refuge, was sent to the County, State and National Affairs Committee.
- The Board sent AB 1329, a state bill on the time liens attach, to committee.
- The Board sent SB 388, a state bill letting the Toll Bridge Authority reimpose tolls, to committee for review.
- Board approved state bill AB 2008, as amended, designating the Ferry Building and adjoining area as a historical monument.
- Board voted to oppose state bill AB 2074, which would require subcontractors to file sealed bids before being listed by contractors.
- The Board voted to oppose AB 1159, a state bill setting up locally run community mental health programs.
- The Board voted to approve passage of AB 2358, a state bill relating to destruction of records.
- The Board voted to oppose AB 3517, a state bill relating to destruction of records.
- The Board sent AB 147, a state bill setting up a Bay Area air pollution control district, to committee.
- The Board sent AB 1124, a state bill on the lien of tax on personal property, to committee.
- Board voted to oppose state bill AB 2075, which would require subcontractors to post bid bonds and labour bonds.
- The Board adopted a resolution approving state Senate Bill 736, equalizing taxation of cotton bales produced in California.
- The Board temporarily postponed the Disaster Council and Corps budget, after the Finance Committee recommended cutting many equipment and supply lines.
- Board adopted a resolution favoring state bill A.B. 2932 amending the [name withheld] of 1949.
- Opposition to state bill A.B. 1329 on the time liens attach adopted.
- Opposition to state bill A.B. 2269 on unvented gas heaters in existing buildings adopted.
- Opposition to state bill S.B. 388 letting the Toll Bridge Authority reimpose tolls adopted.
- Opposition to state bill A.B. 3453 on net quantity marked on retail food packages adopted.
- State bill A.B. 147 creating a Bay Area Air Pollution Committee sent back to committee.
- Support for state bill A.B. 2933 amending the [name withheld] of 1949 adopted.
- Opposition to state bill A.B. 2573 on cooking and sleeping in the same rooms adopted.
- State bill A.B. 3678 proposing a new title for the San Francisco Fish and Game Refuge is pending.
- Resolution congratulating and commending Glaser Brothers was adopted by the Board of Supervisors.
- Museum director to travel for 18 days to attend art museum meetings in Baltimore and Washington, D.C.
- Board formally went on record opposing state bill A.B. 2449 on qualification requirements for political parties.
- Board approved the City Attorney's recommendations on 174 additional water bills, which repeat earlier findings.
- City pays $15,500 for land for Portola Drive widening
- Five city officials were granted leaves of absence, with permission to leave the state, in May-July 1955.
- The Board adopted a memorial resolution in honour of Henry W. McGowan by rising vote.
- A resolution was proposed commending the San Francisco News for its fund-raising to buy a baby elephant for the Zoo.
- Consideration of proposed amendments to state bills on the Small Boats Harbor site was continued for one week.
- A $1,003.44 emergency appropriation for a judge's salary and expenses in Municipal Court was referred to Finance Committee.
- Emergency $1,400 appropriation for Recreation and Park overtime pay was referred to the Finance Committee.
- San Francisco's baseball hall of fame members honored
- Emergency $12,450 appropriation for Superior Court salaries and expenses was referred to the Finance Committee.
- Board members were authorized to attend the County Supervisors Association board meeting at Santa Rosa.
- Emergency $4,328 appropriation for San Francisco Zoo equipment repair and animal food was referred to the Finance Committee.
- Opposition to a freeway through Golden Gate Park sent to committee
- Leaves of absence approved for [name withheld] and several other officials, with permission to leave the State.
- Small boats harbor amendments to A.B. 2850 and A.B. 3696 were sent back to committee for study of another site.
- The Board approved the Committee's recommendation on state bill AB 3158 on publishing the delinquent tax list, subject to amendments.
- Recreation and Park overtime appropriation passed as amended, reduced from $1,400 to $1,144.94.
- Recreation and Park materials and supplies funding of $9,000 was finally passed as amended.
- The Board concurred in state bill AB 1511, which provides for bond sales to finance highways and city streets.
- Recreation and Park appropriation for forage passed as amended, reduced from $4,328 to $2,700 with automotive repairs removed.
- The Board approved the State Legislation Committee's opposition to SB 1749, which amends County Clerk fees.
- The Board approved the State Legislation Committee's opposition to AB 1498, which relates to destroying public records.
- Redwood Terrace Company bond for [name withheld] Heights sent back to committee
- Acceptance of a gift of a baby elephant for the San Francisco Zoo was moved; the outcome is not shown on this page.
- The Board unanimously adopted a resolution in memory of [name withheld].
- The Board unanimously adopted a resolution in memory of [name withheld] by rising vote.
- Board continued the $1,913.70 appropriation for attorney's fees and court costs to July 25, 1955, after a tied vote.
- Board urged the Governor to sign SB 1984 studying a toll crossing to Marin County with rapid transit.
- Proposed charter change for a confidential secretary in the City Attorney and Public Defender offices was continued to July 25.
- Four bond measures totaling $85,000,000 were proposed for the November 8, 1955 ballot, covering power plants, courts, parks and parking.
- Supervisor Halley proposed asking the Mayor to appoint a citizens' committee urging a San Francisco commemorative stamp.
- One-way Post and O'Farrell measures rushed to the acting mayor
- Fisherman's Grotto's possessory interest at Nos. 9 and 10 was assessed at zero after the Director of Property recommended reduction.
- Exposition Fish Grotto's possessory interest was assessed at zero after the Director of Property recommended reduction.
- Presentation of the Assessor's arguments on possessory interest assessments was continued one week.
- Post and O'Farrell Streets one-way until July 25
- Possessory interest assessment of MacNichol and Co reduced to zero on the Director of Property's recommendation.
- Board adopted a resolution commending [name withheld] and [name withheld].
- The Board reduced Pacific Far East Line's possessory interest assessment on Pier 42 to zero.
- Part of O'Farrell Street stays a through highway until July
- Motion to postpone Pacific Far East Lines' Pier 42 possessory interest assessment failed for lack of a second.
- Director of Property recommended cutting Pacific Far East Lines' Pier 42 possessory interest value to zero.
- Consideration of Hills Transportation Company's possessory interest application was continued for one week.
- [name withheld], [name withheld] and Grace's property assessment appeal for block 2979A, lot 21A was denied.
- Proposed ordinance regulating public laundries, washhouses and automatic laundries was continued for one week.
- Proposed ordinance adding automatic laundries to commercial districts was continued for one week.
- [name withheld] assessment appeal on block 2931 lot 4 was put off because he was absent.
- [name withheld] assessment appeal on block 6915 lot 32 was put off because she was absent.
- [name withheld] applied to reduce the assessment on property at block 2989B, lot 22, requesting land valuation review.
- Board rescinded its earlier rejection of George W. Lane's building assessment appeal for block 7253 lot 40, reopening it.
- [name withheld] and [name withheld] and [name withheld] assessment appeal at block 2979A lot 21A was postponed; no applicant appeared.
- Director of Property's recommendation to deny Redwood Theatres, Inc.'s property assessment appeal was confirmed.
- Board confirmed the Director of Property's recommendation to reduce [name withheld], Inc.'s possessory interest assessment to zero.
- George W. Lane's building assessment was reduced by $3,300 after the Board rescinded its earlier rejection of his petition.
- Marine Terminal Corp's possessory interest was valued at zero after the Director of Property's recommendation was confirmed.
- The River Lines, Inc's possessory interest assessment was under consideration; the outcome appears on the next page.
- The Board confirmed the Director of Property's recommendation to reduce West Winds, Inc.'s possessory-interest assessment to zero.
- Building assessment cut to $2,200 for [name withheld] and [name withheld]; a further land reduction was denied by a 6-2 vote.
- Board of Equalization confirmed cutting the assessed value of Alioto Fish Co., Ltd.'s possessory interest to zero.
- Board of Equalization confirmed cutting the assessed value of Alioto Fish Grotto, Ltd.'s possessory interest to zero.
- Mission Terminal Co's possessory interest was valued at zero after the Director of Property's recommendation was confirmed.
- Herman Corp. of California's possessory interest assessment was confirmed at zero on the Director of Property's recommendation.
- Harbor Tug and Barge Company's possessory interest at Pier 14 was assessed at zero on the Director of Property's recommendation.
- Halley's motion re-referred a $1,913.70 court-costs payment for the [name withheld] lawsuit back to the Finance Committee for redrafting.
- Board refused passage of a $1,913.70 appropriation for attorney's fees and court costs in the [name withheld] lawsuit; reconsideration set for July 25, 1955.
- The Board adopted a resolution asking the Mayor to appoint a citizens' committee to campaign for approval of bond measures.
- The Board adopted a resolution commending Mr. and [name withheld] on their golden wedding anniversary.
- Ordinance barring railway trains and cars from obstructing city streets was continued one week.
- Halley asked the Mayor to designate the week of October 24, 1955 as [name withheld] Week, and the Clerk was directed to send the request.
- Resolution asking the Mayor to proclaim September 17-23, 1955, as Constitution Week was adopted.
- Board adopted a resolution asking the Mayor to proclaim October 10, 1955 as [name withheld] [name withheld].
- Board adopted a resolution congratulating [name withheld].
- A resolution in memory of [name withheld] was moved by Supervisor Halley; the vote appears on the next page.
- The Board adopted a resolution congratulating golfer [name withheld] on winning the National Amateur Golf Championship.
- The Board adopted a resolution in memoriam of [name withheld] by rising vote.
- The Board adopted a resolution in memoriam of [name withheld] by rising vote.
- Board adopted a resolution in memory of [name withheld] by rising vote.
- Ordinance appropriating $1,913.70 for attorney's fees and court costs from a Superior Court judgment passed for second reading.
- Leaves of absence for two city commissioners, Herz and Rousseau, were adopted on the Mayor's recommendation.
- Mayor asked for a committee for the Harding Park championship
- Resolution 16009 was adopted by the Board, granting leaves of absence to two city commissioners.
- The Board unanimously adopted a resolution in memoriam for [name withheld].
- The Board adopted a resolution congratulating Library Commissioner [name withheld] on his election as international president of the Chinese Four Families Association.
- The Board referred a request for a $2,500 supplemental appropriation for Veterans' Day parade trophies to Finance Committee.
- The Board adopted a resolution authorizing city representatives to attend the Redwood Empire Association's convention in Lake County.
- Resolution urging public support for the 1955 United [name withheld] campaign was adopted.
- Buildings at Noriega and Thirty-eighth may sit closer to the street
- Chestnut Street closed between Fillmore and Scott for a Sunday
- Board is considering a resolution congratulating [name withheld] on his election as American Dental Association vice-president.
- The Board adopted a resolution closing Chestnut Street between Fillmore and Scott Streets on October 30, 1955, rescinding Resolution 16080.
- Board continued a $10,000 Public Works appropriation for re-channelizing the Crescent Avenue and Alemany Boulevard intersection for one week.
- The Board approved the reappointment of Randolph Hale as a member of the Parking Authority.
- $10,000 more for the Alemany Boulevard crossing sent back to committee
- Proposed $2,500 for Veterans' Day parade trophies was sent back to committee.
- Resolution congratulating Fire Department employee [name withheld] on his 50th wedding anniversary adopted.
- Two-family housing refused at Silver Avenue and Yale Street
- Proposal to designate Redevelopment Area D and rescind Resolution 13180 was continued for two weeks.
- Shops refused on California Street east of Powell Street
- Board of Supervisors held a public hearing on the Redevelopment Agency's tentative plan for South Basin Project Area F-1.
- The Board adopted a resolution honoring the memory of Curtice E. Clark.
- The Board adopted a resolution commending [name withheld], chairman of the San Francisco United Nations Executive Committee.
- A $10,000 payment to the 1955 Grand National Livestock Exposition was referred to the Finance Committee.
- Fight to keep Bus Line 36 on Evelyn Way put off
- Bus Line 36 service on Evelyn Way put off again
- Board adopted a resolution congratulating Mr. and [name withheld] on their golden wedding anniversary.
- Appeal against refusal to rezone a California Street property from residential to commercial was continued one week.
- Proposed charter amendment barring the Assessor and his non-civil service staff from outside law practice was continued for four weeks.
- Halley proposed a resolution congratulating Charles R. Brown on his Tidewater Associated Oil appointment; outcome not shown.
- Halley moved that the Clerk prepare a $50,000 flood relief appropriation, referred to the Finance Committee.
- Straight-line Embarcadero Freeway approved by resolution 16288, despite calls for a curved route instead.
- The Board adopted a resolution approving a straight-line Embarcadero Freeway, rejecting the curved alternative.
- Supervisor George Christopher's resignation was accepted with regret after he was elected Mayor.
- Board adopted a resolution asking the Mayor to appoint a citizens' committee for Lincoln's and Washington's Birthdays.
- Board unanimously adopted a resolution in memory of [name withheld].
- Board adopted a resolution authorizing correction of clerical errors in the 1955-1956 assessment roll, raising taxes payable on two parcels.
- Board adopted a resolution asking the Governor to include the Southern Crossing of San Francisco Bay in a special legislative session.
- Board adopts a resolution in memory of [name withheld].
- Referred to the Finance Committee, no subject on this page
- Supervisors approved raising the School [name withheld] pay rate from $1.60 to $1.65 per hour.
- Proposal to raise the pay range for Dental Hygienists from $365-440 to $390-460 per month failed.
- Supervisors referred a $5,200 emergency appropriation for Youth Guidance Center supplies to the Finance Committee.
- Supervisors referred a $4,025 emergency appropriation for Sheriff's Office jails and vehicles to the Finance Committee.
- Manager of Utilities proposed to join the board of the Feather River Project Association; the vote continues on the next page.
- Emergency $312 appropriation for Civic Auditorium scavenger service was continued one week for lack of quorum.
- Supervisors referred a $5,345 emergency appropriation for Public Works fuel oil to the Finance Committee.
- The Board adopted a resolution backing A.B. 51, a state bill on toll bridges and approaches to the Southern Crossing of the Bay Bridge.
- $1.7M for widening Market Street to Portola Drive put off
- Emergency $150 appropriation for Bureau of Building Repair overtime pay was continued one week for lack of quorum.
- Superior Court's $5,445 emergency appropriation for visiting judges' salaries was referred to Finance Committee.
- Assessment roll corrected for Earle M. Jorgensen and Company's property at Block 4167, Lot 1, raising building value from $9,700 to $97,000.
- Adult Probation's $750 emergency appropriation was referred to Finance Committee.
- City Attorney's $4,400 emergency appropriation was referred to Finance Committee.
- Retirement System's $1,755 emergency appropriation for temporary salaries was referred to Finance Committee.
- Board adopted a resolution authorizing a ballot argument for a charter amendment on Supervisors' pay.
- Board adopted a resolution assigning letter designations to local ballot propositions for the June 5, 1956 election.
- Board adopted a resolution authorizing a ballot argument for a charter amendment on Board of Education employees in the Health Service System.
- $1,704,000 for widening Market Street from Hattie Street to Portola Drive was passed for second reading.
- Part of Nineteenth Street between Rhode Island and DeHaro to close
- The Board adopted a resolution commending the San Francisco Chinese Basketball Team for its fifth consecutive national amateur Oriental championship.
- The Board unanimously adopted a resolution in memoriam of [name withheld] by rising vote.
- A protest by [name withheld] against the Charter Oak Avenue street improvement was referred to the Streets Committee.
- [name withheld] protests the Charter Oak Avenue paving bill
- The Board put off a resolution opposing the proposed Western Freeway for four weeks, to a hearing on June 11, 1956.
- Board sent back to the Streets Committee a proposed 25-foot access road for South Slope residents of Bernal Heights, as it was calendared in error.
- Resolution opposing certain US veterans' benefits recommendations that would burden San Francisco is pending; outcome not printed here.
- [name withheld] appeal to lower the assessment on Block 460A, Lot 18 was denied, confirming the Director of Property's recommendation.
- [name withheld] applied to reduce the building assessment on Block 467A Lot 28; the Board's decision continues on the next page.
- [name withheld] withdrew her request to reduce the land assessment on Block 5862 Lot 21, and the application was filed.
- [name withheld] appeal to lower the assessment on Block 270, Lot 14 was denied, confirming the Director of Property's recommendation.
- Supervisors moved a resolution in memory of [name withheld], O.F.M., whose adoption is not shown on this page.
- [name withheld] and [name withheld] assessment reduction request for block 7238, lot 6 was continued to July 30 at their request.
- Assessment reduction for [name withheld], [name withheld] and [name withheld] on block 3703 lot 3 refused; the Director's recommendation was confirmed.
- Assessment reduction for [name withheld] on block 3723 lot 23 is headed 'Reduction Granted'; the vote appears on the next page.
- Consideration of [name withheld] and [name withheld] property assessment appeal for block 2983, lot 21 was continued one week.
- Light industry approved at Twenty-first Street and South Van Ness Avenue
- Assessment appeal by [name withheld] and [name withheld] on block 1818 lot 42 continued one week.
- Assessment appeal by [name withheld] and [name withheld] on block 3558 lot 32 continued one week.
- Assessment appeal by Bay Properties, Inc. for the American Theatre, block 749 lot 4A, continued one week at the applicant's request.
- Board confirmed refusal to reduce the assessment on [name withheld] property at block 3004B lot 25.
- Board confirmed refusal to reduce the building assessment on [name withheld] property at block 639 lot 9A.
- Board confirmed refusal to reduce the building assessment on [name withheld] and [name withheld] property at block 639 lot 9B.
- Consideration of [name withheld] property assessment appeal for block 2902, lot 8 was continued one week.
- Joseph E. Hall's assessment appeal for Block 685 Lot 22 was continued for one week.
- Board of Equalization cut the building assessment of [name withheld] property at Block 2983, Lot 21 from $3,500 to $2,800.
- Light industry allowed at Twenty-first Street and South Van Ness Avenue
- Pending equalization-of-assessment applications that were tabled or not acted upon were denied by the Board.
- Wires to go underground on Fillmore Street between Broadway and Vallejo
- Resolution welcoming Lane Bryant, Inc. and its president [name withheld] to San Francisco adopted.
- Taking over Excelsior Avenue put off a week
- Bonview Street south of Coso Avenue to be improved
- The Board approved the Assessor's [name withheld] for the 1956-1957 [name withheld].
- The Board adopted a resolution honoring [name withheld].
- Supervisors Halley and Rolph proposed a resolution congratulating [name withheld], Sr.; outcome appears on the next page.
- Underground wires on Hyde Street put off a week
- Revocable permission for a spur track in Drumm Street to serve Wellman Peck Co. was temporarily postponed.
- Taking over Excelsior Avenue between Athens and Moscow
- Bonview Street south of Coso Avenue to be improved
- Underground wires on Hyde Street [name withheld] again
- Proposed $3,060 appropriation for a Municipal Railway General Clerk position was temporarily postponed.
- Proposed amendment to the salary ordinance for Municipal Railway positions was temporarily postponed.
- A proposed $27 million school bond election for November 6, 1956 was temporarily postponed to gain eight votes.
- Street levels for Cambridge Street
- Appeal against rezoning the southeast corner of 21st Street and South Van Ness Avenue to light industrial is continued.
- Taking over Pioche, Brewster and Montcalm roadways
- Consideration of a $6,280 emergency appropriation for the Bureau of Communicable Diseases was continued for one week.
- A proposed $25 million bond for San Francisco International Airport improvements was temporarily postponed to gain eight votes.
- Raising the police chief's contingent fund to $25,000 put off
- Proposed charter change raising the Chief of Police's contingent fund from $10,000 was continued two weeks to allow absent members to vote.
- Proposed endorsement of a $500M state veterans' home bond on the November 1956 ballot was continued two weeks.
- Morning Glory Sandwich Company received a congratulatory resolution, presented by Supervisors Halley and Dobbs.
- [name withheld] approved as a Redevelopment Agency member for four years from September 3, 1956.
- A resolution congratulating Mr. and [name withheld] was moved by Halley; the final vote continues on the next page.
- Sidney Grant Walton approved as a Redevelopment Agency member for four years from September 2, 1956.
- Board adopted a resolution in memoriam honoring [name withheld] by unanimous rising vote.
- The Board adopted a resolution in memory of Joseph J. Phillips.
- [name withheld] was reappointed to the Parking Authority for the term October 26, 1956, to October 26, 1960.
- Supervisor Halley asked the Clerk to request information on abolishing or creating a Fire Department lieutenant position.
- Resolution in memory of [name withheld] was adopted unanimously by rising vote.
- Proposal to narrow Market Street sidewalks between Sansome and Battery Streets was sent back to committee for further study.
- Van Ness and Chestnut rezoning appeal put off a week
- Any Board member may attend the Shoreline Planning Association's 10th annual convention in San Mateo.
- The Board re-referred a proposed appointment to the Shoreline Planning Association board to committee.
- The Board referred Supervisor Halley's request to study raising Municipal Railway fares to the Railway Manager.
- The State Legislation Committee proposed official city policy opposing any diversion from the Tuolumne River watershed for the Master Water Plan.
- Proposed amendment to section 4.10 of the World Trade Center Authority Act sent to committee for review.
- Rapid transit proposal sent to the County, State and National Affairs Committee for study and possible amendment.
- Board unanimously adopted an in memoriam resolution honouring [name withheld].
- Consideration of the Retirement System assistant secretary residence exemption was put off for one week for further study.
- Bartlett Street rezoning appeal put off a week
- Resolution congratulates [name withheld] on his appointment as Ambassador to Italy.
- Resolution in memory of [name withheld] was adopted by unanimous rising vote.
- The Board adopted a resolution congratulating Pacific Dental Laboratory on its fiftieth anniversary of founding.
- Shops refused on Bartlett Street north of Twenty-third Street
- Staff told to draft statement backing straight Embarcadero freeway
- Shops denied on Bartlett Street north of Twenty-third Street
- The Board unanimously adopted a resolution in memoriam of William J. Davis.
- Bartlett Street rezoning appeal put off to December 17
- Land bought from [name withheld] for $22,000 to widen Clarendon Avenue
- Proposal to let the Library Commission use part of North Beach Playground for a branch library; motion to re-refer made.
- Board set January 28, 1957 as the special hearing date for a branch library on North Beach Playground.
- Resolution in memoriam for [name withheld] adopted unanimously by the Board by rising vote.
- A resolution congratulating the New York Journal-American for helping apprehend the Mad Bomber was adopted.
- A memorial resolution for [name withheld] was adopted unanimously by rising vote.
- A congratulatory resolution for Mr. and [name withheld] was adopted.
- City Attorney directed to draft legislation requiring department heads to hire only from budgeted job classifications.
- Board unanimously adopted a memorial resolution honouring [name withheld].
- Capp Street one-way and Bartlett Street widening to be studied
- City asks state to ease airport traffic chaos
- Support asked for extending the BART planning commission to 1959
- Board adopted a resolution in memoriam for Fred W. Meyer by unanimous rising vote.
- Resolution approving certain state bills was sent back to committee by motion carried on voice vote.
- Board adopted a resolution endorsing state bill SB 971 to raise superior court reporters' salaries in San Francisco.
- Board adopted a resolution urging enactment of state bills SB 973 and AB 4053 raising juvenile court referees' pay.
- The Board unanimously adopted a resolution in memory of [name withheld].
- A resolution commending [name withheld] was presented by Supervisor Halley on behalf of the Board.
- The Board unanimously adopted a resolution in memory of [name withheld] by rising vote.
- Resolution commending [name withheld] was adopted.
- Consideration of a $4,000 emergency appropriation for hospital sick leave was continued for one week.
- Consideration of a $41,300 emergency appropriation for San Francisco Hospital supplies was continued for one week.
- Consideration of a $300 emergency appropriation for pipe organ repairs at the Civic Auditorium was continued for one week.
- Consideration of a $13,680 emergency appropriation for Superior Court narcotics transport was continued for one week.
- Consideration of a $31,820 emergency appropriation for the Police Department was continued for one week.
- Board overruled [name withheld] protest and confirmed the assessment for improving Powhattan and Peralta Avenues.
- Board debated a resolution opposing state bill SB 590, which would allow the city to take land by eminent domain for a wholesale produce market.
- The Board adopted a resolution commending [name withheld] of the San Francisco Fire Department.
- A resolution in memoriam of [name withheld] was adopted by a unanimous rising vote.
- Plan to remove the Townsend Street fence is shelved
- Supervisor Halley asked the Public Utilities Commission to study city streetcars on the Bay Bridge; sent to Streets Committee.
- Supervisors amended a proposed local fair employment ordinance, setting misdemeanor fines of up to $500 for violations, and the measure remains pending.
- The Board formally opposed Assembly Constitutional Amendment 67, which would place publicly owned utilities under the State Public Utilities Commission.
- Board continued for one week the amendment to the purchase and use tax ordinance on tax collector authority.
- Supervisors urge enactment of state bill AB 3374 levying an ad valorem tax on taxable property.
- Proposed fair employment ordinance amended so aggrieved persons cannot sue beyond the remedies it lists, Halley moving.
- The Board favoured state enactment of SB 799 with a $50,000 limit on a study of the proposed Tiburon span.
- Supervisor Halley moved that the proposed Fair Employment Practices Commission ordinance pass for second reading.
- The Board adopted a resolution opposing state bill SB 2273, which would limit redevelopment agency powers.
- Ordinance banning employment discrimination was deferred two weeks and re-referred to committee for a compromise draft.
- A bill changing how purchase and use tax yield is spent, aimed at lowering property tax rates, was tabled.
- The Board adopted a resolution in memoriam honoring Theodore G. Meyer, by unanimous rising vote.
- The Board adopted a resolution congratulating Mr. and [name withheld], Sr.
- Proposed citywide ban on employment discrimination by race, religion and origin was sent back to committee for two weeks.
- Board adopted a letter urging Governor Knight to sign AB 1400, state aid for rehabilitating the Palace of [name withheld].
- Board adopts resolution congratulating Mr. and [name withheld].
- Resolution in memory of [name withheld] presented by Supervisors Halley and Rolph.
- The Board adopted a resolution in memoriam for [name withheld].
- Supervisor Halley asked the state to consider a small boats harbor on surplus Water Department land in South San Francisco.
- Board adopted a resolution congratulating [name withheld], Jr.
- Clay Street zoning appeal put off for a full Board
- Light industry refused on Clay Street west of Montgomery Street
- [name withheld] Hawes Street rezoning put off despite his lawyer's protest
- A proposal requiring motels to report minors and keep guest registers was re-referred to committee for further study.
- Board put off appeal of Planning Commission's approval, with stipulations, of Julian Avenue rezoning to Commercial for one week.
- [name withheld] and [name withheld] assessment appeal for block 3102, lot 13 was granted in part, cutting the building assessment from $7,800 to $6,000.
- Hearing date set for the Hawes Street zoning appeal
- Board rescinded its earlier resolution setting a hearing on rezoning Hawes Street property, after the City Attorney ruled it lacked jurisdiction.
- Clay Street zoning appeal put off, Supervisor McCarty absent
- Equalization application by Islais Creek Grain Terminal Corp. on a $67,284 possessory interest was continued one week.
- Manco Pacific Company's equalization application for 1298 Shotwell Street was temporarily postponed; its outcome continues on the next page.
- Clay Street rezoning appeal put off for a week
- Assessment on [name withheld] razed building at 947-51 Webster Street reduced to zero.
- Request by [name withheld] to cut the building assessment at 930 Corbett Avenue was denied.
- Equalization application by [name withheld] on a $63,268 possessory interest was continued one week.
- Director of Property recommended denying the [name withheld] assessment appeal for 1410 Innes Avenue; outcome not yet recorded.
- Shops allowed on Hawes Street between Hudson and Innes Avenues
- Assessment appeal of [name withheld] and [name withheld] denied
- The Mayor's nominees to the Commission on Equal Employment Opportunity were approved by the Board.
- Islais Creek Grain Terminals Corp. asked that its $67,284 possessory interest assessment be reduced to zero; outcome not printed here.
- Charter amendment on retirement credit for retired teachers' reserves was continued one week.
- Proposed change to fire escape rules to allow building the new Hall of Justice was sent back to committee.
- Charter amendment exempting part-time civil service positions under $125 monthly was continued one week.
- Charter amendment on counting property owners' signatures for planning appeals was continued one week.
- Resolution 18138 was adopted by the Board; its subject is printed on the previous page.
- Charter amendment on retirement credits for teachers' reserves was continued one week, to August 19, 1957.
- Charter amendment on counting owner signatures for appeals from City Planning Commission decisions was continued one week.
- The Board sent a letter asking the State Allocation Board for a hearing opposing Jefferson Elementary School District's proposed land purchase for Pershing School.
- Charter amendment exempting part-time positions paying under $125 a month from civil service was continued one week.
- Mayor's recommendation to appoint [name withheld] to the Redevelopment Agency was presented to the Board.
- Charter amendment giving retiring teachers credit on current contributions for released reserves was ordered submitted as amended.
- The Board adopted a resolution asking the Mayor to appoint a citizens' committee for [name withheld] visit.
- Four city officials were granted leaves of absence to travel out of state in September and October 1957.
- Supervisor Halley's policy declaration on the Jefferson Elementary School District's land condemnation was referred to committee.
- Consideration of $1,400 for visiting judges' pay was continued one week for lack of votes to pass as an emergency.
- Board directed a city representative to appear before the State Allocation Board on a San Mateo school district's request for funds to buy San Francisco property.
- Board adopted a resolution directing the City Attorney to resist San Mateo school district's encroachment on San Francisco land.
- Halley moved to send the taxicab ordinance back to the Police Committee, and the Board agreed.
- Jay E. Jellick approved as Parking Authority member for a term running to October 26, 1961.
- Board adopted a resolution in memory of [name withheld].
- Board adopted a resolution in memory of [name withheld].
- [name withheld] to receive a certificate of commendation for a meritorious work suggestion; motion adopted.
- A motion moved by Supervisor Halley and seconded by Supervisor Sullivan was adopted, though its subject is not printed here.
- The Board carried a motion urging approval of the site utilization plan for General Pershing Elementary School in Daly City, 6 to 4.
- Proposal to have the city pay to rebuild automobile runways when street work changes curb elevation was continued one week.
- Board re-referred the $19,935 City Attorney appropriation for intervening in Pacific Telephone's rate application to the Finance Committee.
- Board refused to overturn the Planning Commission's approval of a quarry south of Bay View Park, so the quarry approval stands.
- St. Mary's Square Garage asked to lower its parking rates
- Police Inspectors [name withheld] and [name withheld] are commended by resolution presented jointly by all Board members.
- Proposed Police Code change allowing airport contractor taxi service was referred to the Public Utilities Commission for review and report.
- Shops refused at Parnassus and Hillway Avenues
- Board unanimously adopted a resolution in memoriam of [name withheld].
- Resolution adopted congratulating [name withheld], jointly presented by all supervisors.
- Civil Service Commission asked to draft an ordinance setting residential qualifications, following a November 1957 Charter amendment.
- Board adopted a resolution in memory of [name withheld].
- Board asks city departments whether they have capital improvement plans, so a bond issue could cover them all.
- Board postponed one week a pending ordinance on a rate-reduction contract with Barrett Transportation Company after a substitute motion.
- The Board sent a letter of sympathy to the family of the late [name withheld] and adjourned in her memory.
- Proposed Police Code change would exempt airport-bound ground transport operators from taxi licence requirements; full board debate continues.
- The Board adopted a motion sending sympathy to the family of [name withheld] and adjourning in his memory.
- San Francisco Stadium, Inc. to fund a Bay View recreation center
- Appeal against approval to rezone La Playa property between Irving and Judah Streets was continued for one week.
- Supervisor Halley's motion sending a letter of sympathy to the family of [name withheld] was adopted.
- Proposed ordinance would set residence rules for city job applicants and staff, and Casey moved to require five years in San Francisco for police.
- $26,415.20 for Bay View Park stadium land put off
- $26,415.20 for the Bay View Park stadium site put off
- Board continued for one week a $26,415.20 appropriation to lease railway right of way and streets at the Bay View Park Stadium site.
- Alameda-York parking plaza operating lease awarded to one operator
- $2.5M approved for roads into the Bay View Park stadium
- An item on Union Street west of Sansome, no action stated
- The Board adopted a resolution asking the Mayor to proclaim May 25, 1958 as Volunteers of America Week.
- Five owners protest the Sixteenth Street paving bill near Roosevelt Way
- Proposal to create a committee studying a Southern Bay Crossing and appoint representatives was referred to the County, State and National Affairs Committee.
- Resolution opposing a twin or parallel San Francisco Bay crossing was referred back to the County, State and National Affairs Committee for study.
- An emergency $3,000 appropriation for Municipal Court jurors' and witness' fees was sent to Finance Committee.
- Ortega Street block limited to single-family houses instead of two-family
- An emergency $10,000 appropriation for the Police Department radio room at the Hall of Justice was sent to Finance Committee.
- An emergency $42,367 appropriation for Fire Department overtime and [name withheld] was sent to Finance Committee.
- Appeal against a City Planning Commission approval to rezone Block 1803 lots near Irving and Judah Streets from commercial to residential was temporarily postponed.
- Avila Street item put off until the full Board is present
- Proposal to appoint a full-time federal legislative representative was temporarily postponed pending a full Board.
- Fitzgerald Avenue rezoning appeal put off for a week
- A citywide Housing Code was temporarily postponed pending the arrival of Supervisor Dobbs.
- $26,627 appropriation for Superior Court was temporarily postponed pending enough votes for emergency enactment.
- $1,075 for [name withheld] and scavenger service at Juvenile Hall was temporarily postponed pending enough votes.
- Consideration of buying property from W. B. Rhodes for the Crosstown Freeway was continued for one week.
- $2,800 for temporary salaries at Juvenile Hall was temporarily postponed pending enough votes for emergency enactment.
- $8,247 emergency appropriation for Recreation and Park vehicles and out-of-town travel is listed; its outcome continues on the next page.
- Proposed purchase of [name withheld] property for the Crosstown Freeway was tabled by the Board.
- Supervisor Halley proposed adding a clause making the Giants cover any shortfall below $364,000 in stadium income.
- Mayor returned unsigned a measure on sending city representatives to the US Conference of Mayors; Board temporarily postponed it.
- Board of Equalization denied [name withheld] and [name withheld] request to lower the building assessment on Block 749 Lot 2D.
- Assessment appeal of Baptistin and [name withheld] on Block 6512 Lot 10A was denied, leaving the building value unchanged.
- A $3,000 emergency appropriation for visiting judges' salaries in Municipal Court was referred to Finance Committee.
- Refunds of $4.30 to [name withheld] and $16.80 to J. W. McClenahan Company were sent back to Finance Committee.
- Proposed $1.5M bond for a new Department of Electricity maintenance yard was tabled from the ballot.
- Proposed $1.3M bond to expand the Public Works maintenance yard was tabled from the ballot.
- Proposed $22.2M bond for a courthouse and City Hall rehabilitation was tabled, keeping it off the 1958 ballot.
- Proposed $3.6M bond to rehabilitate the Palace of [name withheld] was tabled, keeping it off the 1958 ballot.
- Proposed ban on taking or drinking liquor at San Francisco Hospital and Laguna Honda Home was re-referred to Police Committee.
- Proposed $7.2M bond to remodel the Civic Auditorium was tabled, keeping it off the November 1958 ballot.
- The Board adopted a motion sending a letter of sympathy to the family of the late [name withheld].
- A $3,900 appropriation for six two-way automobile radios for the Municipal Railway was continued one week.
- Part of Ralston Street ordered closed after a quiet hearing
- Emergency $3,000 appropriation for Municipal Court visiting judges' salaries was continued for one week.
- Consideration of legal action to remove use restrictions on the Palace of [name withheld] was continued for one week.
- Nat Schmulowitz was approved as a member of the Commission on Equal Employment Opportunity.
- Board approves Mrs. Raymond E. Alderman's appointment to the Commission on Equal Employment Opportunity.
- Protest overruled on the Minerva Street sewer bill
- Charter amendment requiring two-thirds Board approval for airport land leases to public utilities, including airlines, was adopted.
- The Mayor was authorized to pursue designating San Francisco as the site for the 1960 Democratic and Republican National Conventions.
- Steiner Street closed for the Fillmore Festival Holidays
- The Board adopted a letter of sympathy to the family of the late [name withheld].
- South Van Ness rezoning put off for a week
- Marina Boulevard rezoning put off for a week
- Board adopts a resolution honoring Police Chief [name withheld] as a fitting memorial.
- Gilman Avenue truck limit stays tabled in the Police Committee
- Proposed $3,021 emergency appropriation for Public Health sick leave was temporarily postponed.
- The Board adopted a motion sending a letter of sympathy to the family of [name withheld].
- Board authorized the Controller to pay expenses of the public hearing on the Embarcadero-Lower Market Project Area E-1 plan.
- Supervisor Halley's resolution asks the Interior Secretary to reconsider declaring the Old Mint Building a historic site; referred to committee.
- The Board adopted a letter of sympathy to the family of the late [name withheld].
- Board adopted a resolution authorizing refunds of duplicate and erroneous tax payments for fiscal years 1956-57 and 1957-58.
- Board adopted a resolution extending emergency relief to dependent non-residents for October and November 1958.
- Board adopted a resolution authorizing the city to buy property from [name withheld] for $16,500 for the Southern Freeway.
- $2,000 for temporary street repair wages sent to committee
- Board adopted a resolution approving supplemental recommendations from the Public Welfare Department, per its September 30, 1958 letter.
- Board adopted a resolution authorizing the city to buy property from [name withheld] for $9,250 for the Southern Freeway.
- Public Works' $3,845 emergency request for temporary salaries was put off one week for lack of members.
- Board sent the Embarcadero-Lower Market redevelopment plan back to the Redevelopment Agency and Planning Commission for a financial report.
- Letter of sympathy adopted for the
- Resolution to buy land from [name withheld] for $39,000 for the Crosstown Freeway was adopted, 9 to 2.
- Board adopted a resolution in memoriam for [name withheld] by rising vote.
- Board adopted a resolution welcoming [name withheld] of Greece to San Francisco.
- Mayor was asked to appoint a citizens' committee to welcome [name withheld] of Greece; adopted.
- Ferry Building Park bond of $2,785,000 tabled
- The Board adopted a resolution congratulating [name withheld], presented by Supervisor Halley.
- The Board confirmed the assessment for the sewer and street improvement of Prague Street between Brazil and Excelsior Avenues.
- A proposed Fire Code article on open outdoor fires and air pollution was moved for passage and the Board resolved into Committee of the Whole.
- A resolution congratulating the College of Physicians and Surgeons of San Francisco was adopted.
- The Board adopted a resolution backing California agriculture and rural neighbours during National Farm-City Week.
- A proposed zoning amendment adding a Section 22 on floor area ratio was temporarily postponed pending Supervisor Dobbs's arrival.
- Traffic limits on Gilman Avenue near Bay View Park
- Supervisor Halley asked for information on whether the city pays San Mateo County taxes on school-used parts of two properties.
- Board refused to adopt a resolution pledging the city would not litigate Jefferson Elementary School District's property acquisition.
- Army Street rezoning appeal put off for a week
- Shops denied on Army Street east of Harrison Street
- Clerk asked to find whether supervisors may join the city's Health Service System, and apply if eligible.
- The Board adopted a resolution creating an Advisory Committee on Regional Service and rescinding Resolution 455 of 1939.
- Leaves of absence approved for [name withheld] and [name withheld] to travel outside the state.
- Board adopted a resolution in memory of [name withheld] by a rising vote.
- Mayor's appointments of Eugene Bennett, [name withheld] and [name withheld] to War Memorial trustees were confirmed.
- Hearing on closing an unnamed street south of Los Palmos Drive
- [name withheld] Street northeast of Ninth Street closed for good
- [name withheld] was approved as a member of the Redevelopment Agency.
- The Board voted to send a letter of sympathy to the family of the late [name withheld].
- Resolution 31-59 was adopted, but its subject is not printed on this page.
- Supervisors postponed for two weeks consideration of restricting traffic on Oilman Avenue between Third and Fitch Streets.
- Property owners' bill confirmed for Bowdoin Street sewer work
- Board adopted a resolution in memoriam for [name withheld] by rising vote.
- Controller authorized to pay Board and Finance Committee expenses for 1959-1960 salary and budget hearings.
- Clerk authorized to send the Board of Supervisors' office budget estimates for fiscal 1959-60 to the Controller.
- The Board adopted a motion to send a letter of sympathy to the family of [name withheld].
- A Streets Committee resolution opposing many proposed San Francisco freeways was debated and an amendment proposed; the vote continues.
- The Board adopted a resolution congratulating [name withheld].
- Reaffirmed policy that the Old Mint Building be sold to private interests and returned to the tax roll.
- The Board adopted a resolution commending Chester R. MacPhee.
- The Board adopted a resolution congratulating [name withheld].
- Hearing on grade change for Los Palmos Drive, Stanford Heights Avenue and Melrose Avenue continued two weeks amid damage claims.
- Rules for replacing parking meters, paid from meter revenue or by contract, were referred to Finance Committee.
- The Board endorsed a bill letting the Port Authority convey two blocks of land to the Redevelopment Agency.
- Board adopted a resolution in memoriam of [name withheld].
- The Board ratified Maurice J. Shean's appointment as the City's federal legislative representative.
- Board of Supervisors congratulated Mr. and [name withheld] by resolution, adopted eleven to zero.
- Proposed $125,000 supplemental appropriation for a Municipal Railway survey was referred to the Joint Finance and Public Utilities Committee.
- [name withheld] was appointed to the board of directors of the Bay Area Rapid Transit District.
- Opposition to a state bill letting supervisors or mayors also serve on the BART board was adopted, replacing an earlier recommendation.
- Board adopted a resolution urging Congress to authorize payments to local governments in lieu of taxes on federal property.
- Ordinance appropriating $1,080 for Tax Collector temporary salaries was referred to Finance Committee.
- The Board commended the San Francisco Chapter of Order of De Molay and the Scottish Rite bodies.
- The Board sent a letter of sympathy to the family of the late [name withheld].
- Board adopted a resolution paying tribute to [name withheld], D.D.
- Supervisor J. Joseph Sullivan was authorized to attend a Senate committee hearing on state bill AB 530 concerning BART.
- Supervisor J. Joseph Sullivan authorized to attend a Senate committee in Sacramento on AB 530, BART board membership.
- Authorization for a Public Utilities Commission representative to attend an aviation writers convention was continued one week.
- Board adopted a resolution in memory of [name withheld] by rising vote.
- Board confirmed the assessment for sewer and street improvement on Getz Street, done by contractor M. J. Lynch.
- Travel to a Washington, D.C. aviation writers convention for a Public Utilities Commission staff member was re-referred to Finance Committee.
- State court salary bills continued for a week
- Aquatic Park maritime museum land purchase sent back to committee
- Halley's request for City Attorney procedures on a Bay Area joint agency was granted and sent to committee.
- Board adopted a resolution congratulating [name withheld].
- Parts of First, Rincon and Sterling Streets closed for good
- State bill to shift highway construction money opposed
- Board temporarily postponed the $125,000 Chief Administrative Officer appropriation for a local transit study.
- Consideration of a $4,375 emergency appropriation for Sheriff vehicle upkeep was continued one week.
- Consideration of a $31,325 emergency appropriation for sewage treatment plants and sewer repairs was continued one week.
- Consideration of a $5,286 emergency appropriation for the Purchasing Department was continued one week.
- Refreshment stands at Stern Grove offered to [name withheld] Catering
- Consideration of a $426 emergency appropriation for Public Health sick leave was continued one week.
- Consideration of a $5,850 emergency appropriation for Public Library temporary wages was continued one week.
- Public Works' $31,325 emergency appropriation for sewage plant contracts and supplies was continued for one week.
- Purchasing Department's $5,285 emergency appropriation from the reserve fund was continued for one week.
- Consideration of $4,594 for Recreation and Park scavenger service and animal food was continued for one week.
- Consideration of $2,500 in temporary salaries for Juvenile Hall was continued for one week.
- The Board adopted a motion sending a letter of sympathy to the family of the late [name withheld].
- Sheriff's $4,375 emergency appropriation for vehicle, fuel and power costs was continued for one week.
- Municipal Railway appropriation of $37,840 for materials and Public Utilities Commission engineering services was introduced; outcome continues on the next page.
- Consideration of $59,000 from a parking bond fund for Sutter-Stockton parking land was continued to May 26, 1959.
- Board adopted a resolution urging state enactment of bills raising salaries of Municipal Court attachés.
- The Board sent a refreshment concession agreement for several city parks back to Finance Committee.
- Stanyan Street purchase put off for a week
- Supervisors temporarily postponed a proposed $100,000 purchase of the Montgomery Tract for the [name withheld].
- The Board accepted a $2,000,000 gift from [name withheld] to help restore the Palace of [name withheld].
- Resolution thanking [name withheld] for his gift toward restoring the Palace of [name withheld] was adopted.
- [name withheld] allowed to attend a Utah judges' convention
- Land bought from [name withheld] for $10,250 to widen Webster Street
- $37,840 voted for Municipal Railway materials and supplies
- Supervisor Halley presented a $30,000 emergency appropriation for materials and supplies at San Francisco General Hospital.
- Board of Supervisors adopted resolution extending emergency relief grants to dependent non-residents for June and July 1959.
- Board of Supervisors adopted Public Welfare Department recommendations making responsible relatives liable to contribute to aid recipients' support.
- Board of Supervisors adopted resolution letting the Civic Auditorium manager attend an auditorium managers' convention in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Board of Supervisors adopted resolution sending three Juvenile Court representatives to a probation conference in Sacramento.
- The Board adopted a motion sending a letter of sympathy to the
- Recreation and Park fuel and lubricant appropriation cut from $1,125 to $985 by amendment; final vote still pending.
- Owners' bill confirmed for the Sawyer Street improvement
- The Board refused to disapprove the Public Utilities Commission's plan to end C streetcar service from the East Bay Terminal to Thirty-third Avenue.
- Emergency $1,946 from reserve for [name withheld] Aquarium maintenance was referred to Finance Committee.
- Park concession deal with [name withheld] sent back to committee
- Hearing on ending the B streetcar line to the Great Highway
- Supervisor Dobbs' proposal urges state law letting redevelopment agencies take land immediately; Dobbs wants it returned to committee.
- Emergency $3,000 from reserve for temporary Sheriff's keeper salaries was referred to Finance Committee.
- The Board adopted a motion sending a letter of sympathy to the family of the late [name withheld].
- Owners' bill confirmed for the France Avenue improvement
- Board passed a $350 appropriation for [name withheld] at the Emergency Hospitals as an emergency measure.
- The Board passed an emergency $1,000 appropriation for a fence around the Spanish Monastery at the de [name withheld].
- Board adopted a resolution asking the Governor not to sign S.B. 48, which changes the state primary election date.
- An emergency ordinance appropriating $770 for patient-help salaries at the Laguna Honda Home was moved for passage.
- The Board urged California's senators to secure enactment of an appropriations bill for a Bay Area survey.
- The Board unanimously voted to send a letter of sympathy to the family of the late [name withheld].
- The Board adopted a resolution authorizing an appointment, and [name withheld] named Supervisor Blake to the Redwood Empire Association executive board.
- [name withheld] and [name withheld] request to reduce the assessment on Block 6563, Lot 14 was moved to be continued one week.
- The Board adopted a policy position on State Senate Bill 851 concerning western water rights.
- The Board moved by rising vote to send a letter of sympathy to the family of [name withheld].
- Emergency ordinance amending the annual salary ordinance for changed and new city job classifications was finally passed.
- Supervisor Halley moved adoption of a resolution in memoriam for [name withheld]; the vote is on the next page.
- The Board continued the assessment appeal of [name withheld] and [name withheld] for one week; the applicant did not attend.
- [name withheld] and [name withheld] building assessment was reduced from $5,100 to $4,600 on block 481, lot 3.
- Board reduced the building assessment of [name withheld] and [name withheld] block 3722, lot 41 property from $39,850 to $25,000.
- The Board voted by rising vote to send a letter of sympathy to the family of the late [name withheld].
- Board sends a letter of sympathy to the family of the late [name withheld].
- [name withheld] and Mr. Terry A. Francois were reappointed to the Commission on Equal Employment Opportunity.
- Ordinance giving $2,800 for relocating families displaced by urban renewal condemnations was continued for one week.
- Supervisor Halley asked the City Attorney to study a non-profit organization to help the redevelopment program.
- City sends sympathy letter to family of Col.
- The Board adopted a resolution in memoriam for [name withheld] by rising vote.
- Board adopted a resolution congratulating Mr. and [name withheld].
- Letter of sympathy approved for the family of the late [name withheld].
- A letter of sympathy was sent to the family of the late [name withheld].
- The Board adopted Supervisor Halley's motion to send a letter of sympathy to the family of [name withheld].
- The Board adopted Resolution 844-59 in memory of [name withheld], Sr., by a rising vote.
- The Board adopted a motion sending a letter of sympathy to the family of [name withheld].
- The Board adopted a motion sending a letter of sympathy to the family of the late [name withheld].
- The Board adopted a resolution in memoriam for [name withheld] by rising vote.
- Consideration of a $3,420 Public Works appropriation for building repair temporary salaries was continued one week.
- Consideration of a $3,336 appropriation for Health Service System overtime and supplies was continued one week.
- Board adopted a motion sending a letter of sympathy to the family of the late [name withheld].
- The Board adopted a resolution authorizing refunds of duplicate and erroneous tax payments for fiscal years 1958-59 and 1959-60.
- The Board adopted Public Welfare Department recommendations making responsible relatives liable to contribute to support of categorical aid recipients.
- Consideration was continued one week on a resolution to waive the statute of limitations and reissue four old payee warrants.
- The Board adopted a resolution extending emergency relief grants to dependent non-residents for December 1959 and January 1960.
- The Board adopted a resolution adjusting Recreation and Park inventory to record equipment stolen from McLaren Pool.
- Consideration of Ordinance 832-59, a $3,420 emergency appropriation for Public Works building repair, was continued one week.
- Board adopted revised water rate schedules for residential, commercial, industrial and general uses within and outside San Francisco.
- Board adopted a resolution letting the Controller reissue warrants totaling $175.78 to four named payees despite the statute of limitations.
- Chinese Art Goods Dealers back the Portsmouth Plaza garage in petitions
- Board adopted a finding that approving revised water rate schedules requires no tax subsidy, affecting residential, commercial and industrial water users.
- Board adopted a resolution in memory of [name withheld] by rising vote.
- A Finance Committee item called out by Supervisor Halley was taken up out of order and adopted.
- Appropriation of $2,400 from reserve fund for equipment was referred to the Finance Committee.
- Rules for settling city claims and lawsuits sent to committee.
- $11,067 for emergency hospital pay sent to committee.
- Board finally passed as an emergency $3,409 from the Emergency Reserve Fund for Public Health communicable disease supplies.
- Freeway plan report asked for; sent to committee.
- $21,800 emergency money for court temp staff and jurors
- Flower show contract put off one week; not decided yet.
- $437 emergency money for juvenile hall pest control; sent to committee.
- Citizens' committee to plan founding-days observance approved
- City approves flower show agreement with Flower Show, Inc
- Tax-roll error fixed; one property's taxes go up
- Candlestick Park security money sent to Finance Committee.
- $212,690 for building Civic Center Plaza passes second reading
- Decision on the Skyline National Parkway route put off
- A proposed Skyline National Parkway route from San Francisco to Santa Cruz was taken up, with an amendment moved; no final vote is shown.
- Emergency $6,937 security funding for Candlestick Park was referred to the Finance Committee.
- Parking office phone and contract money sent to Finance Committee.
- [name withheld] says Bonview Street work damaged his property; report ordered
- Department of Electricity would receive $2,062 for radio division supplies; referred to Finance Committee.
- Radio supplies money sent to committee; not yet decided.
- Board adopted Resolution 130-60 authorizing the Public Works Director to finish additional work at Candlestick Park quickly.
- State water-bond request put on hold.
- Muni staff pay rules change moved forward; not final.
- Supervisor Ferdon proposed urging changes to state bill S.B. 45 on Port Authority eminent domain; consideration was postponed.
- Money for temporary building inspection staff sent to committee.
- Portsmouth Square parking lease transfer to city parking corporation approved
- North Center Parking's Portsmouth Square bid temporarily put off
- Sewage plant contract money sent to committee for review.
- Proposal for a citizens' committee for a 1966 World's Fair was sent back to committee for additional study.
- Money for visiting judges' pay sent to Finance Committee.
- $7,085 to furnish supervisors' new offices approved
- An emergency appropriation of $861 for War Memorial temporary salaries was referred to Finance Committee.
- Money for a nationwide police job exam; not yet final.
- Willow Street proposed for closing between Octavia and Gough
- Board referred to Finance Committee a modified cooperative agreement funding Ferry Park in Embarcadero-Lower Market project area.
- Baker Street water main money sent back to committee
- Candlestick Park repair money sent to committee.
- Emergency Hospital gets $3,120 for staff sick pay
- Prices for Municipal Code pamphlet excerpts proposed; old rule dropped.
- Golden Gate Riding Academy to run stables in Golden Gate Park
- Only permanent shared-service jobs in salary rules proposed.
- Retirement and social security budget amounts proposed to change.
- New city pay schedules proposed for July 1, 1960.
- Budget changes for job classifications proposed.
- $306,802 sought to finish the McLaren Park golf course
- Supervisors honored retiring official
- Higher rates for city construction work outside SF proposed.
- Budget rules for shared-service jobs proposed; no vote shown.
- A final passage vote with no subject on this page
- Pay rates for disability transfers proposed.
- Budget changes to water and utility staff jobs listed; no vote shown.
- Taxes cancelled on Housing Authority land for Hayes Valley apartments
- An emergency ordinance appropriating $1,500 for temporary salaries in the Sheriff's office reached final passage.
- Fort Funston land sale request sent to committee for now
- McLaren Park golf course money sent back to the Finance Committee
- Airport insurance premium money sent to committee for now
- Extra salary-related budget money for city staff proposed.
- Zoo group's extra concessions at [name withheld] Playfield still pending
- Controller's power to shift budget money between departments proposed.
- Motion to adopt the 1960-61 city budget, as amended, proposed.
- A $70,000 emergency appropriation for indigent aid was sent to the Finance Committee.
- Sale of city lots in St. Francis Wood sent back to committee
- An adoption vote with no subject on this page
- Proposed ban on advertising on streets in the Candlestick Park area was continued one week for a City Attorney opinion.
- A matter sent to the Finance Committee, subject not named
- Laguna Honda Home part-time doctor post set up; sent to committee.
- Public library gets $3,500 for temporary wages; sent to committee.
- Powell Street flower stand move sent back to committee.
- Sick-leave money for emergency hospital staff sent to committee.
- $933,682 federal grant accepted for San Francisco airport development
- Mason and Pine Streets variance appeal held for a fuller Board
- Forty-first Avenue rezoning appeal put off for a fuller Board
- Motion to lower the building assessment on [name withheld] and [name withheld] property from $13,500 to $12,500 was temporarily postponed.
- Sidewalk width change on Stockton Street was continued for one week by the Board.
- Board denied [name withheld] and [name withheld] request to lower the building assessment on Block 1249, Lot 10-A.
- Sutter and Stockton widening map sent to the Finance Committee
- Pay and work conditions for some city job groups changed
- Sidewalk widths on part of Sutter Street to be changed
- S. F. Downtown Parking Corp's possessory interest of $352,440 was reduced to nil by the Board.
- S. F. Downtown Parking Corp.'s $352,440 possessory interest tax was reduced to nil by the Board.
- S.F. Downtown Parking Corp's possessory interest reduction from $352,440 was rescinded and its application denied.
- Duplicate and mistaken tax payments for 1959-60 refunded
- Board asked that the proposed Bay Area rapid transit district bond obligation go to the Finance Committee on August 3, 1960.
- A proposal to rezone a parcel at Geary Boulevard and Thirty-sixth Avenue from R-3 to R-1 was continued one week.
- Powell Street flower stand may sit 25 feet from Geary Street
- Board honours the late
- Board honours the late
- $600 rent increase for Business Branch Library sent to committee.
- Letter of sympathy sent to the family of
- Board sends a letter of sympathy to the family of the late [name withheld].
- Board continued consideration of a resolution endorsing the California Water Plan and urging voters to support its bond issue.
- Civic Center parking rate change sent back to committee.
- Tax cancellation for Skyway Baptist Church put off to [name withheld] 19.
- Resolution proposed to endorse the California Water Plan (SB 1106) and urge San Francisco voters to support the bond.
- Sympathy letter sent to family of
- $790,000 water yard purchase sent back to committee.
- Board adopted a motion sending a letter of sympathy to the family of the late [name withheld].
- Support for state water plan and bond put off.
- Dance hall and closing-sale fee changes
- Recreation and Park funding of $229,400 for buying land for McLaren Park was temporarily postponed by the Board.
- Proposed parking rate change at the Civic Center parking facility was re-referred to the Finance Committee.
- Voters urged to back the California Water Plan bond issue
- Board adopted resolution authorizing correction of clerical errors in the 1960-61 assessment roll, raising some taxes.
- Palace of [name withheld] deed and lease sent back to committee
- Board adopted new hourly, overnight and monthly parking rates for the Sutter-Stockton public parking facility, amending its lease.
- City may take private land for a Drumm Street sewer station
- $1,099,837 voted for street, sewer and airport work
- A taxpayer's request for a tax refund turned down
- Wrongly collected taxes for 1956-59 refunded to taxpayers
- 2017 Webster Street rezoned for denser apartment housing
- The Board adopted a motion to send a congratulatory communication to [name withheld] on his 80th birthday.
- Innes Avenue paving bill confirmed and handed to the contractor
- $8,500 sought to rebuild Hotaling Place between Washington and Jackson
- Board adopts a tribute to the late
- $2,500 for tearing down Hudson Avenue houseboats [name withheld] again
- Board continued for one week the proposal to abolish sidewalk width on Hotaling Place between Washington and Jackson Streets.
- Consideration of a $100,000 self-insurance reserve fund for city officers and employees was continued one week.
- Emergency aid extended for some non-residents, November and December
- The Clerk was directed to report on building code changes needed to allow newer smoke-proof building techniques.
- The Board adopted a motion sending a letter of sympathy to the family of the late [name withheld].
- Stray dog and leash rules advanced one step; not final.
- The Board adopted a motion sending a letter of sympathy to the family of the late [name withheld].
- City honours [name withheld] with formal praise
- Fifth and Mission parking garage approved in principle to add two levels
- Golden Gate Bridge joining a regional authority sent to committee.
- Some 1960 property tax bills corrected upward after clerical errors
- Demolition of non-complying houseboats on Hudson Avenue put on hold.
- Supervisors took a break to caucus on bridge district elections
- Consent agreement letting Shearson-Hammill and Company sublease part of the Sutter-Stockton Garage for brokerage use was adopted.
- Petition to bring battleship USS Missouri to San Francisco sent to committee.
- Board congratulates George Washington High School on 25 years
- Two owners to be repaid $510 for Glendale stairway work
- No one protests Fay Improvement Company's work on Los Palmos Drive
- The Redevelopment Agency's second amendment to its Diamond Heights federal loan and grant contract was re-referred to Finance Committee.
- Matching pay rule changes for city job changes passed.
- $45,000 for Candlestick batting backdrop sent back to committee.
- Emergency $22,000 appropriation for de Young Museum and Recreation and Park Department accident compensation referred to Finance Committee.
- Proposed city purchase of Islais Creek land for a wholesale produce market is still under amendment debate.
- The Board directed the Clerk to request the BART district's approved transit plan and have the Public Works Director review it.
- $47,598 set aside for care of poor residents
- $45,000 for a batters' background at Candlestick Park put off
- Sick-leave money for emergency hospital staff sent to committee.
- A letter of sympathy was approved for the family of the late [name withheld].
- City sends sympathy letter to family of
- No one protests Fay Improvement Company's work on Ordway Street
- Supervisor Halley proposed a $115,000,000 bond issue for municipal water system improvements, referred to Finance Committee.
- Clerk asked the City Attorney and Controller to study state bill S.B. 853 creating a Golden Gate Transportation Commission.
- Supervisors honored departing Supervisor Henry R. Rolph with a commendation
- City urges Congress to create Point Reyes National Seashore
- Board adopted a motion sending a letter of sympathy to the family of the late [name withheld].
- Board considers extending to April 10 the date for consideration of a proposed hotel tax ordinance.
- Supervisor Halley moved that a letter of sympathy be sent to the family of the late [name withheld].
- City stance on Golden Gate transport bill being amended; result not shown.
- Pacific Heights tunnel sent to the City Attorney for an opinion
- The Board sends a letter of sympathy to the family of the late [name withheld].
- Allison Street and Watt Avenue upgrade still needs final vote.
- Hotel tax rewrite would drop a publicity advisory commission.
- The Chief Administrative Officer will ask the federal General Services Administration for more time for the City to buy Fort Funston.
- Halley moved to tie the hotel tax to buying the Fox Theatre, then withdrew the motion with no objection.
- Fort Funston bond plan sent back to committee for more study.
- The Board tabled its endorsement of SB 639, which would lower the bond vote needed for BART, after learning the bill had died.
- Supervisor Halley moved a letter of sympathy to the family of the late [name withheld], Jr.; the outcome appears on the next page.
- Mayor asked to name a Flag Day committee.
- Controller allowed to shift budget money between departments; no vote shown.
- Pay rates for disability transfers proposed; no vote shown.
- Higher charges for outside-city construction work proposed; no vote shown.
- Retirement and health charges in budget to be adjusted; no vote shown.
- Annual city budget adoption proposed; no vote shown.
- Budget changes proposed by finance panel; no vote shown.
- Staff pay changes proposed for July 1; no vote shown.
- Shared-service job rules proposed; no vote shown.
- The Board adopted a letter of sympathy to the family of the late [name withheld].
- Extra budget requests for pay changes proposed; no vote shown.
- Only permanent shared-service jobs to be listed; no vote shown.
- Supervisor McMahon was elected President Pro Tempore of the Board on May 15, 1961.
- Annual city budget adopted; final action set for May 26.
- City land sale to redevelopment agency put off.
- Proposed ordinance setting Health Service System contribution rates and fee schedules for 1961-1962 passed for second reading.
- City buys 40 fire hydrant sets for $22,400
- Board sits to hear property tax assessment appeals.
- City congratulated Mr. and
- Assessment appeal board adopts its rules of procedure
- The Board adopted a motion to send a letter of sympathy to the family of [name withheld].
- Property tax reduction request from Republic Properties held for later.
- Property tax reduction request from [name withheld] held for later.
- Board adopted a resolution commending [name withheld].
- Board sits to hear property tax assessment appeals
- Property tax reduction request from [name withheld] and [name withheld] held for later.
- [name withheld] and [name withheld] property assessment appeal was taken under advisement, with no reduction recommended by the Director of Property.
- [name withheld] and [name withheld] possessory interest assessment appeal, $7,772, was continued one week.
- Property tax reduction request from [name withheld] and [name withheld] held for later.
- [name withheld] possessory interest assessment appeal, $8,906, was continued one week.
- House of Loungers, Inc's possessory interest assessment appeal, $10,285, was continued one week.
- [name withheld] and [name withheld] possessory interest assessment appeal, $8,986, was continued one week.
- Bank of California's possessory interest assessment appeal, $140,668, was continued one week.
- Kearny Street sidewalks to shrink to 10 feet; awaiting final vote.
- Port grain terminal's tax value cut to zero
- Land swap with St. John's church awaiting final vote.
- Board continued Bank of California's equalization application over its $140,668 possessory interest for one week.
- Board continued House of Loungers, Inc.'s equalization application over its $10,285 possessory interest for one week.
- Board continued [name withheld] and [name withheld] equalization application over their $7,772 possessory interest for one week.
- Bank of California's possessory interest assessment reduced from $140,668 to $55,000 by the County Board of Equalization.
- Bank of California's tax value cut to $55,000
- Board continued [name withheld] and [name withheld] equalization application over their $8,986 possessory interest for one week.
- House of Loungers' tax value cut to $1,100
- Tax reduction requests not granted are formally denied
- A property owner's tax value cut to $800
- [name withheld] and [name withheld] tax value cut to $800
- Charter supplement price set at $1.35
- Water land sale in San Mateo County sent back to committee.
- Special permission refused on Goettingen Street south of Silver Avenue
- The Board adopted a resolution commending [name withheld] and [name withheld].
- Proposed $125,125 Airport appropriation for preliminary studies of a parking facility was temporarily postponed.
- Tax rate for fiscal 1961-1962 was temporarily postponed until Supervisor Tinney arrives.
- Taxes cancelled on Diamond Heights land acquired by agency
- City property tax rate set for 1961-62
- Official voter argument for water bond Proposition A passed
- Land for Excelsior branch library; vote delayed one week.
- Consideration of a $608,613.20 purchase of [name withheld] land from the United States for a Water Department yard was continued.
- National-Braemar to help pay for a footbridge over Geary Boulevard
- Commends the Golden Gate National Bank
- Consideration of an ordinance requiring Public Works cost estimates for bond-funded construction proposals was temporarily postponed.
- Supervisors pay tribute to late
- Fire chief's Michigan civil defense course trip sent to committee.
- Board continued for one week an ordinance requiring Public Works cost estimates before bond issues for public improvements.
- 150 Otis Street remodel for welfare department introduced.
- Clerical errors fixed on tax roll; some owners will pay more
- Letter of sympathy sent to the family of the late [name withheld], adopted by rising vote.
- The Board adopted a motion sending a letter of sympathy to the family of [name withheld].
- The Board adopted a motion sending a letter of sympathy to the family of [name withheld].
- Board finally passed an emergency ordinance appropriating $40,000 from the Emergency Reserve Fund for indigent care.
- The Board sent a letter of sympathy to the family of the late [name withheld].
- $24,901 emergency money for Civil Service sent to committee.
- City workers praised for United Crusade giving
- Resolution urges federal health secretary to establish a water pollution control research facility in the Bay Area.
- Federal government asked to set up Bay Area water lab
- $16,000 Legion of Honor skylight repairs sent to committee.
- Resolution approving the Bay Area Rapid Transit District's engineering, financial and economic reports was referred to committee.
- Civil Service office gets $24,901 for temporary staff and equipment
- No one protests Fay Improvement Company's crossing at Armstrong and Ingalls
- Companion pay rule for city jobs still pending.
- Correction of clerical errors in the 1961-1962 assessment roll, raising some taxes, was adopted.
- South of Market redevelopment area plan still pending.
- Board declines to overturn the Bocana Street rezoning denial
- Telegraph Hill Property Owners Council asked for a study of building height limits on the southern slope of Telegraph Hill; re-referral to committee was proposed.
- Strybing Arboretum Society gives a greenhouse to Golden Gate Park
- City Attorney asked to advise on BART plan approval
- Board adopted a letter of sympathy to the family of the late [name withheld].
- Supervisors set aside their vote on BART plan reports.
- Letter of sympathy sent to the family of Lt. [name withheld], adopted by the Board.
- Consideration of the Public Health Director's application for state maternal and child health funds was continued one week.
- The Board adopted a resolution authorizing correction of a clerical error in the 1962 assessment roll.
- Parnassus Avenue rezoning appeal put off pending a full Board
- Two officials granted leave to travel out of state.
- Board asked to overturn the Parnassus Avenue rezoning denial
- Contract to rehabilitate Path of Gold poles on Market Street sent back to Finance Committee for study.
- Recreation and Park's $55,000 wind study at Candlestick Park passed for second reading; Halley voted no.
- A Finance Committee ordinance would codify departmental revolving funds and raise three of their maximum amounts; outcome not shown here.
- Supervisors ask for 'San Francisco Days' proclamation and citizens committee
- The Board adopted a letter of sympathy to the family of [name withheld].
- Appeal of the Planning Commission's denial of a conditional use on Parnassus Avenue was temporarily postponed until the Board has full membership.
- Ban on race and religion bias in some housing sent to committee.
- City asks Public Utilities Commission to reconsider 5-cent senior off-peak fare
- Board sends letter of sympathy to the family of the late [name withheld].
- City commends
- The Board adopted a motion to send a letter of sympathy to the family of the late [name withheld].
- The Board adopted a resolution commending [name withheld].
- Board grants special permission on Parnassus Avenue with added conditions
- City accepts $500 gift for Helen Wills Playground
- Board asked to overturn the Parnassus Avenue rezoning denial
- Board continued consideration of a proposed ordinance waiving residence requirements for civil service examinations for one week.
- The Board adopted a letter of sympathy to the family of the late [name withheld].
- The Board adopted a letter of sympathy to the
- Street levels changed on Sixteenth Street between Third and Seventh
- Street levels changed on Sixteenth Street between Third and Seventh
- Residence requirement waiver for civil service examinations was re-referred to Judiciary Committee for additional study.
- Proposal to allow parking lots as conditional uses in C-3 districts was continued for two weeks.
- City finds no tax money needed for airport plane-storage fee change
- Supervisors commended George Washington High School
- Downtown bus-loading rule sent back to committee.
- Public hearing on proposed water rate change held; no vote shown.
- Supervisors found no tax money needed to cover revised water rates
- The Board adopted a letter of sympathy to the family of the late [name withheld].
- Eviction of produce merchants over Islais Creek move raised; no decision shown.
- The Board adopted congratulations to Mr. and [name withheld] on their 55th wedding anniversary.
- Plan to sell water land in San Mateo sent to committee.
- Supervisor Halley proposed legislation for the Housing Authority to demolish war housing in Hunters Point and Wisconsin areas; referred to committee.
- Board refused passage of a proposal requiring conditional-use permits before downtown property could be converted into parking lots.
- The Board adopted a motion sending a letter of sympathy to the family of the late [name withheld].
- Board amended, then postponed, a resolution asking the City Planning Commission for a comprehensive study of the Northern Waterfront Area.
- Board asked to overturn the Waller Street rezoning denial
- Coroner's office gets $4,417 from emergency fund
- Rules for preserving the city's essential records put off
- Arguello Park Community's request to build a park on Richmond Police Station property was temporarily postponed pending City Attorney information.
- Supervisor Boas asks to study a Panhandle Parkway and crosstown tunnel
- Board sent back to Streets Committee a proposed study of a crosstown vehicular tunnel under Pacific Heights.
- Alert Alley paving with $2,000 in city aid
- Request to transfer Ridge Point and Wisconsin housing land to city.
- Board set a June 25, 1962 public hearing on abandoning part of Municipal Railway Coach Line No. 10.
- Substitute opposing various freeways proposed; result not shown
- Weekly pay rise for city auto mechanics put off a week.
- A motion was made to send a letter of sympathy to the family of [name withheld].
- Board continued a resolution asking that land under the Ridge Point and Wisconsin housing projects be conveyed to the City.
- No one protests [name withheld] paving of Peralta Avenue
- Parking Authority deal for a Geary Boulevard parking lot
- $12,500 proposed to buy land for the Mullen Avenue extension
- Board continued consideration of a resolution endorsing State Proposition 13 on removing the tax exemption acreage limit for colleges.
- The Board sent a letter of sympathy to the family of the late [name withheld].
- Proposed $10,773 from the Mayor to prepare a federal funding application for Hunters Point redevelopment plans; continued two weeks.
- The Board refused to adopt a resolution disapproving the Municipal Railway Line 10 service cut on Seventh Avenue and Judah Street.
- A proposal to ban loading and unloading of passengers from certain buses in a downtown area was continued for two weeks.
- No one protests Fay Improvement Company's paving of Bradford Street
- City congratulates a resident on law degree
- The Board voted to sit as a County Board of Equalization to review property assessments on the local roll.
- $670,560 for 143 police jobs sent to Finance Committee.
- Consideration of a resolution requesting conveyance to the City of land under Ridge Point and Wisconsin housing projects was continued for two weeks.
- Supervisor Halley moves to put the rapid transit plan to voters
- [name withheld] application to equalize property assessment at Block 604, Lot 25 was continued one week.
- $10,773 for Hunters Point redevelopment application put off.
- [name withheld] application to reduce the building assessment at Block 6505, Lot 42 was taken under advisement.
- [name withheld] assessment appeal for Block 3610, Lot 28 was taken under advisement by the Board.
- Several city commissioners granted leave, including out-of-state travel.
- Tax-cut request from Joseph Davis held for later.
- [name withheld] property assessment equalization application was taken under advisement by the Board.
- [name withheld] and [name withheld] property assessment application for block 2701A, lot 16 was taken under advisement.
- Board took under advisement the assessment application of Joseph W. Davis for block 1014, lot 6, with no reduction recommended.
- Niantic Corporation's assessment appeal on block 3764, lot 61 was put under advisement; no reduction recommended.
- [name withheld] assessment appeal for Block 4259, Lot 12 was taken under advisement by the Board.
- Niantic Corporation's assessment appeal on block 3706, lot 48 was taken under advisement; no reduction recommended.
- Tax-cut request from [name withheld] held for later.
- William H. Knowles's assessment appeal for Block 3705, Lots 7 and 8 was taken under advisement by the Board.
- [name withheld] and [name withheld] request to reduce the assessment on block 184, lot 22 was taken under advisement.
- Tax-cut request from [name withheld] family held for later.
- Supervisor Halley moved a resolution asking that the land under the Ridge Point and Wisconsin housing projects go to the city.
- City congratulates one couple on a golden wedding anniversary
- Remaining tax-cut requests turned down
- Two parking garages' tax values cut to nothing
- Letter of sympathy sent to the family of the late [name withheld].
- Supervisors backed a [name withheld] in October 1962
- Public Utilities Commission proposed abandoning parts of Municipal Railway bus Line 42 in Hunters Point; the Board's disapproval continues on the next page.
- The Board sends a letter of sympathy to the family of the late [name withheld].
- Charter amendment merging Hetch Hetchy with the Water Department sent back for a two-thirds approval amendment.
- $5,000 asked for a retaining wall on Tenth Avenue
- Appeal over 1801 Van Ness Avenue put off a week
- City asked Shrine hospital group to consider a burn hospital here
- Police Academy in Golden Gate Park handed to park commission
- The Board temporarily postponed approval of the condominium subdivision map for The Hamilton.
- The Board temporarily postponed approval of the city's Workable Program for Community Improvement for 1962 to 1963.
- Workable Program for community improvement for 1962-63 is under debate; an amendment would drop reference to a single organization.
- Map of The Hamilton condominium subdivision was sent back to the Streets Committee for study of residential use limits.
- Officials, including the acting mayor, granted leave to be out of state
- The Board adopted official policy urging early construction of the New Don Pedro Dam and asking the Federal Power Commission to favor the Modesto and Turlock districts.
- Appeal over Vallejo and Florence Streets zoning put off a week
- Plan to give [name withheld] unused Sunnydale sewer rights, free
- Part of Chestnut Street to close on October 31
- $65,000 paid to the Lucinda Weeks Trust for Bosworth Street widening
- Proposed County Advisory Committee on Adult Detention was referred to the Joint Police and Finance Committee to estimate its costs.
- Planning refuses a zoning change on Vallejo and Florence Streets
- Board to hear property owners' protests against the improvement of Velasco Avenue between Santos and Carrizal Streets.
- Late pay checks for city workers questioned after a union complaint
- Board sends a letter of sympathy for
- Board praised London Week's chairman and its supporters
- Five new directors elected to Golden Gate Bridge district board
- [name withheld] allowed a collapsible post on Macondray Lane
- Kern County land lease for oil, gas and grazing postponed.
- Board hears the Fifteenth Street rezoning appeal near Buena Vista Terrace
- Webster Street air space plan sent to committee
- Supervisors formally commend
- Supervisors send sympathy over deaths of William P. Stanton Sr. and others
- Supervisors formally praise the
- Urge state to set up housing-discrimination commission; sent to committee.
- City honours late priest
- Firecracker permit for Chinese New Year parade sent back to committee.
- Supervisors observe opening of a Bank of America branch in San Mateo
- Plan to cancel 1961 Olympic bid request put aside.
- Board recessed its meeting on March 11, 1963, in memory of [name withheld], with a letter of sympathy to her family.
- The Board voted to send congratulations to [name withheld] on his 72nd birthday.
- Consideration of a change placing public property outside the zoning map area into a P district was continued for one week.
- Supervisors ask for a citizens committee for Memorial Day
- Consideration of a P district zoning change for designated public property was continued for one week.
- Proposal to rezone designated public property to a P district was continued one week pending City Attorney information.
- Animal research building at General Hospital moves forward.
- Proposal to place public property outside zoning sheets 1-13 into a P district was continued one week.
- Vote put off on shops at Alemany Boulevard and Lawrence Avenue
- Part of Fourteenth Avenue proposed for closing near Quintara Street
- Housing Authority buys Sacramento Street park land for $29,000
- Proposal to zone designated public property as a P district was continued one week.
- Board took up a $10,000 appropriation for preliminary sketches for rehabilitating the proposed Public Welfare building; outcome not printed here.
- Proposed ordinance would rezone designated public property to a new P district and add Section 105.29 to the City Planning Code.
- Proposal to place public property outside the zoning map sheets into a P district was continued three weeks.
- Rules on auctioneers using associates sent back to committee.
- Ordinance raising maximum payments for care and supervision of juvenile court wards and dependent children passed for second reading.
- Appeal over denial of rezoning from R-1 to C-1 for property bounded by Alemany Boulevard, Lawrence Avenue and DeWolfe Street continued one week.
- $74,131 spending bill for city departments approved
- Resolution disapproving the City Planning Commission's denial of the R-1 to C-1 rezoning near Alemany Boulevard continued one week.
- Request to change Alemany Boulevard land to commercial use turned down
- [name withheld] request to lower the assessed value of his building was taken under advisement.
- Tax value request for one property held for review.
- Tax value request for one property held for review.
- [name withheld][name withheld] request to lower the assessed value of her property was taken under advisement.
- [name withheld] property assessment appeal was taken under advisement by the Board of Equalization.