All decisions
about 220 Board decisions about James J. Sullivan, in date order. Each links to its printed page.
- The Board continued the 1956-57 city budget appropriation ordinance to May 25, 1956, at 4:00 p.m.
- The Board unanimously adopted a resolution in memory of [name withheld].
- Opposition to the Western Freeway route is debated; the state plan would affect over a thousand structures, and Public Works seeks 30 more days.
- An adoption vote with no subject on this page
- Resolution commending National Geographic Magazine, [name withheld] and photographer [name withheld] was adopted.
- [name withheld] request to reduce the assessment of block 336, lot 6 was denied on the Director of Property's recommendation.
- Assessment appeal by [name withheld] and [name withheld] for block 862 lot 2 continued for one week.
- Assessment appeal by [name withheld] and others for block 3732 lot 124 continued for one week.
- Assessment reduction for [name withheld] on block 1336 lot 25 refused; the Board confirmed the Director of Property's recommendation.
- Assessment appeal by [name withheld] denied after the Director of Property recommended no reduction.
- [name withheld] and [name withheld] request to lower the assessment on block 1450 lot 35A was denied by the Board of Equalization.
- Board denied [name withheld] and [name withheld] application to reduce their property assessment on block 1289, lot 22A.
- Board denied [name withheld] and [name withheld] application to reduce their property assessment on block 3608, lot 52A.
- [name withheld] and [name withheld] request to lower the assessment on block 7238 lot 6 was denied by the Board of Equalization.
- [name withheld] and [name withheld] assessment appeal for block 1818, lot 42 was denied; the building assessment stays unchanged.
- [name withheld] and [name withheld] assessment appeal for block 3558, lot 32 was denied; the building assessment stays unchanged.
- Board denied an assessment reduction application from [name withheld] and [name withheld] for block 862, lot 2.
- Board confirmed the Director of Property's recommendation on [name withheld] assessment application for block 220, lot 6.
- Assessment reduction for [name withheld] and [name withheld] property at block 1645 lot 30 refused; applicant did not appear.
- Assessment reduction for [name withheld] property at block 2902 lot 8 refused; applicant did not appear.
- Board of Equalization denied [name withheld] request to lower the building assessment on Block 2123B, Lot 1.
- Resolution honouring [name withheld] was adopted unanimously by rising vote.
- Board adopted a memorial resolution for [name withheld] by rising vote.
- Resolution honours the late [name withheld], adopted by rising vote.
- Public hearing held on the Public Utilities Commission's proposal to abandon Bus Line 72 on Vicente, 39th Avenue and Ulloa streets.
- Resolution correcting clerical errors in the 1956-57 assessment roll for several property owners was adopted.
- Resolution 17173 adopted by rising vote in memoriam of [name withheld].
- Board adopts a resolution in memory of [name withheld].
- The Board adopted a resolution in memory of [name withheld] by rising vote.
- Morris Street between Bryant and Harrison made one-way northbound
- Angle parking allowed on Filbert Street between Kearny and Grant
- Muni buses excepted from the left-turn ban at Nineteenth and Holloway
- Protest by [name withheld] against the assessment for paving Ellsworth Street south of Crescent Avenue was denied.
- The Board unanimously adopted a resolution in memory of [name withheld], presented by Supervisor Sullivan.
- Board unanimously adopted a resolution in memory of [name withheld].
- Shops refused on Nineteenth Avenue south of Quintara Street
- Shops refused on Nineteenth Avenue south of Quintara Street
- Shops refused on Nineteenth Avenue south of Quintara Street
- [name withheld] [name withheld] argues his Roosevelt Way parking appeal
- Dorcas Way appeal put off a week for further study
- Appeal to rezone land near Lincoln Way and Irving Street to commercial use was refused; Planning Commission decision upheld.
- Appeal against a lot-size variance on Dorcas Way was refused; Planning Commission approval stands.
- Appeal to rezone part of a Sunset block from residential to commercial was refused, so the Planning Commission's denial stands.
- Consideration of $33,000 to buy land at Army and Kansas Streets for a maintenance yard was temporarily postponed.
- Temporary closing of Pacific Avenue between Montgomery and Kearny Streets was adopted for filming the motion picture Pal Joey.
- Board refused to disapprove abandonment of Bus Line No. 80 on Leavenworth, Vallejo, Lombard, Larkin and Chestnut Streets.
- Appeal against rezoning the southeast corner of Eucalyptus Drive and Nineteenth Avenue to commercial was continued one week.
- Congo Street small-lot appeal put off for a week
- The Board adopted a resolution commending [name withheld] and [name withheld].
- The Board adopted a resolution commending [name withheld], retiring attaché of the Mayor's Office.
- Board refused to overturn the City Planning Commission's approval of rezoning the southeast corner of Eucalyptus Drive and Nineteenth Avenue to commercial.
- Board refused to overturn City Planning Commission approval of a lot-size variance on Congo Street, denying the appeal.
- Grant Avenue, Kearny and Stockton Streets to run one way
- The Board adopted a resolution temporarily closing part of Thirty-sixth Avenue as a playground during Parkside Methodist Church's vacation school hours.
- Board denied [name withheld] request to reduce the assessment on Block 992 Lot 3, building and land.
- Board denied [name withheld] and [name withheld] request to reduce the building assessment on Block 7034 Lot 2.
- Board denied [name withheld] and [name withheld] request to lower the assessment on block 1024, lot 29.
- [name withheld] and [name withheld] assessment application for Block 3617 Lot 72 was denied, following the Director of Property's recommendation.
- Board denied [name withheld] request to lower the building assessment on block 849, lot 8A.
- [name withheld] application to lower the building assessment on block 1200, lot 13A was listed as denied; the outcome continues on the next page.
- Stanton and Ryan's assessment appeal for block 1024, lot 29 was denied after the Director of Property's recommendation was confirmed.
- Manco Pacific's building assessment cut from $18,000 to $15,000
- Board denied [name withheld] and [name withheld] property assessment reduction application for 98 Crestlake Drive.
- Assessment appeal by [name withheld] and [name withheld] for 1789-95 Pacific Avenue was denied.
- F. J. Burns Drayage Co. withdrew its possessory interest tax application, so the Board denied it.
- Clay Street rezoning appeal heard, with attorney [name withheld] speaking
- Assessment appeal of [name withheld] and [name withheld] denied
- Shops refused at the corner of Alemany Boulevard and Geneva Avenue
- Move to overturn shops at Teresita Boulevard and Juanita Way
- Shops approved at Teresita Boulevard and Juanita Way, with conditions
- Appeal heard on rezoning the Teresita Boulevard and Juanita Way corner to commercial; the Board's decision is not yet shown.
- Resolution commends Moore's on opening its million-dollar clothing store at Post and Kearny Streets.
- Appeal denied over shops at Alemany Boulevard and Geneva Avenue
- Endorsements for Proposition J, Fire Department retirement benefits, accepted for the November 5 ballot argument.
- Quarry south of Bay View Park given special permission
- Board motion would issue a Certificate of Commendation to [name withheld] for a meritorious suggestion.
- Quarry south of Bay View Park given special permission
- The Board unanimously adopted a resolution in memoriam for [name withheld].
- Appropriation of $19,935 for the City Attorney to intervene against Pacific Telephone's rate increase was continued two weeks.
- Mayor asked to seek an international exposition in San Francisco, 1962
- Bay View Park quarry appeal put off for a week
- Board adopted the Mayor's resolution granting five officials leave to travel outside the state in late 1957.
- Move to overturn refusal at Nineteenth Avenue and Lawton Street
- Proposal to rescind the eminent domain taking of land for Helen Wills Playground was continued one week.
- Proposal to cut the 1955 recreation bond appropriation by $330,000 was continued one week.
- Appeal of a Planning Commission approval for a quarry in the area south of Bay View Park was heard; outcome not printed here.
- Appeal on changing stipulations at Nineteenth Avenue and Lawton Street was continued one week.
- Mr. and [name withheld] write for the Nineteenth Avenue change
- Board refused to overturn the Planning Commission's denial of rezoning the northeast corner of Parnassus and Hillway Avenues to commercial.
- Resolution in memory of [name withheld] was adopted unanimously by the Board.
- Resolution in memory of [name withheld] was unanimously adopted by rising vote.
- Grant Avenue and Waverly Place closed for Chinese New Year
- A Police Code change exempting airport ground transport operators from taxi licences was continued one week for negotiation.
- Letter of sympathy sent to [name withheld] family
- Board refused to adopt, so the Mayor's veto of the resolution on a Federal Legislative Representative stood.
- Resolution commending the Hearst Newspapers on their 71st anniversary was adopted.
- The Board adopted a motion to send a letter of sympathy to the family of [name withheld].
- Planning Commission's La Playa rezoning overturned after neighbors objected
- The Board voted by rising vote to send a letter of sympathy to the family of [name withheld].
- Ortega Street rezoning put off until the Board is full
- Board refused to restore a probation officer position in the Juvenile Court budget, with the item left at $351,255.
- Board continued the appeal on rezoning Block 1803 lots at Irving and Judah Streets for one week.
- Overturning the planning commission, the Board refused to rezone Block 2086 between Ortega and Pacheco Streets to First Residential.
- Board refused the Planning Commission's approval to rezone Block 1803 on Irving and Judah Streets from commercial to residential use.
- Board refused to overturn the City Planning Commission's denial of a parking variance on west Avila Street.
- Rezoning to shops refused at Fitzgerald Avenue and Hawes Street
- Thirty-seventh Avenue closed for the Sunset Baptist Church vacation school
- Rezoning to shops refused at Fitzgerald Avenue and Hawes Street
- Leaves of absence granted to Civil Service, Equal Employment and Library commissioners for July 1958 travel out of state.
- Portion of Cabrillo Street was closed for certain hours July 7-18, 1958 for a church's Vacation Bible School playground.
- Rezoning to shops refused at Fitzgerald Avenue and Hawes Street
- Smith Lumber Company's assessment appeal for Block 5211, Lot 2 was denied.
- [name withheld] and [name withheld] request to lower the assessment on block 2618, lot 30 was denied by the Board of Equalization.
- [name withheld] assessment appeal for block 749, lot 3 was continued one week.
- Assessment appeal by [name withheld] and [name withheld] for Block 5712, Lot 28 was denied.
- Shops approved instead of heavy industry near Marina Boulevard
- [name withheld] request to lower the assessment on block 1018, lot 3A was denied by the Board of Equalization.
- [name withheld] and [name withheld] assessment appeal for block 749, lot 2D was continued one week.
- Board of Equalization continued [name withheld] and [name withheld] appeal over assessments on Block 749 Lots 3A and 3B for one week.
- [name withheld] building assessment for block 1189, lot 2F was reduced from $5,100 to $5,000.
- Board continued the comprehensive zoning ordinance for two weeks so interested parties could study it.
- [name withheld] and [name withheld] assessment appeal for block 1742, lots 37 and 38 was denied.
- Shops approved instead of heavy industry near Marina Boulevard
- [name withheld] and [name withheld] assessment equalization application for Block 3751, Lot 10 was denied.
- Board denied all remaining assessment equalization applications not otherwise acted upon, by a 7-0 vote.
- Board vote cut the assessment on [name withheld] and [name withheld] building at Block 3705, Lot 4 to $40,000, though application was denied.
- [name withheld] and [name withheld] request to lower the land assessment on block 1917, lot 1 was denied.
- Supervisor Casey was elected President Pro Tempore of the Board for the session.
- The Board of Equalization denied Niantic Corp's request to reduce the assessment on its building at Block 3722, Lot 63.
- [name withheld] and co-applicants sought a property assessment reduction for block 3595, lot 24; outcome not shown.
- [name withheld] assessment reduction application for block 3608, lot 20 was denied by motion.
- [name withheld] and [name withheld] assessment application for block 748, lot 5 was denied; applicant did not appear.
- Board approved the Assessor's list of clerical errors in the 1958-1959 assessment roll.
- Marina Boulevard rezoning put off for a week
- Proposed disapproval of the City Planning Commission's rezoning of Lot 1, Block 446 put off one week.
- Shops approved instead of heavy industry near Marina Boulevard
- The Board adopted a motion sending a letter of sympathy to the family of the late [name withheld].
- Citywide comprehensive zoning ordinance still pending; amendment to continue consideration one week was refused on a tie vote.
- Marina Boulevard rezoning put off for a week
- Shops approved instead of heavy industry near Marina Boulevard
- The Board confirmed the assessment for paving the north half of Felton Street between University Street and 120 feet west, done by Bragato Paving Company.
- The Board adopted a resolution granting leaves of absence to several city commissioners and officials in August and September 1958.
- Marina Boulevard rezoning put off for a week
- Protest overruled on the Minerva Street sewer bill
- Shops refused on South Van Ness Avenue near Twenty-third Street
- South Van Ness rezoning put off for a week
- Board continued an appeal on rezoning Lot 1, Block 446 from heavy industrial to commercial use for one week.
- South Van Ness rezoning put off for a week
- The Board sent a letter of sympathy to the family of the late [name withheld].
- Shops refused on South Van Ness Avenue near Twenty-third Street
- Board refused to reverse the Planning Commission, so Safeway's request to rezone a Marina Boulevard lot from heavy industrial to commercial stands.
- Shops refused on South Van Ness Avenue near Twenty-third Street
- Shops refused on South Van Ness Avenue near Twenty-third Street
- [name withheld] named city ambassador for his trip to the Orient
- [name withheld], Sr. was congratulated by a resolution adopted by the Board, presented on behalf of Supervisor Halley.
- Light industry refused on Palou Avenue east of Quint Street
- Board adopted a motion sending a letter of sympathy to the family of the late [name withheld].
- Board approved appointing [name withheld] as a member of the Parking Authority.
- Health Service System plan changes left in committee for now
- [name withheld] appeals the rezoning of the Woolsey Street block
- [name withheld] was congratulated by resolution 1018-58.
- Appeal over refused rezoning of Army Street east of Harrison Street from residential to commercial was continued one week.
- Appeal disapproving the Planning Commission's denial of Army Street rezoning was continued one week.
- Planning Commission refuses shops on Army Street east of Harrison
- Attorney [name withheld] shows photographs in the Army Street rezoning appeal
- Appeal to rezone property on Army Street from residential to commercial was continued for one week.
- Palou Avenue rezoning appeal put off for a week
- Proposed disapproval of approved rezoning of north side of Palou Avenue was continued one week.
- Shops proposed on Palou Avenue west of Rankin Street
- Appeal heard on a request to rezone Army Street property east of Harrison Street to commercial use; outcome not shown.
- Motion to raise the recommended salary for Tabulating Machine Operator, IBM, classification B310, was defeated.
- Proposed raise for [name withheld] tabulating machine operators, from $350-425 to $360-435, was defeated.
- Sympathy letter sent to family of
- Left-turn ban at Nineteenth Avenue and Sloat Boulevard sent back
- Shops denied on Alemany Boulevard between Leo Street and Onondaga Avenue
- Letter of sympathy sent to the family of the late John J. Carberry.
- Alemany Boulevard rezoning appeal put off for a week
- The Board sent a letter of sympathy to the family of the late [name withheld].
- The Board denied [name withheld] and [name withheld] request to lower the assessment on their property.
- The Board denied [name withheld] and [name withheld] request to lower the assessment on their property.
- Board denied [name withheld] request to reduce the assessment on Block 772, Lot 6.
- Assessment appeal by [name withheld] and [name withheld] for block 7235, lot 14 was temporarily postponed.
- [name withheld] assessment appeal for block 640, lot 1 was denied, though the record also notes a reduction granted.
- Hyster Company's personal property assessment of $79,760 was granted a reduction on its appeal to the Board.
- Board denied the assessment reduction application of Manford, Eleanor, [name withheld] and [name withheld] for block 3753, lot 9.
- Property at Victoria and Randolph Streets, with no action recorded
- Lyon Street closed for St. Cyprian's Episcopal Church bazaar
- Motion to rezone three lots on Block 3278 from C-2 to C-3 was defeated by the Board, nine noes to one aye.
- Proposal to rezone Lots 12B, 12C and 12D, Block 3278, from C-2 to C-3 was defeated.
- Board continued for one week consideration of a citywide amendment to the City Planning Code on land use and zoning classifications.
- Appeal over Pacific Avenue rezoning put off for a week
- The Board adopted a motion sending a letter of sympathy to the family of [name withheld].
- The Board adopted a resolution congratulating the San Francisco Convention and Visitors Bureau on its fiftieth anniversary.
- Bill confirmed for improving Burnett Avenue south of Hopkins Avenue
- Proposed rule requiring a residential building record before sale or exchange is put off, with a motion to send it back to committee.
- Board sends a letter of sympathy to the family of the late [name withheld].
- Aquatic Park garage funding request sent to committee.
- Appeal over single-family rezoning of Block 2746 at Corbett Avenue
- Appeal over single-family rezoning of Block 2746 at Corbett Avenue
- Corbett Avenue rezoning appeal put off for another week
- [name withheld] and [name withheld] back the planners on Block 2746
- [name withheld] objects as the Block 44 rezoning appeal is delayed
- The Board took up a resolution disapproving a planning variance from the set-back line on Ninth Avenue; outcome not printed on this page.
- Appeal over single-family rezoning of Block 44 near Francisco Street
- $4,520 for city planning staff and supplies sent to committee.
- A proposed charter amendment removing the two-term limit for mayors was continued for two weeks.
- City praises a junior high school's dads' club
- Board adopted a motion sending a letter of sympathy to the family of [name withheld].
- Property at Mason and Pine Streets, with no action stated
- Rule adopted for left turns into Ingerson Avenue from Jennings Street
- Left turns into Ingerson Avenue barred after Candlestick Park games
- The Board amended the effective date of the residential building record rule to December 1, 1960 and passed it for second reading.
- Plan to borrow $19.7 million for sewers sent to committee.
- Board adopted a motion sending a letter of sympathy to the family of the late [name withheld].
- New controls on dumps for combustible waste sent to committee.
- Proposal to overturn the Public Utilities Commission and keep Motor Coach Line 53 running on Twentieth and Missouri streets was refused.
- BART board seat for [name withheld] sent to committee.
- Side-yard building rule for some homes sent to committee.
- Several city officials granted leave of absence