All decisions
70 Board decisions about Jefferson E. Peyser, in date order. Each links to its printed page.
- Adoption of the Board's Rules of Proceedings was laid over one week on Peyser's motion.
- Supervisor Peyser proposed presenting the Mayor's nominations and a printed report before a recess and later vote.
- Supervisor Peyser moved that the Mayor be allowed to sit while reading the report; the Mayor declined.
- Rule No. 12 on reconsideration of votes was adopted by the Board.
- Peyser moved to let labor and civic groups address the Board on pending matters; the vote was 13 to 5.
- Board approved Rule No. 12 on Peyser's motion.
- Board approved Rule No. 42 on Peyser's motion.
- Supervisor Peyser offered a resolution of eulogy for Rabbi Jacob Nieto; its adoption is not printed on this page.
- Motion carried asking the Mayor to appoint a citizens committee for the Memorial Day observance on May 30, 1930.
- Supervisor Peyser moved to lay over the Toner incinerator ordinance until June 23, 1930; the motion carried.
- Supervisor Peyser asked War Memorial Trustees for a progress report on the War Memorial buildings within two weeks.
- Committee of four supervisors named to select San Francisco's sweetheart for the Salinas Rodeo.
- Proposed $6,000 in publicity funds for a florists' convention and a state fair film was passed for printing.
- A committee of three was appointed to attend the opening of the State Fair in Sacramento.
- The Public Welfare Committee was authorised to hire someone to distribute pamphlets at the State Fair.
- Supervisor Peyser asked the Public Utilities Committee to investigate complaints of excessive water charges and report back.
- Supervisor Peyser proposed a $4,000 appropriation for the Armistice Day celebration, referred to the Public Welfare Committee.
- Resolution proposed to appropriate $1,250 from publicity funds for an American Legion Air Circus at Mills Field.
- Board deferred action on a resolution denying Floyd W. Hanchett's application to operate fifteen taxicabs for Green Top Cabs.
- Supervisor Peyser's motion asked the Public Buildings and Health Committees to investigate Juvenile Detention Home conditions; the motion carried.
- A substitute motion to seek San Mateo County approval for a Sneath Ranch jail site at San Andreas carried.
- Peyser moved that authorities enforce the taxicab ordinance's accident insurance provisions; Havenner added police enforcement of suspended ordinances; so ordered.
- Airport renamed from San Francisco Municipal Airport to San Francisco Airport
- Supervisor Peyser proposed amending the for-hire vehicle ordinance to require set insurance or bond minimums for operators.
- Proposed ordinance redefining taxicabs, automobiles and other vehicles for hire, and amending Ordinance No. 6979 on public streets.
- Wong Bing allowed a 15 horsepower boiler at 2107 Larkin Street
- Madeline Casamajor allowed a laundry at 1411 Powell Street
- Peyser's motion sent a proposed amendment to the city contract wage ordinance to committees, and asked the City Attorney for an opinion.
- Board asks Finance and Public Welfare Committees to find $3,000 for luncheons for needy public school children.
- Daytime parking to be banned on Battery, Sansome and Sutter streets
- Supervisor Peyser moved that the Clerk ask the Sheriff for a list of all his deputies; ordered.
- Joe Pickett allowed a filling station at Forty-fifth and Sloat
- Supervisor Peyser renewed his request that the Sheriff list his roughly 2000 courtesy deputies.
- City agrees to reorganize proposed Shoreline highway district
- Gas appliance ordinance with a $25 license fee drew objections from retailers and repair businesses; two amendments were accepted without objection.
- Supervisor Miles proposed replacing Chief Administrator's appropriation items with $220,000 for publicity and advertising; amendments were debated.
- Supervisor Peyser's proposal to change downtown parking bans on several streets was referred to the Police, Fire and Traffic Committee.
- Board received and filed the garbage disposal report, deferring action until the Chief Administrative Officer drafts legislation.
- Mayor Rossi vetoed the 1932 tax rate ordinance over a live stock pavilion levy, and the Board sustained the veto.
- Daytime parking ban to be lifted on Battery and Sansome streets
- Proposed charter amendment would let the Public Utilities Commission borrow up to $5,000,000 for water system work; still under consideration.
- Clerk ordered to prepare titles and numbers for proposed Charter amendments for the ballot.
- Supervisors Peyser and Gallagher proposed amending the garbage contract to remove city payment and liability clauses.
- Supervisor Peyser's motion asks the Chief of Police to bring traffic survey data from the financial district on October 31.
- Coin-in-the-slot machine licensing ordinance, amended by Supervisor Gallagher, was laid over one week on motion of Supervisor Peyser.
- Bill authorizing three supervisors to attend a County Supervisors' Association meeting in Los Angeles, capped at $300, passed for second reading.
- Approval of the Highway Commission's action on the Sears Point Toll Road was laid over for two weeks.
- Supervisor Peyser moved to take up a proposed Charter amendment adding the Fire Department to the Retirement System; outcome not shown on this page.
- Supervisor Peyser's motion, carried 14 to 0, asked the City Attorney to draft a charter amendment giving a municipal employee one salary.
- Mayor's Charter Amendment No. 1 allowing salary deductions for city employees was ordered submitted to the voters.
- Fire Department pension charter amendment sent to voters; pilots and marine engineers on fire boats excluded.
- Supervisor Peyser moved that the City Attorney prepare legislation to obtain federal funds for unemployment relief.
- Ordinance proposed to change cash reserve and insurance bond rules for self-insured for-hire motor vehicle operators.
- The Board referred Supervisor Peyser's motion opposing the Riley tax bill to the Judiciary and Legislative Committee.
- The Board passed sections of a beverage permit and licence ordinance, striking a secretary salary clause and a minors clause.
- Proposed ordinance by Supervisor Peyser would set cash reserves for self-insured taxi and vehicle-for-hire operators.
- Opposition to Assembly Bill 657 approved, with a substitute plan letting San Francisco defer half its tax installments.
- Supervisor Peyser withdrew his proposed Charter amendment giving the Mayor wider powers in public emergencies.
- Motion carried asking U.S. Army authorities to oppose abandoning or moving the federal post on Alcatraz Island.
- Supervisors ordered Peyser's amendment reducing the Retirement System appropriation by $53,303 without objection.
- Board sent the garbage disposal contract question to the Chief Administrative Officer, who will report on proposals within ninety days.
- Supervisors Peyser and Canepa proposed Resolution 839 opposing the Riley-Stewart tax plan on the June 27 special election ballot.
- Mayor was asked to appoint a committee to help dedicate the Alemany Boulevard Health Center.
- Financial District parking ordinance amendment set as a special order of business for August 7, 1933.
- Peyser moved that the Streets Committee investigate banning trucks on Cervantes Boulevard, which residents say damages homes.
- Supervisor Peyser asked the Chief of Police why a Financial District parking repeal was not enforced and why the No Parking signs remain.
- Board recommended that the Citizens' Emergency Relief Committee pay unemployment relief in cash instead of groceries where possible.
- Supervisor Peyser's motion asked the Public Utilities Commission to recheck water bond figures before any statement goes to voters.
- Charity workers protest that the Owens family was denied relief
- Petitioners filed 27,798 names asking that a $3,000,000 school bond issue be placed on the December 19 ballot.