All decisions
about 520 Board decisions about Jesse Colman, in date order. Each links to its printed page.
- Supervisor Colman moved a resolution declaring Board of Public Works work on the Hetch Hetchy aqueduct tunnels an emergency; the vote is on the next page.
- Resolution of regret adopted for engineer Eusebius Joseph Molera, extending sympathy to his family.
- Supervisor Colman's motion carried, sending the Public Utilities Commission a transcript of the former committee's proceedings.
- The Board authorized the Welfare Committee to thank publishers of the Geographical Magazine and Harpers' for San Francisco publicity.
- The Board approved the Mayor's Office budget as amended, including $3,600 for an Inspector of Complaints position.
- Ferry company given sixty days to move piers at Aquatic Park
- Consideration of the Berry-Oltmeyer bid for a garbage incinerator was postponed two weeks.
- Supervisor Colman proposed asking Southern Pacific to move its ferry slips near Aquatic Park; the matter was laid over one week.
- Resolution to have the City Attorney notify Southern Pacific-Golden Gate Ferries to change its ferry slip location was put off one week.
- Proposed ordinance would require locksmiths and key cutters to obtain a permit and pay a $50 fee; laid over two weeks.
- Adolph Uhl protested the sale of the Relief Bonds and read an accountant's letter questioning unemployment relief funds into the record.
- Board commends business, labor and civic leaders for securing state legislation enabling the Bay Bridge; resolution adopted.
- Supervisor Colman moved that the Committee of the Whole report favorably Mayor Rossi's proposed charter amendment making salary deductions for city employees.
- Supervisor Colman asked the City Attorney for an opinion on whether Greyline buses may pick up passengers in San Francisco.
- Bill proposing sale of an unneeded San Francisco Water Department lot in San Mateo County passed for second reading.
- Colman's motion to rescind an April 17 vote on market cream standards was defeated, 13 to 2.
- Board asked the City Attorney whether Greyline buses at Ocean Boulevard beach operate under proper authority; the matter was referred to committee.
- Supervisor Colman's motion to restore $700,000 for relief to the budget was referred to the Finance Committee.
- The Board extended congratulations to Supervisor Havenner on his appointment to the state National Recovery Act advisory commission.
- Lewis Street land accepted from the State for the United States
- Board sent a telegram to Mayor Rossi in Washington backing a South Basin tideland reclamation plan to create jobs.
- Board sent a telegram asking Mayor Rossi in Washington to present the South Basin reclamation plan for federal funds.
- Colman's motion to send public improvement bond sale questions to the Finance and Public Utilities Committees was referred.
- A $12,000 street into Potrero Playground off Wisconsin Street proposed
- Board carried a motion asking the Mayor to appoint a citizens' committee to welcome Lord Baden-Powell.
- Supervisor Colman's amendment to the city milk ordinance on cream is referred to the Health Committee.
- James B. McSheehy was unanimously elected President of the Board of Supervisors, with ten ayes and one excused.
- Resolution urging Congress to favour a federal manufacturers' sales tax excluding food was re-referred to the Public Welfare Committee for hearings.
- Restaurant and barber shop space to be leased at the airport
- San Francisco and Mission baseball clubs may advertise on streetcars
- The Mayor was asked to appoint a committee to observe Army Day on April 7, 1934.
- Director of Property authorized to lease space at San Francisco Airport for a restaurant and barber shop.
- Supervisor Colman proposed rescinding the Board's endorsement of the initiative constitutional amendment on liquor control, seconded by Shannon.
- Board ordered the Controller to submit a breakdown of annual bond interest and redemption by project.
- Supervisor Colman's motion to rescind the Board's endorsement of a state liquor-control constitutional amendment is taken up.
- Removal of streetcar tracks on Tenth Avenue to be investigated
- Supervisor Colman moved, and the Board voted 6 to 4 to refer the longshoremen's strike matter to the Public Welfare Committee.
- The Mayor was authorized to appoint a citizens' committee to observe American Legion Week, June 21-28, 1934; the motion was ordered.
- The Mayor's views on a fact-finding committee for the Longshoremen's strike were referred to the Public Welfare Committee.
- All remaining applications for assessment reductions were denied on Supervisor Colman's motion.
- Proposed ordinance creating a city Relief Committee and Director of Relief was amended by supervisors; final passage not shown on this page.
- Supervisors debate Resolution 1498 salary deductions; Brown's 33 1/3 per cent restoration motion was ruled out of order, and revised percentages were proposed.
- Board rescinded its earlier motion to defer all major matters during the vacation period.
- The Mayor's veto of the emergency relief ordinance for a Citizens' Emergency Relief Committee was sustained, five votes to five.
- Supervisor Colman proposed an emergency ordinance for a five-member Mayor-appointed committee to distribute city relief; sent to committee.
- The Board carried a motion asking the City Attorney to draft a charter amendment allowing licensing for revenue of various professions and businesses.
- The Board ordered that the Mayor be asked to appoint a committee to observe Navy Day.
- Supervisor Colman proposed cutting $718,000 from the 1934-35 budget, plus $700,000 in salaries.
- Supervisor Colman moved that the Mayor appoint a committee to welcome Frank L. Belgrano home in mid-November.
- Proposed ordinance would exempt religious, union and parent-teacher solicitations from the charitable solicitations rules.
- The Public Utilities Commission's proposed water rate reduction was referred to the Committee of the Whole, to be heard November 19.
- Public Utilities Commission proposed new water rates for domestic, commercial and industrial users in San Francisco and suburbs.
- Part of Bacon Street ordered closed and abandoned
- Supervisor Colman's motion authorising the City Attorney to act for San Francisco on Bay Bridge transportation franchise applications was carried.
- Supervisor Arthur M. Brown Jr. was appointed to the Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District board.
- John J. McLaughlin was reappointed as a director of the Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District.
- Hugo D. Newhouse was reappointed as a director of the Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District.
- Bill for a $1,000,000 power house at Red Mountain Bar was referred to the Joint Finance and Public Utilities Committee.
- Board confirmed Mayor's appointments of Thomas M. Foley, Alison Schofield and Ralph J. A. Stern as War Memorial Trustees.
- Board asks the Mayor to appoint a citizens' committee for the Navy Day observance.
- Board congratulates Frank "Lefty" O'Doul on his appointment as manager of the Seals baseball team.
- Motion approving rail transportation across the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge was carried.
- Supervisor Colman moved that the Board ask the Assembly to allow an exposition on Yerba Buena Shoals; amendments to file or table it were offered.
- Motion to reconsider the Board's refusal to seek use of Yerba Buena Shoals for the 1938 Exposition was defeated.
- Colman moved to reconsider the defeat of a request asking the Legislature to allow Yerba Buena Shoals for the Exposition.
- The Board defeated Colman's motion to rescind Resolution 1881, which submits declarations of policy on 1938 Exposition sites to voters.
- The Board decided the city will contend it has not violated the Raker Act and that its past acts were legal.
- Supervisor Colman's request that the State Legislature allow use of shoals north of Yerba Buena Island for an exposition passed.
- The Clerk was ordered to prepare a resolution of condolence on the death of Col. E. J. Mitchell.
- Board votes 6 to 4 to ask the State Legislature to let the city use shoals north of Yerba Buena Island for an exposition.
- Interpreter Clerk salary in Juvenile Court increased by $360 per year on Colman's motion, passed 7 to 3.
- Motion to add $360 to the Chief Juvenile Probation Officer's salary failed by roll call vote.
- Market Street Railway's request to change its Crocker Amazon district bus route was denied.
- Contractor registration ordinance requiring Bureau of Licenses certificates was laid over one week on Colman's motion.
- Contractor registration ordinance was laid over two weeks after the Builders' Exchange asked for deferral.
- Charter amendment on civil service veterans' preference was opposed by the Commission; Board deferred action and a lay-over motion lost.
- Proposed charter amendment on civil service entrance and promotive preferences was deferred until September 23, 1935.
- City Attorney asked whether city can help fund Shoreline Highway
- Temporary halt sought for the No. 30 line on Army Street
- Mayor Rossi appointed Joseph S. Thompson to the San Francisco War Memorial Board of Trustees, and the Board confirmed him.
- Mayor Rossi appointed John H. Threlkeld to the San Francisco War Memorial Board of Trustees, and the Board confirmed him.
- Excelsior District bus rerouting held for the new utilities committee
- Howard Street streetcar service put back on the utilities calendar
- Board endorsed a project and pledged to help secure its required financial assistance.
- Board referred a request for federal aid to build a heavy-duty military coast road from San Francisco to Monterey to Washington representatives.
- Civic clubs backed a $200,000 budget item for a Presidio ramp to the Golden Gate Bridge; sent to Streets and Finance Committee.
- Supervisors debated a proposal to bar gasoline stations within 200 feet of schools; an amendment setting 100 feet lost.
- Supervisor Colman's motion asking the City Attorney to expedite an opinion on a 10 per cent preference for local industry was carried.
- Rezoning refused at Alemany Boulevard and Ocean Avenue corner
- Rezoning refused at Goleta Avenue and Crestlake Drive corners
- Motion asking the Mayor to appoint a citizens' committee for Fleet Week observance was postponed one week.
- Supervisor Colman's motion to restore the Assessor's $360 horse and buggy appropriation was approved without objection.
- Motion asking the Mayor to appoint a citizens' committee for Fleet Week and Harbor Day was laid over one week.
- The Board asked the Mayor to appoint a citizens' committee for the August 1936 Fleet Week celebration.
- The Board granted Mrs. Thos. Lundy's request to extend the time for paying dog licences.
- Committee on Education, Parks and Recreation recommendation was laid over two weeks on Supervisor Colman's motion.
- The ordinance defining public parks and park rules was re-referred to the Committee on Education, Parks and Recreation on Supervisor Colman's motion.
- A $10,000 ordinance to hire traffic engineer Miller McClintock for citywide and downtown traffic studies was refused second reading, then restored to the calendar.
- Board refused second reading of a $10,000 appropriation to hire traffic engineer Miller McClintock for downtown traffic studies.
- Supervisor Colman asked the Mayor to appoint a committee to welcome three San Francisco Yankees players returning in October.
- Property owners' appeal against the Green Street sidewalk assessment was continued to September 28, 1936.
- Supervisor Colman moves that the Board ask Paul Vetters to report on a federal utilities meeting.
- Motion ordered that a wire be sent to Paul Vetters asking whether he has a report on the utilities conference.
- Supervisor Colman moved that Mr. Paul Vetters report on what transpired at the Tennessee Valley utilities meeting.
- The Board acknowledged Trevor Wignall's article on San Francisco and directed the Clerk to send him a letter of appreciation.
- Clerk authorized to procure a transcript of the November 18, 1936 rezoning hearing at Nineteenth Avenue and Quintara Street.
- Board agreed to take up Manager Cahill's rapid transit plan, which requests $50,000 for planning a subway station.
- Supervisor Roncoveri proposes asking Public Works to prepare an assessment district plan to finance the subway without a bond issue.
- Hadeler's appointment as Golden Gate Bridge director, replacing Francis Keesling, stands after the Board defeated reconsideration of the resolution.
- Motion to take up the Charter amendment in committee of the whole failed after a dispute over the six-vote rule.
- Supervisor Colman moved to rescind the ordering of Charter Amendment No. 12, a police measure; the Board took the question into its own hands.
- Supervisor Colman moved to put a police reorganization charter amendment on the March 9, 1937 ballot; referral to committee was debated.
- Supervisors moved that the Finance Committee study financing for cutting a street through Fifth Street; action was continued to the next meeting.
- The Board ordered the Registrar to include a pro-voter argument for Charter Amendment No. 4, creating a Public Welfare Commission, in the special election sample ballot.
- The Board authorized its Exposition Committee to attend a Los Angeles meeting on February 26, 1937, on exposition affairs.
- Board asked the Mayor to appoint a citizens' committee to observe Army Day on April 3, 1937.
- Finance Committee report on extending Fifth Street across Market
- The Board carried motions asking the Mayor to appoint a Citizens' Committee to welcome Major Bowes in June and to broadcast from San Francisco.
- Motion to restore a $50 monthly raise for Recreation Commission superintendent Josephine Randall failed.
- Supervisor Arthur M. Brown, Jr. was commended for chairing the successful Golden Gate Bridge Fiesta.
- Supervisor Colman's motion to delay reconsideration of the Laurel Hill Cemetery removal ordinance was defeated by the Board.
- The Public Welfare Committee recommended against repealing the Laurel Hill Cemetery removal ordinance, and the matter was continued to next Monday.
- McSheehy's minority report proposing a rapid transit plan was referred to the Public Utilities Commission for report.
- Board approved a motion to appoint a committee to attend the July 4th celebration at Santa Clara.
- A. Helbing's assessment on Franklin Street cut by $1,000
- A resolution proposed to fund subways and surface rapid transit lines by bond issue is considered; the outcome is on the next page.
- Board adopted a resolution for $2,850,000 bonded debt to enlarge San Francisco Airport in San Mateo County.
- Fifth Street extension across Market Street to Mason and Eddy proposed
- Supervisor Colman moved that arguments in favor of bond issues be printed and included with the ballots; motion carried.
- Supervisor Colman moved that next year's budget include $60,000 for Chamber of Commerce publicity and advertising; the motion was pending.
- Supervisor Colman moved that the Board favour $60,000 in next year's budget for Chamber of Commerce publicity; the vote continues.
- History of the Funston Avenue bridge approach sought at no cost
- Resolution 3513 proposes a committee to call a conference of northern California counties on ferry fares and bridge tolls.
- Proposal to motorize city transit with new buses was referred to the Public Utilities Commission for report by December 6, 1937.
- The Board of Supervisors expresses sorrow at the death of journalist David Wooster Taylor and adjourns in his memory.
- Board re-voted and adopted Resolution 3623, approving a $4,517 City share of relocating Market Street Railway tracks.
- The Board of Supervisors expresses sympathy on the death of Kenneth R. Kingsbury and adjourns in his memory.
- The Board of Supervisors expresses sympathy on the death of Water Department employee Tony Freitas and adjourns in his memory.
- Board sent a telegram urging federal appropriation of $650,000 for a Coast Guard Air Base at the San Francisco Airport.
- Motion asking the Mayor to appoint a Citizens Committee for the Chronicle's Veterans' Fete on Washington's Birthday carried.
- City Attorney directed to petition the Maritime Commission to object to Stockton-to-Europe freight rate changes.
- Supervisor Colman was appointed to appear before the Interstate Commerce Commission about the threatened loss of T. W. A.'s franchise.
- Frederick J. Koster was confirmed as a War Memorial Trustee, filling the unexpired term of Charles J. Kendrick, resigned.
- Supervisor Ratto was delegated to attend the Shoreline Highway Association meeting at Fort Bragg.
- A public hearing on the city budget was set for May 11, 1938, at 10 a.m.
- Motion carried to hold a public hearing on the proposed budget on Wednesday, May 11, at 10 a.m.
- Colman proposed adding $12,600 to the Recreation Commission budget to open ready playgrounds; vote continues.
- Ordinance adopted appropriating $3,000 to revise Plan No. 7 for distributing Hetch Hetchy hydro-electric power.
- Colman moved, and Meyer seconded, adopting the Mayor's $218,420 supplemental budget for Exposition fire and police protection.
- Supervisor Colman moved that the City Attorney negotiate with PG&E for a lump sum and franchise revenue; held over a week.
- Supervisor Colman moves that the City Attorney negotiate a lump sum and franchise with Pacific Gas and Electric before suing.
- Supervisor Colman moves to rescind the Board's order directing the City Attorney to sue Pacific Gas and Electric over its franchise.
- Supervisor Colman proposed that the City Attorney negotiate with the company for a lump-sum payment for past street use and a franchise.
- Supervisor Colman moved that the President appoint a committee to negotiate with Pacific Gas and Electric through the City Attorney.
- Colman's motion asks the Mayor to appoint a citizens committee to campaign for the proposed bond issues; so ordered.
- Overhead wires to go underground along Geary and Point Lobos Avenue
- Resolution on Joint Highway District No. 9 financing was re-referred to the Finance Committee for a City Attorney opinion.
- $1,000,000 plan for Ocean Shore Boulevard between Lobitas and Lake Lucerne
- Motion to indefinitely postpone the Post Street sidewalk narrowing ordinance died for lack of a second; merchants protested reduction.
- Consideration of the City Planning Commission's Marina zoning reports was postponed for two weeks.
- Market Street Railway petitioned the Board to repeal the Jitney Bus Ordinance and abandon some streetcar lines; the Board took it up in Committee of the Whole.
- The Board confirmed Mayor Rossi's appointments of four members to the War Memorial Board of Trustees for six-year terms.
- Appeal to rezone a Portola Drive and Woodside Avenue corner to commercial was deferred to December 19, 1938.
- $126,000 for twelve Muni buses put off to December 19
- Supervisors debated whether to appropriate $112,000 from the Municipal Railway depreciation fund to buy four new street cars.
- Supervisor Alfred Roncovieri appointed President pro tem of the Board during the President's absence.
- The Board unanimously adopted a resolution mourning Mrs. Mary E. Williamson, mother of Assemblyman Ray Williamson, by rising vote.
- Meeting closed in tribute to late former state justice Warren Olney
- Board authorized the Education, Parks and Recreation Committee to attend a Tulare and Fresno county hearing at Visalia on May 16, 1939.
- The Board passed the City Attorney's budget, a net increase of $700 for one new clerk-stenographer position.
- Supervisor Colman's motion to delete $35,501 for Recreation Commission land purchases was defeated by eight noes to one.
- Park Department budget sheet 4 was approved, including $20,000 to begin buying Marina district land for Yacht Harbor.
- Motion carried to have the Clerk wire Senator Johnson asking him to introduce a companion Raker Act bill.
- Board requests Congressman Welch introduce a bill in Congress to amend the Raker Act, over one dissenting vote.
- The Assessor's clerical error list was approved by the Board.
- Board postponed approval of Market Street Railway Company permits to Monday, August 21, 1939, pending legislation.
- The Board, without objection, sent Lieutenant-General Rowley its congratulations on his recent promotion.
- Bus route supplementing the No. 10 line approved as read
- Instead of adopting the traffic study committee resolution, the Board referred the whole matter to the Streets Committee.
- Board sent congratulations letters to the San Francisco Baseball Club president and the Seals manager.
- A motion to send the flat water rate resolution for home owners back to committee failed; the resolution remains pending.
- Proposal asking the Public Utilities Commission to consider flat monthly water rates for home owners was sent back to committee.
- The Board unanimously thanked the City Attorney and his assistants for handling the Hetch Hetchy power contract appeal.
- Board referred a resolution urging removal of the Alcatraz federal prison for a Pacifica statue to the Art Commission.
- The Board authorized printing an argument in favor of a proposed charter amendment raising fire captains' and lieutenants' salaries.
- Board kept the parking meter ordinance in force, rejecting Supervisor Uhl's motion to repeal it after committee recommendation.
- Supervisor Uhl switched his vote and moved reconsideration of the vote not to repeal the parking meter ordinance.
- Proposed ordinance would create a Work Relief Co-ordinating Commission to place unemployed persons on relief projects.
- Proposed franchise letting Pacific Auxiliary Fire Alarm Company connect its alarms to city street fire boxes; consideration was postponed.
- Julius L. Gerard was unanimously commended for horticultural work at the Exposition.
- Supervisor McSheehy presented a resolution proposing closure of the Golden Gate International Exposition, originally scheduled to close December 2, 1939.
- George Gibbs and Victor Bjorkman appeal Alemany Boulevard sidewalk charges
- Proposed theatre ordinance amendment to allow 399 seats in Class C theatres failed on a 4-5 vote; the ordinance itself remains pending.
- Board directs City Attorney to sue the Controller to force compliance with Resolution No. 906.
- Supervisors considered relief for non-residents in urgent need, and Colman moved to refer the matter to finance committees.
- On Supervisor Colman's motion, the proposed Board hearing on relief was referred to the Public Welfare Committee instead.
- Board adopted a resolution expressing regret at the death of Howard A. Welsh, Chronicle advertising manager.
- Supervisor Colman read a proposal to confer honorary citizenship on H. K. S. Williams, a benefactor of the Legion of Honor museum.
- $50,000 proposed for land beside the Palace of Fine Arts
- Ten-foot sidewalks proposed for Post Street from Market to Van Ness
- Board sent congratulations to Wells Fargo and Nevada National Bank on its eighty-eighth birthday.
- Shannon's proposal for a citywide traffic and transit report was referred to the Finance Committee.
- Board expressed its interest in and best wishes for the San Francisco Seals baseball season.
- Board sent Jack McGrath a message of good cheer and best wishes for his recovery.
- Supervisor Uhl calls out his committee resolutions and questions relief cuts
- Board moves to commend the Housing Authority for Holly Park
- Finance Committee proposed directing the City Attorney to sue the Controller to comply with Resolution 906; a motion to table failed.
- The Board adopted a resolution endorsing former ballplayer Bill Lange's nomination to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
- City Attorney directed to sue the Controller to compel certification of funds under Resolution 906.
- A letter of congratulations and good wishes was sent to Assessor Russell L. Wolden on his recent wedding.
- Proposal to cut taxi fares to $1 was sent to committee together with the main taxicab bill.
- Corner at Richardson Avenue and Lombard Street rezoned for shops
- Dr. Onesti's 12th Street spur track put off again after protest
- Consideration of the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum budget was postponed until Friday, May 24, 1940, at 11:00 A.M.
- Supervisor Colman's motion to cut a City Attorney civil attorney's salary to $250 a month failed.
- Board of Supervisors Assistant Clerk salary cut from $225 to $155 per month to hold the no-increase policy.
- Board reduced a General Clerk-Stenographer salary in the Assessor's budget from $175 to $155 after a Civil Service correction.
- Supervisor Colman's motion to reconsider the cut to Legion of Honor exhibitions funding failed for lack of a second.
- Proposal to restore $60,000 of street lighting funds failed on a 4-4 tie vote.
- Earlier $60,000 cut to the city's street lighting budget is rescinded, restoring the lighting fund to $760,000.
- The Board adopted the Coordinating Council budget for 1940-1941 totalling $6,715, after an earlier motion to approve it had failed.
- Mayor's request for $65,000 for a possible special election on Hetch Hetchy electric energy proposed.
- Board approved the budget for the Steinhart Aquarium.
- Civil Service Commission budget approval moved by Colman and seconded by Meyer; result continues on next page.
- Agricultural Department budget (Index 58) approved for 1940-1941 by nine ayes, none opposed.
- Public Utilities Commission budget, excluding Hetch Hetchy Power Operative, approved by six to three vote.
- The Board approved the Park Department budget as amended, with the vote count not printed on this page.
- Board approved the M. H. De Young Memorial Museum budget, with Exhibitions cut from $7,000 to $5,000.
- Supervisor Colman proposed deleting all land purchase funds not already under contract from the budget.
- The Board voted to rescind its earlier approval of the Mayor's budget.
- The Juvenile Court Probation Office's 1940-1941 budget of $803,553 was approved, a decrease of $14,514.
- The Board approved the Park Department budget, as amended, by a 9-0 vote.
- The Annual Appropriation Ordinance passed for second reading by 8 ayes to 1 no, after an earlier refusal.
- Supervisors approved corrected pay rates for Hetch Hetchy Water Supply positions, adding raises and then deducting house rent.
- Supervisors approved the San Francisco Airport budget by a 9 to 0 vote.
- Motion to rescind the Board's earlier cut to the Mayor's Emergency Reserve Fund failed on a 5-4 vote.
- Further consideration of the Steinhart Aquarium budget was postponed until those responsible for its operation can be heard.
- Colman moved approval of the Hetch Hetchy Power Operative budget; the first motion failed 6 to 3 and was renewed.
- Coroner's budget for 1940-1941 approved as presented by the Board of Supervisors.
- Board approved the Mayor's recommendation to create a Marine Valuation Department in the Assessor's Office, adding staff and funds.
- New Public Utilities Commission positions, including 60 bus operators, were eliminated by motion of Supervisor Colman.
- Mayor's supplemental budget recommendations for Index 62 lighting positions, including electrical engineers and draftsmen, were approved.
- Water Department chauffeur position restored at $200 per month in the budget by amendment.
- Colman renewed motion to approve the Mayor's librarian salary recommendations; outcome not shown on this page.
- The Board began considering the Recreation Department budget, including land purchases and Camp Mather, with its outcome still pending.
- The Mayor recommended automatic pay increases for 36 librarians, cutting the requested total from $101,760 to $91,440.
- Chauffeur salaries set at $225 per month, as the Mayor recommended, were approved.
- The Department of Public Works budget was approved by a six to three vote.
- The Mayor's Budget was approved by a six to three vote.
- Supervisor Colman moved approval of the Hetch Hetchy Power Operative budget; a point of order was ruled not well taken.
- Pay increases for budgeted employment positions were ordered deleted by unanimous consent.
- Recreation Commission budget approved after eliminating four land purchases totaling $75,000 from the budget.
- Colman moved to eliminate new Public Utilities Commission positions, including 60 bus operators; the vote is not shown here.
- Supervisors approved correcting two Public Utilities Commission chauffeur salaries to $225 per month.
- Colman moved approval of the Public Utilities Commission budget as amended, but the Chair ruled separate votes were needed for each bureau.
- Supervisor Colman moved to approve the tentative San Francisco Unified School District budget; the vote is not yet recorded.
- O'Farrell Street rezoning appeal put off to June 10
- The proposed mechanical amusement devices ordinance was taken up by the Board, opposed by parent-teacher groups, with the outcome not yet recorded.
- Motion to refer complaints about street safety buttons to the Finance and Streets Committee passed.
- Supervisors McSheehy, Mead and Schmidt appointed to represent San Francisco at the Willamette Highway dedication in Oregon.
- Motion to tell the Supreme Court the Board approved the Controller's choice of attorney in the Purcell matter failed.
- Proposed rules for electrical musical machines, including permits and confiscation, were postponed until August 5, 1940.
- Board sits as a Committee of the Whole to hear the public on the Occupational License Ordinance; City Attorney review is pending.
- Board asks the Mayor to urge the Interior Secretary to suspend the Hetch Hetchy power injunction until June 30, 1941.
- Supervisor Colman moves to put off the Hetch Hetchy power distribution matter for one week to August 19, 1940.
- Supervisor Colman's motion asking the Mayor to press Interior Secretary Ickes on an editorial's request carried; reconsideration was noticed.
- Ordinance on mechanical amusement devices had its passage postponed to August 19, 1940.
- Board reconsidered a refused licence ordinance and adopted an amendment cutting the quarterly licence fee from $5 to $3.
- Proposed salary ordinance amendment on overtime pay for per diem workers was re-referred to the Finance Committee at the Mayor's request.
- Supervisor Colman requested a Chief Administrative Officer report on parking meters, and the request was ordered without objection.
- Colman's motion wishing the 250th Coast Artillery God-speed on its year's duty passed unanimously.
- Consideration of repealing the Post Street sidewalk-width ordinance was postponed to September 23, 1940.
- The Board postponed until September 23, 1940 a proposed charter amendment on Health Service System petitions and medical care review.
- Board unanimously commended the Recreation Commission for sixteen free Sunday concerts at Sigmund Stern Grove.
- Proposed one per cent tax on non-resident commuters' incomes was debated; motion to suspend rules to consider it immediately carried.
- Supervisor Ratto was appointed to represent San Francisco at a California State Chamber of Commerce council meeting in Oakland.
- Dr. Heil commended for an art exhibition at the De Young Memorial Museum, without objection.
- Board asked to back the Redwood Empire Association's highway resolutions
- Board heartily endorsed National Safety Week, November 23 to 29, and pledged cooperation with the Junior Chamber of Commerce.
- Board unanimously congratulates the Agricultural District 1-A livestock exposition and its officers on the show.
- Ordinance proposed to stop using yellow paint to mark taxicab stands; consideration postponed, text continues on next page.
- Proposal to close and abandon part of Union Street east of Calhoun Street was protested and further consideration was put off.
- Supervisor Colman withdrew his resolution declaring National Defense Week after Meyer said he had a similar one.
- State money for the Big Oak Flat Highway taken up
- Proposal to close part of Union Street east of Calhoun Street was postponed to February 3, 1941.
- Consideration of an ordinance enforcing street franchise and permit conditions was continued one week, as Supervisor McSheehy was absent.
- How far back buildings must sit changed on Quintara Street
- Ordinance giving the Controller power to enforce franchise and permit financial obligations was referred back to committee.
- Supervisor Colman's motion to use unused park facilities for recreation was referred to committee.
- The Board unanimously agreed to send Josephine Tumminia a letter congratulating her on her New York debut.
- Consideration of the Los Angeles state legislation committee report was made a special order for March 10, 1941.
- Board instructed its Sacramento delegation to oppose Senate Bill No. 399, which would increase Public Welfare Commission operating costs.
- Supervisor Ratto was appointed to represent the Board at the Redwood Empire Convention in Sacramento in March 1941.
- The Board adopted a resolution letting its president appoint Supervisors to represent it at the Redwood Empire Convention in Sacramento.
- Board postponed its decision on returning welfare relief administration to the counties until the Mayor could address it.
- Board of Supervisors went on record supporting Senate Bill 1255 on a three-quarter state relief cost formula and Assembly Bill 1617.
- The Board officially noticed the Hotaling Place art exhibit and commended the San Francisco Art Colony.
- Supervisor Colman's motion that the Board endorse the All Day Conference on San Francisco's Civic Needs was approved without objection.
- Supervisor Colman's motion to approve the Mayor's civilian defense emergency proclamation was ruled out of order.
- Colman moved that the Board endorse the Mayor's National Emergency Defense Council and appoint a committee to cooperate; adopted without objection.
- The Board extended good wishes to the San Francisco Seals baseball team for the coming season.
- The Board asked the California Horse Racing Commission to consider a charity day at Bay Meadows Track for blind artists.
- The Board approved the San Francisco Airport budget, Index 64, by eight votes to two.
- Motion to delete a $260 per month Cost Analyst position from the Board of Supervisors budget failed.
- Board voted to include $37,000 in the budget for remodeling the Detention Home.
- The Turk Street sidewalk-width resolution was sent back to the Streets Committee for further study.
- Supervisor Colman moved that charges against Public Welfare Commission members be dropped or heard at a committee meeting.
- Supervisor Colman's motion to send budget curtailments to the Finance Committee failed for want of a second.
- Supervisor Colman moved that budget items, including the Courts Building and Cow Palace, be referred to the Finance Committee to fund relief.
- Hearing on protests against street assessments near the Potrero Low Rent Housing Project was postponed until August 4, 1941.
- Supervisor Ratto was appointed to represent San Francisco at the Humboldt County Fair in Ferndale.
- A Finance Committee bill and ordinance was postponed for one week on Supervisor Colman's motion.
- Joint highway district proposed with San Mateo County for Geneva Avenue
- Hearing on protests against paving assessments for streets near the Potrero Low Rent Housing Project continued to September 8, 1941.
- The Board overruled Mission Land and Cattle Company's protest and confirmed its street-improvement assessment, saying the company benefited from the work.
- Supervisors sent the Market Street Railway bus permit back to committee, delaying the cable car replacement decision.
- Board adopted Resolution 2098 thanking the Recreation Department for its midsummer musicals at Sigmund Stern Grove.
- Board passed the 1941-1942 San Francisco tax rate ordinance, levying taxes for City and County purposes and common schools, after deleting the emergency clause.
- Board passed the 1941-42 tax rate ordinance, setting city and county property tax levies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1942.
- The Board referred the Market Street Railway petition to cut Sacramento Street cable car service back to committee.
- Supervisor Coleman's motion sent the Finance Committee's tax-rate statement back to committee for further study.
- Board unanimously went on record commending the Annual Exhibit of San Francisco Art Colony at the Ferry Building.
- Board adopted a resolution accepting Kern County land left in trust, with the Library and Park Commissions as trustees.
- Motion to postpone the hotel strike resolution until February 16, 1942 was defeated.
- Supervisor Colman's motion to congratulate the San Francisco Seals and their officials was referred to committee.
- Board congratulated the San Francisco Seals' president, manager and publicity man, and hoped for a 1942 pennant.
- Resolution mourning Captain Bernard P. Lamb, former Park Commission secretary, adopted by rising vote; Board adjourned that day.
- Consideration of a $1,200 appropriation for DeYoung Museum art purchase from Paul Drey was postponed to May 4, 1942.
- Proposal to spend $1,200 from a museum trust fund to buy artworks from Paul Drey, with a Finance Committee do-not-pass recommendation.
- Legislation creating an Assistant Director of Civilian Defense post was made a special order of business for May 11, 1942.
- Proposed ordinance appropriates $1,200 from a DeYoung Museum trust fund to buy art works from Paul Drey.
- Board invited visiting London volunteer fireman Mr. Baker to address its June 15 meeting.
- Chief Assistant Clerk to attend the Los Angeles convention
- The Board unanimously adopted a resolution expressing sympathy to the family of Lieutenant Charles Kendrick, Jr., killed in combat.
- Proposed resolution asks the Mayor to suspend charter pension limits so retirees can take wartime jobs.
- The Board expressed appreciation to officials and workers for San Francisco's War Chest campaign, which exceeded its $3,120,000 quota.
- The Board adopted a memorial resolution honoring the late James Wood Coffroth, a sportsman and former court clerk, by rising vote.
- Special election on buying the Market Street Railway put off
- Albert F. Skelly was appointed to represent the City at the State Legislature in Sacramento.
- Finance Committee recommends appropriating $6,050 from the Mayor's Emergency Reserve Fund for legislative expenses.
- Selection of a representative for the city in Sacramento was not decided because Supervisor Colman's motion lacked a second.
- City Attorney asked about routing municipal cars on inner tracks
- The Board recommended Supervisor Gallagher as a director of the Supervisors' Association of California, replacing Supervisor Green.
- Nuisance case against 2107 Scott Street put off again
- Proposal letting indigent aid recipients keep up to $250 in burial assets was postponed one week.
- Supervisors approved the Civilian Defense budget after cutting Camouflage to $2,500 and removing Consumers' Interest and Block Clubs items.
- Board re-referred a resolution asking Admiral Greenslade to rescind his order curtailing navy shore leave in San Francisco.
- Proposed amendment to the Civilian War Council salary ordinance adds a Field Supervisor post at $215 a month.
- On Supervisor Colman's motion, the Board confirmed the no-reduction recommendation for Herbert Jagow and Lena Kelm's property at 1514 25th Street.
- Proposed emergency ordinance letting monthly city employees work five days instead of five and a half without overtime; consideration continued.
- Dr. Curtis Warren, Superintendent of Schools, invited to visit the Board on October 25, 1943.
- Supervisor Colman moved to postpone for one week a $1,950 ordinance creating a Senior Attorney post in the Public Defender's office.
- Consideration of the Public Defender salary ordinance was continued to January 31, 1944.
- Supervisors voted six to five to postpone for one week an ordinance adding a $325-a-month senior attorney to the Public Defender's office.
- Supervisor Colman's amendment moving the supplemental budget request deadline from May 15 to May 1 was approved, 10-0.
- Voters to be asked to cancel the Market Street Railway's permits
- Supervisor Colman moved to postpone a proposed declaration of policy on acquiring the Market Street Railway; the Mayor opposed the measure.
- Supervisor Colman moved a motion while the Board sat as a Committee of the Whole; its text continues on the next page.
- Supervisor Colman moved that the auctioneer licence residency bill be re-referred to committee; motion carried.
- Board sent Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Cahill its wishes that they hear from their missing son; motion carried unanimously.
- The Board approved a $1,000 supplemental budget appropriation for telephones for the Air Raid Warden Service, as recommended by the Mayor.
- The Board adopted a resolution mourning Captain William F. Drew, a doctor killed in Sicily, and sent copies to his family.
- Supervisor MacPhee was appointed to represent the Board at a California Youth Authority meeting in San Jose.
- Proposed urban redevelopment resolution, based on the City Planning Commission's outline, was reconsidered; outcome not printed on this page.
- Resolution proposed to commend Herbert Fleishhacker for twenty-five years' service on the Park Commission after his resignation.
- Supervisor Colman proposed asking the City Attorney to define 'emergency' as used in legislation.
- Board unanimously adopted a memorial resolution honouring James B. McSheehy, a former supervisor and building contractor.
- Supervisor MacPhee was appointed to attend the League of California Cities meeting in Sacramento on July 12, 1944.
- Proposed: the Mayor is asked to appoint a Local Post-War Public Works Review Board to plan projects using $800,000 in state funds.
- Mrs. Gertrude Atherton was thanked for her service on the Art Commission and wished success in future endeavors.
- Proposal 4198 to change McLaren Park boundaries was postponed until August 28, 1944.
- Proposed charter amendment would bring most Steinhart Aquarium employees under civil service protections, for voters on November 7, 1944.
- Proposed Charter amendment on severance pay for city and school district employees was ordered submitted to voters after a referral motion.
- Supervisor Colman postponed a proposed ordinance capping resale prices of travel tickets above tariff until September 11, 1944.
- Supervisor Green's proposed bill to legalize betting on horses was continued to October 30, 1944 for hearing.
- Board approved the idea of a night meeting by the Public Utilities Commission on transit; Proposal 4386 then filed.
- Supervisor Colman moved to substitute Public Utilities Commission night meetings on streetcar service for Proposal 4386; no vote is recorded.
- Board's post-war planning resolution urging the Mayor's hearings on public projects stayed on the calendar for one week at the Mayor's request.
- Board sent congratulations to the Controller on his marriage and best wishes to Harold J. Boyd and his wife.
- The Board rescinded its adoption of Proposal 4188 for a World War II memorial after the Mayor returned it unsigned; a substitute was referred to committee.
- Six Bufano sculptures were accepted for the Park Commission by a 7-3 vote.
- Board postponed consideration of the proposed San Francisco Airport bond issue until February 5, 1945.
- Supervisor Colman moved, without objection, to refer the rat infection report to the Public Health and Welfare Committee for a full hearing.
- A resolution endorsing a state aid plan for county indigent relief and a five-year residence rule was proposed.
- Proposal to stamp the detailed tax rate on each 1945-1946 tax bill was postponed to January 29, 1945.
- Board refused to suspend rules, sending a proposal urging abandonment of Harry Bridges's deportation to committee.
- Judiciary Committee recommended the City Attorney file action before the State Railroad Commission for a central passenger terminal; the Board took it up.
- Board considers resolution urging state compulsory health insurance legislation; Supervisor Colman moved postponement for two weeks.
- Consideration of a bill creating a $500,000-capped Municipal Railway accident reserve fund was postponed to March 26, 1945.
- A $200,000 Municipal Railway surplus appropriation for an accident reserve fund was postponed until March 26, 1945.
- Motion to table the proposed commendation of legislative representative Donald Cleary and deputy city attorney Albert Skelly carried.
- Police Committee's ordinance on sedan and limousine definitions, permits and rates was postponed by one week.
- Supervisor Colman moved to postpone the used automobile dealer ordinance for two weeks; MacPhee objected to further delay.
- Paul Robeson invited to address the Board on March 19, 1945 at 2:30 P.M.
- Proposed twenty-year lease of Water Department land on Van Ness Avenue to Trader Vic was put off until April 2, 1945.
- Consideration of a measure put off until late March
- Trader Vic offers twenty-year restaurant lease at Van Ness and Beach
- Supervisor MacPhee was authorized to attend a Municipal and County Development Committee meeting in Sacramento.
- Board sends good wishes for the season to the San Francisco Seals and their manager, Frank O'Doul.
- Board rescinds its April 16, 1945 adoption of a resolution endorsing a pay increase for Municipal Court judges.
- Proposal to fill a part-time Recreation Department position was refused, then reconsidered and postponed to May 21, 1945.
- The Board approved transferring $3,600 from an assistant superintendent post to temporary salaries.
- Estimated expense budget for the Board of Supervisors' own office approved, separate from the highway district request.
- $1,007.99 sought to replace Steinhart Aquarium's refrigeration for fish
- Motion to restore $91,000 for street light installations failed on the Board's vote.
- Art Commission request for $966 to make a clerk-stenographer full time failed for want of a second.
- Colman's motion to restore $91,000 for four street lighting projects was deferred until the Public Works budget is decided.
- Supervisor Colman moved approval of the San Francisco airport budget; the debate continues on the next page.
- Board postponed consideration of selling unneeded City-owned land, particularly in San Mateo County, until May 28, 1945.
- Board postponed consideration of whether the Public Utilities Commission may cut street railway fares for school children until May 28, 1945.
- Board approved, without objection, a Civil Service Commission recommendation retitling existing positions with no change in pay.
- Board of Education asks that 90 positions be allowed to work more than 40 hours weekly; outcome not yet shown.
- Civil Service Commission's recommended pay rates for new 1945-46 city positions were approved without objection.
- Board referred the Stevens' protest over a misapplied tax payment on Lot 21A to the City Attorney.
- Airport bond proposal sent back to committee after Supervisor Colman's amendment kept it pending for four weeks.
- Board reconsidered and approved Assembly Bill 2176, letting San Francisco contract with the state to collect taxes.
- The Board debated overriding the Mayor's veto of the annual salary ordinance, which sets department head salary brackets; the vote is unfinished.
- Supervisor Colman moved approval of a corrected salary ordinance with an emergency clause; the vote is not printed here.
- Supervisors debated a salary ordinance for city employees with an emergency clause after the Mayor's veto; no final vote appears on this page.
- Board confirmed the Mayor's appointment of D. Lyle Ghirardelli as a trustee to fill a vacancy caused by a death.
- Proposed amendment to the Farmers' Market ordinance was sent back to committee for additional hearing.
- Third Avenue rezoning appeal put off for a week
- Chamber of Commerce asks that the Post Street widening wait
- Plan to put the Municipal Railway under a new commission
- Supervisor Colman's proposal to study a United Nations headquarters site in San Francisco was referred to committee.
- A San Mateo County supervisor's request that the Board back state purchase of the Butano Forests was referred to committee.
- Board postponed consideration of a bill raising the War Memorial Reserve cap to $100,000.
- Mayor Lapham's appointment of Harry D. Ross as Controller, replacing the late Harold Boyd, awaits Board confirmation.
- Resolution honouring the late Marshal Hale, Sr., founder of Hale Bros. department stores, adopted unanimously by rising vote.
- Supervisor Dan Gallagher was re-elected President of the Board of Supervisors by unanimous vote.
- Supervisor Colman presented a resolution endorsing Assembly Bill 30, creating a California State Aviation Agency.
- Supervisor Sullivan's appointment to represent the Board at a Santa Barbara Mission Trails convention was referred to Rules Committee and appealed.
- Proposal asks the City Planning Commission to recommend a blighted area for a redevelopment survey and its cost.
- Height limits for the industrial zone at the foot of Telegraph Hill set as a special order for March 11, 1946.
- Supervisors kept a height-limit ordinance for the hill and industrial area on the calendar for two weeks, pending a legal opinion on spot zoning.
- Proposed McLaren Park boundaries were referred to the Public Buildings, Lands and City Planning Committee for hearing.
- Board considers recommending $37,500 from the Chief Administrative Officer for a State study of a second San Francisco Bay bridge; consideration continued.
- Proposal to narrow Mission Street sidewalks between the Embarcadero and South Van Ness to twelve feet was postponed one week.
- Overtime rate for a city contract, double time or time and a half, sent to the City Attorney for an opinion.
- Proposal to narrow Mission Street sidewalks to twelve feet between the Embarcadero and South Van Ness; continued to April 8, 1946.
- Board postponed action on the John McLaren park boundaries in Proposal 5672 until June 10, 1946, pending a Planning Commission report.
- Proposal for a second bay crossing and a $37,500 survey was put over two weeks after debate.
- Board considered approving the nominating committee's list of officers for Alta California Inc., including Supervisor Frank Rowe as president.
- Supervisor Brown was appointed to represent San Francisco at the Alameda County Fair in Pleasanton, starting July 2, 1946.
- Resolution proposed urging the state legislature to enact higher old age pension payments; outcome not shown.
- Supervisor Colman moved passage of an ordinance appropriating $62,000 to buy a new site for the Farmers' Market.
- Motion to rescind the refusal of Bill 4168, adding a jail superintendent salary classification, failed.
- $26,425 voted for Municipal Railway replacements and rebuilding
- Proposal urging a trail right-of-way through Crystal Lakes property in San Mateo County was re-referred to committee.
- Proposed ordinance would allow hand-ironing establishments of up to five employees in commercial districts.
- Fire Commission's request for extra firemen was sent back to Finance Committee, delaying the appropriation by about a week.
- Proposed charter amendment would set police work week at 44 hours and raise fire hours; Board debates sending it to voters.
- Supervisors ordered submitted to voters a charter amendment fixing Municipal Railway platform and bus operator wages by averaging other California systems' rates.
- The Board postponed until September 23, 1946, a proposed charter amendment on city planning backed by the Planning and Housing Association.
- Supervisor Christopher proposed submitting to voters a $100,000 tax-funded permanent Farmers' Market on a new site; outcome not printed.
- Board debated a police and fire charter amendment; a motion to delete the Salvage Corps section failed on a 5-5 tie.
- The Board's earlier vote sending the Salvage Corps retirement charter amendment to voters was rescinded.
- A 6-to-5 vote rescinded the earlier order to submit a Fire Prevention Bureau charter amendment to voters.
- A 10-to-1 vote rescinded the order submitting a proposed charter amendment adding Section 171.1 to voters.
- Supervisor Colman moved to rescind the ballot submission of a charter amendment affecting the Salvage Corps.
- Proposed amendment to the City Planning Code would allow small hand-ironing establishments in commercial districts.
- Supervisor Colman proposed Charter Amendment No. 7 giving monthly pensions to widows of fire and police members killed on duty; voter submission pending.
- Supervisor Colman moved to rescind the Board's order submitting Charter Amendment No. 9, setting supervisors' pay by general law; the vote is not yet shown.
- A proposed charter amendment on pensions for dependents of fire and police members was designated Charter Amendment No. 7.
- A charter amendment on retirement allowances for widows of policemen was sent back to committee.
- Proposed charter amendment giving widows of deceased police officers a monthly allowance was re-referred to committee.
- Proposed charter amendment would give benefits to dependents of fire and police killed on duty and set corporal retirement pay.
- Photographer and solicitor permit rules adopted, requiring Chief of Police permits and quarterly Tax Collector licence fees.
- Consideration of an appeal to rezone property at Broderick and Union Streets was postponed until October 7, 1946.
- Post Street sidewalk-width bill was continued to October 14, 1946 after opponents objected and debate ran on.
- Proposal to narrow Post Street sidewalks between Taylor and Powell was kept on the calendar until October 14, 1946.
- Board postponed a decision on narrowing Post Street sidewalks to October 21, 1946, at McAtee's request.
- $750,000 for Market Street track rebuilding put off again
- Superintendent of Schools Curtis E. Warren granted leave of absence October 14 to 23, 1946, to attend a meeting in Cincinnati.
- Proposal on Market Street improvements kept on the Board calendar for two weeks, with consideration set for October 28, 1946.
- Supervisor MacPhee was appointed President Pro Tem on Supervisor Colman's motion, seconded by Supervisor J. Joseph Sullivan, without objection.
- Bill 4375 on building permits and subdivision lot widths passed second reading after Supervisor Colman's amendment on lot dimensions.
- Streets and Highways Committee members approved to attend State Highway Commission meeting in Sacramento, November 21, 1946.
- Board President Gallagher authorized to take charter amendments to Sacramento for legislative ratification.
- Supervisor MacPhee was appointed President Pro Tempore of the Board on Colman's motion, with no objection.
- Board approved a $3,400 payment of 1947 annual dues to the County Supervisors' Association of California.
- Congressman Richard J. Welch's request for a map of accident ratios across San Francisco was granted without objection.
- Supervisor Lewis proposed $2,500 for an expert investigator into the Municipal Railway; the matter was referred to the Finance Committee.
- Motion to tell attorney Leahy the statute of limitations would not be pleaded in the Holm case was referred to Finance Committee.
- State asked not to buy Stoneson land near Lake Merced
- Colman's motion asking the Civil Service Commission to review the salary survey failed for lack of a second.
- Supervisor Colman moved that the Civil Service Commission review its report; action was postponed until two supervisors arrived.
- Colman's motion to adopt about $1.1M in Civil Service wage increases failed for lack of a second.
- Supervisor Lewis was sent to Sacramento to confer on pending legislation, with the City paying his expenses.
- Board ordered a letter of good wishes sent to Charlie Graham, Paul Fagan and Lefty O'Doul of the Seals.
- Municipal Railway overtime appropriation for Bill 4654 reduced to $3,500 and continued for one week.
- Board endorsed enactment of A.B. 24 at Sacramento, following the Chief Administrative Officer's support for it.
- Finance Committee sent a proposal to spend $4,494.64 moving civil defence sirens to a storage yard; consideration continued.
- Supervisors voted 9-1 to delete the paver job classification from a city employee pay-schedule bill.
- Proposed emergency ordinance appropriating $4,494.64 to remove sirens, taken up from Finance Committee without recommendation.
- Board adopted the amended Water Department budget after rescinding and re-voting its earlier adoption.
- Proposal to set up a five-member Budget Efficiency Committee to cut unnecessary city spending was taken up.
- City Attorney asked to draft bonds for streets and streetcars
- Proposed ordinance requires permits for new buildings and use changes to be posted on the property, with a $2.50 posting fee.
- Charter amendment letting the city fund and refinance the Market Street Railway Company purchase was ordered submitted to voters.
- Board adopted Proposal No. 6906 on bond issues on July 14, 1947.
- Proposed bond issues, including $20,000,000 for Municipal Railway rehabilitation, were adopted again after the Board rescinded its earlier vote.
- Board ordered a charter amendment to voters allowing bonds to pay the balance owed to Market Street Railway Company.
- The Board voted to sit as a Board of Equalization on July 24, 1947 to equalize 1947-1948 property assessments.
- Board ruled out of order a motion to reduce Edward A. Wands' assessment on Duboce Avenue by $500.
- Building assessment for Daniel and Florence Frost, block 3556 lot 30, reduced by $250 as the appraiser recommended.
- Proposed charter amendment moving the mayor's annual message to October was postponed one week pending a Charter Revision Committee report.
- Charter amendment on appointing an attorney for the Bureau of Delinquent Revenue postponed one week pending a Charter Revision Committee report.
- The Board rescinded its earlier action, then ordered a charter amendment on the De Young Museum submitted to voters.
- Mayor's veto sustained after a re-referral motion failed
- Thomas A. Brooks's appointment as Road Commissioner for the city was put off for two weeks.
- Consideration of an ordinance put off for one week
- Rezoning of the west side of Gough Street from First to Second Residential District was continued one week.
- Colman moved that the Board send a representative to a state hearing on proposed land acquisition for San Francisco State Teachers College.
- Appeal against the Rivera Street paving bill is denied
- Board sits as a committee of the whole on street benches
- Proposal to fund $6.5M Municipal Railway rehabilitation was refused, then set for consideration on December 15, 1947.
- Board rescinded passage and continued the private ambulance rate ordinance for one week after Colman objected to increases.
- Supervisors honour [name withheld] with a commendation