All decisions
about 120 Board decisions about P. J. McMurray, in date order. Each links to its printed page.
- A photographer and solicitor permit ordinance was re-referred to the Police Committee for further study.
- Superintendent of Airport Operations salary range of $500-750 was referred to the Civil Service Commission.
- Maintenance Chief salary range of $350-475 at San Francisco Airport was referred to the Civil Service Commission.
- Crew Chief salary range of $225-275 at San Francisco Airport was referred to the Civil Service Commission.
- Warehouse and Probate Estates Appraiser post referred to Civil Service Commission with proposed salary range of $350-400.
- Supervisor of Real Property Records post referred to Civil Service Commission with proposed salary range of $360-450.
- Two-hour parking on California and Mason sent back to committee
- Two-hour parking limits for several downtown streets were re-referred to the Police Committee on McMurray's motion.
- A proposal to bar parking on many San Francisco streets, including Geary, Grant and Kearny, was taken up.
- The Board's attempt to override Mayor Lapham's veto of a resolution urging Congress to credit military service to Social Security failed.
- The Assessor's budget was adopted after a motion to cut its new positions and overtime was defeated.
- The City Attorney's budget was adopted, rejecting cuts to a receptionist post and $5,000 in office alterations.
- The Board adopted the District Attorney's budget without objection, after discussing its special fund.
- Budget account increase of $1,707 for equipment, a new car, adopted without objection.
- Supervisor McMurray proposed adding $58,500 to capital spending to buy land at Silver Avenue and Bay Shore for a playground.
- Supervisors moved to shift the $40,000 Bay View property purchase to buying more land in Silver Terrace; the motion carried 9 to 1.
- A proposal to ban left turns at many downtown San Francisco intersections and streets was introduced, with its vote continuing on the next page.
- Photographer and solicitor licensing bill sent back to committee at the request of the Chief of Police.
- Charter amendment on the Board of Education, Section 134, was designated Charter Amendment No. 10.
- Opposition to the redwood forest bill sent back to committee
- Board set a proposed salary range of $300-350 for the assistant superintendent of nursing at San Francisco Hospital.
- Proposed salary range of $230-280 for Junior Water Purification Engineer was carried.
- Proposed salary range of $250-310 for Surveyor's Field Assistant; the vote result appears on the next page.
- A flat daily rate of $11.50 for Switch Repairers and Track Welders was carried.
- Board carried a proposed pay range of $230-245 for the head seamstress classification.
- Board carried a proposed pay range of $210-230 for the seamstress classification.
- Board carried a proposed pay range of $260-325 for the bus dispatcher classification.
- Proposed flat monthly sum of $400 for General Foreman of Street Repair carried.
- Salary range of $185-230 for the book repairer position was carried.
- Proposed salary range of $220-275 for the X-Ray Technician position was carried.
- Supervisor of Street Repair salary range of $450-550 a month was proposed and carried by the Board.
- Proposal to exempt the operating room nurse position from the Charter's residence requirement; outcome not printed here.
- Board voted to postpone for one week consideration of an amendment to the Purchase and Use Tax Ordinance.
- Proposed amendments to the city's Purchase and Use Tax Ordinance were postponed to September 2, 1947, on McMurray's motion.
- Board continued for one week a proposal exempting the public health nurse position from the charter residence requirement.
- Proposed ordinance to exchange sedan operating permits for taxicab permits was re-referred to committee.
- Motion to rescind the Board's order placing a charter amendment on Fire and Police Departments before voters failed.
- Emergency ordinance giving the Sheriff $3,500 to buy clothing for County Jails Nos. 1 and 2 was finally passed.
- Purchase of four Farmers' Market lots in Assessor's Block 5734 from Henry F. Wrigley for $2,370 approved.
- Supplemental Public Welfare Department recommendations for categorical aid recipients approved, per the November 18, 1947 letter.
- Release of an indigent-aid lien filed against Encarnation P. Flint authorized by the Board's clerk.
- $300 appropriated from Public Works funds for temporary City Hall telephone operators; passed for second reading.
- Proposed $500 appropriation for a revolving fund in the Tax Collector's use tax division passed for second reading.
- Proposed $10,185 appropriation for five new Water Department engineering and chemical positions passed for second reading.
- Proposed amendment to the Annual Salary Ordinance for the Water Department, a companion to the staffing appropriation, continues onto next page.
- The Board authorized the Clerk to release a lien filed for indigent aid against Gail Lopez.
- The Board authorized the Clerk to release a lien filed for indigent aid against John and Lucy Mueller.
- Forty-year lease of certain San Francisco Airport property to United Air Lines, Inc. confirmed and adopted.
- Old keeper's house at Bay and Hyde Streets to be sold
- $1 a year offered for city land on Fairfax Avenue
- Sale of a Jackson Street lot to J. I. Mudd et ux. for $9,250 proposed for confirmation.
- Taxes cancelled on state building land at Golden Gate and Larkin
- Public Welfare Department recommendations for November 1947 categorical aid recipients approved, per the November 18, 1947 letter.
- Emergency relief extended to non-resident indigents for December 1947 and January 1948, per the November 24, 1947 list.
- Controller authorized to correct clerical errors in the 1947-1948 assessment roll.
- Controller authorized to correct a clerical error in the 1947-1948 assessment roll for Lot 46, Block 3706.
- Legion of Honor director authorized to join certain organizations and pay membership dues; passed for second reading.
- Purchase of land for Merced Playground from Pacific Coast Construction Company for $15,659.66 was authorized.
- Lease-purchase agreement with Mayfair Heights Corporation for Lot 20, Block 1068 for Laurel Hill Playground was authorized.
- The Board authorized the Controller to correct clerical errors in the 1947-1948 assessment roll.
- The Board approved the Civil Service Commission holding an examination for Assistant Actuary of the Retirement System.
- An ordinance creating a $500 revolving fund for the Tax Collector's Office was passed for second reading.
- Taxes wrongly collected to be refunded
- Acceptance of a quitclaim deed from Acorn Petroleum Company releasing Fresno County property from an oil and gas lease was authorized.
- Part of the Glen Park Reservoir site to be sold
- The Mayor's veto of a proposal designating Ocean Avenue as a through highway was referred to the Police Committee.
- The Board offered its facilities and cooperation for New York Mayor William O'Dwyer's San Francisco visit in March 1948.
- The Board considered a salary standardization ordinance for fiscal 1948-49; a motion to hear all parties in committee lost.
- Angle parking rules in the Traffic Code were re-referred to Police Committee for further consideration.
- J. J. Phillips defends the $98,000 Geary Street carbarn purchase
- A proposal to cut Legislative Expense from $61,000 to $25,000 was defeated by the Board.
- Fillmore Street parking meters sent back to the Police Committee
- Payment of $26,718.50 from the Water fund to Dion R. Holm for retroactive pay was continued one week.
- Board suspended its rules to take up Resolution 8247, whose final outcome is not on this page.
- Clara, Ritch and Shipley Streets made one-way
- Broadway no-stopping plan sent back to committee
- Angle parking on Broadway near Van Ness sent back to committee
- Proposed change from angle to parallel parking on north Irving Street was sent back to Police Committee.
- One-way plan for Lafayette Street sent back to committee
- Motion requires Public Works and Board of Education to discuss proposed school building sites on July 5, 1949.
- Charter amendment would require the Public Utilities Commission to keep and restore electric streetcars on certain streets; Board moved into committee of the whole.
- The Clerk was authorized to accept proponents' endorsements for ballot arguments before they go to the Registrar of Voters.
- The Board unanimously adopted a resolution in memoriam of Thomas P. Garrity by rising vote.
- Supervisor McMurray presented a resolution asking the Mayor to appoint a committee for the St. Patrick's Day parade; outcome not printed.
- The Board adopted a resolution asking Mayor to appoint a committee to cooperate on the census.
- Wayland Street paving appeal put off for four weeks
- Resolution 9639, presented by Supervisor McMurray, was adopted unanimously by rising vote; its subject is not printed here.
- Resolution to waive the statute of limitations on a suit by Hetch Hetchy employees against the Civil Service Commission was continued.
- The Board adopted a resolution asking the Mayor to appoint a committee for the 1951 St. Patrick's Day Parade.
- Resolution in memory of Thomas Cummins was adopted by unanimous rising vote.
- Board adopted a motion authorizing the Clerk to requisition up to $500 for bleachers at a March 17, 1951 civic celebration.
- Motion to set the Public Utilities Commission Secretary's flat salary at $500 failed.
- Proposed Assistant Clerk salary range of $360-420 failed and was not approved.
- Board authorized the Clerk to buy up to $500 of bleachers for a March 17, 1951 civic celebration.
- Pay range of $220-280 for the Rodent Controlman job, class J-74, lapsed for want of a second.
- Pay range for morgue attendants set at $220-260.
- Salary range of $235-295 for fingerprint technicians was approved by the Board.
- Pay range of $250-290 for the Sub-Foreman Book Repairer job, class J-56, approved.
- Supervisor McMurray's proposed $500 monthly rate for the criminal attorney classification failed on a 4-6 vote.
- Board asks the Clerk to get the Police Department's recommendations on the proposed one-way street plan.
- Supervisor McMurray's Resolution 11045 was adopted by nine ayes to none, two absent.
- Dr. Thomas Ayers would lease 305 Divisadero Street to the city
- Board calls for two crossing streets named Adam and Eve
- Supervisor McMurray's proposed resolution commending Congressmen Shelley and Havenner on meat price rollback was temporarily postponed.
- The Board adopted Resolution 11423 on File 7944, with nine ayes and two absent members.
- Supervisor McMurray's resolution to plan a solid fill crossing to Alameda was referred to the County, State and National Affairs Committee.
- Supervisor McMurray's proposal to plan a solid fill crossing to Alameda was referred to committee after a split roll call.
- Mayor asked to proclaim Letter-Writing Week in October
- The Board adopted a request that the Mayor appoint a citizens' committee for the 1952 St. Patrick's Day Parade, sponsored by the United Irish Societies.
- The Board adopted a resolution asking the Mayor to proclaim February 10-18, 1952, as National Negro History Week.
- The Board voted to congratulate its chauffeur, [name withheld], on becoming a grandfather.
- Supervisor McMurray proposed a resolution urging a federal loan for an earth-fill Southern Crossing of San Francisco Bay; debate continued.
- $350 found to rent bleachers for the March 16 celebration
- Proposed no-stopping rules on six downtown street segments, 4 to 6 p.m., were put off for one week.
- The Board adopted Resolution 12203, whose subject is not printed on these pages.
- Laguna Street closed for the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church's anniversary
- Board adopted agreement letting a San Francisco Fire Department officer instruct in the State Fire Training Program, reimbursed by the State Board of Education.