The Thomas J. Cahill Hall of Justice in San Francisco is the third building to serve as the headquarters of the San Francisco Police Department and San Francisco County Superior Court. Wikipedia ↗
850 Bryant St · City-owned · 615,241 sq ft · District 6
Contracts and bonds
No payment, contract or bond in the City’s files names this place.
Staff and upkeep come from the City Administrator's Office budget ($287.7M in FY2025).
Board of Supervisors decisions
11 decisions about this place, 2000–2024.
2024Approved a $42,125 settlement with the Bay Area Air Quality Management District over Hall of Justice boilers.
Resolution · File 240581The Board’s file ↗2024Allowed Mission Neighborhood Centers to run a children's waiting room at the Hall of Justice for $1 annually.
Resolution · File 240151The Board’s file ↗2020Required the City to close the county jail on the Hall of Justice's seventh floor by November 1, 2020.
Ordinance · File 200372The Board’s file ↗2019Authorized borrowing of up to $62,000,000 to improve and equip City facilities, including the Hall of Justice.
Ordinance · File 190896The Board’s file ↗2014Found the proposed Hall of Justice Jail Replacement Project financially feasible.
Resolution · File 140310The Board’s file ↗6 earlier decisions, 2000–2008
2008Authorized transferring three court facilities to the State of California, with ongoing yearly payments, adjusted for inflation.
Resolution · File 081384The Board’s file ↗2007Barred the Police Department from checking records of city phones for news media at the Hall of Justice.
Ordinance · File 061641The Board’s file ↗2004Urged moving Peter Voulkos' sculpture at the Hall of Justice, citing poor siting, lack of public viewing and neglect.
Resolution · File 040672The Board’s file ↗2001Approved leasing city-owned space on the Hall of Justice's first floor to the Northern California Service League.
Resolution · File 010110The Board’s file ↗2000Changed parking fine rules and added parking regulations for the Hall of Justice site.
Ordinance · File 000897The Board’s file ↗2000Added a four dollar fee on some court filings to pay for children's waiting rooms here.
Ordinance · File 992317The Board’s file ↗Older papers, at the Internet Archive: 1996
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