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59 decisions the Board of Supervisors took about Vernon, between 1914 and 1988, read from its own minutes and each linked to the scanned page; most of them in the 1920s; often about paving and grading, sewers, schools.

59
decisions the Board of Supervisors took about Vernon, between 1914 and 1988
Most of them in the 1920s

What keeps coming up

Paving and gradingCutting streets to their official level and surfacing them.8
SewersSewers laid, broken, replaced — and occasionally sinking with the ground.8
SchoolsSchool sites bought, built and repaired.4
Streetcars and transitStreetcar lines built, extended and pulled up again.3
The rules for this street changedRezonings, height limits, and rules written for one block.3
Keeping horses and cowsUntil about 1930 the Board voted on whether you could keep animals at your address.2

Decade by decade

Newest first. Each decade shows its most notable decision; the line opens the scanned page.

  1. 1980s2
    Stop signs added where San Miguel and Tara meet Mt. Vernon · 1988
  2. 1970s1
    One-way streets established on Howth and Louisburg Streets · 1976
  3. 1960s1
    Map approved to realign San Jose Avenue near Mt. Vernon Avenue · 1968
  4. 1950s3
    Getz Street to be improved with about $2,600 in city aid · 1958
  5. 1940s1
    Proposed: City taking over Williar Avenue between Niagara and Mt. Vernon · 1947
  6. 1930s5
    Caution signs installed on Guerrero Street and Duboce Avenue · 1931
  7. 1920s37
    Proposed: $27,013.27 to Children's Agency for the care of minors · 1926
  8. 1910s9
    $36,080.00 set aside to finish the Morgue and County Jail building · 1914

The most notable decisions

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Every decision the record places on this street is here. Every line is written from one item in the minutes of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, the city council, and links to the page it was printed on at the Internet Archive or in the Clerk's own files. Many of the Board's decisions name no street at all, and only the ones that do can be placed here. How the record was read · The whole city