Central
25 decisions the Board of Supervisors took about Central, between 1910 and 1944, read from its own minutes and each linked to the scanned page; most of them in the 1910s; often about sewers, clinics and hospitals, pg&e and the utilities.
What keeps coming up
- Sewers5Sewers laid, broken, replaced — and occasionally sinking with the ground.
- Clinics and hospitals2Clinics, health centres and hospitals.
- PG&E and the utilities2The gas, electric and water companies, and the city's dealings with them.
Decade by decade
Newest first. Each decade shows its most notable decision; the line opens the scanned page.
The most notable decisions
Catherine Hobro's Redwood City land bought for the Hetch Hetchy aqueduct
Resolution · 27 August 1923 ↗Land bought in San Mateo County for the Hetch Hetchy aqueduct
Resolution · 23 April 1923 ↗$35,000 set aside to pave Geary Street to Van Ness Avenue
Resolution · 16 September 1912 ↗$46,000 set aside for sewers in Brannan Street
Resolution · 16 September 1912 ↗Sewers contracted in Brannan Street from First Street to Central Place
Departmental work · 1912 ↗Sewers built in Brannan Street from First Street to Central Place
Departmental work · 1912 ↗City tide land sold to F. W. Leis for $2,000
Ordinance · 25 January 1915 ↗Unsold 1904 bonds to be sold at the Treasurer's office
Ordinance · 22 July 1912 ↗Sherman, Clay & Co. paid $882 for a school piano
Resolution · 1 July 1913 ↗Clarence Eaton bids $1,000 for land at Mendell and Innes
Ordinance · 29 May 1944 ↗
Where this comes from
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