Federal
118 decisions the Board of Supervisors took about Federal, between 1909 and 2025, read from its own minutes and each linked to the scanned page; often about freeways, parking, streetcars and transit.
What keeps coming up
- Freeways10The freeways, from the land bought for them to the fights about them.
- Parking9Where you could leave a car, and where you could not.
- Streetcars and transit4Streetcar lines built, extended and pulled up again.
- War and the military4The military in the city, and what the wars did to it.
- Cemeteries and funerals3Burial and the trades around it, at their heaviest as the city closed its cemeteries.
- PG&E and the utilities3The 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.
- 2020s9$15.0M accepted for 300 electric car chargers · 2025
- 2010s7$3.4M federal grant taken for the Islais Creek Bridge repair · 2013
- 2000s22$742,000 in grants for the City CarShare programme · 2000
- 1990s29$58.5M sought to put the Embarcadero Freeway underground · 1991
- 1980s23Governor urged to appeal the pregnancy leave court ruling · 1984
- 1970s8$95,298 voted for ten new Sheriff's jobs under court order · 1975
- 1960s2More welfare staff sought after a court struck residence rules. · 1968
- 1950s1Geary Expressway to be built from Broderick Street to Franklin Street · 1953
- 1940s3Golden Gate Bridge urged into the state or federal highway system · 1942
- 1930s6Congress urged to keep federal aid highway money flowing · 1936
- 1920s6Auctioneers' licence fees set from $200 to $800 by sales · 1926
- 1910s1Railroad ticket peddler ordinance has yielded no revenue since 1904 · 1915
- 1900s1City Attorney asked for his opinion on the federal court case · 1909
The most notable decisions
Geary Expressway to be built from Broderick Street to Franklin Street
Motion · 24 August 1953 ↗$58.5M sought to put the Embarcadero Freeway underground
Resolution · proposed · 17 June 1991 ↗Federal Highway Administration urged to hold back Central Freeway money
Resolution · 20 May 1991 ↗$40.4M in federal money sought for the Embarcadero roadway project
Resolution · proposed · 6 May 1991 ↗$15.0M accepted for 300 electric car chargers
Resolution · 14 January 2025 ↗$6.5M and $2.4M federal grants accepted for Port rail access
Resolution · 27 September 1993 ↗$2.7M accepted by the Port to upgrade the Ferry Terminal
Resolution · 24 May 1993 ↗Governor Newsom urged to fund San Francisco transit after the pandemic
Resolution · 6 June 2023 ↗Governor urged to appeal the pregnancy leave court ruling
Resolution · 26 March 1984 ↗$742,000 in grants for the City CarShare programme
Resolution · 20 November 2000 ↗
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