Geneva Ave
120+ decisions the Board of Supervisors took about Geneva Ave, between 1912 and 2007, read from its own minutes and each linked to the scanned page; often about streetcars and transit, the rules for this street changed, sewers.
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What keeps coming up
- Streetcars and transit10Streetcar lines built, extended and pulled up again.
- The rules for this street changed10Rezonings, height limits, and rules written for one block.
- Sewers9Sewers laid, broken, replaced — and occasionally sinking with the ground.
- Land and buildings split up9A lot split in two, or a building divided into flats that sell separately.
- Parking7Where you could leave a car, and where you could not.
- PG&E and the utilities7The 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.
- 2000s10Countdown crossing signals and curb bulbs proposed citywide · 2006
- 1990s4Muni-only parking established on Geneva and San Jose Avenues · 1999
- 1980s7Sought to stop charity buildings becoming tourist operations · 1981
- 1970s12Health contract renewed with Geneva Avenue United Methodist Church · 1978
- 1960s25Board trims the sewer bond issue to $15.6M · 1964
- 1950s10Land bought from Cesare Restani for $5,580 to widen Geneva Avenue · 1954
- 1940s15Land on Geneva Avenue to be taken for a library · 1946
- 1930s9J. W. Macdonald grants land for the Geneva Avenue outlet sewer · 1937
- 1920s16Giacomo Armanini to be paid $7,000 for Amazon Reservoir land · 1921
- 1910s12Antonio Tiscornia and Stefano Ventre paid $3,150 for sewer land · 1915
The most notable decisions
Land on Geneva Avenue to be taken for a library
Resolution · 21 October 1946 ↗Board trims the sewer bond issue to $15.6M
Ordinance · 10 February 1964 ↗Health contract renewed with Geneva Avenue United Methodist Church
Resolution · 2 October 1978 ↗Mental health contract renewed with Geneva Avenue United Methodist Church
Resolution · 8 August 1977 ↗$400,000 set aside for parking in a neighborhood shopping district
Ordinance · 28 June 1971 ↗City and Los Angeles County to share emergency care costs
Ordinance · 27 January 1964 ↗Muni-only parking established on Geneva and San Jose Avenues
Resolution · 15 March 1999 ↗$20,000 paid to Arthur Smith for the Geneva Avenue widening
Resolution · 28 December 1964 ↗Frank A. Andrews paid $12,500 in a Geneva Avenue land trade
Ordinance · 10 February 1964 ↗Land traded at Geneva and San Jose Avenues for widening
Ordinance · 20 January 1964 ↗
Where this comes from
The street holds more than 120 decisions; this page carries the 120 most notable. 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