Sierra
8 decisions the Board of Supervisors took about Sierra, between 1908 and 2004, read from its own minutes and each linked to the scanned page; most of them in the 1940s; often about railroads and spur tracks, streetcars and transit, pg&e and the utilities.
What keeps coming up
- Railroads and spur tracks2Rail lines run into factories and yards — the industrial city, mostly gone by 1930.
- Streetcars and transit2Streetcar lines built, extended and pulled up again.
- 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.
- 2000s1Traffic fines earmarked for Nineteenth Avenue safety, sent to committee · 2004
- 1940s3Water Department land near Calaveras Reservoir put up for sale · 1943
- 1910s3City to use United Railroads' Taraval Street tracks and buy current · 1918
- 1900s1Supervisor Murdock proposes the shorter name, Serra Boulevard · 1908
The most notable decisions
City to use United Railroads' Taraval Street tracks and buy current
Ordinance · 12 November 1918 ↗Matthew V. Brady paid $2,200 for land to widen Worcester Avenue
Resolution · 7 January 1918 ↗Water Department land near Calaveras Reservoir put up for sale
Ordinance · 3 May 1943 ↗Sale of Water Department land near Calaveras Reservoir moves ahead
Ordinance · 19 April 1943 ↗Gorrill Bros. paid $24,455.15 for the Visitacion Valley sewer
Resolution · 16 November 1914 ↗Bids taken for city land west of Junipero Serra Boulevard
Ordinance · 17 November 1941 ↗Traffic fines earmarked for Nineteenth Avenue safety, sent to committee
Ordinance · in progress · 18 May 2004 ↗Supervisor Murdock proposes the shorter name, Serra Boulevard
Motion · 20 July 1908 ↗
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