Yosemite
9 decisions the Board of Supervisors took about Yosemite, between 1917 and 1959, read from its own minutes and each linked to the scanned page; most of them in the 1920s; often about streetcars and transit, parks and playgrounds, fire stations.
What keeps coming up
- Streetcars and transit3Streetcar lines built, extended and pulled up again.
- Parks and playgrounds2Playgrounds and recreation grounds.
- Fire stations2Engine houses and fire stations.
- Clinics and hospitals2Clinics, health centres and hospitals.
- Theatres and shows2Theatres, cinemas and travelling shows.
Decade by decade
Newest first. Each decade shows its most notable decision; the line opens the scanned page.
- 1950s1Park concession deal with Mr. Barnes sent back to committee · 1959
- 1940s1No one objects to Davis Hardwood's planing mill on Beach Street · 1947
- 1930s1Groveland to Mather road urged as a new Yosemite entrance route · 1937
- 1920s4Playground Commission to buy Mather camp buildings for $12,500 · 1925
- 1910s2R. C. Storrie & Co. paid $100,000 for Twin Peaks tunnel · 1917
The most notable decisions
R. C. Storrie & Co. paid $100,000 for Twin Peaks tunnel
Resolution · 9 October 1917 ↗Playground Commission to buy Mather camp buildings for $12,500
Resolution · 22 June 1925 ↗Flinn & Treacy paid $1,360.14 for work on Railroad Avenue
Resolution · 13 July 1925 ↗Park concession deal with Mr. Barnes sent back to committee
Ordinance · 15 June 1959 ↗Groveland to Mather road urged as a new Yosemite entrance route
Resolution · 21 June 1937 ↗No one objects to Davis Hardwood's planing mill on Beach Street
Ordinance · 29 September 1947 ↗
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