1388–1398 California Street

1. December 28, 1906

   Andrew Lynch, Edmund Grundy, John G. Sutton Company, Decker Electrical Company, O. B. King, Alexander Mennie, Petterson & Persson and Van Emon Elevator Company contracted to put up a four-storey and basement frame building, at $47,344.

   The San Francisco Call, 28 December 1906, p. 15
2. 1907

   Built.

3. 1960s

   The Hyde-Cal Bar, later the Inn Debt and then Chez Jacques.

   Donna J. Graves and Shayne E. Watson, Citywide Historic Context Statement for LGBTQ History in San Francisco, San Francisco Planning Department, adopted by the Historic Preservation Commission November 18, 2015
4. Dec 1983

   Permit 8312948 $$$ $27,900

   Repair fire damage to party wall-studs, siding, plster mount.

5. May 1985

   Permit 8505698 $$$ $3,500

   Repair dry rot.

6. Dec 1988

   Permit 8820433 $$$ $2,800

   Remove old walls, replace sheetrock, painting, new door.

7. Dec 1988

   Permit 8820532 $$$ $800

   Penalty for work.

8. Apr 1989

   Permit 8906515 $$$ $3,000

   Remove old walls, replace with sheet rock.

9. Jul 1990

   Permit 9014241 $$$ $20,000

   Fire damaged remove and replace materials.

10. Jul 2003

    Issued Permit 200307240259 $$$ $45,000

    To install fire sprinkler system to comply with ordinance 170-02.

11. Mar 2012

    Permit 201203276948 $$$ $40,000

    Fire repair - replace minor framing, some electrical, pluming, drywall & siding on east elevation / less than 200 sq ft, 5 rooms and small section of bar affected.

12. Apr 2013

    Permit 201304265589 $$$ $1,500

    Six (6) public toilet and bath tub---to comply with ordinance 029-13 only; installationof grab bars 250# resistance force in sro at the following location and 1388 california street san francisco.

13. Feb 2018

    Permit 201802262241 $$$ $5,000

    Relocation of new ada bathroom at bottom floor - southwest corner (empty space). detail change per approved plan ref 201501307116.

14. Aug 2019

    Permit 201908068079 $$$ $3,000

    Administrative change of use from vacant former self service laundrymat to retail adult and medicinal cannabis signage and awnings under seperate permit storage room addition, no consuption on site. storage room addition. no consumption on site.

15. Jan 2020

    Reinstated Permit 202001293015 $$$ $11,700

    Recommencement and completion of work approved under pa's 201501307116 & 201704144005.

16. Feb 2020

    Issued Permit 202002134442 $$$ $6,400

    Install 1 illuminated double-faced projecting wall sign at corner of hyde and california st.

17. Nov 2020

    Permit 202011168988 $$$ $2,500

    To comply with nov 202011854 - installation of gate permit for pre-existing gate.

18. May 2021

    Permit 202105190644 $$$ $29,000

    Upgrade of existing fire alarm system to intelligent system with cellular communications.

19. Jun 2022

    Permit 202206015374 $$$ $1

    To obtain final inspection for work approved under permit application 201501307166. all work is complete.

DBI holds 35 permits for this parcel, most of them tenant improvements on individual floors. The timeline shows the 24 largest by stated cost, plus the earliest on file; the DBI query in the sources below returns all 35. 6 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 8 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.