Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/164
1851
• The San Francisco Unified School District is established, as the first public school district in California (historic Ida B. Wells High School building pictured, right)
• The San Francisco Committee of Vigilance is formed in response to rampant crime and corruption in the municipal government (1851 hanging pictured, left)
• Congregation Emanu-El is chartered in San Francisco
• A fire destroys large swaths of San Francisco