Committee of Fifty , sometimes referred to as Committee of Safety , Citizens ' Committee of Fifty or Relief and Restoration Committee of Law and Order , was called into existence by Mayor Eugene Schmitz during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake . The Mayor invited civic leaders , entrepreneurs , newspaper men and politicians — but none of the members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors — to participate in this committee in whose hands the civil administration of San Francisco would rest
1906 San Francisco earthquake
1906 San Francisco earthquake
Committee of Fifty (1906)