PORTSMOUTH SQUARE INC
SC 13D/A, 1998-09-11
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                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549

                                  SCHEDULE 13D   


                     Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                                (Amendment No. 1)

                              PORTSMOUTH SQUARE, INC.
                                  Name of Issuer

                     Common Stock, Par Value $0.01 Per Share
                           Title of Class of Securities

                                   737212-10-0
                                   CUSIP Number


                                 John V. Winfield
                         President and Chairman of the Board
                           Santa Fe Financial Corporation
                        2251 San Diego Avenue, Suite A-151
                           San Diego, California 92110
                                  (619) 298-7201
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                     Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
                   Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications

                                September 2, 1998
                                -----------------
                Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement


If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to 
report the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is 
filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(b) (3) or (4), check the following 
box. [ ]


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CUSIP No. 737212-10-0
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1.   Name of Reporting Person                     Tax Identification Number

     Santa Fe Financial Corporation                      95-2452529
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2.   Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group       (a) [ ]
                                                            (b) [ ]
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3.   SEC Use Only

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4.   Source of Funds

     WC
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5.   Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is Required pursuant to
     Items 2(d) or 2(e) [ ]

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6.   Citizenship or Place of Organization

     Nevada
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Number of                                 7.   Sole Voting Power
Shares                                         490,437
Beneficially                              ------------------------------------
Owned by                                  8.   Shared Voting Power
Each                                          
Reporting                                 ------------------------------------
Person                                    9.   Sole Dispositive Power
With                                           490,437    
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                                          10.  Shared Dispositive Power
                                              
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11.  Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person

     490,437 Shares of Common Stock
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12.  Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row 11 Excludes Certain Shares [ ] 
                                                                      
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13.  Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 11

     66.8%
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14.  Type of Reporting Person

     CO
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                           AMENDMENT NO. 1          
                           TO SCHEDULE 13D
                    OF SANTA FE FINANCIAL CORPORATION                        
                  REGARDING OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES OF
                       PORTSMOUTH SQUARE, INC.


          This Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13D is being filed by Santa Fe 
Financial Corporation, a Nevada corporation ("Santa Fe") in connection with 
additional purchases of the Common Stock, no par value per share (the "Common 
Stock") of Portsmouth Square, Inc., a California corporation ("Portsmouth" or 
the "Company") by Santa Fe.

Item 1.   Security and Issuer

          This Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13D relates to the Common Stock of 
the Company.  The principal executive offices of Portsmouth Square, Inc. are 
located at 2251 San Diego Avenue, Suite A-151, San Diego, CA 92110.

Item 2.   Identity and Background

          (a)  This Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13D is being filed by Santa 
Fe. Portsmouth is a subsidiary of Santa Fe.  

          (b)  The principal executive offices of Santa Fe are located at 2251 
San Diego Avenue, Suite A-151, San Diego, California 92110

          (c)  The nature of the business and purposes for which Santa Fe was 
organized is to acquire, hold, operate, utilize, improve, deal with, lease, 
mortgage or otherwise encumber and dispose of real property of various types 
and description, and to engage in such other business and investment 
activities as would benefit Santa Fe and its stockholders. Santa Fe primarily 
manages its investment in its 66.8%-owned subsidiary, Portsmouth and its other 
holdings.  Appendix I sets forth additional information relating to the 
directors and executive officers of Santa Fe, which is incorporated herein by 
reference.   

          (d)  During the last five years Santa Fe has not been convicted in 
any criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar 
misdemeanors).  

          (e)  During the last five years Santa Fe has not been a party to a 
civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent 
jurisdiction as a result of which they were subject to a judgment, decree or 
final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating 
actions subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violations 
with respect to such laws.
                   
           (f) Santa Fe is a corporation organized under the laws of the State 
of Nevada. 

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Item 3.   Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.

          Santa Fe used working capital as its source of funds to purchase the 
additional shares of Common Stock.

Item 4.   Purposes of Transactions.

          Santa Fe purchased the Common Stock for investment purposes.  Santa 
Fe may, from time to time, purchase additional shares of Common Stock in the 
open market or in private transactions to increase its equity interest in 
Portsmouth.

          Portsmouth is a 66.8%-owned subsidiary of Santa Fe, which has had 
ownership and voting control of Portsmouth since June 1987.  Three of 
Portsmouth's five directors are also directors of Santa Fe. 

          Except as set forth above, Santa Fe has no other plans or intentions 
that relate to or would result in the events set forth in Item 4 of the 
instructions to Schedule 13D.

Item 5.   Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

          (a) Santa Fe, as of September 2, 1998, may be deemed to beneficially 
own, for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act 490,437 shares of the 
Common Stock of Portsmouth.   Those shares represent approximately 66.8% of 
the outstanding Common Stock based on the Company's representations that it 
had 734,183 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of September 2, 1998.
         
          (b) Santa Fe has sole voting power and disposition power with 
respect to the Common Stock owned by it.

          (c) Information with respect to transactions effected in the Common 
Stock by during the past sixty (60) days is set forth below:

                             Number of      Price per
    Name          Date        Shares          Share            Nature
    ----          ----       ---------      ---------          ------ 
  Santa Fe       9/2/98        5,000         $18.25     Open Market Purchase 
  Santa Fe       8/21/98         476         $30.00     Private Purchase


          (d) No person other than Santa Fe has the right to receive or the 
power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale 
of, the shares of the securities disclosed in Item 5(a) above.

          (e) Inapplicable.

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Item 6.   Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with
          Respect to Securities of the Issuer.

          There are no contracts, arrangements, understandings or 
relationships between Santa Fe and any other person with respect to any 
securities of the Company including, but not limited to, transfer or voting of 
any such securities, finder's fees, joint ventures, loan or option 
arrangements, puts or calls, guarantees of profits, divisions of profits or 
losses, or the giving or withholding of proxies.

          There are no securities that are pledged or otherwise subject to a 
contingency, the occurrence of which would give another person voting power or 
investment power over such securities.

Item 7.   Material to be Filed as Exhibits.

          There is no material to be filed as exhibits.  There are no written 
agreements relating to the filing of joint acquisition statements as required 
by Rule 13d-1(f) (Section 240.13d-1(f) and no written agreements, contracts, 
arrangements, understandings, plans or proposals relating to: (1) the 
borrowing of funds to finance the acquisition as disclosed in Item 3; (2) the 
acquisition of issuer control, liquidation, sale of assets, merger, or change 
in business or corporate structure or any other matter as disclosed in Item 4; 
and (3) the transfer or voting of the securities, finder's fees, joint 
ventures, options, puts, calls, guarantees of loans, guarantees against loss 
or of profit, or the giving or withholding of any proxy as disclosed in     
Item 6.  

                              SIGNATURES

          After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, 
I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete 
and correct.

Dated: September 9, 1998

                                      SANTA FE FINANCIAL CORPORATION


                                   By: /s/ John V. Winfield
                                       --------------------------
                                       John V. Winfield, 
                                       Chairman, President and
                                       Chief Executive Officer
                                       
                               
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                                APPENDIX I


          The following sets forth the name, business address and principal 
occupation of each executive officer and director Santa Fe:

Directors:                               Principal Occupation:

John V. Winfield                         Chairman of the Board and
The InterGroup Corporation               President and Chief Executive
2121 Avenue of the Stars, #2020          Officer of The InterGroup Corporation
Los Angeles, California 90067            Santa Fe Financial Corporation and
                                         Portsmouth Square, Inc.

William J. Nance                         President of Century Plaza
Plaza Printers, Inc.                     Printers, Inc. 
2040 Avenue of the Stars
Los Angeles, California 90067

John C. Love                             International Hospitality and 
120 Village Square, Suite 32             Tourism Consultant
Orinda, California 94563


Executive Officers:

L. Scott Shields                         Certified Public Accountant
Treasurer and
Chief Financial Officer
L. Scott Shields, CPA
4540 Kearny Villa Road
San Diego, CA 92123

Michael G. Zybala                        Attorney at Law
Vice President, Secretary
and General Counsel
2251 San Diego Avenue, Suite A-151
San Diego, CA 92110-2926

All of the foregoing are citizens of the United States. 

None of the foregoing directors or executive officers have been convicted in 
any criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors) 
or has been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body 
of competent jurisdiction as a result of which he or she was or is subject to 
a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or 
prohibiting or mandating actions subject to, federal or state securities laws 
or finding any violations with respect to such laws.

None of the directors or executive officers of Santa Fe beneficially own any 
of the Common Stock of Portsmouth Square, Inc.






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