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Can the Board of Supes Still Force a Better MTA Budget?
Budget and Finance Committee file photo by Bryan Goebel The Board of Supervisors Budget and Finance Committee voted for a second time Wednesday to reject the MTA budget and send it back to the full...
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Supervisor Avalos, Advocates Call for More Equitable Muni Budget
Supervisor John Avalos at Transit Justice rally. Photos by Bryan Goebel. Supervisor John Avalos, leading the charge for a Muni budget that is more equitably balanced between drivers and transit...
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Supes Delay Action on Motion to Reject MTA Budget
Supervisor Avalos on parking enforcement: "The more I think about how we need to do what’s best for the environment and what’s best for riders my position has changed." The Board of Supervisors will...
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SF Supervisors Chiu and Mirkarimi Ride the Electric Bike Wave
BOS Prez David Chiu tries out a new electric bike. Photos by Bryan Goebel For David Chiu, one of the challenges of being the president of the Board of Supervisors and remaining car-free has been...
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Peak Fuel Report Offers Sober Assessment of San Francisco’s Energy Future
Somewhere amid the budget drama of the last several weeks, a peak oil and natural gas report (PDF) Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi called "a really big deal" got lost in the shuffle. So, when the Peak Oil...
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Mayor, MTA and Bike Activists Celebrate First New Bike Lane in Three Years
SFBC’s Leah Shahum, the MTA’s Oliver Gajda and SFBC Board Member Dan Nguyen-Tan in the freshly painted green bike box on Scott Street at Oak. Photo by Bryan Goebel. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom,...
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Plans for Muni Cuts Prompt Campos to Call for MTA Audit
Supervisor David Campos. Photo: Michael Rhodes The Board of Supervisors doesn’t get to vote on Muni service cuts or worker layoffs, but today Supervisor David Campos exercised one of the options the...
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Two MTA Board Appointments to Come at Pivotal Time for Muni
From left: MTA Board Vice Chairman Rev. Dr. James McCray, Jr., Chairman Tom Nolan and Director Shirley Breyer Black. Photo: Michael Rhodes On March 1, the terms of the MTA Board’s two longest-serving...
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Parking Tax Revenue Measure for Muni Makes Its Way to Supervisors
Photo: Myleen Hollero/Orange Photography A parking tax increase that could send $19.2 million to the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency moved a step closer to the ballot Tuesday, as...
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Supes Muni Reform Measure Nixed as Chiu Strikes Deal with Mayor
Photo: Myleen Hollero/Orange Photography Fearing a potential defeat by voters on a crowded November ballot, and saying he wants to see faster reform at the SFMTA, Board of Supervisors President David...
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