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Supervisor Avalos votes against $6 million transportation allocation tied to Warriors event center; ordinance passes
Summary
Supervisor Avalos stood alone in voting no on an ordinance that would appropriate roughly $6 million for transportation planning and outreach related to the proposed Golden State Warriors event center and mixed-use development in Mission Bay; the ordinance passed on first reading 10–1.
An ordinance to appropriate roughly $6,000,000 for transportation planning, design and outreach connected to the proposed Golden State Warriors event center and mixed‑use development in Mission Bay passed the San Francisco Board of Supervisors on June 7, 2016, by a 10–1 roll-call vote.
Supervisor Avalos cast the lone dissent. He said the measure effectively subsidized the Warriors and that he opposed allocating general-fund dollars to manage transportation and traffic impacts around a private development. “This is actually what comes down to be a subsidy for the Warriors Arena,” Avalos said, adding that places not seeing comparable private development lose out when the city channels general‑fund dollars to high‑profile projects.
Why it matters: The appropriation directs city resources to planning and project work tied to a major private development in Mission Bay. Even though the amount was described in committee and on the floor as supporting transportation capital improvement planning and outreach, the dissent makes clear at least one supervisor viewed it as an inappropriate public subsidy for a private arena.
Vote and process: The clerk called the roll on item 11; the record shows 10 ayes and one no, with Supervisor Avalos recorded in the dissent. The ordinance passed on its first reading.
What’s next: Because the vote was on first reading, additional procedural steps remain before final adoption and the actual expenditure of funds; the Municipal Transportation Agency and Controller will continue implementation steps as required by city finance rules.
