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Mayor urges voter support for November bonds, leaves door open to infrastructure financing district for Eastern Neighborhoods
Summary
The mayor told the Board of Supervisors on Feb. 11 that the city should place two revenue measures on the November ballot — a $500 million general obligation bond and an increase to the vehicle-license fee — to pay for streets, transit fleet upgrades and other infrastructure needed to support growth in the Eastern Neighborhoods.
The mayor told the Board of Supervisors on Feb. 11 that the city should place two revenue measures on the November ballot — a $500 million general obligation bond and an increase to the vehicle-license fee — to pay for streets, transit fleet upgrades and other infrastructure needed to support growth in the Eastern Neighborhoods.
Supervisor Cohen of District 10 had asked whether the mayor would support creating an infrastructure financing district, or IFD, for the Eastern Neighborhoods if a separate November initiative to fund MTA projects failed. Cohen said development there is moving rapidly while parks, pedestrian safety improvements and other infrastructure have lagged.
The mayor replied that “slowing down the pace of development may not be the right…
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