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Supervisors defeat motion to reject MTA budget, 6-5
Summary
At a special May 2009 meeting, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 6-5 to defeat a motion to reject the Municipal Transportation Agency(MTA) fiscal year 2009-2010 budget after heated debate over fare increases, service cuts and a 90-day parking study.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on a special May 2009 meeting failed to reject the Municipal Transportation Agency(MTA) fiscal year 2009-2010 budget when a motion to do so was defeated on a 6-5 roll call.
The motion to reject the MTA budget was presented as a way to force changes to a proposal that several supervisors said would disproportionately burden transit riders with fare increases and service reductions. Supervisor Avalos urged the board to send the budget back to the MTA so the agency could produce a proposal that better matched the city's transit-first policies. "The only way that we can actually get a better budget out of the MTA is to reject this budget," Supervisor Avalos said.
The vote followed lengthy presentations from MTA officials. Director Ford and Tom Nolan, chairman of the MTA board, described an $8.7 million service enhancement effort intended to add 150 service…
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