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Supervisors table MTA rejection after last-minute deal reallocates $10.3 million to service improvements
Summary
After intense floor and behind-the-scenes negotiations, the board tabled a resolution to reject the Municipal Transportation Agency (MTA) budget. Agency and mayoral officials secured about $10.3 million of changes — including staffing caps, work-order reductions and delays to some fare increases — to reinvest in targeted service improvements.
The Board of Supervisors on May 12 tabled a proposed rejection of the Municipal Transportation Agency budget after the MTA and the mayor’s office offered a package of changes intended to close a shortfall and blunt the impact of service cuts and fare increases.
Why it matters: Public transit revenue and service levels are central to San Francisco’s climate, equity and mobility goals. The MTA budget had proposed both fare increases and service reductions to close a deficit; supervisors debated whether the package shifted too much of the burden onto riders and the city’s…
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