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Hundreds of public speakers urge SFMTA to avoid cutting Muni service; coalition warns against ending low-income tow discounts
Summary
At the March 4 public comment period dozens of speakers, and coalition groups representing unhoused residents, transit riders and labor, urged the SFMTA board to use reserves or other revenue options rather than cutting summer Muni service or eliminating low-income towing discounts.
San Francisco ' During general public comment at the Municipal Transportation Agency board meeting on March 4 dozens of speakers urged the board to prevent planned service and program cuts by using the agency's reserves or tapping other revenue streams rather than reducing transit service or eliminating low-income tow discounts.
Speakers and coalition messaging
A coalition of service providers and advocacy groups led public appeals against removing low-income towing subsidies. Representatives from GLIDE, the Coalition on Homelessness, End Poverty Tows and a range of service organizations warned that cutting the discounts would push people living in vehicles into street homelessness and disrupt low-income workers' ability to…
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