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Supervisor Melgar calls for hearing on Vision Zero after new crash-cost report; urges funding and action
Summary
Supervisor Matt D. Melgar called for a hearing to review a BLA street‑safety and crash‑cost report and urged full funding of Vision Zero measures after citing nearly 100,000 crashes and more than 200 fatalities over five years.
Supervisor Matt D. Melgar asked the Board of Supervisors to hold a hearing on a recently issued Budget and Legislative Analyst (BLA) report about street safety and the economic impacts of traffic crashes. He framed the request as a public‑safety and economic recovery priority and called for renewed funding of Vision Zero initiatives.
Melgar cited findings he said were in the BLA report: nearly 100,000 traffic collisions…
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