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MTA proposes more crossing guards and flexible funds; supervisors press for permanent hours and taxi relief
Summary
MTA proposed increasing school crossing guards from 195 to 215 and offered $150,000 in flexible funds to add positions or school‑safety services; supervisors urged permanent 20‑hour positions with benefits and debated using a $4 million transfer of overpaid fines as a funding source. The committee approved two related resolutions without objection.
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency told the committee it plans to increase crossing guard staffing and to continue work on a study of taxi and TNC operations, while the board pressed the agency to consider making crossing‑guard positions more stable and benefit‑eligible.
Director Ed Briskin said the MTA will raise crossing guards from 195 to 215, and proposed a separate $150,000 flexible allocation that could fund up to 10 additional crossing‑guard slots or other school‑safety measures. "This proposal ... would give us the flexibility to either add more crossing guards if there are more requests than we currently have ... or to flex those funds for other school supportive activities," Briskin said.
Supervisor London Breed (referred to in transcript as Supervisor Feuer) and others urged the agency to make crossing‑guard work a permanent, benefit‑eligible part‑time job (20 hours/week) to improve recruitment and retention and to provide employment opportunities for seniors. Supervisors debated whether a one‑time transfer of up to $4 million of overpaid fines should be used to fund ongoing crossing‑guard pay; the controller and MTA officials noted the transfer is a one‑time general fund resource and cautioned about using it for an ongoing expense.
The committee approved two MTA resolutions by unanimous consent: (1) accepting up to $4,000,000 transferred to the general fund from overpayments and duplicate payments (state process); and (2) authorizing substitution of a letter of credit associated with the agency's commercial paper program. Both items were adopted without objection.
Next steps: MTA will continue conversations with SEIU and other stakeholders on crossing‑guard hours and bargaining; the city will consider the general fund disposition during June budget deliberations.
