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Supervisors Press MTA Over Slow Use of $500 Million Proposition A Bond
Summary
At an April 5 Government Audit & Oversight Committee hearing, President London Breed and supervisors questioned SFMTA officials about slow spending of the 2014 Proposition A $500 million bond; SFMTA said community outreach, contracting challenges and project readiness slowed the first tranche but that spending is set to accelerate.
San Francisco supervisors on April 5 pressed the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) to explain why, nearly three years after voters approved the $500 million Proposition A general obligation bond in November 2014, a relatively small share of the authorized funds had been spent.
President of the Board London Breed opened the Government Audit & Oversight Committee hearing saying the bond was approved by voters with strong majorities and that "I am concerned that the MTA is misusing our trust," pointing to figures that showed only a small portion of the total bond package in the ground. Breed and other supervisors warned that holding large amounts of bond proceeds off the street risks paying interest unnecessarily and eroding the purchasing power of the funds.
The context: Proposition A authorized up to $500 million in general obligation bonds to fund Muni reliability and accessibility improvements, street repairs and safety projects. SFMTA Director Ed Riskin told the committee the agency and partner departments have ramped up…
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