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Pedestrian-safety advocates call for $10M Vision Zero investment and a DA vehicular-manslaughter unit
San Francisco Board of Supervisors Budget and Finance Committee · June 20, 2014
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Summary
Survivors and pedestrian-safety groups told the budget committee to fund engineering, enforcement and public-health analysis under the Vision Zero initiative, asking for $10 million for street projects and funds for a DA unit that prosecutes vehicular homicides.
A cluster of speakers at the June 20 hearing urged supervisors to fund Vision Zero efforts to eliminate traffic fatalities within 10 years.
Jakaya (Jakiya) Stevens, who described being struck while walking to work, urged the board to prioritize safety at specific dangerous intersections and asked how much investment…
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