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San Francisco committee endorses state bill to raise bridge tolls as transit stopgap
Summary
The Land Use & Transportation Committee unanimously sent a resolution supporting Senate Bill 532 — a proposed $1.50 temporary bridge toll increase to raise Bay Area transit operating funds — to the full Board after agency directors warned of an operating 'fiscal cliff' that could force service cuts.
The Land Use & Transportation Committee voted unanimously to forward to the full Board a resolution supporting Senate Bill 532, a measure authored by Sen. Scott Wiener that would permit a temporary $1.50 increase on Bay Area state‑owned bridge tolls for five years to raise roughly $180 million annually for regional transit operations.
Supervisor Rafael Mandelman introduced the resolution and invited SFMTA Director John (Tomlin) and BART Board President Janice Lee to explain the agencies’ fiscal outlook.…
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