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Supervisors advance ordinance to renew $1 abandoned-vehicle abatement fee
Summary
The Board advanced an ordinance to reauthorize San Francisco's $1 abandoned-vehicle abatement fee for 10 years; SFMTA and the budget analyst said the program brings roughly $500,000 a year but does not cover full program costs. The board moved the item forward with a positive recommendation "without objection."
San Francisco supervisors advanced an ordinance to reauthorize the city's participation in the California Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Program and continue collecting a $1 fee at vehicle registration to subsidize local abatement efforts. Chair Malia Cohen said she was the sponsor of the piece and credited prior work by former Supervisor Carmen Chu.
Lorraine Foupoix of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency told the panel the ordinance would "extend San Francisco's participation in the California Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Program for 10 years and to continue collecting the $1 vehicle abatement fee in order to mitigate costs for administering the program." She said the fee is collected on state vehicle registrations and redistributed to participating counties.
Severn Campbell of the Board's Budget and Legislative Analyst Office said the fees bring in "about $500,000 a little less than $500,000 per year," while the program costs roughly $1.07 million to administer in FY2013. Campbell recommended approval but urged continued oversight of program planning and efficiency.
Supervisor David Campos made a motion to move the item forward with a positive recommendation, and the motion was seconded and carried "without objection." No public comment was offered during the item.
Next steps: the item will proceed through the Board process with the recommendation that counties follow state law requirements on extending the program and that departments report back on implementation details and budgeting as requested by the Budget Analyst's Office.
