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Committee advances Haney resolution declaring traffic-safety state of emergency
Summary
Supervisor Matt Haney’s resolution declaring a state of emergency over pedestrian and cyclist fatalities was advanced to the full Board of Supervisors with amendments; the resolution lists five immediate emergency actions including more red-light cameras, expanded parking-control enforcement, targeted SFPD focus, lower speed limits and pedestrianized blocks.
Supervisor Matt Haney urged the Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee on Oct. 24 to declare a traffic-safety state of emergency, citing a recent deadly crash in the Tenderloin and saying, "We have lost 15 pedestrians and cyclists to preventable violence on our streets this year." The resolution, authored with President Norman Yee and supported by pedestrian advocates, lists five emergency actions the city should immediately pursue.
Haney told the committee the measures include doubling red-light cameras at major high-injury intersections, expanding SFMTA parking control officer enforcement and producing quarterly PCO enforcement scorecards, directing SFPD to produce an immediate action plan focused on high-injury corridors, identifying ways to lower posted limits and actual speeds to 25 mph on the high-injury network, and studying pedestrianized blocks in neighborhoods such as the Tenderloin.
The chair opened public comment and reported none. Supervisor Shamone Walton said District 10 has also seen an increase in traffic deaths and asked to join as a cosponsor; Vice Chair Catherine Stephanie and Chair Rafael Mandelmann likewise asked to be added. The committee accepted Haney’s amendments and moved to forward the item to the full Board of Supervisors with a positive recommendation; the motion was taken "without objection." The resolution will go to the Board with the agreed amendments and specified emergency actions.
The committee’s action is procedural: it forwards the resolution with amendments for further consideration by the full Board. No formal roll-call vote was recorded in committee.
