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Supervisors push MTA to justify roughly $80 million in work orders; call for audit
Summary
At an April 8 Budget & Finance Committee hearing, supervisors pressed MTA leaders and city departments for clearer justification of roughly $80 million in work orders charged to Muni, urged an independent audit and sought explanations for specific allocations, including 311 and police traffic costs.
Supervisors on the Board of Supervisors’ Budget & Finance Committee used an April 8 hearing to press the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency and other city departments for documentation and justification of roughly $80 million in work orders that have been charged to Muni.
The hearing, called by Supervisor Bevan Dufty, centered on whether work orders from other city departments have grown to the point that they are eroding funds voters dedicated to Muni under Proposition A. “I requested this hearing because of concern over the extent to which other city departments are deriving funds that have been allocated by the voters for Muni,” Supervisor Dufty said at the start of the meeting.
Tom Nolan, president of the MTA board, told the committee board members share the concern and said the board is open to an audit. Nolan noted that Prop A had promised about $26,000,000 in new revenues and that the…
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