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Supervisors forward commuter-benefits ordinance, add emergency ride-home program and technical amendments
Summary
The Budget & Finance Committee advanced an ordinance requiring San Francisco employers with 20+ employees to offer commuter benefits and authorized an Emergency Ride Home program; the committee adopted technical fixes on eligibility thresholds, reimbursement caps tied to a monthly FastPass, and exclusions for government employers.
The Budget & Finance Committee on a voice consensus forwarded an ordinance that would require San Francisco employers with 20 or more employees to offer commuter benefits and authorized the Department of the Environment to implement an Emergency Ride Home program.
The ordinance, introduced by Supervisor Macarimi, requires covered employers to provide one of three options: a pre-tax commuter election under Internal Revenue Code section 132(f), an employer-paid reimbursement at least equal to the price of an applicable monthly Muni FastPass, or employer-provided transportation such as a vanpool. Jared Blumenfeld, Director of the Department of the Environment, said the city program already serves about 70,000 employees and noted the local…
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