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Mayor tells supervisors he will press Sacramento and support stopgap funding as riders warn against Muni service cuts
Summary
Mayor (recorded in the minutes as Daniel Urey) told the Board of Supervisors he will seek state and local measures to avoid Muni service cuts; Supervisor Myrna Melgar and scores of public commenters urged the board to transfer short-term funds and block summer reductions to the transit system.
Mayor Daniel Urey told the San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Feb. 11 that preserving Muni is a city priority and he will "do everything in my power to support Muni's immediate and long term health," while acknowledging the agency faces a large structural deficit.
The mayor appeared as a 2:00 PM special order, during which Supervisor Myrna Melgar asked whether he would ensure there are no service cuts while the city pursues long-term solutions. Melgar warned the board that Muni faces a short-term budget hole and an annual structural deficit she quantified in the discussion as "more than $300,000,000," asking specifically whether the mayor could prevent cuts this…
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