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By Sue Vaughan<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

April 9, 2010<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve gotten on a 38L recently and noticed newspapers strewn about, banana peels here and there and graffiti all over the floor from front to back \u2013 as I did recently \u2013 there\u2019s a reason: in response to ongoing budget deficits, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) cut 14 transit car cleaners on January 25, leaving 84.<\/p>\n

The deficits the agency has faced are real \u2013 $128.9 million last year, $12.1 million for FY 2010, and $19 million for FY 2011, and SFMTA staff has been working hard to find revenue.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve done all that we can to try to cover that gap and close that gap,\u201d said SFMTA Executive Director Nat Ford on April 6 at San Francisco County Transportation Agency Plans and Programs Committee meeting.<\/p>\n

\"\"

SFMTA Executive Director Nathaniel Ford<\/p><\/div>\n

But have they?<\/p>\n

Extended the Hours of Parking Meter Operation<\/strong><\/p>\n

The agency, under the direction of the seven members of the SFMTA Board of Directors, all mayoral appointees, is continuing to resist expanding the hours of parking meter operation, a practice that could bring in about $9 million annually.<\/p>\n

Yet other solutions<\/a> \u2013 including 10 percent service cuts that are to go into effect around May 1 and buses wrapped with advertisements \u2013 are still on the table.\u00a0 In addition, on March 30, the directors voted 5 to 2 to declare a fiscal emergency for the FY 2011 fiscal year \u2013 continuing the emergency they had declared nearly a year before<\/a>.\u00a0 That declaration gives them leeway to institute more service cuts should the need arise in the next year without conducting environmental impact reviews.\u00a0 (Directors Shirley Breyer-Black and James McCray voted against the declaration.)<\/p>\n

I serve on the Municipal Transportation Agency Citizens Advisory Council (MTA CAC). \u00a0At our April 1 Finance and Administration subcommittee meeting, extended parking meter hours \u2013 both on Sundays and weekday evenings, for $9 million \u2013 were included in the list of possible solutions that staff would present to the Board of Directors at their April 6 meeting.\u00a0 (The council recommends going to extended hours in places where the parking vacancy rate falls below 20 percent.)<\/p>\n

Parking meters were originally installed in commercial parts of the city in 1947 to help businesses by encouraging turnover.\u00a0 In 1947, stores were closed on Sundays, and since that is no longer the case, one would think that meters should have been in operation on Sundays for years \u2013 and on weeknights in neighborhoods with restaurants and theaters.\u00a0 After all, charging for parking, while more expensive, reduces the amount of time that people spend circling in search of parking and is thus easier on both people\u2019s lungs and psyches.<\/p>\n

But by April 5, at the full MTA CAC meeting, weekday evening hours had been removed from the list of possible solutions, and in any case, the final budget calculations presented to the Board of Directors on April 6 did not include even extending the hours of parking meter operation to only Sunday (see the PDF for Item 11 on the Agenda for the April 6 meeting) \u2013 indicating there must be some powerful people behind the scenes who are resisting the proposal to expand the hours of parking meter operation.<\/p>\n

In fairness, there is a proposal to move forward with a pilot project to test expanding the hours of meter operation<\/a> in a few commercial districts in the City in conjunction with the agency\u2019s SFPark program.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe main thing I\u2019m looking for is business feedback,\u201d said Director Malcolm Heinicke at the March 30 meeting.\u00a0 \u201cAre we gaining a couple of quarters in revenue versus depleting the sales tax revenue?\u201d<\/p>\n

But what about transit riders?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI used to ride Muni,” said former Muni bus rider Beth Byrne. “I lived in the Haight and I bought a monthly pass.\u201d\u00a0 But when the price of the pass went up to $55, she stopped purchasing the pass.\u00a0 \u201cIt was too expensive and too time consuming for me to get to work.”<\/p>\n

I can say the same for myself.\u00a0 Last summer, when the price of the pass went up to $55, I stopped buying the pass, and switched primarily to my bicycle.\u00a0\u00a0 (As a member of the MTA CAC, I now get a free pass.)<\/p>\n

Ballot Measures<\/strong><\/p>\n

The members of the Board of Directors have the power to put revenue-generating measures on the ballot, but they never have.\u00a0 However, in recent weeks, ballot measures have become a topic of conversation at Board meetings, especially at their April 6 meeting:<\/p>\n

From Director James McCray:<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWhichever one we focus on, we need to focus on one that will give us the biggest boost.\u201d<\/p>\n

From Director Bruce Oka:<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIf [a successful ballot measure] doesn\u2019t bring us continual revenue, I don\u2019t think it\u2019s going to be very useful.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"

Director Bruce Oka<\/p><\/div>\n

From Director Malcolm Heinicke:<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI agree with that in theory.\u00a0 I disagree in practice.\u00a0 I think the reality is, it seems like we\u2019re playing catch up.\u00a0 We need to make a personal commitment to make the budget our priority. \u2026 If we\u2019re going to do anything for the ballot, it has to be for November.\u00a0 The only [ballot suggestion] that will fly will be the commercial off-street parking tax put on by the Board of Supervisors \u2026 sunsetted after two years.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n

\"\"

Director Malcolm Heinicke<\/p><\/div>\n

From Executive Director Ford:<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat are you trying to accomplish?\u00a0 Short-term survival or an opportunity to enhance the system to industry-level standards of maintenance? \u2026 Are we looking at what we need for the next couple of years or long-term?\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"

SFMTA Executive Director Nathaniel Ford<\/p><\/div>\n

From Board of Directors Chairman Tom Nolan:<\/em><\/p>\n

Regarding \u201cCommercial off-street parking taxes, someone\u2019s got to take this and run with it. \u2026 We\u2019d like to see if there\u2019s any interest at the Board of Supervisors.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"

Board of Directors Chair Tom Nolan<\/p><\/div>\n

From ED Ford:<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWe could give you a document with pros and cons and a discussion of strategy before May 4.\u201d<\/p>\n

From Director Shirley Breyer-Black:<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWho\u2019s going to do the political campaign?\u00a0 Who will make sure it will pass?\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"

Director Shirley Breyer Black<\/p><\/div>\n

Seven million dollars from the SFCTA?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The agency has also asked for a one-time allocation of $7 million from the San Francisco County Transportation Authority (SFCTA) Proposition K sales tax funds for vehicle maintenance.<\/p>\n

At the transit agency in Atlanta, Georgia, where Ford previously worked, plans for vehicle maintenance were made as a part of each vehicle purchase.\u00a0 When he arrived at Muni four and a half years ago, there were no plans to rehabilitate many vehicles.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe agency,\u201d he said, \u201cis now working on the sins of the past to try to correct those problems.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to SFCTA Executive Director Jose Luis Moscovich, however, a legal opinion delivered to the SFCTA Plans and Programs Committee on April 6 is \u201cnot a particularly favorable opinion.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"

SFCTA Executive Director Jose Luis Moscovich<\/p><\/div>\n

In fact, the opinion states:<\/p>\n

While certain expenditures on maintenance are allowed, the [Proposition K Transportation Expenditure Plan] specifically limits eligibility for maintenance funds, stating that operations and maintenance expenditures \u201cshall be limited exclusively to incremental costs associated with the operation of new transportation services and\/or facilities,<\/strong> as specified in the TEP\u201d.<\/p>\n

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors will consider an appeal of the exemption from California Environmental Quality Act requirements for environmental impact review \u2013 created by the April 2009 declaration of fiscal emergency \u2013 of the 10 percent service cuts planned for about May 1, at its meeting on April 13, 2010.\u00a0 The appeal is Agenda Number 25, Item 100288.<\/em><\/p>\n

The SFMTA Board of Directors has rescinded a proposal to create $70 premium express bus and cable car passes in response to Governor Schwarzenegger\u2019s signature on the gas tax swap<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

The directors may adopt a budget for FY 2011 on April 20.\u00a0 If they do not, they will meet again on April 30 to reconsider adopting a budget.\u00a0 The budget will then go to the supervisors.\u00a0 Seven out of the 11 supervisors can vote to reject the budget.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019ve gotten on a 38L recently and noticed newspapers strewn about, banana peels here and there and graffiti all over the floor from front to back \u2013 as I did recently \u2013 there\u2019s a reason: in response to ongoing budget deficits, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) cut 14 transit car cleaners on January 25, leaving 84.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2192,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[222,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"\nMinding Muni, Part IV - Fog City Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/1778\/minding-muni-part-iv\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Minding Muni, Part IV - 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