At your ballot box in June 2022 there will be a $ 400 million bond to upgrade aging Muni equipment if the Mayor of London Breed gets her wish, but it will need a majority of about two-thirds of voters to pass.
Every San Francisco mayor who returns at least to Willie Brown has acted on some sort of promise to “fix Mooney.” And the results, well, speak for themselves. But Mayor London Breed may eventually move forward on this front, theoretically at least, with a proposed $ 400 million upgrade and a modernization of the system. But as KPIX reports, this money will only come if a A proposed $ 400 bond measure passes the June 2022 early vote, And it needs the approval of the Board of Supervisors even before it qualifies for the same vote on June 7 next year.
“Reliable transportation system and safe streets are essential for the long-term health of our city and our residents,” Breed Said in a statement. “The investments from this proposed bond, along with significant new funding from the federal government, will allow us to renovate our facilities, upgrade our systems and make Moni work more efficiently for everyone.”
The index, if it wins, will be called 2022 Reliability and safety meters on the street. According to Breed’s press release, its goals will be “repair, upgrade and maintenance of aging facilities and equipment to accelerate repairs and continue the movement of transportation; funding street infrastructure improvements that will result in a faster, more reliable and more frequent Muni service”, and “modernizing the train control system” 20-year-old Muni to increase subway capacity, reduce delays and provide high-frequency reliable transportation. “
But let’s consider the parliamentary citizenship of it. Being a means of guarantee, it needs a two-thirds majority approval from the Board of Supervisors even to qualify for a vote. This is a minimum of eight votes. But in the mayor’s press release there are supportive quotes from board chairman Shaman Waltion and Superintendent Rafael Mendelman, so apparently two votes are already in the coffers.
But even if the writers approve of it, the measure also needs the same two-thirds on most of the voters. This is an increase slogan, given that mailing attacks “Do not throw more money on counters” write themselves. And June 7 is also the day of the election in memory of Chesa Bodin, and I do not see that this is a particularly “low” election, which only makes it even more difficult to pass the two-thirds threshold.
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