Paid Argument IN FAVOR of Proposition A
Proposition A is an Essential Investment in Our Transportation Infrastructure
Proposition A - The Muni Reliability and Street Safety Bond - will provide critical funding for our system's capital needs, supporting infrastructure improvement that will provide affordable, reliable and safe transportation options in every neighborhood of the City.
Proposition A will not raise taxes. Because the bond is part of the City's capital plan, old bonds are retired as new bonds take their place, keeping tax rates at 2006 levels.
Transportation funding has not kept pace with San Francisco's significant economic growth and increased demands placed on our transportation system.
At the beginning of the pandemic, the SFMTA lost hundreds of millions of dollars in funding for operations, reducing investment in infrastructure to keep Muni running. With federal relief soon to be exhausted, the SFMTA will not have local dollars needed for capital.
As we work to manage the impact of the pandemic, Proposition A is an important step in our efforts to provide fast, reliable and convenient transit, and improved street safety and traffic flow for all San Francisco residents.
Gwyneth Borden, Chair, SFMTA Board of Directors*
Amanda Eaken, Vice Chair, SFMTA Board of Directors*
Steve Heminger, SFMTA Board of Directors*
Sharon Lai, SFMTA Board of Directors*
Manny Yekutiel, SFMTA Board of Directors*
Stephanie Cajina, SFMTA Board of Directors*
*For identification purposes only; author is signing as an individual and not on behalf of an organization.
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Paid Argument IN FAVOR of Proposition A
Proposition A invests in:
• Fast and convenient transit with less waiting time, fewer delays when you’re on board, and reduced congestion for those who drive.
• Improved safety and access through Intersection improvements that increase accessibility for people with disabilities and gets the City closer to our Vision Zero goal of zero pedestrian fatalities.
• An equitable transit system, with affordable travel options and enhanced public transit service in all neighborhoods.
Proposition A will not raise taxes, because the City’s capital plan retires old bonds as new ones take their place, keeping the tax rate the same.
Proposition A makes fiscal sense by providing access to matching federal infrastructure dollars, helping the city make needed improvements now at a lower cost, preventing additional costs that would come from delay.
Every San Franciscan will benefit from Proposition A — regardless of whether you walk, ride Muni, bike, or drive.
www.yestommuni.com
Senator Scott Wiener*
Assemblymember Phil Ting*
Treasurer Fiona Ma*
Malia Cohen, Chair, California Board of Equalization
Assessor - Recorder Joaquin Torres*
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Paid Argument IN FAVOR of Proposition A
Ensuring everyone has access to affordable, clean, safe, reliable, and speedy transportation is essential to ensuring San Francisco’s businesses and employees fully recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Proposition A will ensure access to federal matching funds that will help meet the city’s current and future transportation needs at a lower cost now than paying more down the road.
As employees begin to return to offices downtown and across the city, reliable, speedy public transportation from buses to trains are needed to support that transition and ensure people can get to work and home safely and on-time.
Our restaurants and nightlife are re-opening and people are excited to eat out, listen to music and enjoy our neighborhood bars together. Proposition A funds infrastructure improvements to ensure our system is in good repair to provide safe, fast, and convenient public transit residents and visitors can depend on when they go out.
And because old bonds are retired as new bonds are passed, Proposition A does not raise taxes on anyone!
Join us in supporting Proposition A!
Rodney Fong, President & CEO, San Francisco Chamber of Commerce*
Ben Bleiman, Founder, San Francisco Bar Owners Alliance*
Golden Gate Restaurant Association
www.yestomuni.com
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Paid Argument IN FAVOR of Proposition A
PROP A IS A WIN FOR TRANSIT WORKERS AND TRANSIT RIDERS
Proposition A not only invests in modern transportation infrastructure, but also the men and women who keep our transportation system running.
Proposition A will improve Muni reliability and efficiency by upgrading outdated maintenance facilities, bus yards, and equipment, while creating good paying jobs.
Proposition A modernizes aging facilities and equipment, enabling workers to keep buses and trains on the streets, in good repair, with fewer interruptions in service for riders.
Proposition A benefits our transportation infrastructure and hard-working San Franciscans who get us where we need to be on a daily basis.
San Francisco Labor Council
San Francisco Building Trades Council
Teamsters Local 665
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Paid Argument IN FAVOR of Proposition A
Vote YES on Prop. A!
Prop. A makes Muni more reliable and our streets safer by upgrading facilities and equipment and implementing safeguards to protect and prioritize transit riders. Prop. A will fund:
• Upgrade traffic signals, curb ramps, signs to alert drivers to turn restrictions, pedestrian countdown signals, and new and improved lighting.
• Installing pedestrian and bicycle safety infrastructure like wider sidewalks, raised crosswalks, new paving, safer bikeways, bus lanes, better lighting.
• Installing green infrastructure like stormwater collection, trees, and landscaping.
• Lowering speed limits, reducing fatalities, injuries, and collisions.
• Implement traffic calming and other speed reduction tools proven to slow speeds and accidents.
Prop. A helps San Francisco towards reaching “Vision Zero” by improving safety with the ultimate goal of eliminating traffic fatalities, prioritizing safe passage for every transit rider.
A “Yes” vote on Prop. A is a vote for safe public transit.
San Francisco Transit Riders
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Paid Argument IN FAVOR of Proposition A
Yes on Prop A for Safe Streets
Every 15 hours on average in San Francisco, someone is taken to the hospital after being injured in a traffic crash. Our city needs to do everything possible to prevent these crashes. Prop A will provide critically-needed, life-saving funding for proven solutions that make streets safer for everyone.
This measure will:
Make it safer to walk to Muni by redesigning crosswalks and sidewalks along the 40% of dangerous streets that haven’t received fixes due to insufficient funds
Make it safer to cross the street at high-risk intersections by giving people walking a “head start” and more time to cross by replacing old traffic signals
Make it safer for everyone by reducing dangerous speeding
Walk San Francisco urges your support on Proposition A.
Walk San Francisco
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Paid Argument IN FAVOR of Proposition A
HOUSING AND TRANSIT ARE BETTER TOGETHER!
Affordable Housing and high-quality transportation are both critically important for a thriving and equitable city. San Francisco’s future as a world-class city is one with an amply funded public transportation system, serving everyone equitably — regardless of income or neighborhood.
Prop. A revitalizes San Francisco’s public transportation system with the necessary funding to bring accessible, modern, and reliable transit to every San Franciscan. In order to address housing affordability, climate change concerns, the covid-19 recovery, and equity, we must begin by funding an efficient, safe, sustainable, and fast public transportation system. It’s time to invest in the backbone of the city, Muni, which gets everyone to work and where they need to be in a timely and reliable manner.
Let’s move forward, not backwards, on public transit!
Support Prop A!
SF YIMBY
Housing Action Coalition
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Paid Argument IN FAVOR of Proposition A
San Francisco LGBTQ Community leaders support Proposition A because it provides equitable access to our city’s public transit system and ensures transit riders can get where they need to go safely, quickly and reliably.
Whether heading to work downtown, shopping on the weekend or heading out to dinner with friends, it’s essential that residents can count on reliable transportation that is also safe and on time.
Through essential infrastructure improvements, Proposition A invests in:
• Reliable transit service using infrastructure and systems that are in good repair
• Faster, more convenient public transit connections to destinations across the city and to regional public transit
• Less waiting for the train or bus and fewer delays when you’re on board
• More comfortable public transit ride, with less crowding
And importantly, Proposition A will not raise your taxes.
Join us in voting yes on Proposition A, for a more reliable, faster and safer Muni.
Alice B Toklas LGBT Democratic Club
State Senator Scott Wiener
Supervisor Rafael Mandelman
BART Director Bevan Dufty
BART Director Janice Li
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Paid Argument IN FAVOR of Proposition A
Proposition A is an essential investment in our transportation infrastructure that will create critical improvements for transit riders in every neighborhood of our city, make the City's transportation system cleaner, and improve street safety.
As we emerge from the pandemic, it is essential that our public transit system also emerges more reliable, faster, and cleaner than before, and serves all our neighborhoods equitably.
Proposition A invests in affordable travel options and enhanced public transit service, as well as improved safety and health in underserved neighborhoods by reducing carbon emissions, slowing vehicle speeds, and improving bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure.
Passing Proposition A makes smart fiscal sense by ensuring access to federal matching funds, helping deliver improvements now at lower cost instead of paying more later.
And Proposition A does not raise taxes.
Every San Franciscan deserves affordable, clean, safe, and reliable public transit.
Join us in supporting Proposition A!
www.yestomuni.com
San Francisco Planning and Urban Research (SPUR)
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Paid Argument IN FAVOR of Proposition A
Proposition A will ensure that all neighborhoods in San Francisco, from BayView Hunters Point, to the Fillmore and the Western Addition are better served by our transportation system.
We all deserve reliable, safe, clean muni trains and buses that get us to work and school on time. We should all be able to count on safe and accessible boarding areas, and clearly marked crosswalks and curb cuts that safeguard pedestrians and prevent injuries.
Proposition A invests in Equity for every neighborhood and provides the critical funding our transportation system needs to provide:
• Affordable travel options
• Enhanced public transit service in underserved neighborhoods
• Improved safety and health in underserved neighborhoods by reducing carbon emissions, slowing vehicle speeds, and dramatically improving bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure
• Increased access to good local jobs with reduced travel times
And Proposition A DOES NOT raise taxes.
Vote yes on Proposition A, because residents of every neighborhood deserve fast, reliable, safe, and clean public transit.
Shamann Walton, President, San Francisco Board of Supervisors
Malia Cohen, Chair, California Board of Equalization
Reverend Amos Brown
A. Philip Randolph Institute
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Paid Argument IN FAVOR of Proposition A
SF Bicycle Coalition supports Prop A
We envision a future where our transportation system is people’s first choice, complements all sustainable modes and is safe to access, where people have the option to choose between taking Muni, riding their bike, or walking to wherever they need to go.
Prop A is a chance for us to move towards that dream by upgrading decades-old facilities and infrastructure to ensure Muni is reliable, by reducing speeds, and redesigning streets with life-saving layouts that prioritize people walking and on bicycles.
The SF Bicycle Coalition believes a transit-friendly city is a bike-friendly city and we encourage you to vote yes on Prop A!
SF Bicycle Coalition
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Paid Argument IN FAVOR of Proposition A
Proposition A will make infrastructure improvements to the Muni network to ensure that everyone in San Francisco has access to reliable, affordable, fast and safe transit, no matter where you live or work from the Excelsior, to the Mission to the Tenderloin.
Proposition A modernizes SFMTA bus yards to ensure efficient and timely repairs to buses and trains, and an electric vehicle charging infrastructure needed to achieve a zero-emissions green fleet of buses.
Proposition A will reduce travel times through wider sidewalks at bus stops that allow buses to pick people up faster, and dedicated transit lanes so buses don’t get stuck in traffic. Transfers will be quick and easy, and frequent service means that passengers won’t be waiting long for the next bus.
This measure will make our streets safer by implementing traffic calming measures, reducing motor vehicle speeds to reduce crashes, and intersection improvements that increase accessibility for people with disabilities.
Join us in supporting Proposition A for reliable, affordable, fast transit.
Joaquin Torres, Assessor-Recorder
San Francisco Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Roberto Hernandez, CEO, CANA
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Paid Argument IN FAVOR of Proposition A
PROPOSITION A WILL BENEFIT EVERYONE. It invests monies to fix MUNI, calm traffic, and make our streets safer.
And it does all this WITHOUT RAISING TAXES!
Chronic deferred maintenance and funding shortages have made our public transportation system unreliable. But Proposition A will fix that by modernizing our rail system and repairing, upgrading, and refurbishing aging facilities and equipment.
As San Francisco's population continues to grow, it is necessary that we invest in MUNI as a way for our residents to access all of our neighborhoods. Proposition A is a once-in-a-generation opportunity for us to invest in the kind of MUNI system we need now, and in the future.
San Francisco deserves a public transportation system that is safe, clean, and efficient. Join us in voting YES on PROPOSITON A!
Chinatown Transportation Research and Improvement Project (TRIP)
Chinatown Community Development Center
Chinese Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco
Rose Pak Democratic Club
Rosa Chen, San Francisco County Transportation Authority Citizens Advisory Committee*
Edwin M. Lee Asian Pacific Democratic Club
*For identification purposes only; author is signing as an individual and not on behalf of an organization.
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End of Paid Arguments IN FAVOR of Proposition A