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>...making Muni a system of handouts instead of pulling free ride funding from the Feds or the general fund. Can you expand on this part, please? Are you sayin
by remarkEon 10y ago
>...making Muni a system of handouts instead of pulling free ride funding from the Feds or the general fund.
Can you expand on this part, please? Are you saying that some of this is an accounting issue?
- pdx6 10y agoThere is no accounting issue. I review the SFMTA budget before it is approved by the mayor and board of supervisors every 2 years. In it, there are line items to fund the free Muni for Youth and low income seniors out of the SFMTA budget (iirc, $15m/yr). What I am saying is the programs to help those in need (low income, teens, low income seniors) come out of the budget to run the transportation network, but it would make more sense to take the money out of social services and school district funds. As an aside, the free Muni for youth program was paid for via a grant from Google for 2 years. After the grant expired, the SFMTA picked up the tab from their budget.
- remarkEon 10y agoGot it. Thanks for the detailed response (here and elsewhere in the thread).