That reality has left San Francisco transit stakeholders focusing on alternative solutions as they work to piecemeal funds together to ensure The City’s public transit system as we know it is here to stay.
A tax measure that could plug much of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s fiscal shortfall appears extremely unlikely to ever make it to the ballot, legislators said.
Officials said earlier this month they need to slash at least 4% of Muni service by July in order to close a $50 million short-term deficit. The agency also faces a $320 million deficit in the fiscal year beginning July 2026. A San Francisco measure that would’ve raised taxes for Uber, Lyft and Waymo to fund the SFMTA failed, leaving the agency without any concrete financial lifeline.
The difference in funding San Francisco would receive under the two separate proposals — each of which would impose a half-cent increase on sales taxes — is huge, according to MTC documents. “Of course it’s disappointing to me,” Wiener said. “But the county has a right to take whatever position they think is appropriate.”
Ex // Top Stories NBA, Warriors flood Union Square with fun Powell Street gives way to “All-Star Alley” “I think we’re going into this legislative session with such a deeper understanding of everybody’s perspective that I think we’re just much closer to consensus than we were last year,” Long said. The SFMTA and transit advocates are far from the only ones lobbying for funds in the coming years. San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie has repeatedly stated he is making it a priority to close a forthcoming $2 billion two-year deficit, which further complicates any potential path to long-term SFMTA funding.
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