Recent Streetsblog SF posts about David Campos

Potrero Ave. NIMBYs Lead Supes to Grapple With the Minimum Parking Myth

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 23, 2013 | 63 Comments

For NIMBYs fighting a residential building project in the northeast corner of the Mission on the basis of negative environmental impacts, you might think minimizing the number of new car parking spaces is a good thing. After all, the more parking that goes into a project, the more residents tend to own and drive cars. […]

Breed Defends Record on Safer Streets for Biking; Plus: Other Supes Respond

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 20, 2013 | 30 Comments

Supervisor London Breed has issued a statement explaining her Twitter comments yesterday on safer streets for bicycling which led her to delete her account. Breed had responded to an inquiry sent out by Twitter user Patrick Traughber to every city supervisor and a few other city officials, asking, “In your opinion, what is the biggest […]

Disability Advocate Cristina Rubke Confirmed to SFMTA Board of Directors

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 5, 2012 | 2 Comments

Renowned disability advocate and attorney Cristina Rubke was confirmed by the Board of Supervisors today as the newest member of the SFMTA Board of Directors. Rubke was nominated by Mayor Ed Lee to replace outgoing member Bruce Oka. She was roundly praised by colleagues at a recent Board of Supervisors Rules Committee hearing for her willingness […]

Supervisors Scott Wiener and David Campos Set to Serve on MTC

By Bryan Goebel | Apr 15, 2011 | 5 Comments

For the last 16 years, Jon Rubin has served as the Mayor’s appointee on the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, the Bay Area’s regional transportation planning and funding body, originally appointed by Frank Jordan in 1995. Last week, Rubin was forced to resign and turn over the seat to Supervisor Scott Wiener, whose four-year term begins May […]

Supes Muni Reform Measure Nixed as Chiu Strikes Deal with Mayor

By Bryan Goebel | Jul 28, 2010 | 8 Comments

Photo: Myleen Hollero/Orange Photography Fearing a potential defeat by voters on a crowded November ballot, and saying he wants to see faster reform at the SFMTA, Board of Supervisors President David Chiu announced a compromise with Mayor Gavin Newsom late Tuesday night before casting the swing vote against a Muni charter amendment he had originally […]

Campos Sets Sights on MTA Reform through Ballot Box, Audit

By Michael Rhodes | Feb 10, 2010 | 6 Comments

Supervisor David Campos at a recent gathering outside City Hall. Supervisor David Campos will find himself front and center this month in a multiple-front struggle to answer an age-old conundrum: Why doesn’t Muni work better and how can we fix it? Campos has inserted himself into the debate by leading the charge on a charter […]

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