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Supe Kim, Mayor Lee Activate New Sixth Street Crossing Signal
Mayor Ed Lee and D6 Supervisor Jane Kim held a press conference yesterday to activate a new pedestrian signal across deadly Sixth Street at Minna Street, a narrow cross street. Although a marked crosswalk had already existed there, drivers routinely failed to yield to people within it.
November 4, 2014
Who’s Not Against Cars-First Prop L? Supes Tang, Farrell, Yee, and Mayor Lee
With only a few days left until the election, four elected officials have yet to take a stance on Proposition L, the Republican-crafted measure that misleadingly urges San Francisco to "restore transportation balance" by giving priority to private automobiles and free parking.
October 31, 2014
NYC’s Tom Maguire Expected to Lead at the SFMTA, if Mayor Lee Lets Him
Ever since we broke the news that New York City's Tom Maguire would be hired as the new director of the SFMTA's Sustainable Streets Division, we've heard only positive reactions. If nothing else, there's a lot of hype building for this promising veteran of the livable streets renaissance seen under Janette Sadik-Khan's NYC Department of Transportation. On the other hand, Sadik-Khan and her executive staff had the full support of former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
September 9, 2014
Mayor-Funded BeyondChron Attacks Wiener’s Transit Funding Measure
BeyondChron editor Randy Shaw, who gets funding from the Mayor Ed Lee's office for projects like the Tenderloin Housing Clinic, penned a predictable defense of Lee's recent attack on Supervisor Scott Wiener's transit funding ballot measure today. Shaw backed Lee's decision to drop support for the vehicle license fee increase, and argued that Muni's share of the city's general fund has increased enough in recent years, compared to other city services.
July 31, 2014
SF Will Never Build the Ed Lee Parking Meter Monument
Ed Lee isn't the first San Francisco mayor to go to bat for free parking. But maybe he'll be the first to realize that this is no way to leave a lasting legacy -- the city will never build a monument to his crusade against parking meters.
July 30, 2014
Mayor Vows to Punish Supes Who Backed Wiener’s Transit Funding Measure
Mayor Ed Lee, who has cut into transportation funding by nixing Sunday parking meters and abandoning a proposed vehicle license fee increase, now says that he will punish the six supervisors who voted to approve a ballot measure to increase transportation's share of the general fund. Supervisor Scott Wiener proposed the charter amendment as a stop-gap measure to fund the city's transportation needs, while SF waits two years for the mayor to support a vehicle license fee measure.
July 29, 2014
Supes Approve Wiener’s Population-Based Transit Funding Measure for Ballot
The Board of Supervisors voted 6-4 today to put on November's ballot a charter amendment that would increase the share of general funds devoted to transportation, based on population growth.
July 22, 2014
Cars-First “Restore Balance” Measure Funded by Ed Lee Backer Sean Parker
Sean Parker, the founding president of Facebook and a major contributor to San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, has spent $49,000 of his personal fortune to propel a ballot initiative that seeks to enshrine free parking as city policy, according to the SF Chronicle. Parker gave $100,000 to Lee’s mayoral campaign in 2011.
July 14, 2014
Bus Stops and Crosswalks: Does Mayor Lee Care Where His Car is Parked?
Ed Lee is at it again. After the mayor's car was found parked in a Muni bus stop, he was spotted entering the vehicle while it blocked a crosswalk.
July 2, 2014
Mayor Lee’s Car Found Parked in Muni Bus Stop
Mayor Ed Lee's Chevy Volt was recently seen parked in a Muni bus stop, while he went to eat at La Corneta Taqueria on Diamond Street in Glen Park.
June 27, 2014