Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Sean Elsbernd

Supes Committee to Vote Tomorrow on Muni Operator Wage Proposal

By Michael Rhodes | Jan 27, 2010 | 9 Comments

Flickr photo: Thomas Hawk. A Board of Supervisors committee is set to vote on a proposed ballot initiative that would end a decades-old policy of guaranteeing Muni operators the second-highest transit operator wages in the country. The Rules Committee will take up the proposal at its 10 a.m. meeting tomorrow, after a week in which […]

Muni’s Safety Chief Defends Agency at Supes Hearing

By Michael Rhodes | Aug 10, 2009 | 7 Comments

New Muni Chief Safety Officer Jim Dougherty, left, at the scene of the August 3rd historic streetcar crash. Photo: Bryan Goebel Muni’s new chief safety officer went before a Board of Supervisors committee today to explain what’s being done to prevent crashes like the two major rail collisions that have happened in the last month. […]

Supes Delay Action on Motion to Reject MTA Budget

By Bryan Goebel | May 19, 2009 | 12 Comments

Supervisor Avalos on parking enforcement: "The more I think about how we need to do what’s best for the environment and what’s best for riders my position has changed." The Board of Supervisors will try again on an MTA budget, voting 7-4 this afternoon to delay a motion to reject it. Instead, they’ll hold a […]