Overview

• The mayor detailed the plan in a letter to SFMTA Director Julie Kirschbaum, calling a parcel tax the best way to sustain Muni service.
• He urged SFMTA to work with community partners and design a voter-ready measure he wants on the ballot next year.
• SFMTA CFO Bree Mawhorter mandated a 5% reduction across divisions and asked for an additional 2% in cuts to build a contingency fund, with proposals due by October 10.
• A separate multi-county sales tax for Bay Area transit is also being pursued, though some San Mateo County officials question how the burden would be shared.
• Even if both measures pass, money would not start arriving until fiscal year 2027 and may still fall short of closing the roughly $322 million annual deficit despite a state loan.