A $400 million bond for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency for street and transit improvements in the city appears to not have enough votes to pass, based on the latest unofficial results from Tuesday's election.
Proposition A received a little over 63 percent approval, below the two-thirds vote needed to take effect, after being proposed by Mayor London Breed and approved by the city's Board of Supervisors to go on the ballot.
Opponents of the measure included retired local politician and judge Quentin Kopp, who in the ballot argument against Proposition A identified himself as president of the San Francisco Taxpayers Association and said the measure's language"is designed to allow MTA to use bond proceed for disastrous projects or whatever they please," citing cost overruns and delays to the still-unopened Central Subway project as an example.
The proposal came as part of the fallout from a public corruption scandal that included federal charges against former public works director Mohammed Nuru, who oversaw the rate-setting process. Recology last year had to pay more than $100 million in restitution, interest and penalties to ratepayers as part of a settlement with the city.
In other measures voted on by San Franciscans, Proposition B, a charter amendment to change the appointment process and qualifications for city Building Inspection Commission members and have the mayor appoint the department's director, got nearly 59 percent of the vote to pass.
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