Image retrieved from Supervisor Dufty's website.Supervisor Bevan Dufty spoke at the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce today about a number of issues that the Board of Supervisors are working on. Here are the highlights:
Muni Budget Battle
- The "police got greedy" with their cut of the Muni budget ($19 million) to patrol the buses.
- An estimated $11 million a year is lost due to fare evasion (click here for BOMA San Francisco's take on the issue).
- If you call 311 for transit information, the charge to Muni is $1.96 per call, or approximately $6 million a year. Supervisor Dufty is working with the controller's office to find a solution.
- There is lack of maneuverability with the Muni budget (e.g., the requirement that Muni drivers be paid--at minimum--the second highest salary of public-transit operators in the United States).
- Public Safety & Crime is a serious issue for Supervisor Dufty.
- The Ingleside District Police Station is a model for how to restructure other police stations in the city, as well as the police department as a whole.
- The San Francisco Police Department is behind the times, technologically speaking, and should be brought up to modern standards.
- The Supervisor favors the internal promotion of the next Police Chief.
- SFPD is young: 50% or more of the police force has 10 or less years of service.
- Supervisor Dufty supports conditional use for 'formula retail' (i.e., chain stores), but opposes outright bans of these types of businesses.
- Supervisor Dufty is running for Mayor in 2011.
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