With a July 6 deadline to collect over 10,000 valid signatures, Lurie pledged to \u201cwork tirelessly day and night\u201d in getting the measure on the ballot and passed in a speech to dozens of its supporters. He concluded his speech with publicly lending his own signature to the petition.<\/p>\n
\u201cMuni is the lifeline that connects us,\u201d Lurie said. \u201cThe success of San Francisco\u2019s economic recovery is dependent on safe, reliable and affordable public transit.\u201d<\/p>\n The proposed citywide measure<\/a> would charge most single-family households a flat annual rate of $129, while mixed-use and commercial properties smaller than 5,000 square feet would be charged $799 annually with a $400,000 cap on larger non-residential buildings.<\/p>\n Dylan Fabris, the San Francisco Transit Riders community and policy manager, said the combined efforts of transit advocacy coalitions statewide pushed Sacramento lawmakers to pass<\/a> AB-SB 117, authorizing $590 million in emergency funds to Bay Area transit agencies as pandemic-era loans dried up. California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the bill into law in February, preventing the most severe Muni cuts \u2014 including route suspensions \u2014 for the time being.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s enough time to get us at least to November, probably a little bit further than that,\u201d Fabris said. \u201cNow we\u2019re trying to get these two ballot measures across the finish line to give us more sustainable funding for Muni.\u201d<\/p>\n The second ballot measure Fabris referenced, the \u201cConnect Bay Area Act,\u201d is a proposed<\/a> sales tax increase of one cent for the City and County of San Francisco and a half-cent for Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties, reported<\/a> to raise nearly $1 billion annually for transit agencies across the region if passed. According to a recent poll by EMC Research, about 59% of registered voters support a regional sales<\/a> tax to fund transit.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cEach of them alone will only fill about a half of the Muni deficit,\u201d Fabris said. \u201cIt\u2019s not one or the other\u2026 if you really want to avoid really catastrophic service cuts, people need to vote for the two of them together.\u201d<\/p>\n The event closed with words from the measure\u2019s three chief proponents<\/a>. Principal Officer of Teamsters Local 665 Tony Delorio spoke directly to Lurie while also acknowledging the endorsement of his fellow labor organizers, including members of the local<\/a> Transport Workers Union chapter representing Muni operators and fare inspectors.<\/p>\n \u201cVery rarely [are] community, electeds and labor all on the same page,\u201d Delorio said. \u201cThis showing of this first event of how we are all together to ensure that this thing passes not by majority\u2026 I promise you, Mayor, with my two co-chairs and all labor involved, we are going to put this thing through.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Muni4All_kojima-12-1-600x400.jpg\")
District 7 Supervisor Myrna Melgar and Mayor Daniel Lurie sign the \u201cStronger Muni For All\u201d petition at Mission Dolores Park on Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (Ryo Kojima<\/a> \/ Golden Gate Xpress)<\/p>\n
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A supporter of the parcel tax measure lends their signature to the petition at Mission Dolores Park on Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (