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Pursuant to Charter Sections 2.103 and 3.100(7), and Administrative Code Section 2.11, the Mayor shall answer the following eligible questions submitted from Supervisors representing Districts 1, 3, and 11. The Mayor may address the Board initially for up to five minutes. Discussion shall not exceed five minutes per Supervisor.
1. The Municipal Transportation Agency recently released its Draft Bicycle Strategy, which lays out an aggressive plan to upgrade San Francisco’s bicycle facilities. It supports biking for everyone, including seniors, families, and persons with disabilities. However, I am hearing growing concerns both in my district and city-wide about the mismatch between verbal commitments to better bicycling and budget realities. Currently, bicycle projects account for just 0.46% of all MTA capital. This is not enough to get us to the goals laid out in the Bicycle Strategy.
How will you fund the Bicycle Strategy to make San Francisco a national leader in bicycling safety and use? (Supervisor Mar, District 1)
2. Mr. Mayor, the Board of Supervisors is considering legislation to allow existing owners of Tenancies in Common (TICs) to bypass the condominium conversion lottery and be converted after the payment of a fee. I recently asked supporters of the legislation and tenant advocates to engage in negotiations, which Supervisor Farrell and I are hosting.
What is your position on this pending legislation? What protections would you support to prevent the loss of rent-controlled housing in our increasingly unaffordable city? How would you address the concern that if we allow the current generation of TIC owners to convert, we will replace them with a new generation of TIC owners and additional real estate investments that will lead us right back to an identical debate within a short time? (Supervisor Chiu, District 3)
3. Last Sunday, at his Inaugural Address, San Francisco’s Poet Laureate Alejandro Murguía encouraged the residents of San Francisco, including elected officials, to include more poetry in their lives. In that spirit, I shall submit my question in the form of a haiku. Your response does not necessarily need to follow the same format:
Murguía’s address
Citing arts deprivation
Springing forth new funding?
In simple prose - will we see a renewed financial commitment to the arts in your City budget? (Supervisor Avalos, District 11)
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