Defund Organizations that Coordinate with and then Lobby SF Gov Entities

Background:

Ideological initiatives such as the ballot measure that resulted in the Upper Great Highway closure, infrastructure projects such as the Valencia St Streets Project, and experiments such as the neckdown on Kirkham St continue to be prioritized within SFMTA. This is in large part due to groups that work closely with SFMTA to come up with these ideas and then lobby the SFMTA and our city government to give SFMTA cover. There are several organizations that engage in this behavior, two of the most active are the San Francisco Bike Coalition and Walk SF.

Coincidentally, both San Francisco Bike Coalition and Walk SF are contracted by SFMTA. YES, we taxpayers are partially funding these organizations to lobby against the majority of San Franciscans.

Walk SF has received $311,274.00 from SFMTA between FY 2022-2024.

San Francisco Bike Coalition received $2,788,151 from FY 2022-2025 and has $425,736.00 left to be paid to them in their current contract with SFMTA.

If you don't want to fund special interests lobbying SF government, make your voice heard—ask your Supervisor to defund any entity that coordinates with our city government and then lobbies "city hall," including the San Francisco Bike Coalition and Walk SF.

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Dear Mayor Lurie, SFMTA Board Members and Board of Supervisors,&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;It is ironic that the City funds non-profit organizations who then use those funds to lobby the city.&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;For example, the San Francisco Bike Coalition and Walk SF both actively plan projects with SFMTA and then lobby SFMTA and San Francisco government on behalf of those same projects. And both receive substantial funding from the city.&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;As a taxpayer I am opposed to funding special interest organizations that lobby against my interests. It is unethical and irresponsible to approve contracts to activist groups who lobby public officials and agencies. &#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;Walk SF received $311,274 from FY 2022-2024 and San Francisco Bike Coalition has received $2,788,151 from FY 2022-2025 from SFMTA. And there is $425,736 still owed to the San Francisco Bike Coalition under its current contract with SFMTA.  &#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;The distrust of the Board of Supervisors is high; there were clear conflicts of interest with the previous mayor. &#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;Similarly, trust in SFMTA has diminished due to prior leadership's lack of transparency and fiscal irresponsibility. They funded activist groups such as San Francisco Bike Coalition and Walk SF who bully seniors, people with disabilities, and many other groups who are just trying to get by.&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;The quality of life of the majority of hard working, taxpaying San Franciscans has decreased over the last several years due to the work of the SFMTA and the BoS.  &#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;I urge you to terminate SFMTA’s contracts with San Francisco Bike Coalition and Walk SF effective immediately. &#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;Sincerely,

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