If it feels like your Muni ride is taking longer, getting more expensive, or disappearing altogether, you’re not imagining it. The City is gutting our public transit system right in front of us. But this isn’t just bad budgeting or poor planning. It’s intentional. Because billionaires like Uber, Waymo, and their allies at City Hall aren’t content with building tech empires -- they want to own public transit too.
Preston argues that instead of ushering in a new era of solutions, the mayor has recycled tired strategies that prioritize political optics over proven public health responses. Lurie’s early tenure was marked by the rollout of a “Fentanyl State of Emergency” ordinance and a “Breaking the Cycle” initiative—both of which Preston likened to similar announcements under former Mayor London Breed.
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