Supervisors: Victory (mostly) for the Rescue Muni Slate
The following candidates got Rescue Muni's endorsement for Supervisor - and were elected!

district	candidate	round 1 result
2 (Marina)	Gavin Newsom	Won
3 (North Beach, Chinatown)	Aaron Peskin	Made runoff (First)
4 (Sunset)	Leland Yee	Made runoff (First)
5 (Haight, Western Addition)	Matt Gonzalez	Made runoff (First)
9 (Mission)	Tom Ammiano	Won

The following candidate didn't win - but ran a strong campaign:

6 (SOMA, Tenderloin)

Beryl Magilavy

Missed runoff (Fourth)

Runoff Candidates' Forum Results
Rescue Muni held another Candidates' Forum on Monday, November 20.
The members voted to endorse Matt Gonzalez in district 5.

Below are the percentages earned by each candidate (2/3 majority required to win):

district	candidates / percentages
1	McGoldrick 48% no endorsement 28% Yaki 24%
5	Gonzalez 74% Owens 13% no endorsement 13%
6	Daly 56% no endorsement 30% Dittenhafer 14%
7	Teng 41% no endorsement 33% Hall 26%
8	Leno 56% Hansen 26% no endorsement 18%
10	Richardson 50% Maxwell 31% no endorsement 19%
11	Sandoval 70%* no endorsement 17% Brown 13%

* Gerardo Sandoval won a majority of votes but did not attend our Steering Committee meeting on 11/27,
so the Steering Committee did not ratify his endorsement.

Thank You to all candidates who attended!

Labor Contract Approved
The MTA board voted unanimously to approve the contract with the Transport Workers Union on Tuesday 11/21/00, over our objections.
Read our letter in protest here.

Older contract headlines have been archived.

Important Member Notice: New Discussion & Announcement Lists
Rescue Muni's mailing lists are being moved to eGroups. Click to join our NEW lists now:

Announcement List (Default for all Rescue Muni members)

Discussion Group

Rescue Verio: The previous lists died thanks to a major screwup by our ISP Verio, formerly Best.com.
(They killed their mailing list service without any notice because of a hardware failure; note that it's still advertised on their web site.)
If you're looking for an ISP, we don't recommend them these days!

2 Rescue Muni Endorsees Win, 2 in Runoff
Of the five candidates we endorsed at our Board of Supervisors Candidates' Forum on September 11, two won outright and two made the runoff.
Proposition F was defeated, however.

district	candidate	result
2 (Marina)	Gavin Newsom	Won
3 (North Beach, Chinatown)	Aaron Peskin	Made runoff (First)
4 (Sunset)	Leland Yee	Made runoff (First)
6 (SOMA, Tenderloin)	Beryl Magilavy	Missed runoff (Fourth)
9 (Mission)	Tom Ammiano	Won
proposition	endorsement	result
F (JFK Drive Saturday Closure)	Yes	No
G (Wait for Garage to be built)	No	No

Rescue Muni Endorses Five Candidates, Prop. F
We endorsed five candidates and one proposition at our Board of Supervisors Candidates' Forum on September 11:

district	candidate
2 (Marina)	Gavin Newsom
3 (North Beach, Chinatown)	Aaron Peskin
4 (Sunset)	Leland Yee
6 (SOMA, Tenderloin)	Beryl Magilavy
9 (Mission)	Tom Ammiano
proposition	endorsement
F (JFK Drive Saturday Closure)
G (Wait for Garage to be built)

We did not endorse in other districts as candidates did not get the required 2/3 vote.
Candidates were invited to our (4 hour!) meeting based on their responses to our questionnaire.

Important Member Notice: New Discussion & Announcement Lists

Announcement List (Default for all Rescue Muni members)

Discussion Group

Rescue Verio: The previous lists died thanks to a major screwup by our ISP Verio, formerly Best.com. (They killed their mailing list service without any notice because of a hardware failure; note that it's still advertised on their web site.) If you're looking for an ISP, we don't recommend them these days!

Rescue Muni Committees
Help us help the railway! We have two committees considering improvements.

Metro: Our most active committee is currently evaluating how and when to add light rail to Geary Blvd.,
among other issues. The next meeting is on November 8 (Wednesday) at SPUR, 312 Sutter, at 6:00 PM.

Service Expansion: This committee has begun considering where Muni should add or reconfigure service.
The next meeting will be in November (date TBA) at SPUR, 312 Sutter, at 6:30 PM.

News Summaries
Examiner - Yahoo
(a bit out of date)

Muni Resources CURRENTLY OFFLINE:

CitySearch Forum on Muni
Post your comments on Muni 
at the forum sponsored by CitySearch.

The City Charter
REALLY curious about SF government? Read this.

New Muni Web Site

It's up now. Check it out.
Rescue Muni is now on the links page.

Chron: Citizen Revolt Means Better Service
The Chronicle published an editorial citing last year's "citizen revolt," led by Rescue Muni, SPUR, and EOC,
as a main reason for recent improvements in Muni. Thank you, members and volunteers!

This doesn't mean that we can pack up and go home, however. Muni only got a B-minus this year.

Get Yer TRANSFER Right Here
Our latest newsletter is out.
Important! Keep this TRANSFER as proof of payment.

Got a Muni experience to share?
Email the Examiner's Muni Watch column.

Muni Metro Meltdown: An Analysis
RESCUE MUNI member Richard Mlynarik tells all.

San Franciscans: Muni Getting (Slightly) Better
The Chamber of Commerce has published the results of a poll showing that San Franciscans
are less dissatisfied with Muni than in previous years.
Read the Examiner article, or the full Chamber report (in pdf).
Also, the city's annual opinion poll shows that people are happier with Muni than before (but still not satisfied).
Reliability: 42% poor or very poor, 35% fair, 23% good or very good.
But traffic and pedestrian safety is a bigger problem than before.

A "Big Dig" for San Francisco?
Staff of the SF County Transportation Authority have proposed a network of underground tollways
for San Francisco, comparable to Boston's "Big Dig" Central Artery/Tunnel project,
whose director was just fired for billions of dollars in cost overruns.
Rescue Muni would prefer more transit service.

Take Muni to the Ballpark
The Railway will be running special service to Pac Bell Park for all Giants games.
Beat the traffic! Read the Chron and Ex reports on how to get to the park.
Don't have tickets? Buy them from the Giants or on eBay.

MTC: $3B for Muni, Freeways
The MTC has proposed a long list of transportation projects ($3B plus) to the Governor,
including Muni's half-gigabuck Central Subway, Caltrain improvements, a regional express bus network,
and beaucoup de freeways. SF's Geary light rail plan (proposed in SFCTA 4-Corridor plan) is excluded.

Muni: $405M Budget in FY 2001
Muni has released a proposed budget of $405 million for FY 2001. No fare increases, more SOMA service.
Most of the ~$20M in new funding comes from increased parking and tax revenue projections.

F-Line Extension Opens!
Service on the F-Line (Market and Wharves) began to Fisherman's Wharf Saturday, March 4.
The Market Street Railway (www.streetcar.org) helped support this event.

Service runs from 17/Market to Jones/Beach, all day, every day.
Frequency (generally 10 minutes) and fares ($1) are the same as on the old F-Line.
The old 32-Embarcadero line was replaced by this new service.

MTA Board Inaugurated
The Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors were inaugurated on March 1,
as required by last fall's Proposition E. Read the Chron and Ex reports and our detailed discussion.