San Francisco Leaders Rally Behind Proposition H Transit Funding as Potrero Yard and 10 South Van Ness Advance

San Francisco Mobilizes Behind Proposition H to Avert $307 Million Transit Cliff

SAN FRANCISCO, California — Confronting an unprecedented fiscal crossroads as pandemic-era federal relief subsidies expire, civic, business, and labor coalitions across San Francisco united in late September 2026 to campaign for Proposition H and the regional Connect Bay Area Act (Regional Measure RTM) on the upcoming November ballot.

The measures propose dedicated sales and parcel tax revenues to prevent a projected $307 million operating shortfall at the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) that could otherwise force up to 30 percent service cuts and the elimination of 20 bus lines. Transit advocates highlighted that Muni ridership has steadily rebounded past 500,000 daily passengers, underscoring that reliable mass transit is vital to downtown revitalization and California's climate goals.

Potrero Yard Modernization Reaches Demolition Milestone for 500 Homes

Demonstrating innovation in public-private partnerships, SFMTA and its development partners achieved key environmental demolition milestones at 2500 Mariposa Street for the transformative Potrero Yard Modernization Project. The project replaces an obsolete 109-year-old bus maintenance facility with a state-of-the-art multi-story transit depot equipped for zero-emission battery-electric buses.

Critically, the facility is capped by approximately 500 permanently affordable homes for low- and middle-income families, creating a landmark model of co-locating municipal bus infrastructure with dense workforce housing.

10 South Van Ness Secures Planning Clearances for 921 Hub Residences

In downtown housing entitlements, municipal planners granted final project approvals for the landmark 10 South Van Ness Avenue tower. Rising 55 stories in the Hub district at Market Street, the skyscraper will deliver 921 residential apartments supported by ground-floor retail and public transit concourse connections. The approvals reflect the city's streamlined development fee code reforms designed to accelerate housing construction throughout San Francisco.