In their infinite wisdom, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 7-3 in favor of considering fire station 
brownouts as a possible budget deficit fix. Rolling brownouts equals closing down fire stations for a few days at a time, on a rotating basis. WTF?
Here is a map of the areas of The City destroyed in the 1906 fire — most of downtown San Francisco.
Supervisors Sean Elsbernd, Michela Alioto-Pier and Bevan Dufty opposed the proposal.
In other news, the Board of Supervisors did NOT reject MUNI’s proposed budget. Getting mugged on MUNI, while sitting in barf will cost $2.00 on July 1. That’s a 33.333% increase! Clutch the pearls! Before someone grabs them…
Filed under: Bad Urban Experience, San Francisco Budget, What's Going On? | Tagged: San Francisco Board of Supervisors, San Francisco Budget Crisis, Clutch the pearls, rolling brownouts, muni fares, muni budget, Fire of 1906
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