Your feedback helps shape Muni's budget. Comment on the budget and proposed changes to fares, fees and fines at an upcoming Board of Directors meeting:
San Francisco City Hall, Room 400. 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
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The San Francisco City Charter requires that the SFMTA submit a two-year, balanced budget in even-numbered years. The budget should outline how the agency will allocate its operating and capital resources for the next two years.
Budget Development Process
To establish the two-year budget, SFMTA staff develop a proposed revenue and expenditure plan for the coming two-year cycle for the Operating and Capital Budgets. The SFMTA Board of Directors discusses the budget over the course of numerous public board meetings. They must approve and present the budget to the Mayor by May 1 of each even-numbered year.
The City Charter outlines formulas that determine the level of funding allocated to the SFMTA from the city's General Fund. If the proposed budget is within the defined funding levels, the Mayor must forward the budget to the Board of Supervisors as proposed. The Board of Supervisors may allow the SFMTA budget to take effect without any action or it may reject the budget.
The public can provide feedback to proposed changes to fares, fees and fines by sending an email to Budget@SFMTA.com or calling 415-646-2299.
Proposed Changes to Fares, Fees and Fines
As part of the budget process, the SFMTA is considering both fare increases as well as changes to fees and fines. Learn more about the proposed changes.
Community Engagement
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April Budget Hearings
Your feedback helps shape Muni's budget. Comment on the budget and proposed changes to fares, fees and fines at an upcoming Board of Directors Meeting
☎ 4156464619: For free interpretation services, please submit your request 48 hours in advance of meeting.
Community Budget Open Houses
Thank you to everyone who attended our Community Budget Open House where the public was invited to learn about transit funding needs, the SFMTA budget and proposed changes to fares, fees and fines.
Community Priorities Survey
Thank you to everyone who provided feedback on the SFMTA/Muni Community Priorities survey. The survey was open from late-October 2025 through mid-January 2026. Survey results were presented at the SFMTA Board Workshop on February 3, 2026. View the presentation deck. Slides 71-88 provide an overview of the budget outreach and survey results of community priorities. Survey results will also be presented at the Community Budget Open Houses on March 7, 11, and 12.
This budget planning process is a critical opportunity to align our resources with community priorities. Your feedback is helping the SFMTA make better informed decisions as we plan our two-year budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026-27 and FY 2027-28.
The Challenge
Transportation is vital to San Francisco’s livability, vitality and economic recovery. Unfortunately, we are up against the largest budget deficit we have ever faced. The pandemic decimated the city's tax base by hollowing out downtown. Relief funding and other revenue sources have dried up.
The Stakes
This leaves the SFMTA with a budget deficit of $307 million beginning July 2026. That deficit is expected to grow to $434 million by July 2030. We will have to make dramatic changes to Muni service and programs if we are unable to fill these gaps.
The Solution
Continued cost-savings and transit funding measures. To protect the transportation services local communities depend on, we:
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Took proactive steps to develop funding strategies
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The Controller’s Office led and facilitated the Muni Funding Working Group to gather public input, identify solutions and provide recommendations to address the funding gap. This process began 1.5 years earlier than the typical start of public engagement for budget planning.
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Members overwhelmingly supported addressing the deficit through revenue-raising options. This feedback is informing our work to balance the budget.
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Work every day to cut costs and drive efficiencies
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We have already reduced what would have been a $440 million deficit in FY 2026-27 to $307 million through internal cost savings and efficiencies, strategic Muni service reductions and transit priority upgrades.
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Identify transit funding measures critical to maintaining Muni service
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We're doing everything we can to save on costs internally, without impacting Muni service, but our budget gap will require additional funding sources in order to close it.
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Addressing our financial crisis requires ongoing annual internal cost reductions, as well as additional revenue sources. Our state partners and the Mayor are working hard to identify these options.
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We will share more information on this page in the coming months.
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