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Bruce Oka

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    May 1, 2012

    Cristina Rubke Nominated "Out of the Blue" for Muni Board

    Christina Rubke's nomination to fill Bruce Oka's vacated slot on the Municipal Transportation Agency Board may come as a surprise to the city's most ardent Muni-watchers. It should -- she's surprised, too. In a press release announcing the San Francisco lawyer's nomination to the board, Mayor Ed Lee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2012

    Bruce Oka off Muni Board -- Just Five Commissioners Left to Vote on Central Subway Bond

    "You never call, you never write" isn't just the lament of parents and grandparents everywhere. It's come to be the gripe of several former city commissioners. Bruce Oka's four-year term as a Municipal Transportation Agency board member expired on April 29, and he says neither Mayor Ed Lee nor anyon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2011

    Nat Ford, Muni Chief, Accused of Violating Ethics Laws

    Did Nat Ford grant an inappropriate favor to his personal attorney?​Nat Ford, executive director of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, violated ethics rules when he moved to scuttle a lucrative parking garage contract in 2009, according to a new lawsuit."Ford violated the ethics co ... More >>

  • News

    April 21, 2010

    Dispute over who gets to run city parking garages leads to allegations of a shakedown

    Did Nat Ford grant an inappropriate favor to his personal attorney?​Nat Ford, executive director of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, violated ethics rules when he moved to scuttle a lucrative parking garage contract in 2009, according to a new lawsuit."Ford violated the ethics co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2010

    Transit Advocates Wait For MTA Board to Knuckle Under to Mayor

    Jim Herd​When you're watching Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, there's always a fleeting thought, part-way through, that this time Shylock is going to prevail and humble those feckless, bigoted aristocrats who consider him a subhuman. Never happens. Can't happen. It's not in the script. In a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2010

    MTA Board Member Emerges as Riders' Advocate -- and Mayor's Critic

    MTA board members disdained the notion of $5 F-Line rides, among other objections to proposed Muni revenue-generating measures​SF Weekly wrote earlier this week about how transit advocates were dismayed by the Municipal Transportation Agency's efforts to make up the $17 million hole in Muni's budg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2009

    Nearly Three Hours Worth of Commentary Over Extended Meter Hours -- Did Anyone Remember to Feed the Meter?

    ​Prior to yesterday's Municipal Transportation Agency meeting, board member Bruce Oka told us "This will be interesting." Whether he meant that in the connotation of "Prime Suspect is an interesting show" or "May you live in interesting times" is up for debate. What isn't up for debate is that mor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2009

    So There, Gavin: MTA Board Member Predicts Extension of Parking Meter Hours

    ​This figures to be just about as riveting as a Municipal Transportation Agency board meeting can get. On Tuesday, board members get their first chance to weigh in on MTA's controversial plan to extend parking meter hours to evenings and Sundays -- to which Mayor Gavin Newsom, who appointed each a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 4, 1999

    Cothran

    ​This figures to be just about as riveting as a Municipal Transportation Agency board meeting can get. On Tuesday, board members get their first chance to weigh in on MTA's controversial plan to extend parking meter hours to evenings and Sundays -- to which Mayor Gavin Newsom, who appointed each a ... More >>

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