"There is a natural tendency to peer backward through rose-colored glasses. Yes, the world was burning and falling apart in 1968, too. But the news came with the Chronicle in the morning and the Examiner in the afternoon. In the evening, when Walter Cronkite told you " And that's the way it is," that's the way it was. That isn't the way it is anymore."
"Transit advocates, led by state Sen. Scott Wiener, held a San Francisco rally a week ago today bemoaning the office of Gov. Gavin Newsom essentially reneging on a $750 million loan to prevent the collapse of Bay Area transit agencies. These funds were pledged in June's budget. And yet, in September, the governor's finance office abruptly stated it would not provide them. Wiener, Mayor Daniel Lurie's team and others dug in, and, lo, Newsom quickly announced an about-face (again)."
Newsom pledged a $750 million loan in June to prevent the collapse of Bay Area transit agencies, but his finance office abruptly declined to provide the funds in September. Transit advocates, legislators, and local officials pushed back, prompting Newsom to announce an about-face that provided no firm commitment. The sequence left transit agencies existentially threatened, legislators uncertain, and headlines overstating a revival. The pattern of promising, attempting to extricate, and issuing grand but noncommittal returns exemplifies erratic governance and raises concerns about executive reliability and the quality of political leadership.
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