Furor Over Proposed San Francisco Treasure Island Toll Upends Assembly Race

By John Ramos, CBS San Francisco

April 11, 2022

On April 19, voters will choose a new Assembly member to represent about half of San Francisco residents. A proposed toll for Treasure Island is turning former political friends into political foes.

The toll has twice been scheduled for a vote and has twice been pulled from the agenda. It now sits in a kind of political limbo.

The development plan on Yerba Buena island is for 8,000 new housing units and 20,000 new residents. To prevent gridlock, the city is proposing a $5 toll to enter and exit the island as a way to discourage private vehicles and pay for ferries and public transit. That’s a $10 charge to visitors — $17 if they have to pay a bridge toll as well. It’s an idea that Treasure Island’s supervisor, Matt Haney, seemed to support.

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