By James Salazar: sfexaminer – excerpt

Local leaders this week said a portion of the $35.8 million in grant funding awarded to San Francisco for transit infrastructure and street-safety upgrades will address traffic-spillover concerns stemming from the pending Great Highway closure.

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission awarded the funds as part of its Housing Incentive Pool Grants program, to construct new traffic signals on Lincoln Way at 45th Avenue and at La Playa Street. Another traffic light had already been set to be installed at Lincoln and 41st Avenue, and all three are set to replace stop signs…(more)

We would like to have a discussion about why the housing funds are being used to pay for transit programs instead of housing. Remember this is how the MTC is spending the Housing Grants next time someone complains about the lack of money for affordable housing. No wonder people are living on the streets. That is where the housing funds are going.