Apartment owners take on Ed Lee, pour in $50k to defeat transportation bond measure

Supporters of Prop. A say it will help improve Muni service. It’s looking like the fight over an otherwise hum-drum ballot measure has turned more interesting — and immensely personal. The San Francisco Apartment Association, which represents landlords and usually spends its time fighting City Hall over housing issues, has poured more than $50,000 in recent weeks into the fight against Proposition A. Yes, that Prop. A — the $500 million, nearly universally popular transportation bond that Mayor Ed Lee has staked his political future on and every single supervisors is backing. Some of the money went toward two mailers sent out by a group called the San Francisco Taxpayers