The state budget signed by the governor at the end of June provided helpful funding to avert the fiscal cliff facing major Bay Area transit services. But the funding did not go far enough to prevent cuts and service degradation to agencies with upcoming fiscal cliffs including BART, Caltrain, SFMTA and AC Transit. As summarized […]
The news on saving California transit last week includes a small amount of progress but not enough to prevent major cuts. Earlier in May, the governor’s updated budget proposal had offered nothing to help save transit. Last week, the Senate Budget Subcommittee on Transportation (proposal) and the Assembly Budget Committee (transit recommendations page 78) approved
This week the state legislature is holding the last two key hearings on transportation funding before the “May Revise” of the governor’s budget proposal. At last week’s budget hearing, there were over 30 public comments supporting funding to prevent transit service cuts and help regrow ridership. Read on for opportunities to take action this week.
This week and next, the California state legislature will start to consider whether to step in to address the fiscal cliff that risks steep service cuts and a spiral of decline for transit in the Bay Area and the state. Transit agencies including Caltrain, BART, SFMTA and AC Transit face steep budget shortfalls soon as
The state legislature in Sacramento is looking into the challenges facing public transportation as the fiscal cliff facing agencies comes into sharper focus. On Monday, February 27, a Joint Assembly/Senate Transportation Committee hearing will cover the impending public transportation fiscal cliff that is impacting 72% of transit agencies in California, and opportunities to regrow ridership
Governor Newsom’s proposed budget grapples with a projected $22.5 billion state budget deficit by slashing funding for public transportation capital projects (and other climate investments) while ignoring the fiscal cliff facing transit agency operating budgets, creating risks of service cuts. In California’s multi-step budget process, the governor’s proposal is only the first salvo in a
