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State budget officially walks away from funding transit.

By Damien Newton

10:11 AM PDT on June 16, 2026

Maybe in the future, a crowd of people unable to board trains because of inadequate service will be called a "Newsom."

Legislature Passes Budget (SacBee)
Legislature Restores Many Newsom Cuts, But Not for Transportation (CalMatters)
LA Winning with World Cup Transpo., Now Good News for Olympics (LAT)
BART Adds Late Night World Cup Service (APTA)
Bay Area Public Transit Ridership Up for World Cup (KRON4)
Columnist Says Private Investors Not Coming to CAHSRA (OC Reg.)
Flashback Two Weeks: Here’s the Private Investors Coming to CAHSRA (Fresno Bee)
USDOT: Racist Grants Are OK (KQED)
Construction of Trump’s Arc Du TACO Snarls Traffic(Politico)
So the War Might Be Over, What’s That Mean for Gas Prices? (Fresno Bee)
SacRT Changes Warning Bells (SacBee)

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