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Breaking Down Prop 69
Proposition 69 would require that funds generated by last year's gas tax increase be spent only on transportation projects. It's pretty straightforward.
June 4, 2018
What the Candidates for Governor Say About Transportation and Land Use Issues
Seven gubernatorial candidates were invited to share their views on transportation and land use by a team of advocates working on those issues.
May 11, 2018
S.F. Advocates Release Questionnaire Results and Endorsements for June Election
The San Francisco Transit Riders (SFTR) released the results of its "Ride the Vote" survey yesterday.
April 26, 2018
New L.A. Election Vote Totals: CD1 Runoff Highly Likely, Measures S and H
New vote tallies make a Cedillo vs. Bray-Ali run-off very very likely. Measure H almost certainly received its needed two-thirds margin.
March 20, 2017
L.A. Election Wrap-Up: Joe Bray-Ali, and Measures S and H
Good news in the passage of Measure H and the defeat of Measure S, while the L.A. City Council race between Gil Cedillo and Joe Bray-Ali remains too close to call definitively.
March 9, 2017
Election? Oh, Right. We Also Voted on Transportation Taxes in California
There is some good election news today, believe it or not. Some of the transportation sales tax measures we've been writing about ad nauseum look like they will pass, even with some mail-in ballots still to be counted. The vote counts listed below are from the local county election sites, most of which were updated late last night.
November 9, 2016
VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE and Don’t Forget to Vote Today if You Haven’t Yet
Here's where to look up your polling place, in case you have somehow forgotten. Hopefully you've marked up your sample ballot, though, and will take it with you.
If you haven't made up your mind on your local measures, endorsement guides are available from Bike the Vote L.A., SPUR, The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, BikeEastBay, TransForm, and, of course, see Streetsblog's coverage of transportation measures throughout the state.
November 8, 2016
VTA Measure B’s Bloated Highway Expansions Leave Transit Unfunded
This article is part of Streetsblog's coverage of transportation sales tax measures throughout the state. There are a total of fourteen such initiatives on the November ballot, including Measure M in Los Angeles, Measures V and L in Merced and Stanislaus counties, Sacramento's Measure B, and Contra Costa's Measure X. We have also covered other Bay Area transit and infrastructure bonds including Measure RR/The BART bond, San Francisco Measures J & K and Prop. E, and Oakland's Measure KK.
October 25, 2016
Contra Costa County Transportation Sales Tax Measure X Pleases Some
Contra Costa County voters are considering whether to tax themselves to pay for transportation, and the plan accompanying the measure has a few potentially game-changing aspects. That doesn't mean that sustainable transportation advocates all support it, however.
October 20, 2016
Transportation Sales Tax Measures on the Ballot: Sacramento’s Measure B
Sales taxes may not the best way to fund transportation, but there are fifteen new sales tax measures on November ballots in California.
October 14, 2016