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SB 63, Which Allows for a Bay Area Transit Ballot Measure, Clears Last Hurdle Before Final Vote
More oversight for the funds created was the key to get SB 63 to the Assembly Floor.
Transit-Funding Measure Reintroduced
Wiener and Arreguín launch Senate Bill 63, another attempt to get a sales tax onto the ballot to keep the Bay Area moving.
Wiener’s Legislation to Streamline Permitting for Transit Projects Advances
And so does a bill to put a Bay Area funding measure on the ballot in 2026
Advocates and Agencies Celebrate Progress Towards Funding Transit
Funding measure advances to the governor's desk. But it's not over yet.
Gov’s Signature on SB 63 Launches Campaign to Fund Transit
There will be a ballot measure to fund Bay Area transit in November of 2026. But now the real work begins: building support, gathering signatures, and getting a majority of voters to approve it.
Weekend Roundup: VTA joins Transit Funding Measure, RSR Bridge Bicyclists Shafted by Caltrans and Co.
Some good news and some very bad news for people who support transportation options in the Bay Area.
Emergency Rally: Advocates Demand Gov. Newsom ‘Fund Transit Now’
All the major transit advocacy groups assembled Monday morning in downtown San Francisco to demand the city's former mayor (Governor Gavin Newsom) intervene and stop the cancellation of a vital $750 million state loan intended to keep the city moving.
SPUR Talk: The State’s Role in Keeping the Bay Area’s Trains and Buses Running
As advocates make progress in Sacramento, this SPUR panels breaks down goals for a more sustainable transportation future
Bay Area Transit is Not Out of the Woods
Sacramento gave BART, Muni, Caltrain, AC Transit, and others a lifeline, but the struggle to keep the trains and buses running is far from over.
Legislative Update: It’s Over.
Did your favorite/least favorite bill make it to the finish line?
Legislative Update: In the Home Stretch
Is your favorite/least favorite piece of legislation still active?
Legislative Update at the Halfway Point: June 10, 2025
There's a lot of good legislation that's still alive.
Legislative Update : He Signed Everything
With just hours left to sign or veto, Governor Newsom signed all five pieces of legislation we've been waiting on. Full coverage coming tomorrow, but for now you can see the final status of all the legislation we've covered at Streetsblog California.
Legislative Update: Summer Recess Edition
It's summer break, and a lot of legislation has cleared
Legislative Update: The Final Countdown
Updated: 10/10, noon - SB 79 has been signed into law. Updated 10/10, 7:44 a.m. - I mean, he's got to act on this legislation sometime, right? Updated, 10/9, 9:30 a.m. - Newsom has signed AB 697, the one making it easier to expand a freeway through protected marshlands that might be underwater in a couple of decades.
What was signed: More Cameras, Faster Builds for Transit/Bike/Ped, More Time for Breathalyzers after DUI’s
He may have waited to the last second, but the Governor made some big news and made big promises yesterday.
Highway Projects Still Grab Biggest Share as California OK’s Nearly $1B in State Transportation Funding
But Transit and Active Transportation Get Boosts Too...
CalBike’s 2025 Legislative Agenda
We'll continue to highlight a couple of bills every week that have major implications (if they become law), but in the meantime CalBike has a not-quite-exhaustive list of some of the most important mobility bills in the legislature.
SPUR Briefs Press on Transit’s Looming Financial Meltdown
Transportation experts at the Bay Area's leading policy research group warn of severity of coming transit cuts and the potentially dire impacts for the region.
L.A.’s Historic Affair with Monorails
The Sepulveda Transit Corridor monorail is not the first time that Los Angeles has flirted with - and rejected - the idea of a monorail.
