📣 Transit funding update: Good news for Muni & BART! The legislature rejected Gov. Newsom's $1.1B in transit cuts! And will extend a $750M loan to Bay Area agencies to prevent service cuts. Only one step left: @GavinNewsom has to sign 📞 CALL TODAY: (916) 445-2841

We've retrofit the call tool to point to Gov Newsom's office line, and updated the call script. No matter if you've already called Newsom not, he needs to hear from you again: protect transit funding and sign the agreed upon budget! https://t.co/fWerjP5jgq

The Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund fight will happen after the budget is approved. As such, there will be at least 2 more fights this cycle: * Making sure Newsom signs the budget without using his line veto on transit * Protect the use of GGRF funds for transit ops and capital

Newsom needs to do 3 things: 1) Accept the Legislature’s proposal 2) Fully restore Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund commitments through 2030 3) Give transit agencies the flexibility to use capital funding to avoid service cuts and improve service

Both these wins were a direct result of the grassroots phone calls and messages to legislators over the past two weeks. Public transit advocates have again made themselves heard in Sacramento! The fate of public transit in California is now in Governor Newsom’s hands.

Second, the request for $2B in statewide assistance became a $750 million loan facility over two years for the Bay Area. I can't find solid confirmation on loan terms; indeed, the terms of the loans is likely still being negotiated.

The legislature's agreement reverses Newsom's devastating proposal to claw back $1.1B of operational gap funding for transit! These funds are a big part of what will keep public transit running until funds from the November 2026 regional and local measures start to flow (🤞).

Huge thanks to everyone who called in to their California Senators and Assemblymembers about transit funding! Thanks to you, the proposed joint budget reverses Gov. Newsom's cuts to public transit operations funding, and looks to protect at least some of the capital spending!

The Governor's budget proposal puts $3 billion of statewide funding for public transit at risk in the next 5 years, including Muni. Call Assemblymembers @MattHaneySF and @Stefani4CA, and tell them to prioritize transit funding. Send a message at https://t.co/NqxNO7yFeR

#SFMuni ridership is trending up as we head towards summer! In April, weekend ridership hit a post-pandemic high of 95% recovery -- a reminder that #SFMuni is your ride any day of the week. #MuniMovesYou (1/2)

The only reason the Bay isn’t Los Angeles is because we have BART and Muni. But funding for transit is on the chopping block unless Governor Newsom and the California Legislature provide funding in this year’s budget and in Cap-and-Invest. 😩 Take action:

Public transit funding is in trouble as California state leaders hammer out the state budget. Your representatives and key budget leaders need to hear from you right now (well, best during business hours): Now there is a tool to help make those calls! https://t.co/EE0qssvOIb

Tell your legislator to fund transit so you don't have to sit in gridlock 👇 https://t.co/EUvtUQOg72

The Governor's budget proposal puts $3 billion of funding for public transit at risk in the next 5 years. Even if you don't ride regularly, you will feel the effects of these cuts in the form of extra traffic.

Logged in to see what some local miscreants were saying, and I just want to remind everyone: you don't have to use this site anymore. It's owned by a fascist egomaniac who is destroying the country. You can move on.

This morning, State Senator Jesse Arreguin and Assemblymember Mark Gonzalez submitted a budget proposal calling for $2 billion in funding from the state to keep public transit running through 2027. A vital part of a campaign to stop massive service cuts. https://t.co/iF9shpBMvO

In SF, Assemblymembers Stefani and Haney, and State Senator Scott Wiener have signed on to this request, but legislation only happens when we fight for it. Write a letter 💌 today using Move California's tool: https://t.co/1GiQXWWAk0

If this effort fails? ❌ Fewer trains & buses ❌ Long wait times ❌ More breakdowns & safety risks ❌ Higher costs in the future We're facing a transit death spiral in the Bay Area. We'd loose 70 years of effort to rebuild after the post-war public transit collapse.

This $2B dollar ask doesn't fix the state's chronic under-funding of transit, particularly here in the Bay, but it would buy time to continue lobbying at the state, regional, and local level for new revenue streams, including sustained state funding.

California chronically under funds transit operations compared to other states. This is particularly true of Bay Area operators. BART, SFMTA, AC Transit, and Caltrain see the least funding of all: 12% of operations, compared with 20% statewide.