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Joint MTC ABAG Legislation Committee

Friday, April 10, 2026 - 9:45 a.m.
Board Room - 1st Floor

Bay Area Metro Center
375 Beale Street
San Francisco, CA 94105

Agenda Items

Roster
Eddie Ahn, Candace Andersen, Pat Burt, Pamela Campos,
Ken Carlson (Chair), Noelia Corzo, Betty Duong, Pat Eklund, Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft,
Dorene M. Giacopini*+, Alicia John-Baptiste (Vice Chair), Matt Mahan, Mitch Mashburn,
David Rabbitt, Belia Ramos, Carlos Romero, Wanda Williams, and Vacant (MTC-1)
*Non-Voting Member
+Remote per Government Code s. 54953(c).

Agenda item1.

Call to Order / Roll Call / Confirm Quorum

Agenda item2.

Consent Calendar

Agenda item2a.

Approval of Joint MTC ABAG Legislation Committee Minutes of the March 13, 2026 Meeting

Agenda item2b.

Assembly Bill 1837 (Gonzalez): Bus Camera Parking Enforcement Reauthorization

Makes permanent the forward-facing camera pilot program authorized by the MTC-supported Assembly Bill 917 (Bloom, 2021), which enables transit agencies to utilize video imaging to enforce parking violations at bus stops and on bus-only lanes.

Agenda item2c.

Legislative History

Detailed list of bills the ABAG and MTC are tracking in Sacramento, including those ABAG or MTC supports or opposes.

Agenda item3.

State Legislation

Agenda item3a.

Senate Bill 1411 (Stern): Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: High Speed Rail

Revises California High Speed Rail funding conditions to eliminate the cap on expenditures outside the Central Valley Merced-to-Bakersfield segment.

Agenda item3b.

Senate Bill 979 (Strickland): Regional Housing Needs Allocation

Provides that a final regional housing needs allocation determination by a council of governments or a delegate subregion is subject to judicial review.

Agenda item3c.

Senate Bill 1087 (Cabaldon): Transportation Planning: Sustainable Communities Strategies

Overview of MTC-ABAG’s co-sponsored bill to modernize Senate Bill 375, the 2008 law that added sustainable communities strategies to regional transportation plans.

Agenda item3d.

Electric Bicycle Legislative Landscape

Summary of 2026 legislative activity on bills related to electric bicycles.

Agenda item4.

Federal Legislation

Agenda item4a.

Washington, D.C. Legislative Update

Report on key legislative, funding and political developments over the past month from Washington, D.C. prepared by the Summit Strategies team.

Agenda item5.

Public Comment / Other Business

Agenda item6.

Adjournment / Next Meetings

The next meeting of the Joint MTC ABAG Legislation Committee will be held on Friday, May 8, 2026 at 9:45 a.m. at the Bay Area Metro Center, 375 Beale Street, San Francisco, CA, and other remote locations. Any changes to the schedule will be duly noticed to the public.