Joint MTC ABAG Legislation Committee
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.
Agenda item2.
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.
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Agenda item3a.
Revises California High Speed Rail funding conditions to eliminate the cap on expenditures outside the Central Valley Merced-to-Bakersfield segment.
Agenda item3b.
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.
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.
Summary of 2026 legislative activity on bills related to electric bicycles.
Agenda item3e.
Report out on MTC-ABAG’s 2026 advocacy trip to Sacramento.
Agenda item4.
Agenda item4a.
Report on key legislative, funding and political developments over the past month from Washington, D.C. prepared by the Summit Strategies team.
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Agenda item6.
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.