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Gov. Newsom this week signed state Assembly Bill 697 — authored by Assemblymember Lori Wilson of Solano County — into law. The signing marks a major advance for long-running efforts by the...

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After years of discussion and analysis, hundreds of hours of public meetings and down-to-the-wire negotiations, Senate Bill 63 — the authorizing legislation for a November 2026 ballot measure to...

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Today’s passage by the California State Senate of Assembly Bill 697 — sponsored by the Solano Transportation Authority, authored by Assemblymember Lori Wilson of Solano County and passed by the...

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State Senate Bill 63, which would authorize placement of a ½-cent sales tax to support transit operations on the November 2026 ballot in Alameda, Contra Costa and San Francisco counties while also...

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The Metropolitan Transportation Commission supports Senate Bill 63 (Wiener/Arreguín) if it is amended to clarify that the legislation’s expenditure plan will only include funding commitments for the...

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The Metropolitan Transportation Commission today adopted a set of principles to guide its pursuit this year of state legislation that would enable Bay Area voters in 2026 to consider a transportation...

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MTC at a special Commission meeting today directed staff to conduct public opinion polling on several frameworks for a potential 2026 transportation tax measure that could avert deep service cuts by...

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The Metropolitan Transportation Commission today named 18 people to serve on a select committee established last week by MTC Chair and Napa County Supervisor Alfredo Pedroza at a special meeting of...

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MTC/ABAG-backed Assembly Constitutional Amendment 1, which would lower the vote threshold for local special taxes and bonds to fund affordable housing, transportation, resilience and other public...

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The fiscal 2023-24 state budget agreement released today by the Legislature features $1.1 billion in flexible transportation funding to help California transit agencies avoid a near-term ‘fiscal cliff...