Alert alert! The transit agencies the Bay Area depends on – BART, Muni, AC Transit, and Caltrain – face massive service cuts unless Governor Gavin Newsom follows through on his promise of a $750M emergency loan from the state. In July, Governor Newsom and the state legislature committed to provide an emergency loan to prevent service cuts until a longer term funding source from a regional measure could go into effect.
The Bay Area needs transit for its economic recovery, and without this emergency loan, our region will suffer massive cuts to our ability to get around. But the deadline for the state to issue the loan is in the next few days, and although it has been nearly two months, the Bay Area’s emergency relief loan is nowhere in sight.
Join us for a rally and march to send the message loud and clear: This is an EMERGENCY and Governor Newsom needs to make good on his promise to the Bay Area.
We encourage you to bring signs and costumes that help highlight that the life and health of the Bay Area is on the line and we need Governor Newsom to provide this essential lifeline!
Is there a regional entity capable of raising this kind of money? BART’s extension across multiple counties makes this a little difficult since the US typically has limited government between county and state scale.
Personally, I don’t live in BART territory but I would support this. It’s a great amenity when visiting the bay and we need more transit funding in general. The state is the main vehicle right now through which that can happen.