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!
It’s all connected, though. Central Valley farmers benefit from having a massive metropolitan market not far away, with millions of consumers for their products. You can’t have a massive metropolis without a transit system.
If you follow this “people who use it can pay as they go” logic, you run transit into the ground. State isn’t paying the entire bill. They’re contributing. And they’re getting a hell of a lot more back from the Bay Area in tax revenue for their investment.