AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 23, 2025
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 29, 2025
AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 25, 2025
SENATE BILL No. 63
Introduced by Senators Wiener and Arreguín
(Coauthor: Assembly Member Stefani)
January 9, 2025
An act to add Title 7.85 (commencing with Section 67700) to, and to add and repeal Section 66513.5 of, the Go vernment Code, and to amend Section 131102 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to transportation.
legislative counsel’s digest
SB 63, as amended, Wiener. San Francisco Bay area: local revenue measure: transportation funding.
(1) Existing law creates the Metropolitan Transportation Commission as a local area planning agency for the 9-county San Francisco Bay area with comprehensive regional transportation planning and other related responsibilities. Existing law creates various transit districts located in the San Francisco Bay area, with specified powers and duties relating to providing public transit services.
This bill would establish the Transportation Revenue Measure District with jurisdiction extending throughout the boundaries of the Counties of Alameda and Contra Costa and the City and County of San Francisco and would require the district to be go verned by the same board that governs the commission, thereby imposing a state-mandated local program. The bill w ould authorize a retail transactions and use tax applicable to the entire district to be imposed by the board of the district
96 or by a qualified v oter initiati ve for a duration of 10 to 15 years, inclusive, and generally in an amount of 0.5%, subject to voter approval at the November 3, 2026, statewide general election. After allocations are made for various administrative expenses, the bill would require an unspecified portion of the proceeds of the tax to be allocated by the commission to initiatives included in a specified commission plan and to the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District, the Peninsula Rail Transit District, commonly kno wn as Caltrain, the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, and the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency for operating e xpenses, and w ould require the remaining proceeds to be subvened directly to the counties comprising the district for public transportation expenses, as prescribed.
By adding to the duties of local officials with respect to elections procedures for this bill on behalf of the district, the bill w ould impose a state-mandated local program.
(2) Existing law requires the commission to develop regional transit service objectives, develop performance measures of efficienc y and effectiveness, specify uniform data requirements to assess public transit service benefits and costs, and formulate procedures for establishing regional transportation priorities in the allocation of funds for transportation purposes.
This bill w ould require the commission, upon the appro val of a measure by the voters of the Transportation Revenue Measure District, to eng age in a comprehensi ve independent third-party financial efficiency review of the above-described transit operators receiving an allocation of the proceeds of the tax from the commission and w ould require the independent third party contracted by the commission for this purpose to prepare a final report of the re view. After a transit operator recei ves the final report, the bill w ould require the transit operator, as a condition of recei ving those funds, to finalize an implementation plan that describes, among other things, efficienc y measures the transit operator plans to tak e and to submit the implementation plan to the commission, as specified.
The bill w ould also require those transit operators to comply with other requirements as a condition of recei ving those funds, including, among others, a maintenance of effort requirement and a requirement to comply with the policies and programs adopted by the commission through its Regional Network Management framework, as provided.
This bill w ould require the commission to submit a report to the Legislature on or before March 31, 2026, on its forecast of the impacts 96 — 2 — SB 63
to ridership on those transit operators from planned transportation projects and strategies included in its adopted re gional transportation plan.
By adding to the duties of the commission, the bill w ould impose a state-mandated local program.
(3) The Bay Area County Traffic and Transportation Funding Act authorizes the formation of county transportation authorities in each of the 9 bay area counties, and pro vides for the imposition of a retail transaction and use tax of either 1⁄2 of 1% or 1%, subject to v oter approval, with revenues to be used for various transportation purposes.
This bill would instead provide that a retail transaction and use tax imposed under those pro visions in the County of San Mateo or the County of San Francisco may be imposed in 1⁄8 of 1% increments up to 1%.
(4) This bill would declare that its provisions are severable. (5) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state.
Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: yes.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
line 1 SECTION 1. The Le gislature finds and declares all of the line 2 following:
line 3 (a) The San Francisco Bay area needs a w orld-class, reliable, line 4 affordable, efficient, and connected transportation netw ork that line 5 meets the needs of bay area residents, b usinesses, and visitors line 6 while also helping combat the climate crisis. The bay area’ s line 7 regional and local public transportation netw orks are a critical line 8 component of the overall transportation network. line 9 (b) Public transportation is of regional and local benefit, serving line 10 both regional and local trips for residents of all income levels. line 11 (c) Preserving, improving, and expanding public transportation line 12 to ensure a world-class public transportation network will enhance line 13 access to opportunity , lo wer emissions of greenhouse g ases, 96 SB 63 — 3 —
line 1 strengthen the re gion’s economy , support increased housing line 2 production, and improve quality of life.
line 3 (d) To achieve that vision, the San Francisco Bay area needs a line 4 public transit network that offers safe, clean, frequent, accessible, line 5 easy-to-navigate, and reliable service that gets transit riders where line 6 they w ant and need to go safely , af fordably, quickly , and line 7 seamlessly. The San Francisco Bay area also needs to prioritize line 8 increasing ridership to ensure the re gion’s transit netw ork is line 9 sustainable.
line 10 (e) Regional funding, increased coordination, financial line 11 efficiency, and safety , cleanliness, and reliability reforms are line 12 urgently needed to both preserve and improve public transportation line 13 service.
line 14 SEC. 2. Section 66513.5 is added to the Government Code, to line 15 read:
line 16 66513.5. (a) The commission shall submit a report to the line 17 Legislature on or before March 31, 2026, on its forecast of the line 18 impacts to ridership on the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District, line 19 the Peninsula Rail Transit District, the San Francisco Bay Area line 20 Rapid Transit District, and the San Francisco Municipal line 21 Transportation Agency from planned transportation projects and line 22 strategies included in its adopted regional transportation plan, with line 23 an emphasis on rail connecti vity projects that may increase line 24 ridership, reduce operating costs, or help with enhanced mobility. line 25 (b) (1) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdi vision (a) line 26 shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795. line 27 (2) Pursuant to Section 10231.5, this section is inoperati ve on line 28 March 31, 2030, and, as of January 1, 2031, is repealed. line 29 SEC. 3. Title 7.85 (commencing with Section 67700) is added line 30 to the Government Code, to read:
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line 1 TITLE 7.85. SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA REGIONAL
line 2 TRANSPORTATION FINANCE
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line 4 PART 1. FORMATION OF THE TRANSPORTATION
line 5 REVENUE MEASURE DISTRICT
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line 7 Chapter 1. General Provisions
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line 9 67700. For purposes of this title, the follo wing definitions line 10 apply:
line 11 (a) “AC Transit” means the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit line 12 District.
line 13 (b) “BART” means the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit line 14 District.
line 15 (c) “Board” means the go verning board of the Transportation line 16 Revenue Measure District.
line 17 (d) “Caltrain” means the Peninsula Rail Transit District. line 18 (e) “Commission” means the Metropolitan Transportation line 19 Commission.
line 20 (f) “District” means the Transportation Re venue Measure line 21 District.
line 22 (g) “Muni” means the San Francisco Municipal Transportation line 23 Agency.
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line 25 Chapter 2. The Transportation Revenue Measure line 26 District and Governing Board
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line 28 67710. (a) The Transportation Revenue Measure District is line 29 hereby established with jurisdiction e xtending throughout the line 30 territorial boundaries of the Counties of Alameda and Contra Costa line 31 and the City and County of San Francisco.
line 32 (b) The district shall be governed by the same board that governs line 33 the commission. The district shall be a separate legal entity from line 34 the commission.
line 35 (c) The formation and jurisdictional boundaries of the district line 36 are not subject to the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government line 37 Reorganization Act of 2000 (Division 3 (commencing with Section line 38 56000) of Title 5).
line 39 (d) The district shall be staf fed by the e xisting staf f of the line 40 commission or any successor agency, with the understanding that 96 SB 63 — 5 —
line 1 additional staff may be needed to administer the requirements of line 2 this title.
line 3 67711. (a) It is the intent of the Le gislature to af ford the line 4 Counties of San Mateo and Santa Clara the opportunity to opt into line 5 the district by July 31, August 11, 2025. The opt-in of one or both line 6 of these counties into the district would entail the entirety of one line 7 or both of these counties, respectively, being included within the line 8 geography of the district.
line 9 (b) It is the preference of the Legislature for the County of San line 10 Mateo to opt into the district.
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line 12 PART 2. TRANSACTIONS AND USE TAXES
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line 14 Chapter 1. Retail Transactions and Use Tax
line 15 Authorization
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line 17 67730. (a) The board may impose a retail transactions and use line 18 tax ordinance applicable to the entire district if the electors voting line 19 on the measure v ote to appro ve its imposition at the election line 20 described in Section 67734 in accordance with this title and P art line 21 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue line 22 and Taxation Code.
line 23 (b) The board, in the ordinance, shall do all of the following:
line 24 (1) State the nature of the tax to be imposed. line 25 (2) Provide the tax rate or the maximum tax rate, which shall line 26 be one-half of 1 percent in each county e xcept in the City and line 27 County of San Francisco. The tax rate in the City and County of line 28 San Francisco shall be set at no less than one-half of 1 percent and line 29 no more than 1 percent, in 1⁄8 percent increments. line 30 (3) Specify the period during which the tax will be imposed. line 31 The duration of the tax shall be no less than 10 years and no longer line 32 than 15 years.
line 33 (4) Specify the purposes for which the re venue derived from line 34 the tax will be used, consistent with Chapter 3 (commencing with line 35 Section 67750).
line 36 (c) Notwithstanding Section 7251.1 of the Revenue and Taxation line 37 Code, the tax rate authorized pursuant to this title shall not be line 38 considered for purposes of the combined rate limit established by line 39 Section 7251.1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code. 96 — 6 — SB 63
line 1 (d) A transactions and use tax ordinance adopted pursuant to line 2 this title shall be operative on January 1, 2027. line 3 (e) Before the operative date of the ordinance, the board shall line 4 contract with the California Department of Tax and Fee line 5 Administration to perform all functions incidental to the line 6 administration and operation of the ordinance.
line 7 67731. It is the intent of the Legislature to determine, by July line 8 31, August 11, 2025, the exact tax rate, including potential variable line 9 rates in different counties within the district, and the exact duration line 10 of the tax, through continued discussions with stakeholders. line 11 67732. (a) Notwithstanding Section 9300 of the Elections line 12 Code or any other law, the taxes authorized by Section 67730 may line 13 also be imposed by a qualified voter initiative pursuant to Chapter line 14 4 (commencing with Section 9300) of Division 9 of the Elections line 15 Code if the electors v oting on the measure v ote to appro ve its line 16 imposition at the election described in Section 67734 in accordance line 17 with the requirements of this title and Part 1.6 (commencing with line 18 Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code. line 19 (b) In addition to the procedures set forth in Chapter 4 line 20 (commencing with Section 9300) of Di vision 9 of the Elections line 21 Code, if an ordinance containing a tax authorized by this title is line 22 proposed by an initiative petition, the initiative shall comply with line 23 all of the requirements applicable to a tax imposed by the board line 24 pursuant to this title, including the requirement that the proceeds line 25 of the tax be expended pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with line 26 Section 67750).
line 27 67734. A tax proposed pursuant to this title may only be placed line 28 on the ballot for the November 3, 2026, statewide general election line 29 and shall be submitted to the v oters of the entire district in line 30 accordance with Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 67740). line 31
line 32 Chapter 2. Election Procedures
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line 34 67740. (a) If the board of the district or a qualified v oter line 35 initiative proposes a measure for the appro val of a tax ordinance line 36 adopted pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 67730), line 37 the board of supervisors for each of the counties that comprise the line 38 district shall call a special election on the tax ordinance. The special line 39 election shall be consolidated with the No vember 3, 2026, 96 SB 63 — 7 —
line 1 statewide general election and the tax ordinance shall be submitted line 2 to the voters of each county comprising the district. line 3 (b) For the purpose of the placement of a tax ordinance on the line 4 ballot, the Transportation Revenue Measure District is a “district,” line 5 as defined in Section 317 of the Elections Code. A measure line 6 proposed by the board that requires v oter approval or a qualified line 7 initiative measure proposed for the district by the v oters of the line 8 counties comprising the district shall be submitted to the voters of line 9 the counties that are contained in the district, in accordance with line 10 the pro visions of the Elections Code applicable to districts, line 11 including Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 9300) of Division line 12 9 of the Elections Code.
line 13 (c) Notwithstanding any provision of the Elections Code, the line 14 legal counsel for the district shall prepare an impartial analysis of line 15 the measure. Each county included in the district shall use the line 16 election materials pro vided by the district, including the e xact line 17 ballot question, impartial analysis, and full te xt of the ballot line 18 measure for inclusion in the county voter information guide. line 19 (d) If two or more counties included in the measure are required line 20 to prepare a translation of ballot materials into the same language line 21 other than English, the county that contains the largest population, line 22 as determined by the most recent federal decennial census, among line 23 those counties that are required to prepare a translation of ballot line 24 materials into the same language other than English, shall prepare line 25 the translation or authorize the commission to prepare the line 26 translation, and that translation shall be used by the other county line 27 or counties, as applicable.
line 28 (e) Notwithstanding Section 13116 of the Elections Code, the line 29 elections officials of the counties where the measure will appear line 30 on the ballot shall mutually agree to use the same letter designation line 31 for the measure.
line 32 (f) The county clerk of each county shall report the results of line 33 the special election to the commission. If the appro val threshold line 34 required by the California Constitution at the time of the election line 35 is achie ved, the measure shall tak e ef fect in the district in line 36 accordance with the requirements of this title. line 37 (g) (1) Notwithstanding Section 10520 of the Elections Code, line 38 the commission shall reimb urse each county that comprises the line 39 district from funds made available pursuant to Section 67750 only line 40 for the incremental costs incurred by the county elections official 96 — 8 — SB 63
line 1 related to submitting the measure to the voters with proceeds from line 2 the measure, or if the measure f ails, with an y eligible funds line 3 provided by the commission or other public or private entity. line 4 (2) For purposes of this subdi vision, “incremental costs” line 5 includes both of the following:
line 6 (A) The cost to prepare a translation of ballot materials into a line 7 language other than English by an y county , as described in line 8 subdivision (d).
line 9 (B) The additional costs that exceed the costs incurred for other line 10 election races or ballot measures, if an y, appearing on the same line 11 ballot in each county in which the measure appears on the ballot, line 12 including both of the following:
line 13 (i) The printing and mailing of ballot materials. line 14 (ii) The canvass of the vote regarding the measure pursuant to line 15 Division 15 (commencing with Section 15000) of the Elections line 16 Code.
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line 18 Chapter 3. Regional Transportation Revenue Measure line 19 Expenditures
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line 21 67750. The board shall allocate re venues generated pursuant line 22 to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 67740) on an annual basis line 23 as follows:
line 24 (a) The board shall pay the administrative costs associated with line 25 the collection of the re venues incurred by the California line 26 Department of Tax and Fee Administration pursuant to the contract line 27 entered into pursuant to Section 67730, and the amounts necessary line 28 for the commission to reimb urse the one-time costs incurred by line 29 county elections officials, as provided in subdivision (g) of Section line 30 67740.
line 31 (b) After the amounts allocated in subdi vision (a), the board line 32 may retain up to 1 percent of total revenues for the administration line 33 of this title. If the board retains more money than is necessary for line 34 administration, the board may direct those e xcess funds to the line 35 commission for allocation pursuant to subparagraph (E) of line 36 paragraph (1) of subdivision (c).
line 37 (c) (1) After the amounts allocated in subdivisions (a) and (b), line 38 the board shall allocate revenues to the commission in the amount line 39 determined pursuant to paragraph (2). The commission shall line 40 allocate those revenues to the following entities for the following 96 SB 63 — 9 —
line 1 purposes in accordance with Chapter 4 (commencing with Section line 2 67760) and Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 67770):
line 3 (A) AC Transit, exclusively for transit operations expenses. line 4 (B) BART, exclusively for transit operations expenses. line 5 (C) Caltrain, exclusively for transit operations expenses. line 6 (D) Muni, exclusively for transit operations expenses. line 7 (E) Up to 10 percent of the re venues to the commission, line 8 exclusively for initiatives included in the 2021 Bay Area Transit line 9 Transformation Action Plan (T -TAP), or an y successor plan line 10 adopted by the commission.
line 11 (2) It is the intent of the Legislature to establish specific levels line 12 of funding for the board to allocate to the commission and for the line 13 commission to allocate to the entities specified in paragraph (1) line 14 by July 31, August 11, 2025.
line 15 (d) (1) After the amounts allocated in subdi visions (a) to (c), line 16 inclusive, the board shall subvene all remaining funds directly to line 17 the counties contained in the district for public transportation line 18 expenses. The board shall ha ve no discretion to withhold those line 19 funds.
line 20 (2) Eligible recipients of funds provided by counties from funds line 21 allocated pursuant to paragraph (1) include, but are not limited to, line 22 all of the following:
line 23 (A) Contra Costa County Transit Authority (County line 24 Connection).
line 25 (B) Eastern Contra Costa Transit Authority (Tri Delta Transit). line 26 (C) Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority (LAVTA). line 27 (D) Union City Transit.
line 28 (E) Western Contra Costa Transit Authority (WestCAT). line 29 67752. In allocating funds pursuant to this chapter , it is the line 30 intent of the Legislature that the commission not supplant funding line 31 from regularly programmed discretionary revenue sources available line 32 to the commission that w ould have otherwise been directed to line 33 projects, programs, or services that directly benefit the Counties line 34 of Alameda or Contra Costa or the City and County of San line 35 Francisco, nor increase the le vel of those re gularly programmed line 36 discretionary sources that are allocated to counties that are not line 37 contained in the district as a result of the approval of the measure line 38 pursuant to this title.
line 39 67754. If the voters approve a tax ordinance pursuant to this line 40 title, the district shall establish an independent oversight committee 96 — 10 — SB 63
line 1 within six months of the effective date of the tax increase to ensure line 2 that any revenues generated pursuant to this title are e xpended line 3 consistent with the applicable requirements set forth in this chapter. line 4 The committee may be consolidated with the oversight committee line 5 established pursuant to subdi vision (h) of Section 30923 of the line 6 Streets and Highways Code. Each representative shall be appointed line 7 by the applicable county board of supervisors. The o versight line 8 committee may request an y documents from the commission to line 9 assist the committee in performing its functions. line 10
line 11 Chapter 4. Financial Transparency and Review
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line 13 67760. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that financial line 14 efficiency and transparenc y are imperati ve to b uild public line 15 confidence and support for public transportation. line 16 (b) In enacting this title, it is the intent of the Le gislature to line 17 ensure that the public is a ware of actions tak en by AC Transit, line 18 BART, Caltrain, and Muni to reduce expenses in the face of major line 19 deficits, along with additional identified opportunities for line 20 service-neutral cost efficiencies.
line 21 67762. (a) Upon the approval of a measure by the v oters of line 22 the district pursuant to this title, the commission shall eng age in line 23 a comprehensi ve independent third-party financial efficienc y line 24 review of AC Transit, BART, Caltrain, and Muni. line 25 (b) The review shall identify a menu of cost-saving efficiencies line 26 that, if implemented, w ould reduce one-time and ongoing fix ed line 27 and variable costs for the transit operators subject to the review. line 28 (c) The scope of the re view shall include administrati ve, line 29 operating, and capital costs and shall clearly distinguish between line 30 cost-saving options that would not impact service and cost-saving line 31 options that would require service realignments or reductions. line 32 (d) The scope of the re view shall also apply to initiati ves line 33 included in the 2021 Bay Area Transit Transformation Action Plan line 34 or any successor plan adopted by the commission and associated line 35 supporting programs administered by the commission, such as the line 36 Clipper program.
line 37 67764. (a) The commission shall contract and manage an line 38 independent third party to conduct the review, in consultation with line 39 a select committee established by the commission that consists of line 40 all of the following:
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line 1 (1) Members of the commission.
line 2 (2) A state representative.
line 3 (3) Transit operator representatives from the operators subject line 4 to the review.
line 5 (4) Representatives from the transit labor , adv ocacy, and line 6 business communities.
line 7 (b) Upon completion of the review, the independent third party line 8 shall transmit a final report to the select committee established by line 9 the commission, to the Le gislature, in compliance with Section line 10 9795, and to the transit operators subject to the review. line 11 67766. (a) Within ____ months after a transit operator subject line 12 to the review receives the report, the transit operator shall finalize line 13 an implementation plan that describes all efficiency measures the line 14 transit operator has already taken since January 1, 2020, associated line 15 cost savings, and all subsequent efficienc y measures the transit line 16 operator plans to take and shall submit this plan to the commission line 17 by ____, as a condition of continuing to recei ve funds from the line 18 commission pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section line 19 67750).
line 20 (b) The commission shall accept each plan submitted pursuant line 21 to subdivision (a) and transmit it to the Legislature, in compliance line 22 with Section 9795, the Transportation Agency, and the counties line 23 that have a funding relationship with at least one of the transit line 24 operators subject to the review.
line 25 67767. It is the intent of the Legislature to determine the timing line 26 of the required actions outlined in this chapter through further line 27 discussion with transit stakeholders.
line 28 67768. (a) (1) In order to be eligible for funding pursuant to line 29 Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 67750), a transit operator line 30 subject to the re view required by this chapter shall v erify to the line 31 commission that it will maintain its expected level of funding for line 32 operations and shall not supplant any sources of operating revenue line 33 under its control or fund sources allocated by the commission that line 34 were used for transit operations in the preceding three fiscal years. line 35 (2) The expected level of funding for purposes of paragraph line 36 (1), which shall be referred to as the maintenance of ef fort, shall line 37 be calculated using the operator’s average discretionary operating line 38 expenditures for the preceding three fiscal years, tw o years in line 39 arrears as reported to the Controller in its annual report submitted line 40 pursuant to Section 99243 of the Public Utilities Code. 96 — 12 — SB 63
line 1 (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a transit operator subject line 2 to the review required by this chapter may reduce the amount of line 3 funding contributed towards its operating budget in proportion to line 4 any reduction in operating costs or reduction in operating revenue line 5 based on factors outside the control of the operator, including, but line 6 not limited to, the expiration of a voter-approved revenue source line 7 or the determination based on a statistically v alid poll that an line 8 expiring ballot measure lacks sufficient support to w arrant line 9 placement on the ballot.
line 10 (c) A transit operator may request that the commission grant an line 11 exception to the requirements of this section for the purpose of line 12 transferring operating funds to state of good repair needs for assets line 13 owned and operated by the operator or to co ver the cost of line 14 compliance with a state or federal law or regulation. line 15
line 16 Chapter 5. Regional Network Management
line 17 Accountability
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line 19 67770. (a) The Le gislature finds and declares all of the line 20 following:
line 21 (1) In 2024, the Transportation Re venue Measure Select line 22 Committee established by the commission in 2024 agreed on line 23 various transit agency accountability policy recommendations for line 24 a transportation revenue measure. Specifically, the select committee line 25 approved a recommendation for ne w revenue from a measure to line 26 be conditioned on transit operators complying with transit line 27 transformation policies adopted through the Re gional Netw ork line 28 Management framework.
line 29 (2) As of March 2025, the commission adopted policies and line 30 programs through an established re gional network management line 31 framework.
line 32 (b) (1) It is the intent of the Le gislature, in enacting this title, line 33 to encourage the commission to continue acting in its role as line 34 Regional Network Manager.
line 35 (2) It is the further intent of the Legislature that the conditioning line 36 of funds prescribed by this chapter on re gional netw ork line 37 management policies and programs be based on the central goal line 38 of increasing transit ridership by impro ving the customer line 39 experience of riding public transit in the San Francisco Bay area line 40 and creating a seamless transit experience.
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line 1 67772. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, each transit operator line 2 that the commission directly distrib utes funds to pursuant to line 3 Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 67750) shall comply with line 4 the policies and programs adopted by the commission through its line 5 Regional Netw ork Management frame work in order to fulfill line 6 initiatives included in the 2021 Bay Area Transit Transformation line 7 Action Plan or successor plan adopted by the commission, as a line 8 condition of receiving those funds.
line 9 (b) Nothing in this chapter authorizes the commission to do any line 10 of the following:
line 11 (1) Restrict a transit operator’s access to funds not allocated by line 12 the commission.
line 13 (2) Require a transit operator to implement policies or programs line 14 that would impede or interfere with its ability to comply with any line 15 legal obligations in transit labor contracts.
line 16 (3) Restrict the use of a transit operator’s logo outside the scope line 17 of the commission’s regional mapping and wayfinding standards. line 18 (4) Require that a transit operator modify the schedule or route line 19 of a specific local route that the transit agency and commission do line 20 not identify as primarily serving regional transit service. line 21 (c) The commission shall not require a transit operator described line 22 in subdivision (a) to be subject to a one-time or ongoing polic y, line 23 or to mak e a one-time or ongoing e xpenditure, pursuant to this line 24 chapter if the transit operator adopts a finding that the polic y or line 25 expenditure would require the agenc y to tak e an action that the line 26 agency determines to be unacceptable with respect to its impact line 27 on transit service, staffing, maintenance, or other specified line 28 operational or state of good repair considerations. line 29 (d) Before adopting a finding pursuant to subdi vision (c), a line 30 transit operator shall conduct an assessment that tak es into line 31 consideration all funding anticipated to be available to the transit line 32 operator in the next fiscal year, including, but not limited to, any line 33 discretionary funding that the commission identifies to help offset line 34 the cost of the proposed expenditure or policy, any growth in fare line 35 revenue anticipated as a result of the e xpenditure or polic y, and line 36 potential adjustments to f ares or f are policies the agenc y could line 37 make to increase re venue. The transit operator shall de velop the line 38 assessment in consultation with staf f from the commission and line 39 shall present it to the commission at a public meeting before line 40 adopting a finding pursuant to subdivision (c). 96 — 14 — SB 63
line 1 (e) In implementing this section, each transit operator subject line 2 to this chapter shall fulfill all applicable requirements under Title line 3 VI of the federal Ci vil Rights Act of 1964 (Public La w 88-352) line 4 regarding service and fare changes.
line 5 (f) The commission shall submit a report to the Legislature on line 6 or before January 1, 2028, and each year thereafter, on the status line 7 of the outcomes described in this section and the status of transit line 8 ridership in the re gion, as defined in Section 66502. The line 9 commission shall submit the annual report to the Le gislature in line 10 compliance with Section 9795. The commission shall also post line 11 the annual report on its internet website.
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line 13 Chapter 6. Applicability
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line 15 67780. The pro visions of this title shall only apply to the line 16 counties and city and county identified pursuant to Section 67710. line 17 SEC. 4. Section 131102 of the Public Utilities Code is amended line 18 to read:
line 19 131102. (a) (1) A retail transactions and use tax ordinance line 20 for a tax of either one-half of 1 percent or 1 percent applicable in line 21 the incorporated and unincorporated territory of a county, except line 22 for the counties described in paragraph (2), may be imposed by a line 23 county transportation authority or the commission in the manner line 24 prescribed in Section 131103 and P art 1.6 (commencing with line 25 Section 7251) of Di vision 2 of the Re venue and Taxation Code, line 26 if two-thirds of the electors voting on the measure vote to approve line 27 its imposition at an election which shall be called for this purpose line 28 by the board of supervisors within one year after the adoption of line 29 a county transportation expenditure plan.
line 30 (2) A retail transactions and use tax ordinance for a tax of up line 31 to 1 percent, in an y combination of 1⁄8 percent increments, line 32 applicable in the incorporated and unincorporated territory of the line 33 County of San Mateo or the City and County of San Francisco line 34 may be imposed by the applicable county transportation authority line 35 or the commission in the manner prescribed in Section 131103 line 36 and Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the line 37 Revenue and Taxation Code, if tw o-thirds of the electors v oting line 38 on the measure vote to approve its imposition at an election which line 39 shall be called for this purpose by the board of supervisors within 96 SB 63 — 15 —
line 1 one year after the adoption of a county transportation expenditure line 2 plan.
line 3 (b) The ordinance shall take effect at the close of the polls on line 4 the day of the election at which the proposition, as set forth in line 5 Section 131108, is adopted. The ordinance shall specify the period, line 6 as determined by the adopted county transportation e xpenditure line 7 plan during which the tax will be imposed. The tax may be line 8 terminated earlier if the projects in the adopted plan are completed line 9 and any bonds outstanding issued pursuant to this di vision are line 10 redeemed.
line 11 SEC. 5. The pro visions of this act are se verable. If an y line 12 provision of this act or its application is held invalid, that invalidity line 13 shall not affect other provisions or applications that can be given line 14 effect without the invalid provision or application. line 15 SEC. 6. If the Commission on State Mandates determines that line 16 this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimb ursement to line 17 local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made line 18 pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division line 19 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
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