About the Campaign

As part of a short-term funding package passed in 2023, the California legislature set up a task force to provide recommendations for long-term transit funding and policy changes. The California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) appointed 25 people, including a PA staff member, to the task force in late 2023 to provide policy recommendations to the legislature in October 2025.

Throughout the almost two year process, we convened with transit advocates to develop priorities and policy recommendations for the task force. The three high level priority areas were:  increasing state transit operating funding, improving transit accessibility for seniors and riders with disabilities, and reforming aspects of the existing Transportation Development Act that aren’t working for riders. We were successful in getting recommendations passed by the Task Force in all three of these areas. 

Unfortunately, the final report sent to the legislature by CalSTA did not highlight the funding recommendations the Task Force passed. We have shifted to an implementation stage building a campaign with partners across the state to win the needed funding.

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