AB 1889, as introduced, Mullin. Transportation funding: CalTrain.
Existing law provides for the creation of the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board, which operates CalTrain as the commuter rail service along the San Francisco Peninsula commute corridor.
This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to provide the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board with the necessary tools to explore options that will help CalTrain obtain a dedicated source of funding.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
The Legislature finds and declares all of the
2following:
3(a) CalTrain is the only transit system in the San Francisco Bay
4area without a permanent, dedicated source of funding. Other
5agencies rely on money from sales taxes, property taxes, state
6funding, and other sources.
7(b) As a result of not having a dedicated source of funding,
8CalTrain has been wrestling with a continuing fiscal crisis - a
9budget that starts out short of funds every year.
P2 1(c) For the last several years, ____ percent of CalTrain’s annual
2operating budget has been covered by passenger fares, parking
3fees, and other revenues. Annual
contributions from the three
4partners in the CalTrain system have been in the range of 40
5percent.
6(d) With a dedicated source of funding, CalTrain could more
7readily meet the demands of more than 60,000 daily riders that
8depend on CalTrain to get from their homes to some of the nation’s
9most high-profile companies in San Francisco and Silicon Valley.
10(e) The ability of the region’s infrastructure to keep pace with
11job and population growth continues to be one of the biggest
12barriers to sustained economic growth and competitiveness in the
13San Francisco Bay area. By providing a reliable daily commute
14alternative for residents and employees avoiding the congested
15Interstate 280 and 101 corridors, CalTrain has become one of the
16San Francisco Bay area’s fastest growing transit systems.
17(f) Dedicated funding will support
CalTrain’s ability to remain
18the transit backbone of the San Francisco Peninsula commute
19corridor and better serve the needs of the region.
20(g) CalTrain is managed by a Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers
21Board (JPB) that consists of a partnership between the San Mateo
22County Transit District (SamTrans), the Santa Clara Valley
23Transportation Authority (VTA), and the City and County of San
24Francisco through the San Francisco Municipal Transportation
25Agency (SFMTA).
It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation
27to provide the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board with the
28necessary tools to explore options obtain a dedicated source of
29funding.
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