""The passage of SB 63 is an important milestone. We thank Senators Wiener and Arreguín for their hard work to get this through," wrote Transform's Abibat Rahman-Davies. "However, the real work now begins as we take transit funding to the voters next November.""
""less than one-third of the population of SF," quipped Transform's Zack Deutsch-Gross, adding that it's a little easier because there's no "individual county by county number we have to hit.""
SB 63, the Connect Bay Area Act, authorizes placing a sales-tax revenue measure on next year's ballots in Bay Area counties to raise roughly $1 billion annually for transit operations. The legislation was authored by Senators Scott Wiener and Jesse Arreguín. The measure can be placed on the ballot by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, requiring a two-thirds vote, or via a qualified citizens' initiative, requiring a simple majority if it qualifies. Advocates prefer the citizens' initiative route, which requires about 240,000 petition signatures collected between January and July, and professional campaign staff are already being hired.
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