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Bay Area transportation officials, advocates and elected leaders are expressing concern about Gov. Gavin Newsom’s latest budget proposal, which they say could deepen the imminent financial crisis facing transit operators across the region.
At issue is Newsom’s move to shift $1.5 billion in revenue from the state’s cap-and-trade climate program to Cal Fire, while omitting funds that had been committed to both day-to-day transit operations and longer-term capital projects under previous budget agreements.
State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, sounded the alarm on the proposal in a social media post, warning that the state’s biggest transit agencies, including BART and San Francisco’s Muni, could each be big losers if the governor’s proposal stands…