Elections09/24/2026@CityDesk
Connect Bay Area Transit Tax Qualifies for the November 2026 Ballot
Metropolitan Transportation CommissionThe Bay Area Metro Center, 375, Beale Street, Rincon Hill, Financial District, San Francisco, California, 94105, United States
Starts 06/30/2026CONFIRMED 82% CONFIDENCE86 days agoStated as done, per MTC's 1 July 2026 news post: "Yesterday, the District Elections Official for the Public Transit Revenue Measure District ('District') certified that proponents of the Connect Bay Area Transit Initiative ... submitted sufficient valid signatures"; ContraCosta.news^[5]: "The MTC's official certification sent on June 30".
The regional transit district certified an estimated 235,503 valid signatures, above the 205,831 needed, putting a 14-year sales tax for BART, Muni, Caltrain and AC Transit (1 cent in San Francisco, half a cent in four other counties) before voters on 3 November.
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Elections09/24/2026@CityDesk
San Francisco Votes on Props A-J and Five Supervisor Seats
City and County of San FranciscoSan Francisco City Hall, 1, Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Civic Center, San Francisco, California, 94102, United States
Starts 11/03/2026SCHEDULED 84% CONFIDENCEin 40 daysScheduled, per sf.gov^{[1][2][3][4][5]}: "The following local measures have qualified to appear on the ballot for the November 3, 2026 election"; the Department of Elections says "The next election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026".
San Francisco's November 3 ballot carries ten lettered city measures, from Mayor Lurie's executive-branch and contracting initiatives to a public bank, a Muni parcel tax and cars on the Great Highway, plus supervisor races in Districts 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10.
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Elections09/24/2026@CityDesk
LA Votes on Charter Reform and an LAFD Sales Tax
Los Angeles City CouncilLos Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Civic Center, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Starts 11/03/2026SCHEDULED 79% CONFIDENCEin 40 daysThe City Clerk's ballot measures page lists these under "2026 General Municipal Election - Voter Information Pamphlet (November 3, 2026)".^[1]
Los Angeles voters decide six charter amendments from the city's charter reform process, including a two-year budget and a parks funding guarantee, plus a half-cent sales tax for the Fire Department and a transfer-tax break for January 2025 fire victims.
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Elections09/24/2026@CityDesk
San Diego County Votes on Measure B Half-Cent Sales Tax
County of San DiegoSan Diego County Administration Building, Pacific Highway, Harborview, Downtown San Diego, San Diego, California, 92110, United States
Starts 11/03/2026 3:00PMSCHEDULED 83% CONFIDENCEin 40 daysScheduled: the Registrar lists the measure for the November 3, 2026 General Election, whose page says "Election Day - Tuesday, November 3 ... open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m." (Pacific standard time).^[1]
A citizen initiative would lift the countywide sales tax from 7.75% to 8.25% for Tijuana River sewage fixes, wildfire and public safety, and health care, food aid and child care hit by federal cuts.
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Transport09/24/2026@BuildDesk
SANDAG Committee Votes to Seek Proposals for an Airport Rail Link
SANDAGSan Diego Association of Governments, 4th Avenue, San Diego, California 92101
Starts 09/18/2026 4:00PMCONFIRMED 86% CONFIDENCE6 days agoStated as firm: KPBS^[1] reports the committee "voted 6-2 in favor of Anderson's motion" at "Friday's meeting", and SANDAG's^[2][3] calendar lists the Transportation Committee on "Friday, September 18, 2026 9 a.m." (16:00 UTC).
SANDAG's Transportation Committee voted 6-2 to issue a request for proposals alongside a request for information for a trolley or people-mover link between downtown San Diego and the airport. Five concepts remain, with trolley options put at $1.2 billion to $1.9 billion.
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Elections09/24/2026@CityDesk
San Francisco Voters Reject the Overpaid CEO Tax
City and County of San FranciscoSan Francisco City Hall, 1, Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Civic Center, San Francisco, California, 94102, United States
Starts 06/02/2026CONFIRMED 89% CONFIDENCE114 days agoStated as firm: KQED^[1] reports the measure "failed" in the June 2, 2026 election; the certified Final Summary Report gives Measure D NO 132,959 (52.81%), YES 118,802 (47.19%).
Proposition D, a labor-backed rise in San Francisco's tax on companies whose top executives earn 100 times their workers, projected at about $300 million a year, failed 52.8% to 47.2%; its business-backed rival, Measure C, lost 66% to 34%.
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Transport09/20/2026@BuildDesk
The Portal Brings Caltrain Into the Salesforce Transit Center
425 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94105Transbay Joint Powers Authority
Starts 12/31/2035DELAYED9 years late40% CONFIDENCEin 9.3 yearsTJPA's^[1] project page gives an "anticipated revenue service date of 2035, funding dependent", a year rather than a day, so it sits at the end of that year.
The Portal takes Caltrain, and later California High-Speed Rail, underground from Fourth and King into the train box already built beneath the Salesforce Transit Center, with a new underground station at Fourth and Townsend. TJPA's July 2025 indicative estimate put the capital cost at about $7.57 billion, of which the federal government has pledged $3.38 billion.
$7.6B
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Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk
Sound Transit Delays West Seattle Link Extension to 2035
West Seattle, Seattle, Washington, USASound Transit
Starts 12/31/2035DELAYED3 years late67% CONFIDENCEin 9.3 yearsGiven as scheduled, per the source^[1]: Sound Transit "pushed back the opening of its West Seattle Link Extension from 2032 to 2035."
Sound Transit pushed back the opening of the West Seattle Link light rail extension, one flagship piece of its $54BN Sound Transit 3 build-out.
$54B
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Law09/24/2026@LawDesk
Ninth Circuit Upholds Block on Trump's Housing and Transit Grant Conditions
US Court of Appeals 9 Circuit, 95, 7th Street, South of Market, San Francisco, California, 94102, United StatesUnited States Department of Housing and Urban Development
Starts 08/25/2026CONFIRMED 89% CONFIDENCE30 days agoStated as firm, per the City Attorney's release dated August 25, 2026: "The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals today affirmed in large part a lower court decision"; the SF Standard^[2]: the panel "on Tuesday voted to uphold an order".
Appeals judges largely affirmed an injunction won by San Francisco and seven other local governments, stopping HUD and the Transportation Department from tying grants to anti-DEI, immigration and abortion conditions, protecting about $240 million a year in HUD money and $2 billion in DOT funding to the city.
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Transport09/14/2026@BuildDesk
MTA's $68.4BN 2025-2029 Capital Plan Gets Final Approval
2 Broadway, Manhattan, New York, NY, USAMetropolitan Transportation Authority
Starts 06/18/2025CONFIRMED 84% CONFIDENCE1.3 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "the MTA's^[3] 2025-2029 Capital Plan has been approved so quickly by the CPRB".
New York's MTA won final approval for a record $68.4 billion five-year capital plan aimed at modernizing the aging subway, from new train cars to next-generation train control.
$68.4B
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Transport09/24/2026@TechDesk
Waymo Opens Bay Area Freeway Rides and Extends Service to San José
Waymo…San Francisco, California, United States
Starts 11/12/2025CONFIRMED 86% CONFIDENCE316 days agoStated as firm, per waymo.com^[1]'s post dated November 12, 2025: "as we begin welcoming riders to use Waymo on freeways across the San Francisco Bay Area, Phoenix, and Los Angeles" and "Today, we're also opening access across the entire Peninsula"; the SF Standard^[3]: "Waymo will begin operating on Bay Area freeways on Wednesday" (12 Nov).
Waymo robotaxis began carrying public riders on Bay Area freeways such as the 101 and 280, as its service grew into one zone of more than 260 square miles from San Francisco to San José, with curbside rides at San José's airport.
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Transport09/24/2026@CityDesk
BART Board Approves Plan to Close Up to 15 Stations if No New Funding Comes
Bay Area Rapid Transit2150 Webster St, 2150, Webster Street, Financial District, Downtown Oakland, Oakland, Alameda County, California, 94612, United States
Starts 02/26/2026CONFIRMED 81% CONFIDENCE210 days agoStated as done, per bart.gov^[1][2][3]: "On Thursday, Feb. 26, the BART Board of Directors initially approved an Alternative Service Plan outlining specific budget balancing details to solve a $376M deficit".
BART's board initially approved an Alternative Service Plan to close a $376 million deficit if no new money arrives: three lines and 30% higher fares from January 2027 and 1,200 layoffs, then up to 15 stations closed and trains stopping at 9pm.
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Scheduled, per the Public Transit Revenue Measure District: the tax is "subject to voter approval at the November 3, 2026, statewide general election", and on 24 July the district asked the five counties to consolidate the special election "with the November 3, 2026, statewide general election".^[1]

Start: Nov 3, 202675% CONFIDENCEfrom the source

Bay Area Votes on the Connect Bay Area Transit Sales Tax

Voters in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties decide a 14-year sales tax (1 cent in San Francisco, half a cent elsewhere) for BART, Muni, Caltrain and AC Transit; BART and Muni have drawn up station closures and route cuts if it fails.

SB 63, by state senators Scott Wiener of San Francisco and Jesse Arreguín of Berkeley, authorized a voter initiative for a 14-year retail sales tax of 0.5% across the district and 1% in the City and County of San Francisco, subject to approval at the 3 November 2026 general election.^[1]
On 24 July 2026 the district accepted the certification of the Connect Bay Area Transit initiative and asked the Boards of Supervisors of Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties to consolidate the special election with the 3 November vote.^[1]
The SF Standard reported that the measure needs a simple majority and that analysts see Contra Costa as the hardest county to win.^[5]
MTC expects the tax to raise about $980 million a year across the five counties; operators receiving money must follow MTC's regional network management policies and undergo third-party efficiency reviews.^[2]
If it passes, BART expects about $74M in the last quarter of FY27 and about $310M a year from FY28; the SFMTA expects about $155 million a year for Muni from the 1% San Francisco rate.^[3][6]
If it fails, BART's contingency plan closes up to 15 stations and the SFMTA warns of eliminating up to 20 Muni routes.^[3][6]
A new SPUR-commissioned report warned Bay Area traffic would worsen significantly if transit is cut; Mayor Daniel Lurie said that if both the regional measure and Proposition H fail, Bay Bridge traffic would more than double at peak hours in San Francisco.^[4]

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mtc.ca.gov/about-mtc/authorities/public-transit-revenue-measure-district
mtc.ca.gov· Posted Sep 24, 2026· Starts Nov 3, 2026 ✓· 19% of score
Scheduled, per the Public Transit Revenue Measure District: the tax is "subject to voter approval at the November 3, 2026, statewide general election", and on 24 July the district asked the five counties to consolidate the special election "with the November 3, 2026, statewide general election".
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Connect Bay Area Act
en.wikipedia.org· Added Sep 24, 2026· 19% of score
Encyclopedia summary of SB 63: 14-year tax, rates by county, MTC's $980M a year estimate and the accountability conditions.^[1]
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BART is facing a financial deficit
bart.gov· Added Sep 24, 2026· 19% of score
BART's figures for what the measure would bring ($74M in FY27, $310M a year from FY28) and the station closures if it fails.
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Report claims Bay Area commuters face significantly longer drives if transit funding fails
abc7news.com· Published Sep 23, 2026· 19% of score
Campaign-season coverage with Lurie, Wiener and Arreguín on the stakes of the Regional Transit Measure and Prop H, and an opponent's view.^[1]
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You will be voting to save BART, Muni in November
sfstandard.com· Published May 26, 2026· 12% of score
Explains the November vote: needs a simple majority, Contra Costa the toughest electorate, MTC polling at 58%.^[1]

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Elections09/24/2026@CityDesk
Connect Bay Area Transit Tax Qualifies for the November 2026 Ballot
Metropolitan Transportation CommissionThe Bay Area Metro Center, 375, Beale Street, Rincon Hill, Financial District, San Francisco, California, 94105, United States
Starts 06/30/2026CONFIRMED 82% CONFIDENCE86 days agoStated as done, per MTC's 1 July 2026 news post: "Yesterday, the District Elections Official for the Public Transit Revenue Measure District ('District') certified that proponents of the Connect Bay Area Transit Initiative ... submitted sufficient valid signatures"; ContraCosta.news^[5]: "The MTC's official certification sent on June 30".
The regional transit district certified an estimated 235,503 valid signatures, above the 205,831 needed, putting a 14-year sales tax for BART, Muni, Caltrain and AC Transit (1 cent in San Francisco, half a cent in four other counties) before voters on 3 November.
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Elections09/24/2026@CityDesk
San Francisco Votes on Props A-J and Five Supervisor Seats
City and County of San FranciscoSan Francisco City Hall, 1, Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Civic Center, San Francisco, California, 94102, United States
Starts 11/03/2026SCHEDULED 84% CONFIDENCEin 40 daysScheduled, per sf.gov^{[1][2][3][4][5]}: "The following local measures have qualified to appear on the ballot for the November 3, 2026 election"; the Department of Elections says "The next election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026".
San Francisco's November 3 ballot carries ten lettered city measures, from Mayor Lurie's executive-branch and contracting initiatives to a public bank, a Muni parcel tax and cars on the Great Highway, plus supervisor races in Districts 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10.
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Elections09/24/2026@CityDesk
LA Votes on Charter Reform and an LAFD Sales Tax
Los Angeles City CouncilLos Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Civic Center, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Starts 11/03/2026SCHEDULED 79% CONFIDENCEin 40 daysThe City Clerk's ballot measures page lists these under "2026 General Municipal Election - Voter Information Pamphlet (November 3, 2026)".^[1]
Los Angeles voters decide six charter amendments from the city's charter reform process, including a two-year budget and a parks funding guarantee, plus a half-cent sales tax for the Fire Department and a transfer-tax break for January 2025 fire victims.
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Elections09/24/2026@CityDesk
San Diego County Votes on Measure B Half-Cent Sales Tax
County of San DiegoSan Diego County Administration Building, Pacific Highway, Harborview, Downtown San Diego, San Diego, California, 92110, United States
Starts 11/03/2026 3:00PMSCHEDULED 83% CONFIDENCEin 40 daysScheduled: the Registrar lists the measure for the November 3, 2026 General Election, whose page says "Election Day - Tuesday, November 3 ... open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m." (Pacific standard time).^[1]
A citizen initiative would lift the countywide sales tax from 7.75% to 8.25% for Tijuana River sewage fixes, wildfire and public safety, and health care, food aid and child care hit by federal cuts.
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Transport09/24/2026@BuildDesk
SANDAG Committee Votes to Seek Proposals for an Airport Rail Link
SANDAGSan Diego Association of Governments, 4th Avenue, San Diego, California 92101
Starts 09/18/2026 4:00PMCONFIRMED 86% CONFIDENCE6 days agoStated as firm: KPBS^[1] reports the committee "voted 6-2 in favor of Anderson's motion" at "Friday's meeting", and SANDAG's^[2][3] calendar lists the Transportation Committee on "Friday, September 18, 2026 9 a.m." (16:00 UTC).
SANDAG's Transportation Committee voted 6-2 to issue a request for proposals alongside a request for information for a trolley or people-mover link between downtown San Diego and the airport. Five concepts remain, with trolley options put at $1.2 billion to $1.9 billion.
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Elections09/24/2026@CityDesk
San Francisco Voters Reject the Overpaid CEO Tax
City and County of San FranciscoSan Francisco City Hall, 1, Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Civic Center, San Francisco, California, 94102, United States
Starts 06/02/2026CONFIRMED 89% CONFIDENCE114 days agoStated as firm: KQED^[1] reports the measure "failed" in the June 2, 2026 election; the certified Final Summary Report gives Measure D NO 132,959 (52.81%), YES 118,802 (47.19%).
Proposition D, a labor-backed rise in San Francisco's tax on companies whose top executives earn 100 times their workers, projected at about $300 million a year, failed 52.8% to 47.2%; its business-backed rival, Measure C, lost 66% to 34%.
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Transport09/20/2026@BuildDesk
The Portal Brings Caltrain Into the Salesforce Transit Center
425 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94105Transbay Joint Powers Authority
Starts 12/31/2035DELAYED9 years late40% CONFIDENCEin 9.3 yearsTJPA's^[1] project page gives an "anticipated revenue service date of 2035, funding dependent", a year rather than a day, so it sits at the end of that year.
The Portal takes Caltrain, and later California High-Speed Rail, underground from Fourth and King into the train box already built beneath the Salesforce Transit Center, with a new underground station at Fourth and Townsend. TJPA's July 2025 indicative estimate put the capital cost at about $7.57 billion, of which the federal government has pledged $3.38 billion.
$7.6B
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Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk
Sound Transit Delays West Seattle Link Extension to 2035
West Seattle, Seattle, Washington, USASound Transit
Starts 12/31/2035DELAYED3 years late67% CONFIDENCEin 9.3 yearsGiven as scheduled, per the source^[1]: Sound Transit "pushed back the opening of its West Seattle Link Extension from 2032 to 2035."
Sound Transit pushed back the opening of the West Seattle Link light rail extension, one flagship piece of its $54BN Sound Transit 3 build-out.
$54B
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Law09/24/2026@LawDesk
Ninth Circuit Upholds Block on Trump's Housing and Transit Grant Conditions
US Court of Appeals 9 Circuit, 95, 7th Street, South of Market, San Francisco, California, 94102, United StatesUnited States Department of Housing and Urban Development
Starts 08/25/2026CONFIRMED 89% CONFIDENCE30 days agoStated as firm, per the City Attorney's release dated August 25, 2026: "The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals today affirmed in large part a lower court decision"; the SF Standard^[2]: the panel "on Tuesday voted to uphold an order".
Appeals judges largely affirmed an injunction won by San Francisco and seven other local governments, stopping HUD and the Transportation Department from tying grants to anti-DEI, immigration and abortion conditions, protecting about $240 million a year in HUD money and $2 billion in DOT funding to the city.
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Transport09/14/2026@BuildDesk
MTA's $68.4BN 2025-2029 Capital Plan Gets Final Approval
2 Broadway, Manhattan, New York, NY, USAMetropolitan Transportation Authority
Starts 06/18/2025CONFIRMED 84% CONFIDENCE1.3 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "the MTA's^[3] 2025-2029 Capital Plan has been approved so quickly by the CPRB".
New York's MTA won final approval for a record $68.4 billion five-year capital plan aimed at modernizing the aging subway, from new train cars to next-generation train control.
$68.4B
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Transport09/24/2026@TechDesk
Waymo Opens Bay Area Freeway Rides and Extends Service to San José
Waymo…San Francisco, California, United States
Starts 11/12/2025CONFIRMED 86% CONFIDENCE316 days agoStated as firm, per waymo.com^[1]'s post dated November 12, 2025: "as we begin welcoming riders to use Waymo on freeways across the San Francisco Bay Area, Phoenix, and Los Angeles" and "Today, we're also opening access across the entire Peninsula"; the SF Standard^[3]: "Waymo will begin operating on Bay Area freeways on Wednesday" (12 Nov).
Waymo robotaxis began carrying public riders on Bay Area freeways such as the 101 and 280, as its service grew into one zone of more than 260 square miles from San Francisco to San José, with curbside rides at San José's airport.
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Transport09/24/2026@CityDesk
BART Board Approves Plan to Close Up to 15 Stations if No New Funding Comes
Bay Area Rapid Transit2150 Webster St, 2150, Webster Street, Financial District, Downtown Oakland, Oakland, Alameda County, California, 94612, United States
Starts 02/26/2026CONFIRMED 81% CONFIDENCE210 days agoStated as done, per bart.gov^[1][2][3]: "On Thursday, Feb. 26, the BART Board of Directors initially approved an Alternative Service Plan outlining specific budget balancing details to solve a $376M deficit".
BART's board initially approved an Alternative Service Plan to close a $376 million deficit if no new money arrives: three lines and 30% higher fares from January 2027 and 1,200 layoffs, then up to 15 stations closed and trains stopping at 9pm.
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