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Episode 476: Saving California Transit from the Fiscal Cliff
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This week we’re sharing a San Francisco Planning and Urban Research (SPUR) forum on how a statewide coalition of transit advocates were able to organize a funding bridge to avert a fiscal cliff for transit operators in the state. The discussion led by SPUR’s Laura Tolkoff, shares how they did it and what’s next.
Featured guests include...
Laura Tolkoff / Interim Chief Policy Officer & Transportation Policy Director, SPUR
Rebecca Long / Director, Legislation & Public Affairs, Bay Area Metro
Cyrus Hall / Independent Sustainable Transportation Advocate
Zack Deutsch-Gross / Policy Director, Transform CA
Raayan Mohtashemi / Legislative Aide, Office of California State Senator Scott Wiener
Monique Webster / Regional Government Affairs Manager, SFMTA
Adina Levin / Policy Director and Co-Founder, Seamless Bay Area
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