{"id":429190,"date":"2026-08-10T22:46:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T22:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/429190\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T22:46:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T22:46:16","slug":"call-to-action-transit-advocates-rally-at-state-capitol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/429190\/","title":{"rendered":"Call to Action: Transit Advocates Rally at State Capitol"},"content":{"rendered":"

To the chant of \u201cfund transit now,\u201d hundreds of Californian advocates and legislative partners gathered at the State Capitol Monday. They are calling on members to take action to reverse changes made to California\u2019s cap-and-trade program that could take roughly $2 billion<\/a> each year from public transit, affordable housing, clean drinking water, community air-quality improvements and other essential programs.<\/p>\n

This past spring, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved a major restructuring of cap-and-trade<\/a>, California\u2019s signature program requiring polluting industries to obtain allowances for their greenhouse-gas emissions. Over the course of the last decade, revenue from the sale of those allowances has funded programs that reduce pollution, lower household costs, and improve Californians\u2019 quality of life.<\/p>\n

The changes approved are anticipated to reduce annual revenue available for those investments from approximately $4 billion to approximately $2 billion, jeopardizing key transit and affordable housing projects, as well as tens of thousands of jobs statewide.\u00a0 Meanwhile, the action by the CARB board provides an additional $4 billion in subsidies and free emissions allowances to refineries and other polluting industries.<\/p>\n

\"\"San Jose State Senator David Dominic Cortese at today\u2019s rally. Image from LiveStream<\/p>\n

To advocates, that\u2019s just unacceptable<\/a>. That\u2019s why they\u2019re fighting to get the legislature to override the decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt just needs to be done,\u201d said San Jose State Senator David Cortese at the rally about reversing the CARB cuts. \u201cI personally pledge myself to this cause.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCalifornia made a promise when it reauthorized Cap-and-Invest: pollution revenue would go toward the housing, transit, and clean air that communities need,\u201d said Colleen Corrigan, Sustainability and Resilience Policy Manager at SPUR. \u201cInstead, wildfires keep raging, transit agencies are on the verge of cutting service, and rents are climbing again. Year after year, these communities and priorities are left fighting over scraps instead of getting the transformative investment they were promised. We cannot build an affordable, resilient California on broken promises.\u201d<\/p>\n

If you couldn\u2019t make the rally, it\u2019s not too late to contact your lawmakers. Advocates suggest taking two minutes to call your Assemblymember<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s critical that we stand up and fight for the environment and transit in California,\u201d said Berkeley State Senator Jesse Arregu\u00edn. \u201cWe need to keep our commitments to public transportation,\u201d said San Francisco State Senator Scott Wiener.<\/p>\n

The following groups joined the Transbay Coalition to push against the CARB cuts: <\/p>\n

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