{"id":465963,"date":"2026-09-16T20:32:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T20:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/465963\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T20:32:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T20:32:21","slug":"get-involved-with-measure-rtm-with-tomorrows-9-17-day-of-action-or-events-all-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/465963\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Involved with Measure RTM with Tomorrow’s (9\/17) Day of Action, or Events All Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

With under seven weeks until Election Day on November 3, supporters of the Regional Transit Measure, Measure RTM<\/a>, are organizing events throughout the region to inform people of the stakes if the measure doesn\u2019t pass. Tomorrow, there will be a \u201cDay of Action across the Bay Area,\u201d calling for transit funding and mobilizing voters around the measure.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re unfamiliar with Measure RTM, there\u2019s a breakdown of how revenue will be collected and how it will be distributed at the end of the story.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s where to join events on Thursday, September 17:<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udccd 8:00 a.m. | Frank Ogawa Plaza, Oakland
<\/a>\ud83d\udccd 12:00 p.m. | San Jose State University
<\/a>\ud83d\udccd 4:30 p.m. | Orinda BART Station
<\/a>\ud83d\udccd 4:30 p.m. | Powell Street Cable Car Turnaround, San Francisco
<\/a>\ud83d\udccd 5:00 p.m. | Millbrae Transit Station<\/a><\/p>\n

The scope of events demonstrates the importance of passing Measure RTM not just to the big cities in the Bay Area, but riders of almost every agency across the region.<\/p>\n

And the organizing doesn\u2019t stop Thursday. This weekend\u2019s voter outreach includes:<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udccd Saturday, 11:00 a.m. | Cal football game, Berkeley
<\/a>\ud83d\udccd Saturday, 5:00 p.m. | BART Anime Fest, Warm Springs
<\/a>\ud83d\udccd Sunday, 10:00 a.m. | Canvass in West Portal
<\/a>\ud83d\udccd Sunday, 3:00 p.m. | Phonebank at Democratic Volunteer Center, Mountain View<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cSign up for the event near you, and bring a friend, bring a sign. Share the event links with your friends, neighbors, family, coworkers, and community organizations \u2013 let\u2019s show the breadth of support for public transit,\u201d urged the campaign in an e-mail to supporters.<\/p>\n

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What Is the Regional Transit Measure?<\/p>\n

If passed, Measure RTM will implement the following sales tax increases depending on the county:\u00a0<\/p>\n

1.0% (1 cent per dollar) increase in the City and County of San Francisco. This would bump San Francisco\u2019s base sales tax from 8.625% up to 9.625%.<\/p>\n

0.5% (half-cent per dollar) increase in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties.<\/p>\n

The tax is expected to bring in roughly $1 billion every year until it expires in fourteen years. Money will be distributed to transit agencies across the five-county region with these percentages.<\/p>\n

BART: 31%<\/p>\n

Muni (SFMTA): 16%<\/p>\n

Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA): 25.1%<\/p>\n

Caltrain: 7%<\/p>\n

AC Transit: 5%<\/p>\n

San Mateo County Transit District (SamTrans): 4.7%<\/p>\n

Contra Costa Transportation Authority: 2.5%<\/p>\n

Contra Costa County small transit operators: 1.5%<\/p>\n

Alameda County Transportation Commission: 1%<\/p>\n

San Francisco Bay Ferry: 0.7%<\/p>\n

Alameda County small transit operators: 0.5%<\/p>\n

Golden Gate Transit: 0.1%<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With under seven weeks until Election Day on November 3, supporters of the Regional Transit Measure, Measure RTM,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":465964,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[109921,101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":["post-465963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-promoted","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=465963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/465964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}