Joint MTC ABAG Legislation Committee

Approval of Joint MTC ABAG Legislation Committee Minutes of the January 10, 2025 Meeting

Legislative History

Detailed list of bills the ABAG and MTC are tracking in Sacramento, including those ABAG or MTC supports or opposes.

Washington, D.C. Legislative Update

Report on key legislative, funding and political developments over the past month from Washington, D.C. prepared by the Summit Strategies team.

Senate Bill 71 (Wiener): Environmental Streamlining for Sustainable Transportation

Removes the statutory sunset in current law that exempts certain transit, bicycle and pedestrian projects from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requirements and makes other updates. The bill is consistent with MTC’s longstanding advocacy - MTC supported the bill that initially established the CEQA exemption [Senate Bill (SB) 288 (Wiener, 2020)] as well as SB 922 (Wiener, 2022), Senator Wiener’s first attempt to remove the statutory sunset.

Overview by EMC Research, Inc. (EMC) of polling results related to a future regional transportation revenue measure.

Legislative update on enabling legislation for a transportation revenue measure and draft principles to guide MTC's advocacy.

Co-sponsor SB 239 (Arreguín) to expand remote meeting options for non-decision-making local legislative bodies - including advisory boards - that do not take final action.

Co-sponsor a bill by Assemblymember Sharon Quirk-Silva to allow cities and counties to earn credit toward their Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) targets by preserving “naturally occurring affordable housing” with long-term deed restrictions.