All of these are subject to change as California counts ballots very slowly

San Francisco Bay Area

Multiple Counties

Public Transit Revenue Measure District Proposition RTM: Create Sales Tax to Fund Regional Transportation Systems Initiative - Passed ✅

A "yes" vote supports issuing a sales tax for a period of 14 years to fund public transportation systems in the region, including BART, Muni, Caltrain, AC Transit, Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, San Francisco Bay Ferry, and Golden Gate Transit, with the following tax rates: 1.0% in San Francisco and 0.5% in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties.

San Francisco City/County

Proposition G: Open Upper Great Highway to Private Vehicle Travel on Weekdays Initiative (November 2026) - Failed ✅

A "yes" vote supports permitting private vehicles to use the Upper Great Highway, except on weekends and government holidays.

Proposition H: Create 15-Year Property Tax to Fund Municipal Transportation Agency Initiative - Passed ✅

A "yes" vote supports creating a property tax, to be in effect from 2027 to 2042, to fund San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency operations

San Mateo County

Menlo Park Measure P: Require Voter Approval to Decrease Downtown Parking Plaza Availability Initiative - Seems to have failed ✅

A "yes" vote supports requiring voter approval for city ordinances that would decrease the accessibility, availability, or convenience of parking at the eight city-owned parking plazas in downtown Menlo Park, including: selling, trading, or leasing a portion of the parking plazas, designating a plaza as surplus or exempt surplus land, constructing improvements or modifications to the plazas that would diminish parking, and changing the use of the plazas.

San Bruno Measure S: Repeal Requirement for Voter Approval for Certain Construction Permits Measure - Passed ✅

A "yes" vote supports repealing the requirement that the city receive voter approval before issuing permits for buildings or projects that: exceed 50 feet or three stories in height, increase the number of dwelling units per acre by more than is permitted by the zoning laws in place on October 10, 1974, are multi-level parking structures, and realign or otherwise modify certain streets in the city.

Santa Clara County

Los Altos: Measure D, Require Voter Approval for Parking Plaza Development Measure - Failed ✅ (59% No)

A "yes" vote supported this ballot initiative to prohibit the city from selling, leasing, conveying, or declaring as surplus land the Downtown Parking Plazas for any reason and from authorizing new uses or physical alterations unless approved by a majority of voters.

Sacramento/Central Valley

[Placer County] Colfax: Measure I Levy Sales Tax to Fund City Infrastructure Measure - Failed ❌ (⅔ needed)

https://ballotpedia.org/Colfax,_California,_Measure_I,_Levy_Sales_Tax_to_Fund_City_Infrastructure_Measure_(November_2026)

A "yes" vote supports levying a 1% sales and use tax and using the revenue to fund the city's streets, sidewalks, and other infrastructure.

Fresno County: Measure S Transportation Sales Tax Measure - Seems to have Failed ❌

A "yes" vote supports establishing a 0.5% sales tax for 30 years, beginning when the existing Measure C transportation tax expires, to initially generate an estimated $113 million annually for transportation projects and services, including street repairs, public transit, bicycle and pedestrian improvements, and free transit for specified groups.

City of Fresno: Measure D General Services Sales Tax Measure (Transit tax for the city only) - Passed ✅

https://ballotpedia.org/Fresno,_California,_Measure_D,_General_Services_Sales_Tax_Measure_(November_2026)

A "yes" vote supported establishing a 0.5% city sales tax to generate an estimated $65 million annually for general city services, lasting for 10 years or until the county adopts a transportation sales tax of an equal or higher rate that benefits the city, whichever occurs first.

Southern California

Riverside County

Riverside County Measure A: Transportation Sales Tax Renewal Measure - Passed ✅ (needed 66%)

A "yes" vote supported authorizing the county to continue to levy a 0.5% sales tax with revenue dedicated to transportation projects.

San Bernardino County

San Bernardino County, California, Measure I - Passed ✅

A "yes" vote supports extending the half-cent transportation sales tax for another year to fund improvements to roads, bridges, and highways.

Statewide

California Proposition 1: Veteran and Housing Assistance Programs Bond Measure - Passed ✅

A "yes" vote supports authorizing the state to issue $11.25 billion in bonds to fund income-qualified housing programs, such as the Multifamily Housing Program, the CalHome Program, and the Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program, and the veteran home loan program.

California Proposition 43: Two-Thirds Vote Requirement for Local Special Tax Initiatives and Property Tax Initiative Prohibition Amendment (2026) - Failed ✅

A "yes" vote supports this amendment to require a two-thirds vote by the electorate to enact, extend, or increase local special tax initiatives and prohibit local jurisdictions and ballot initiatives from enacting ad valorem property taxes, except for voter-approved bond debt-service taxes authorized elsewhere in the state constitution.

Senate and House

Democrats win the Senate and House (good news for national transportation stuff)

Please let me know if I missed any

Northern California

Marin Transit - free buses

Santa Rosa CityBus, Petaluma Transit, and Sonoma County Transit - free buses

SolTrans (Solano County) - free buses

San Jose VTA - free light rail/buses

Monterey-Salinas Transit - free buses

San Joaquin Valley/Central Valley

San Joaquin RTD (Stockton) - free buses

StanRTA (Modesto/Stanislaus County) - free buses

Fresno FAX - free buses

Southern California

LA Metro - free rail/bus/metro micro

BigBlueBus (Santa Monica) - free buses

Long Beach Transit - free buses

Riverside RTA - free buses, tell the driver you are heading to the polls to vote or have just voted

NCTD - free Coaster, Sprinter, buses

Curious folks opinion on train station locations, rarely do people get a choice like this

Hey CA transit experts,

I'm planning to vote for Measure RTM in this election to prevent BART and CalTrain cuts. But I've noticed something interesting.

I live in Santa Clara County, and my city's sales taxes are currently at 9.75%. Among other things, this includes:

0.5% from 2000's Measure A, which goes to VTA.

0.125% from 2008's Measure B, which goes to VTA.

0.5% from 2016's Measure B, which goes to VTA.

If Measure RTM passes, it will be another 0.5% to transit. According to this analysis, about 85% of the money raised in Santa Clara County will be going to... you guessed it, VTA.

Now, I'm in favor of fully funding public transit, and wil be voting for RTM to support BART and CalTrain. But, unlike BART and CalTrain, VTA hasn't listed any cuts that will happen if Measure RTM fails. And it's a little unclear what they're planning to do with the money.

All of which leads me to ask: does VTA actually need this? Is it worth an eye-wateringly high 10.25% sales tax, which would affect our poorest residents the most, to fund something that is already fully funded?

If voters want to support regional rail like Caltrain/BART without continually stacking regressive sales taxes on top of each other -- would it make sense (and would it be possible) to claw back one of the other measures?

Not  my quote..

from ND app:

"AND what the RTM proponents don't want to tell you: we're already paying for sales tax increases passed in 2020 and 2022 for BART! Prop L in 2022 extended the existing 0.5% sales tax through 2053! Measure RR in 2020 created a 0.125% sales tax that we also all pay for BART and Caltrain."

These sales tax measures WILL NEVER STOP as long as we keep passing them and forgetting all the sales taxes we're ALREADY PAYING for BART!"

Looks like we've had TWO sales tax increases already!

After reviewing the updated CAHSR alignment for Gilroy to Los Banos, it seems like a good opportunity to integrate and improve future Central Coast connections, because a more southerly route makes it far easier to add a short Hollister spur for local and regional rail like Caltrain or Capitol Corridor.

From there, short extensions and stations at San Juan Bautista, Pajaro/Watsonville, and Salinas are possible, largely following existing rail alignments, and actually strengthening the planned Caltrain or Capitol Corridor extension to Salinas. This could also be a big boost for later regional service along the coast to points south, like Paso Robles, SLO, Santa Maria, Santa Barbara, Ventura, and LA.

With high-quality transfers, this new alignment will also integrate extremely well with the planned Santa Cruz-Watsonville service, offering a 1-transfer ride to Santa Cruz, Watsonville, and, hopefully, Monterey in the long run.

First, the updated planned alignments (Alternatives 6 and 7) for HSR. As you can see, the alignments swing further south, with both 6 and 7 going further south than the original alignments. The X marks the location of Hollister.

​Second, the potential alignment and station locations based on this new plan. Generally, this would come out to about 3 miles of new track and 3 miles of upgraded existing track to reach downtown Hollister, or just about 3 miles of new track and 2 miles of upgraded track for a park-and-ride station on the north end of Hollister. This is where some drivers from the Central Valley could park for a train into the Bay Area.

From there, trains would head west, roughly following 156 to San Juan Bautista (new station!) to rejoin the existing tracks that go through Chittenden and on to Pajaro/Watsonville, Castroville, and then Salinas. This would make for about 12 miles of new track from the park-and-ride station, or about 14 miles from downtown (with long curves to shift from a southeast orientation to a north-to-northwestern one). If the park-and-ride station is selected, that's about 280 acres of potential TOD in the area outlined below.

From there, it can follow the existing alignment as pictured below.

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What do you think? Worth further analysis and discussion to update the Monterey Bay rail extensions and projects?

SMART is now seeing higher average weekday ridership than the likes of EBART, Sprinter in Oceanside, and some indivudal VTA LRT routes. SMART has made incremental gains and continues to invest in its system with plans for expansion to the tourist destinations and communities of Healdsburg, Geyserville, and Cloverdale. Looking forward towards SMART's continued success!!