Governor Newsom signed legislation extending a $590 million bridge loan to BART, Muni, AC Transit, and Caltrain on Thursday to avert doomsday-scenario service cuts that would have begun this summer. This will help keep Bay Area transit on track, leading towards a November election where long-term transit funding is expected to go before voters.

"This emergency loan is a critical band-aid. It holds off disastrous transit cuts until long-term, significant funding can come through from the Connect Bay Area measure," said Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), who championed the loan along with Senator Jesse Arreguin (D-Berkeley), in a joint statement. "We spent much of the past year negotiating this loan with regional stakeholders and the Governor, and I’m immensely proud that we got it over the finish line."

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