Ongoing discussions between the California Transit Association and Assembly Transportation Committee Chair Mike Eng (D-Monterey Park) have culminated in the scheduling of two legislative field hearings to address the public transit funding crisis.

Lawmakers will convene Friday, Dec. 4 in Los Angeles and Tuesday, Dec. 8 in Sacramento to hear from public transit and other transportation representatives to discuss the challenges faced by transit providers and riders in the wake of nearly $3.4 billion in transit-dedicated funding having been diverted over the past three years.

Staff from the Association and the Committee have organized the hearings as a means to address the transit operations funding crisis going forward, and to build an understanding among policymakers of how cuts to transit affect not only the ability of transit providers to serve their communities, but also their ability to comply with and assist state efforts to reduce greenhouse gases as part of AB 32 and SB 375.

The Dec. 4 hearing begins at 9:30 a.m. in the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board Room, One Gateway Plaza, Los Angeles. The Dec. 8 hearing takes place in the Sacramento Regional Transit District Board Room, 1400 29th Street, at 1 p.m. Click here to see the agenda for the Dec. 4 hearing in Los Angeles. Click here to see the agenda for the Dec. 8 hearing in Sacramento.