California Transit Association Responds to Fiscal Year 2025-26 Budget Agreement

**STATEMENT**

(Sacramento, CA) – California Transit Association Executive Director Michael Pimentel issued the following statement today in response to Governor Newsom and Legislative leaders reaching agreement on the Fiscal Year 2025-26 state budget:

"The California Transit Association expresses our thanks and appreciation to Governor Newsom and legislative leaders for reaching agreement on a Fiscal Year 2025-26 state budget that advances critical state funding for California’s transit agencies. In an incredibly difficult budget year, the state budget preserves all transit operations and capital funding, approved by the state in Budget Acts of 2022 and 2023, and provides targeted operations support to create a funding bridge to regional self-help. With this budget, state leaders have affirmed the critical role public transit plays in providing Californians with mobility options, enhancing our quality of life, and combatting climate change.”

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The California Transit Association (Association) is the leading advocacy organization and champion for public transit in California. The Association’s more than 220 member organizations include transit operators, commuter rail agencies, transit support groups, national and international transit suppliers, and government agencies. With a motivated and informed membership base, the Association actively engages State decision makers to shape transit-friendly policy, secure increased transit funding and promote the benefits of a balanced transportation system. The Association represents transit's interests before the California State Legislature, the Governor and regulatory agencies on the local, state and federal levels.