Wooooo!

I gave you permission long ago comrade!

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Who was this? Got the article link?

There’s an interesting answer to this. DM me when you get a chance

Or, lobby Chris Ward to get us the original language from AB1413 or AB1324 through the legislature this session ❤️

Long story short, it seems that the only path to do this from the *government* side is a tax sponsored by SANDAG which is proposed to certain parts of the county. I don’t see this happening, though theoretically if a chair were ok using the weighted vote, they could do so easily.

The other, AB1413, in its *unamended* form (pictured) would have allowed MTS to put a measure out there for select cities (2/3 threshold). Alas it was amended and my reading of the final text says only consolidated agencies (SANDAG) could do so.

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I know when Gloria was in the Assembly, he tried at least two times to get us a clean way to get multiple jurisdictions to vote for something like we’re talking about:

AB:1324 as amended would allow it (2/3 voter threshold)
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To prioritize, I’d say just SD, CV, & National City.

Logistically, you’d need to place identical measures in each jurisdiction. Then, you’d likely need to get signatures to get them balloted in each so you have a lesser voter threshold to meet (ideally). So you’d really want to pick a few options.

IMO, SANDAG’s regional plan was built more to make everyone happy than it was to create a believable transit plan for the most urbanized areas of San Diego.

Case in point: in one scenario you could take a train to oceanside from the city but no rail to places like north park or balboa park

Good thing thing the city limits are enormous. But I also think coordinating a tax with south bay cities has promise too