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RCTC staff: California budget preserves key transit funds but GGRF reauthorization uncertainty remains
Summary
Staff reported that Governor Newsom signed the 2025-26 California budget and that formula programs funded by the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund were not cut; RCTC will monitor GGRF reauthorization and highlighted federal appropriations requests advanced in the House committee process.
RCTC legislative staff told the Budget and Finance Committee on Wednesday that California's fiscal year 2025'26 budget, signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, preserved formula funding for several transportation programs funded by the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and that certain federal appropriations requests advanced in Congress.
"On June 27, Governor Newsom signed into law the fiscal year 2025'26 budget, totaling $321,000,000,000," Andrew reported. He said the budget did not implement proposed May revision cuts to transportation programs funded by the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF), and that RCTC expects continued formula support for the Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program (TIRCP), including $11.6 million allocated to Riverside County transit agencies for zero-emission buses and infrastructure.
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