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SamTrans outlines SB 63/Connect Bay Area proposal, warns of service cuts if measure fails; Foster City asks how it would benefit
Summary
A SamTrans official told Foster City the Connect Bay Area measure (SB 63) could raise nearly $1 billion regionally and about $50 million annually for San Mateo County if voters approve it; councilmembers pressed SamTrans on whether Foster City—an area with limited fixed-route service—would receive meaningful local benefits.
Michaela Wright Petrick, government and community affairs officer for the San Mateo County Transit District (SamTrans), briefed Foster City’s council on SB 63 — the Connect Bay Area Act — and a privately funded signature campaign that could place a sales-tax measure on the November ballot. Wright Petrick said the ballot measure, if it qualifies and passes, would propose a half-cent sales tax for 14 years (and 1 cent in San Francisco) and…
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