SB 63: San Francisco Bay area: local revenue measure: public transit funding.

This bill would establish a public transit revenue measure district in the San Francisco Bay Area, allowing for the imposition of a 0.5% retail transactions and use tax in some counties and 1% in the city and county of San Francisco, with voter approval. The revenue would fund public transit services and be allocated to various transit agencies, including the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District. The bill would also require a financial efficiency review of selected transit operators and impose a maintenance of effort requirement for funding allocation. Additionally, the bill would establish an ad hoc adjudication committee to assess the performance of transit operators and require a report on the impacts of transportation projects on ridership. The bill's provisions are severable, and reimbursement for mandated costs would be made pursuant…