Bay Area Metro Center  
375 Beale Street  
San Francisco, CA 94105  
Meeting Agenda  
Joint MTC ABAG Legislation Committee  
Ken Carlson, Chair (ABAG)  
Alicia John-Baptiste, Vice Chair (MTC)  
Friday, April 10, 2026  
9:45 AM  
Board Room - 1st Floor  
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Clerk: Martha Silver  
Roster  
Eddie Ahn, Candace Andersen, Pat Burt, Pamela Campos,  
Ken Carlson (Chair), Noelia Corzo, Betty Duong, Pat Eklund, Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft,  
Dorene M. Giacopini*+, Alicia John-Baptiste (Vice Chair), Matt Mahan, Mitch Mashburn,  
David Rabbitt, Belia Ramos, Carlos Romero, Wanda Williams, and Vacant (MTC-1)  
*Non-Voting Member  
+Remote per Government Code s. 54953(c).  
1. Call to Order / Roll Call / Confirm Quorum  
Quorum: A quorum of this body shall be a majority of its regular voting members (9).  
2. Consent Calendar  
2a.  
2b.  
Approval of Joint MTC ABAG Legislation Committee Minutes of the March  
13, 2026 Meeting  
Action:  
Committee Approval  
Attachments:  
Assembly Bill 1837 (Gonzalez): Bus Camera Parking Enforcement  
Reauthorization  
Makes permanent the forward-facing camera pilot program authorized by  
the MTC-supported Assembly Bill 917 (Bloom, 2021), which enables  
transit agencies to utilize video imaging to enforce parking violations at  
bus stops and on bus-only lanes.  
Action:  
Support / Commission  
Jadie Moar  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
2c.  
Legislative History  
Detailed list of bills the ABAG and MTC are tracking in Sacramento,  
including those ABAG or MTC supports or opposes.  
Action:  
Information  
Jadie Moar  
Presenter:  
3. State Legislation  
3a.  
Senate Bill 1411 (Stern): Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: High Speed  
Rail  
Revises California High Speed Rail funding conditions to eliminate the cap  
on expenditures outside the Central Valley Merced-to-Bakersfield  
segment.  
Action:  
Support and Seek Amendments / Commission  
Georgia Gann Dohrmann  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
3b.  
Senate Bill 979 (Strickland): Regional Housing Needs Allocation  
Provides that a final regional housing needs allocation determination by a  
council of governments or a delegate subregion is subject to judicial  
review.  
Action:  
Oppose / ABAG Executive Board  
Georgia Gann Dohrmann  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
3c.  
Provides that a final regional housing needs allocation determination by a  
council of governments or a delegate subregion is subject to judicial  
review.  
Overview of MTC-ABAG’s co-sponsored bill to modernize Senate Bill 375,  
the 2008 law that added sustainable communities strategies to regional  
transportation plans.  
Action:  
Information  
Julie Snyder  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
3d.  
Electric Bicycle Legislative Landscape  
Summary of 2026 legislative activity on bills related to electric bicycles.  
Action:  
Information  
Jadie Moar  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
3e.  
MTC-ABAG March Sacramento Advocacy Trip  
Report out on MTC-ABAG’s 2026 advocacy trip to Sacramento.  
Action:  
Information  
Julie Snyder  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
4. Federal Legislation  
4a.  
Washington, D.C. Legislative Update  
Report on key legislative, funding and political developments over the past  
month from Washington, D.C. prepared by the Summit Strategies team.  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Georgia Gann Dohrmann  
5. Public Comment / Other Business  
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6. Adjournment / Next Meetings  
The next meeting of the Joint MTC ABAG Legislation Committee will be held on  
Friday, May 8, 2026 at 9:45 a.m. at the Bay Area Metro Center, 375 Beale Street, San  
Francisco, CA, and other remote locations. Any changes to the schedule will be duly  
noticed to the public.