Bay Area Metro Center  
375 Beale Street  
San Francisco, CA 94105  
Meeting Minutes - Final  
Joint MTC ABAG Legislation Committee  
Ken Carlson, Chair (ABAG)  
Alicia John-Baptiste, Vice Chair (MTC)  
Friday, January 9, 2026  
9:45 AM  
Board Room - 1st Floor  
Roster  
David Canepa (Chair), Eddie Ahn, Candace Andersen, Pat Burt, Pamela Campos,  
Ken Carlson (Vice Chair), Noelia Corzo, Betty Duong, Pat Eklund, Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft,  
Dorene M. Giacopini*+, Alicia John-Baptiste, 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).  
Chair David Canepa called the meeting to order at 11:07 a.m.  
Non-Voting Member Present: Committee Member Giacopini  
Ex Officio Voting Members Present: Commission Chair Noack and  
Commission Vice Chair Moulton-Peters  
Ad Hoc Non-Voting Member Present: Commissioner Papan  
Non-Voting Member Commissioner Giacopini invoked SB 707.  
Betty Duong, Supervisor, County of Santa Clara was appointed to the Joint MTC ABAG Legislation  
Committee to represent ABAG effective January 9, 2026.  
1. Call to Order / Roll Call / Confirm Quorum  
11 -  
Present:  
Chair Canepa, Chair Carlson, Committee Member Andersen, Committee Member  
Burt, Committee Member Corzo, Committee Member Eklund, Committee Member  
Ashcraft, Vice Chair John-Baptiste, Committee Member Mashburn, Committee  
Member Romero and Committee Member Williams  
6 -  
Absent:  
Committee Member Ahn, Committee Member Campos, Committee Member Mahan,  
Committee Member Rabbitt, Committee Member Ramos and Committee Member  
Duong  
2. Consent Calendar  
Upon the motion by Committee Member Eklund and second by Vice Chair  
Carlson, the Consent Calendar was unanimously approved. The motion carried  
by the following vote:  
11 -  
Aye:  
Chair Canepa, Chair Carlson, Committee Member Andersen, Committee Member  
Burt, Committee Member Corzo, Committee Member Eklund, Committee Member  
Ashcraft, Vice Chair John-Baptiste, Committee Member Mashburn, Committee  
Member Romero and Committee Member Williams  
6 -  
Absent:  
Committee Member Ahn, Committee Member Campos, Committee Member Mahan,  
Committee Member Rabbitt, Committee Member Ramos and Committee Member  
Duong  
26-0007  
2a.  
2b.  
Approval of Joint MTC ABAG Legislation Committee Minutes of the  
December 12, 2025 Meeting  
Action:  
Committee Approval  
Attachments:  
2a_26-0007_2025-12-12_Joint_MTC_ABAG_Legislation_Committee_  
Meeting_Minutes_Draft.pdf  
26-0064  
Legislative History  
Detailed list of bills the ABAG and MTC are tracking in Sacramento,  
including those ABAG or MTC supports or opposes.  
Action:  
Information  
Julie Snyder  
Presenter:  
Attachments: 2b_26-0064_Handout-January_Legislative_History.pdf  
26-0008  
2c.  
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  
Attachments: 2c_26-0008_Handout_MTC_December_2025_Report.pdf  
3. Action  
25-1366  
3a.  
ABAG Resolution No. 5-2025, Revised. and MTC Resolution No. 4686,  
Revised. Approval of MTC ABAG Community Advisory Council  
Appointments  
Refer the nominees to the inaugural MTC ABAG Community Advisory  
Council (term running from January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2029) to the  
ABAG Executive Board and Metropolitan Transportation Commission for  
approval.  
Action:  
ABAG Executive Board Approval  
Commission Approval  
Presenter:  
Kỳ-Nam Miller  
Attachments: 3ai_25-1366_Summary_Sheet_Community_Advisory_Council.pdf  
3aii_25-1366_MTC_RES-4686_Community_Advisory_Council.pdf  
3aiii_25-1366_ABAG_Resolution_No_5-2025_Community_Advisory_C  
ouncil.pdf  
Upon the motion by Committee Member Ashcraft and second by Committee  
Member Eklund, ABAG Resolution No. 5-2025, Revised. and MTC Resolution No.  
4686, Revised. Approval of MTC ABAG Community Advisory Council  
Appointments was adopted as amended to be forwarded to direct staff to  
proceed to fill the vacant Civic Organization position, by consulting with the  
regional office of the League of Women Voters, as well as the other candidates  
who had applied and achieved sufficient scoring under the Civic Organization  
category, and to periodically evaluate the number of representatives in each  
category. The Committee unanimously the recommendation to the ABAG  
Executive Board and Commission for approval, respectively. The motion carried  
by the following vote:  
11 -  
Aye:  
Chair Canepa, Chair Carlson, Committee Member Andersen, Committee Member  
Burt, Committee Member Corzo, Committee Member Eklund, Committee Member  
Ashcraft, Vice Chair John-Baptiste, Committee Member Mashburn, Committee  
Member Romero and Committee Member Williams  
6 -  
Absent:  
Committee Member Ahn, Committee Member Campos, Committee Member Mahan,  
Committee Member Rabbitt, Committee Member Ramos and Committee Member  
Duong  
26-0080  
3b.  
Final 2026 MTC and ABAG Joint Advocacy Program  
Final 2026 Joint Advocacy Program for MTC and ABAG, expressing the  
agencies’ state and federal legislative priorities.  
Action:  
ABAG Executive Board Approval  
Commission Approval  
Presenter:  
Georgia Gann Dohrmann  
Attachments: 3bi_26-0080_Summary_Sheet_2026_Advocacy_Program.pdf  
3bii_26-0080_Attachmant_A_DRAFT_2026_MTC_ABAG_Advocacy_P  
rogram_Leg_Committee_Comments.pdf  
Upon the motion by Committee Member Eklund and second by Committee  
Member Andersen, the Final 2026 MTC and ABAG Joint Advocacy Program was  
unanimously adopted to be forwarded to the ABAG Executive Board and  
Commission for approval, respectively. The motion carried by the following vote:  
11 -  
Aye:  
Chair Canepa, Chair Carlson, Committee Member Andersen, Committee Member  
Burt, Committee Member Corzo, Committee Member Eklund, Committee Member  
Ashcraft, Vice Chair John-Baptiste, Committee Member Mashburn, Committee  
Member Romero and Committee Member Williams  
6 -  
Absent:  
Committee Member Ahn, Committee Member Campos, Committee Member Mahan,  
Committee Member Rabbitt, Committee Member Ramos and Committee Member  
Duong  
4. State Legislation  
26-0063  
4a.  
Fiscal Year 2026-27 State Budget  
Overview of the state’s fiscal condition and update on the Governor’s  
Fiscal Year 2026-27 State Budget (if released by meeting date).  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Georgia Gann Dohrmann  
Attachments:  
4a_26-0063_Summary_Sheet_Overview_Gov_Newsom_Fiscal_Year_2  
026-27_State_Budget_Proposal.pdf  
5. Information  
25-1376  
5a.  
Sacramento and Washington, D.C. Visits  
Update on preparations for MTC-ABAG's 2026 legislative advocacy trips.  
Information  
Action:  
Presenter:  
Julie Snyder  
Attachments:  
5a_25-1376_Summary_Sheet_Sacramento_and_Washington_D.C._Vi  
sits.pdf  
6. Public Comment / Other Business  
Roland Lebrun spoke on this item.  
7. Adjournment / Next Meetings  
The next meeting of the Joint MTC ABAG Legislation Committee will be held on  
Friday, February 13, 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.  
Chair David Canepa adjourned the meeting at 12:11 p.m.