Bay Area Metro Center  
375 Beale Street  
San Francisco, CA 94105  
Meeting Minutes - Final  
Joint MTC ABAG Legislation Committee  
Jesse Arreguin, Chair  
Members  
Vacant, Vice Chair  
Eddie Ahn, David Canepa, Carol Dutra-Vernaci,  
Pat Eklund, Victoria Fleming, Dave Hudson,  
Alfredo Pedroza, David Rabbitt, Belia Ramos,  
Jim Spering, Vacant, Vacant, Vacant, Vacant, and Vacant  
Non-Voting Members  
Dorene M. Giacopini and Vacant  
Friday, December 9, 2022  
9:45 AM  
REMOTE  
1. Call to Order / Roll Call / Confirm Quorum  
13 -  
Present:  
Vice Chair Liccardo, Committee Member Hudson, Committee Member Eklund,  
Committee Member Spering, Committee Member Ahn, Committee Member  
Pedroza, Committee Member Mitchoff, Committee Member Ramos, Committee  
Member Canepa, Committee Member Dutra-Vernaci, Committee Member Schaaf,  
Committee Member Rabbitt and Committee Member Fleming  
3 - Chair Arreguin, Committee Member Halliday and Committee Member Mar  
Absent:  
Non-Voting Member Present: Commissioner Giacopini  
Ex Officio Voting Members Present: Commission Chair Pedroza and  
Commission Vice Chair Josefowitz  
Ad Hoc Non-Voting Members Present: Commissioner Rabbitt and Commissioner Worth  
2. Consent Calendar  
Upon the motion by Committee Member Rabbitt second by Committee Member  
Hudson, the Consent Calendar was unanimously approved. The motion carried  
by the following vote:  
22-1603  
2a.  
Approval of Joint MTC ABAG Legislation Committee Minutes of the  
November 4, 2022 Meeting  
Action:  
Committee Approval  
Attachments:  
2a_22-1603_2022-11-04_Joint_MTC_ABAG_Legislation_Committee_  
Meeting_Minutes_Draft.pdf  
3. Election Update  
22-1611  
3a.  
November 2022 Election Update  
Readout of November 2022 local, state, and national election results,  
including an analysis of housing and transportation ballot measures.  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Rebecca Long  
Attachments: 3ai_22-1611_Summary_Sheet_November_2022_Election_Update.pdf  
3aii_22-1611_Attachment_A_November_2022_Election_Update.pdf  
4. State and Federal Legislation  
22-1610  
4a.  
Proposed Final 2023 Joint Advocacy Program  
Final 2023 Joint Advocacy Program for MTC and ABAG outlining the  
agencies’ state and federal legislative priorities.  
Action:  
ABAG Executive Board Approval  
MTC Commission Approval  
Presenter:  
Georgia Gann Dohrmann  
Attachments:  
12ai_22-1610_Summary_Sheet_Final_2023_MTC_and_ABAG_Joint_  
Advocacy_Program.pdf  
12aii_22-1610_Attachment_A_Updated_Final_2023_MTC_and_ABAG  
_Joint_Advocacy_Program.pdf  
The following individuals spoke on this item:  
Justine Marcus, Enterprise Community Partners;  
Abram Diaz, Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California;  
Kenneth Russell;  
Adina Levin;  
George Spies; and  
Zack Deutsch-Gross, TransForm.  
Upon the motion by Committee Member Hudson and second by Committee  
Member Mitchoff, the Proposed Final 2023 Joint Advocacy Program was  
approved to be forwarded to the ABAG Executive Board and MTC Commission for  
approval as revised. The motion carried by the following vote:  
12 -  
Aye:  
Vice Chair Liccardo, Committee Member Hudson, Committee Member Eklund,  
Committee Member Spering, Committee Member Ahn, Committee Member  
Pedroza, Committee Member Mitchoff, Committee Member Ramos, Committee  
Member Canepa, Committee Member Dutra-Vernaci, Committee Member Rabbitt  
and Committee Member Fleming  
4 -  
Absent:  
Chair Arreguin, Committee Member Halliday, Committee Member Mar and  
Committee Member Schaaf  
22-1694  
4b.  
State Budget Strategy to Address Transit Agency Fiscal Cliff  
Overview of the strategy to secure multi-year funding to stave off the transit  
operating fiscal cliff and rebuild ridership.  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Rebecca Long  
Attachments:  
4bi_22-1694_Summary_Sheet_State_Budget_Strategy_to_Address_T  
ransit_Agency_Fiscal_Cliff.pdf  
4bii_22-1694_Attachment_A_Transit_Ridership_Recovery_Program_S  
ummary.pdf  
4biii_22-1694_Attachment_B_Doomsday_scenarios_for_BART_SFMu  
ni_Caltrain.pdf  
Monique Webster, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, spoke  
on this item.  
Claudia Burgus, AC Transit, spoke on this item.  
Bob Allen, Urban Habitat, spoke on this item.  
22-1695  
4c.  
Sacramento and Washington, D.C. Visits  
Update on preparations for MTC/ABAG’s 2023 Sacramento and  
Washington D.C. legislative advocacy trips.  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Georgia Gann Dohrmann  
Attachments:  
4c_22-1695_Summary_Sheet_Sacramento_and_Washington_D.C._Vi  
sits.pdf  
22-1612  
4d.  
Washington, D.C. Legislative Update  
November 2022 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: 4d_22-1612_Summit_Strategies_Report.pdf  
5. Public Comment / Other Business  
6. Adjournment / Next Meeting  
The next meeting of the Joint MTC ABAG Legislation Committee will be Friday,  
January 13, 2023 at 9:45 a.m. Any changes to the schedule will be duly noticed to the  
public.