AB-1223: Local Transportation Authority and Improvement Act: Sacramento Transportation Authority. (Nguyen and Krell) has passed the state Assembly, and state Senate committees, but has not been scheduled for a floor vote. There does not appear to be any significant opposition.

The bill has several features to update Sacramento Transportation Authority’s enabling Public Utilities Code, including funding transportation infrastructure for infill, for locally adopted plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and a funding measure for less than the entire county. Follow the bill link above for more detail.

“The County of Sacramento is unique in having a large, developed unincorporated population and seven cities with older commercial corridors that have potential for infill but which regularly experience construction-related disruptions and pavement deterioration. To reduce these localized impacts and limit the need for future transportation system expansion, the authority must be able to fund coordinated infrastructure improvements that support infill development as part of a single project.“

“The allowable expenditure categories set forth in Section 180205 shall also
 include the construction, modernization, and improvement of infrastructure that supports infill or transit-oriented development, in areas nominated by local governments, and included in regionally adopted plans that advance state greenhouse gas emissions reduction objectives.“

“An ordinance and corresponding expenditure plan may be imposed by the authority in a geographic area that comprises less than the total area of the County of Sacramento, including its incorporated cities, subject to the guidelines set forth in subdivision”

See also Getting Around Sac: AB 1223 for wider SacTA authority.