Section 131001 Of Chapter 1. Definitions And General Provisions From California Public Utilities Code >> Division 12.5. >> Chapter 1.
131001
. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) That, in the nine-county San Francisco Bay area, traffic and
transportation improvements are an immediate high priority needed to
resolve the bay area's serious traffic congestion and transit
mobility problems that threaten the economic viability of the area
and adversely impact the quality of life therein.
(b) That, in the nine-county San Francisco Bay area, the
Metropolitan Transportation Commission is responsible for regional
transportation planning and programming.
(c) That the commission and the counties and cities within the
nine-county San Francisco Bay area wish to collectively develop and
implement, on a county-by-county basis, near-term local traffic and
transportation projects that responsibly and adequately deal with
current and anticipated traffic congestion and transit mobility
problems.
(d) That, in order to proceed in a expeditious manner with the
development and implementation of those projects, each of the nine
counties in the San Francisco Bay area should be provided the
opportunity to review and determine whether there is a need for the
development and implementation of a county transportation expenditure
plan that goes significantly beyond current federal, state, and
local funding.
(e) Therefore, it is in the public interest to allow the voters in
any county in the nine-county San Francisco Bay area to either
create a county transportation authority or to authorize the
commission to implement a retail transactions and use tax for the
purpose of funding a local transportation expenditure plan showing a
need for the proceeds from that tax.