# Episode 476: Saving California Transit from the Fiscal Cliff

An episode of [Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/775143271), 28 Mar 2024, 48 min.

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This week we're sharing a San Francisco Planning and Urban Research (SPUR) forum on how a statewide coalition of transit advocates were able to organize a funding bridge to avert a fiscal cliff for transit operators in the state. The discussion led by SPUR's Laura Tolkoff, shares how they did it and what's next. Featured guests include... Laura Tolkoff / Interim Chief Policy Officer & Transportation Policy Director, SPUR Rebecca Long / Director, Legislation & Public Affairs, Bay Area Metro Cyrus Hall / Independent Sustainable Transportation Advocate Zack Deutsch-Gross / Policy Director, Transform CA Raayan Mohtashemi / Legislative Aide, Office of California State Senator Scott Wiener Monique Webster / Regional Government Affairs Manager, SFMTA Adina Levin / Policy Director and Co-Founder, Seamless Bay Area *** Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Follow us on Threads @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public! And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com

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