After delay, Newsom says $750M in Bay Area public transit loans will be made available

by Thomas Hughes, Bay City News September 11, 2025September 10, 2025

A BART train arrives at the 12th Street station in Downtown Oakland on Friday, Aug. 8, 2025. Bay Area transit districts are in line to receive roughly $750 million in emergency loans this week after Gov. Gavin Newsom said the money would be released before the end of the legislative session Friday. BART has warned of drastic service cuts if the emergency funding was not made available. (Andres Jimenez Larios/Bay City News)

Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday that $750 million in state loans to Bay Area transit agencies will be finalized before the end of the legislative session on Friday, after a deal reached in June to create the funding looked to be breaking down.

BART, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, Alameda-Contra Costa Transit and Caltrain were all banking on the money after a budget agreement in June indicated the money would be made available in time to hold off impending cuts.

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