Gov. Gavin Newsom this week signed a bill that will allow public transportation agencies in the Bay Area to receive millions of dollars through an emergency loan aimed at keeping their operations afloat.

“This agreement will help protect transit service for more than 3 million monthly riders,” Newsom said in a statement Thursday at the Colma BART Station. “I’m proud of the progress the Bay Area transit service and operators are making on ridership recovery, and this loan will continue to build on that success as the region works together on long-term funding solutions.”

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Alise is a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering government, elections, housing, crime, courts and entertainment in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Alise is a Bay Area native from San Carlos. She studied history at University of California, Santa Cruz and first started journalism at Skyline College’s school newspaper in San Bruno. She has interned for Bay City News and for Eesti Rahvusringhääling, or Estonian Public Broadcasting. She has covered everything from the removal of former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to the divisive battle over the Great Highway on San Francisco’s west side. Please send her any tips.