Newsom Maintains Transit Spending Cuts as Systems Beg for Cash

California Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday rejected calls to further subsidize public-transit operators, and reiterated his plan to cut funding for new rail projects in his revised 2023-24 budget proposal.

Facing a projected $32 billion budget deficit, Newsom is looking at cost-cutting measures, including a proposed $2.2 billion reduction for transit infrastructure — an idea he first unveiled in January. He’s allocated no new funding for local public-transit providers.