AB-1052 (McCarty) Sacramento Regional Transit District: taxes. (2023-2024) has been introduced to the legislature. It has been referred to the Committee on Local Government, but has so far not been scheduled for a hearing.
The bill would change Public Utilities Code to allow SacRT to offer a property tax measure which includes only part of the district (which is, at this time almost all of the county). It does not allow entities to be broken up, in other words, if part of the city or of the unincorporated county is included, all of that city or county must be include. It also says that if cities are contiguous, either all of those cities must be included, or none of them. The cities of Citrus Heights, Folsom, Rancho Cordova, Galt, and Isleton are not contiguous. The cities of Sacramento and Elk Grove, however, are contiguous. As we understand the wording, it does not change sales tax areas, which would remain for the entire district only. It is also not clear if the term ‘property tax’ includes or does not include parcel taxes, which are considered a special tax but often included with property taxes.
STAR is generally in support of the concept, but has not yet taken a position on the bill. We will be monitoring and will keep you up to date.
Sacramento Transit Advocates and Riders (STAR) 
The bill has passed the legislature, and is on the Governor’s desk. It went through several cycles of review and amendment, but it looks like the only significant change is that property taxes may be used only for acquisition and improvement of property, not for operations.
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