California legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California AB2484: San Diego Metropolitan Transit System: transactions and use tax: voter initiatives.
Status: Chaptered, September 27, 2026
What the bill says
An act to amend Sections 120480, 120481, 120485, and 120486 of, and to repeal Section 120482 of, the Public Utilities Code, relating to transportation. transportation San Diego Metropolitan Transit System: transactions and use tax: voter initiatives. The Mills-Deddeh Transit Development Act establishes the San Diego Metropolitan Transit Development Board, also known as the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS), governed by a 15-member board with specified powers and duties related to the operation of public transit services in the southern portion of the County of San Diego…
From the chaptered text, September 27, 2026:
An act to amend Sections 120480, 120481, 120485, and 120486 of, and to repeal Section 120482 of, the Public Utilities Code, relating to transportation. transportation San Diego Metropolitan Transit System: transactions and use tax: voter initiatives. The Mills-Deddeh Transit Development Act establishes the San Diego Metropolitan Transit Development Board, also known as the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS), governed by a 15-member board with specified powers and duties related to the operation of public transit services in the southern portion of the County of San Diego. The act authorizes MTS to impose a transactions and use tax of up to 0.5% for public transit purposes within its jurisdiction, or a portion of its jurisdiction, pursuant to the Transactions and Use Tax Law and subject to voter approval and various other requirements. This bill would also authorize those taxes to be imposed by a qualified voter initiative. To the extent that the bill would impose additional duties on a county elections official, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The Transactions and Use Tax Law limits the combined rate of all taxes that may be imposed in accordance with that law in any county to 2%. This bill would prohibit the tax rate of 0.5% described above that may be imposed by MTS or a qualified voter initiative from …