Please use this template to email your legislators about funding the CAP and Trade Program for Transit
(Agency letterhead)
August 28. 2025
Assemblymember/Senator
1021 O Street, Suite XXXX
Sacramento, CA 95814
RE: Cap & Invest Funding for Public Transit – URGENT REQUEST
Dear Assemblymember/Senator
On behalf of [Insert Organization Name], I am writing to urge your support for the reauthorization of the Cap & Trade program beyond 2030 if the expenditure plan for the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) maintains the existing funding commitment to public transit programs.
(Add a short paragraph about your agency)
Given the ongoing negotiations to extend the cap-and-trade authority to 2045, the existing transit allocations in the expenditure plan are at risk of being cut or eliminated. It is critical for you to reach out to [Speaker Rivas or Senate Pro Tem McGuire] as well as the [Assembly/Senate] Budget Committee chair to urge them to maintain the continuous appropriations to transit programs through 2045 at funding levels equal to at least historic funding levels. This funding is crucial for maintaining transit capital project delivery and operations.
Over the past several years, the GGRF Expenditure Plan has directed continuous appropriations funding for the Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program (TIRCP) and Low Carbon Transit Operations Program (LCTOP). In addition, hundreds of millions of dollars in annual appropriations have been allocated to the California Air Resources Board for zero-emission bus purchase rebates, demonstration programs, and the Zero Emission Transit Capital Program. These funds have been a critical source for funding transformative zero-emission vehicle programs and expanding service. All of which significantly reduces greenhouse gas emissions.
[Add examples of specific projects funded by cap & trade funds]
The loss of this revenue would curtail the progress we have made in transitioning our fleet to zero-emission vehicles. Please call me to discuss further and address any questions you may have.
Sincerely,