Here's the deal. Public transit in Bay Area got slammed hard during COVID and ran huge deficits. Raising fares is a regressive tax on people who can least afford it. But having good transit means fewer cars in traffic-logged roads. Plus, easy ways to get to popular venues like sports stadiums and San Francisco. It benefits everyone directly and indirectly.

A lot of people can't afford to live in city cores like SF, Oakland, and San Jose. So public transit is the only way they can get to work from affordable, outlying suburbs. Local transport agencies have done a good job scaring the crap out of people, by announcing which stops and lines will have to be shut down if this proposition doesn't pass. Entire cities will turn into unreachable islands if they shut down those lines.

Given all this, any sensible person would support this. But there are absolute, self-centered idiots out there who are opposed, because it will raise muh taxes.

Can't believe this is even questionably close. If it doesn't pass, I will not feel sorry one bit for those suburban voters crying that their property values just tanked and their commutes doubled.

Also, this has nothing to do with billionaires. Really wish MJ wouldn't resort to this clickbaity shit.