Bill would cut Sacramento RT board meetings to three a month and double stipend

Assemblymember Wynne introduced AB 16 25 on March 25, saying the measure would reduce how often the Sacramento Regional Transit District board meets while increasing compensation for each meeting. "This bill makes a minor change to the act by reducing the number of times the board of directors are allowed to meet from 4 to 3," Wynne said, adding the measure "also makes a modest increase to the stipend amount from 100 to $200 per meeting."

Greg Fishman, senior community relations officer for Sacramento Regional Transit District, told the committee the board recently reduced scheduled meetings and that board compensation has not changed since 2006. He said the change would update long‑stale compensation and would not create fiscal difficulties.

Committee members had no speakers in opposition on the record. The committee made a motion to pass AB 16 25 to the Appropriations Committee; roll call reflected unanimous support in the transcript and the clerk recorded the bill as passed out of committee.

Why it matters: the bill seeks to align board workload and compensation with current practice while preserving local oversight of transit operations. The committee sent the measure to the next policy committee for fiscal and budgetary review.