Transit System Safety, Security & Disaster Response Account Governor's Office of Homeland Security

Funds shall be available for capital projects that provide increased protection against a security and safety threat, and for capital expenditures to increase the capacity of transit operators, including waterborne transit operators, to develop disaster response transportation systems that can move people, goods, and emergency personnel and equipment in the aftermath of a disaster impairing the mobility of goods, people, and equipment. Funds in this account will be allocated, upon appropriation by the Legislature and subject to such conditions and criteria as the Legislature may provide by statute, by the Office of Emergency Services (OES) for capital projects that provide increased protection against a security and safety threat, and to develop a disaster response transportation system that can move people, goods, emergency personnel and equipment in the aftermath of a disaster.

Recipient Agencies:

Transit agencies eligible to receive funding from the Transit System Safety, Security & Disaster Response Account are divided into three groups. Sixty percent of the available funds shall be allocated for capital expenditures to agencies and transit operators pursuant to Sections 99313 and 99314 of the Public Utilities Code. Twenty-five percent of available funds shall be allocated for capital expenditures to regional public waterborne transit agencies authorized to operate a regional public water transit system, including the operation of water transit vessels, terminals, and feeder buses, and not otherwise eligible to receive State Transit Assistance funds as of the effective date of this article. Fifteen percent of available funds shall be made available for capital expenditures to the intercity passenger rail system described in Section 14035 and to the commuter rail systems operated by the entities specified in Section 14072 and Section 99314.1 of the Public Utilities Code.

Guidelines:

Project List:

Transit Agencies and Operators: In Progress
Waterborne Transit Agencies
Intercity Passenger Rail

Program Status:

Adoption and Implementation Schedule
One hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) was deposited into the Transit System Safety, Security and Disaster Response Account for the 2007-2008 fiscal year. The one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) was made available upon appropriation by the legislature to entities for eligible transit system safety, security and disaster response projects.

Development Milestones

Transit Agencies and Transit Operators:
Draft Guidelines Issued:	February 11, 2008
Public Meeting:	February 20, 2008
Final Guidelines Issued:	March 13, 2008
Investment Justification Due:	April 11, 2008
Project Selection:	Continuous

Regional Public Waterborne Transit:
Draft Guidelines Issued:	April 04, 2008
Public Meeting:	April 15, 2008
Final Guidelines Issued:	April 22, 2008
Investment Justification Due:	May 06, 2008
Project Selection:	May 15, 2008

Intercity Passenger Rail:
Draft Guidelines Issued:	December 13, 2007
Public Meeting:	December 14, 2007
Final Guidelines Issued:	February 05, 2008
Investment Justification Due:	February 19, 2008
Project Selection:	March 07, 2008

Administrative Agency: OHS

Accountability Plan: The three-part accountability structure for this program, required by Executive Order S-02-07, will be identified in conjunction with program development activities.