With the population still growing, it's estimated it could reach 10 million by 2040. Local officials are looking to keep up by generating $100 billion through a tax measure.
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The Chronicle reports there is a collaboration underway to put something on the November 2020 ballot.
While the dollar figure is massive, the measure would seek to generate the funds over several decades with a penny sales tax.
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We do know there is a name for this plan, it's being called Faster Bay Area.
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There is a long list of projects it could help pay for including one that would take Caltrain into the Transbay Transit Center.
It could also make the chatter about a second Bay Bridge, nicknamed by many the "Southern Crossing," no longer a dream but reality.
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