Bay Area Passes BART and Muni Taxes as Valkyries Set Viewership Mark

LAFAYETTE, ORINDA & SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Bay Area commuters and transit advocates delivered a decisive victory for regional rail and bus funding on Wednesday, November 4, approving the 5-county Regional Measure RTM and San Francisco’s Proposition H while rejecting Proposition G on the Upper Great Highway, as the Golden State Valkyries set a 27-year WNBA television viewership record and Brandon Aiyuk filed for reinstatement with the San Francisco 49ers.

Voters Approve Five-County Regional Measure RTM and San Francisco Proposition H for BART and Muni

As reported by Patch and The San Francisco Standard, voters across 5 Bay Area counties approved Proposition RTM (Regional Measure RTM) with 61.5% of the vote (698,839 Yes to 437,799 No regionally, including 134,191 Yes to 38,663 No in San Francisco). The 14-year measure enacts a 0.5% sales tax in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties and a 1% sales tax in San Francisco, raising nearly $1 billion annually for BART, Muni, Caltrain, and partner transit operators.

In San Francisco, voters also passed Proposition H (Measure H)—a 15-year parcel tax projected to generate $150 million annually for SF Muni—with 72.4% support (126,168 Yes votes to 47,995 No votes), prompting celebrations at the RTM campaign watch party at The Cordial.

San Francisco Rejects Proposition G to Preserve Sunset Dunes as Valkyries Set TV Mark and Aiyuk Files to Return

In western San Francisco, The San Francisco Standard and a companion report by The San Francisco Standard confirmed that voters defeated Proposition G by 62.8% No (109,319 votes) to 37.2% Yes (64,776 votes). The measure—the 3rd ballot contest over the 2-mile corridor in less than 5 years (and 6 years since closures began)—would have reopened the Upper Great Highway to weekday vehicle traffic at an estimated cost of $20 million over 5 years, reversing 2024’s Prop. K and the nearly $1 million transformation of the oceanfront roadway into Sunset Dunes park (featuring hammocks, a skate park, and Shipwreck Cove playground).

In Bay Area sports:

• Valkyries WNBA Finals Viewership Record: According to NBC Bay Area / The Associated Press, led by Gabby Williams’ second-half surge, the Golden State Valkyries’ Game 7 WNBA Finals victory over the Atlanta Dream averaged 3.3 million viewers—up 128% from last season's clincher, the most-watched WNBA postseason game ever, and the highest WNBA Finals game audience since 1999—while the 7-game series averaged 1.88 million viewers, the highest since the league's inaugural 1997 season.
• Brandon Aiyuk Reinstatement Filing: As reported by The San Francisco Standard, wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk—who has not played since tearing knee ligaments in October 2024, has been on the 49ers’ reserve/left squad list since December 2025, and has 3 open traffic cases—hired agent Drew Rosenhaus, submitted reinstatement paperwork ahead of the November 10 (Nov. 10) trade deadline, and plans to report to the 49ers’ facility on Friday.