CA ABX124

Redesignates the Metropolitan Transportation Commission as the Bay Area Transportation Commission, effective January 1, 2017

Changes commission from 21 appointed members to elected commissioners by district, with each district containing approximately 750,000 residents electing one commissioner, except districts with toll bridges elect two commissioners

Requires initial commissioner elections in 2016, with elected commissioners taking office January 1, 2017

Merges the Bay Area Toll Authority into the Bay Area Transportation Commission, eliminating its status as a separate entity

Expresses legislative intent that district boundaries be drawn by a citizens' redistricting commission and that commissioner campaigns be publicly financed