“Californians would face the largest net tax increase, at $12.1 billion in 2027 alone.... used to partly fund the tax cuts flowing to other parts of the country.” https://itep.org/house-tax-plan-offers-an-exceptionally-bad-deal-for-california-new-york-new-jersey-and-maryland/ …
They don’t have money? The federal govt is biased toward cars and highways more than fixed line rail. Californians only just approved their first gas tax increase in about two decades and Dems almost lost their supermajority because of it. BART is at the end of its cars lifespans