IN A LITTLE BIT. >>> WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU TOOK BART OF SF MUNI? IF IT'S BEEN AWHILE, YOU ARE NOT ALONE. THAT'S WHY ADVOCATES ARE ASKING STATE LEADERS TO FUNNEL MONEY TO TRANSPORTATION. AS AGENCIES TRY TO LURE BACK PASSENGERS. BEFORE ALL OF THAT BEGAN TODAY, A MEMORIAL FOR TRANSIT. CHRISSY SMITH. >> WE ARE GATHERING HERE TODAY. OUR FRIENDS FROM THE EAST BAY HAVE JUST ARRIVED FROM THEIR FUNERAL MARCH AND RALLY, AND WE'RE GOING TO GATHER HERE AND MARCH TOGETHER IN A FUNERAL PROCESSION TO CIVIC CENTER. >> Reporter: TRANSIT ADVOCATED GATHERED IN SAN FRANCISCO THIS AFTERNOON AND MARCHED. >> WE'RE HAVING A FUNERAL FOR PUBLIC TRANSIT, BECAUSE THE STATE HAS NOT PROVIDED ENOUGH FUNDING TO KEEP TRANSIT AGENCIES AFLOAT AT THE SERVICE LEVELS THAT WE HAVE BEEN RUNNING. >> Reporter: THEY EXPLAIN THAT DURING THE PANDEMIC, TRANSIT KEPT ESSENTIAL WORKERS GETTING TO WORK. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT STEBED IN WITH AID TO HELP KEEP THINGS GOING, BUT THAT MONEY IS RUNNING OUT. >> AND TRANSIT RIDERSHIP LEVELS ARE NOT BACK TO WHERE THEY NEED TO BE TO FILL THOSE FUNDING OPERATIONAL GAPS. THEY NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME, A YEAR, TWO YEARS, TO BRING RIDERSHIP BACK, AND FIGURE OUT THE FUNDING. >> Reporter: THEY GATHERED FOR A RALLY AND TALKED ABOUT WHAT'S AT STAKE WITH PROPOSED STATE BUDGETS. NEAR CITY HALL, ELECTED LEADERS AND OTHERS JOINED. >> MUNI IS IN BETTER SHAPE THAN BART IS, BUT WE FACE A FISCAL CLIFF IN 2025. THAT'S THE EQUIVALENT OF ABOUT 20 MUNI BUS LINES THAT WE WILL EITHER NEED TO CUT OR FIND ANOTHER WAY OF FUNDING IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE MAINTAINING THOSE SERVICES. >> I AM NOW MORE OPTIMISTIC THAN I WAS THAT WE WILL GET THIS SOLVED, AND BOTH HOUSES OF THE LEGISLATURE HAVE SAID THEY WANT TO SOLVE THIS, AND WE NOW NEED TO WORK IT OUT WITH THE GOVERNOR. >> Reporter: STATE SENATOR SCOTT WIENER ADDRESSED THE CROWD. >> WE KNOW HOW TO SOLVE THIS, THIS IS SOLVABLE. WE NEED ABOUT A BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR FOR FIVE YEARS, THAT IS ABSOLUTELY DOABLE IN THE STATE BUDGET. AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP FIGHTING OVER THE LAST WEEK THAT WE HAVE TO GET THIS DONE. >> Reporter: THERE WAS ALSO DISCUSSION ABOUT GOING TO THE BAT LO IN THE FUTURE WITH A
