It operated by Red & White Fleet without subsidy, though Vallejo funded the simultaneously-opened ferry terminal.

[7] After the Bay Bridge reopened in November 1989, service between Jack London Square, Main Street Alameda, and the San Francisco Ferry Building was maintained as the Alameda/Oakland Ferry, managed by the City of Alameda and operated by Red & White Fleet with funding from local governments and Caltrans.

[9] The San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) is a government entity[10] created by the California state legislature in 2007 by Senate Bill 976.

[11] The organization is a successor to the San Francisco Bay Water Transit Authority (WTA), which the legislature established in 1999 with Senate Bill 428.

[12][13][8] WETA assumed responsibility and ownership of the SF–Oakland/Alameda and SF–Harbor Bay ferry services previously operated by the City of Alameda in May 2011 and January 2012 respectively.

[22] South San Francisco–Ferry Building service was expanded to Monday through Friday on November 3, 2014, with the Pier 41 segment dropped.

Its long-term vision also includes service from San Francisco to Antioch, Hercules, Martinez, and Treasure Island.

[39] As of early 2023, the WETA's fleet consists of seventeen vessels,[49] with one under construction at Mavrik Marine and expected to enter service in 2023.