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Bay Area Voters Back $980MM Regional Transit Tax and S.F. Muni Parcel Tax in Early Returns
Bay Area voters appear to have approved both a five-county sales tax worth about $980 million a year for BART, Caltrain, Muni, AC...
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Bay Area Transit Tax Measure Clinches November Ballot Spot, Setting Up $980MM Funding Fight
Connect Bay Area submitted more than 305,000 signatures for SB 63's five-county sales tax, but business and taxpayer groups are already mobilizing against...
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BART Board Votes 8-1 to Approve Contingency Blueprint for Sweeping Service Cuts, Station Closures, and Possible System Shutdown
The transit agency's alternative service plan outlines three escalating phases of reductions — including the elimination of 1,170 jobs — if voters reject...
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BART Faces Existential Budget Crisis, Warns of Closing 15 Stations and Slashing Service Without Voter-Backed Sales Tax
The transit agency is running a $376 million annual deficit driven by post-pandemic ridership that remains at roughly half of pre-COVID levels, and...
