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Alameda County — California Governor Gavin Newsom last week appointed BART’s assistant inspector general to the agency’s top Inspector General (IG) position, promoting a veteran auditor to the task of
San Francisco Mayor London Breed and Grammy winner Carlos Santana helped dedicate a new mural in the city’s Mission District on Friday, depicting the famous...
June 11, 2021 10:00 am · 17 comments The BART Board of Directors approved a $1.019 billion budget Thursday, with board members expressing optimism about the agency’s potential to rebound as the pandemic recedes. The balanced fiscal year 2022 budget is $104 million more than the one the agency approved for fiscal year 2021, which spans from July 1, 2020, to June 30, 2021. It’s also buoyed by $386 million in federal relief funding, according to BART budget officials, $75 million more than the federal funding total in the FY 2021 budget. “It’s been an extremely challeng...
Federal relief funding is expected to cover BART's previously projected budget deficit, preventing the transit agency from having to lay off staff or reduce service, the agency's budget officials said at the board meeting last week.