BART Paid Consultants to Say Fare Evasion Didn't Matter — Then Lost the Receipt
Now they want a new tax, and can't find the invoice for the "equity" report they commissioned to argue enforcing fares was pointless
BART is facing twin scandals: it can't produce the invoice for a consultant report it commissioned arguing fare enforcement was pointless — even as it pursues a new tax measure — and an encampment fire it knew about but failed to clear shut down the Transbay Tube for over 12 hours last month. Meanwhile, Tom Steyer is running for governor on a property tax pitch built around inflated numbers and a rebranded 1978 Democratic law he's calling the "Trump Tax Loophole."
Now they want a new tax, and can't find the invoice for the "equity" report they commissioned to argue enforcing fares was pointless
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