California cities are extracting $300 million annually in fees from affordable housing projects—money that could have funded 1,250 additional homes for low-income families each year, according to a new UC Berkeley study. Meanwhile, BART is threatening to shut down 10 stations and end service at 9 PM unless voters approve a bailout tax in November, despite spending $96 million on overtime abuse in 2023 alone. These aren't isolated problems—they're symptoms of a government that taxes poverty to fund parks, holds commuters hostage instead of fixing corruption, and burns through record revenues while still running $18 billion deficits.
Instead of fixing endemic graft, overtime abuse, and union-protected waste, they're holding your commute hostage for a November tax bailout.
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