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San Francisco’s BART Gets Lifeline as Voters Approve New Tax
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Elections San Francisco’s BART Gets Lifeline as Voters Approve New Tax The struggling public-transit system in the San Francisco Bay Area received a financial lifeline Tuesday, with voters passing a proposed sales tax to fund the region’s trains, buses and ferries. An unlikely alliance of labor unions, transit advocates and major tech companies — including Anthropic PBC and Google — supported the measure, as transit systems in the area face annual deficits of more than $800 million.
Elections
San Francisco’s BART Gets Lifeline as Voters Approve New Tax
The struggling public-transit system in the San Francisco Bay Area received a financial lifeline Tuesday, with voters passing a proposed sales tax to fund the region’s trains, buses and ferries.
An unlikely alliance of labor unions, transit advocates and major tech companies — including Anthropic PBC and Google — supported the measure, as transit systems in the area face annual deficits of more than $800 million.