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Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 1h

Today 33 East Bay elected officials called on AC Transit Board to censure Director Joel Young for substantiated gender-based harassment. AC Transit faces challenges that require a rider focus. That's not possible while Young's misconduct goes unaddressed. Letter: drive.google.com/file/d/1CUpO...

Letter calling on the AC Transit Board to censure Director Joel Young.

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Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Today while walking for @votemjforec.bsky.social I was reminded of the importance of canvassing door to door for local candidates. tl;dr I dispelled a lot of misinformation from Nextdoor and convinced the voter to vote for MJ for El Cerrito City Council and put up a yard sign.

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Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

We visited Powell’s this summer and bought our kid a book. When we got home from Portland, she got worried we had forgotten to return a library book. She was sure that a large place with so many books was a library. It took me a while to convince her we had bought the book and she could keep it.

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Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

If you’re considering supporting Prop 45 or know any undecided folks, read this thread and share it. Prop 45 would do so much more harm than good, increasing vehicle miles traveled and wrecking our climate. We still need more CEQA reform, but this is not the way.

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Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Ran into El Cerrito City Council candidate @votemjforec.bsky.social campaigning at El Cerrito Plaza BART. Love supporting a candidate who gets around via transit and biking, and who’s spending so much time talking with voters.

MJ Jawili speaking with a voter on BART platform, both of them standing with bikes

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Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Had a fantastic last day of Transit Month! I rode @bart.gov and @rideact.bsky.social for commuting, and @sfbayferry.com Woodstock water shuttle from Jack London to Alameda for lunch with the @bikeeastbay.bsky.social team. 🚄🚍⛴️❤️

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Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This bill will have a HUGE impact for safety and for the future of e-bikes! So many complaints from individuals and media about e-bikes are actually about illegal e-motos. SB 1167 will get unsafe e-motos off our streets and paths and get riders onto legal, safe e-bikes or acoustic bikes instead.

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Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Our advocacy team is the best! If you are looking to get more engaged in bike advocacy, this is an incredible opportunity. Check out the job description and spread the word.

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 29/09/2026

Gas prices have risen dramatically this year. For the typical driver, that's $65 more spent on gas monthly. If you're a typical F-150 driver in states like Alabama, Kansas, Mississippi, or Missouri, you're spending >$350 a month on gas now. We've got to give people other options.

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Rising Gas Prices Are Punishing Household Finances. Policymakers Should Invest in Transit to Reduce Household Costs.

Amid months of rising gas prices, a typical driver now spends $65 more on fuel each month today than they did a year ago.

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Adriana Valencia for AC Transit Ward 3 2026 @valencia4actransit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is why I'm running to be your representative on @rideact.bsky.social's Board of Directors, Ward 3. I believe that the bus should be a viable commuting option in the East Bay, and not an option-of-last-resort that leaves people stranded.

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Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

What’s extra absurd about this is that in my 12 years on the BART Board - heading a rail agency - no BART director ever attended an out of country rail conference. If AC Transit directors really want to attend rail conferences, there are plenty in the US.

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Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Wow, looks like the AC Transit Board doesn’t want to hear from us. Email instead calling for censure of Director Young: www.actransit.org/form/contact...

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Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Tonight at 5pm! Please respond if you’re able to join us. This is so important to me that I’ll be joining via Zoom in Anaheim, at the Cal Cities conference. Can you take 10 minutes to join by Zoom to urge the AC Transit Board to censure Director Young for substantiated gender-based harassment?

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Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Or you could just ride a bus to BART (or to any other transit agency) and get up to $2.85 deducted from the fare immediately, not a future credit like this is. I’ve been using the free transfers from BART to AC Transit a lot for Transit Month. Those discounts add up!

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Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The AC Transit Board has refused to hold Director Young accountable so let’s make some noise and urge them to censure him. Join me to make public comment at the AC Transit Board meeting tomorrow, Wednesday at 5 pm, 1600 Franklin St, Oakland or on Zoom: actransit.legistar.com/MeetingDetai...

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Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Cyrus is right! The SPUR report is fantastic and also, it WILL get worse if RTM doesn't pass. If it fails, there will likely be no BART within ~3 years. Massive service cuts -> massive ridership decline -> revenue loss -> more cuts -> cycle continues... We must pass the regional transit measure!

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Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The only way to safeguard communities from Flock data misuse is to drop Flock. I hope Oakland will join El Cerrito and Albany in ending their contract when it is up next year.

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Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

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Marc Hedlund @marcprecipice.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The people providing life-saving gender-affirming care in the current political environment are absolute heroes. It is incredibly shameful that @governor.ca.gov would veto a bill to protect them at this time of huge need. I have nothing but contempt for his decision here.

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John Lloyd @boyonabike62.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Newsom’s car brain is so infuriating. - vetoed safety stop-as-yield (aka Idaho Stop) twice on spurious reasons. - cut active transportation in each budget (restored by legislature). - transferred e-bike rebate money to EV car rebate program.

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Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

So glad that not a single Bike East Bay donor has ever asked me how many bike lanes their donation would get built. Ned is right, advocacy is not linear and doesn’t work that way. There are so many more meaningful ways to assess advocacy impact.

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Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Next week, League of California Cities will vote on a reactionary resolution put forward by a few cities to support development of a constitutional amendment to overturn much of the state legislature's authority on housing. El Cerrito City Council unanimously voted to oppose. 🧵

1. A RESOLUTION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES
CALLING FOR A WORKING GROUP TO CONSIDER A STATE CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT OR OTHER FORM OF INITIATIVE TO ENSURE FINAL LOCAL AUTHORITY OVER
HOUSING AND LAND USE DECISIONS
Source: City of Murrieta
Concurrence of five or more cities/city officials
Cities/city officials: City of Banning; City of Calimesa; City of Canyon Lake; City of Moreno
Valley; City of Norco; City of Torrance; Crystal Ruiz, Mayor, City of San Jacinto; Jessica
Alexander, Mayor, City of Temecula
Referred to: Housing, Community, and Economic Development Policy Committee
WHEREAS, California cities have historically been responsible for adopting general
plans and zoning regulations, reviewing housing development proposals, and providing or
coordinating the streets, water, wastewater, public safety, parks, transportation, and other
infrastructure and services necessary to support responsible, environmentally sound, and
well-planned residential growth; and
WHEREAS, the League of California Cities is dedicated to protecting and expanding
local control for municipalities across the state to ensure their orderly growth and
development; and
WHEREAS, the League of California Cities recognizes that local zoning is a primary
function of cities and an essential component of home rule, and that a city’s general plan...
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the General Assembly of the League of California Cities, assembled during the Annual Conference in Anaheim, California, on
September 25, 2026, that the League of California Cities support the development and
advancement of a state constitutional amendment or other legislative, policy, or ballotbased
strategies that restore and strengthen local authority over housing and land use
matters within municipal boundaries, including general plans, housing elements, zoning,
density, design and development standards, project siting, and the approval or denial of
housing development applications; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that any constitutional amendment or alternative strategy
should preserve the State’s authority to establish broad statewide housing goals and
enforce constitutional and civil rights, fair housing requirements, building and life-safety
standards, and generally applicable environmental protections, while protecting cities
from state actions that compel, through funding conditions or state law, the approval of
housing developments that are inconsistent with locally adopted requirements; override
local zoning or density standards; or invalidate locally adopted housing or land use
decisions when a city has planned in good faith to accommodate its regional housing
needs allocation and maintains adequate capacity for housing at all income levels; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the League of California Cities consider establishing a
statewide working group or other appropriate committee(s) to evaluate and develop a
proposed constitutional amendment or other legislative, policy, or ballot-based strategies
to restore and strengthen local authority over housing and land use matters including but
limited to: conducting appropriate legal, fiscal, and policy analyses; engaging cities and
other stakeholders; and building a statewide coalition of proponent supporters in
preparation for; the November 2030 General Election, or within another reasonable time
frame as determined by the working group.

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Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I’m flying to Anaheim next week, and I’d so much rather take BART to high speed rail to Metrolink. It probably would only take an hour more, would be a much better experience, and I wouldn’t have to worry about my flights getting canceled. We need high speed rail yesterday.

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dereksagehorn.bsky.social @dereksagehorn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Letter to the Chron from @josh.hawn.xyz on this topic.

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Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

That third vote is so important! I joined the BART Board as an outsider, but critically I was the third outsider, joining Radulovich and Raburn. Though we were still the minority, we frequently pulled together majority votes. And then we helped elect allies and became the rider focused majority.

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Robert Prinz @prinzrob.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Some people think all that we work on at @bikeeastbay.bsky.social are protected bikeways, b/c that's what gets media attention. But we also obsess over the minute details of painted bike lanes, trails, & bike boulevards to get as much as possible out of every project.

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Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

AC Transit and Director Joel Young thought they could sweep his harassment under the rug by hiding it and then lying about it. No way were we going to let that happen. Young isn’t fit for office, and since his colleagues won’t hold him accountable, voters must. www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

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AC Transit director harassed female colleague, investigation finds

AC Transit Director Joel Young, a candidate in the November Ward 3 election, was investigated for a complaint of unwanted physical contact against a female director.

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Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Read this whole thread for a reminder of many of the terrible things Joel Young has done while serving on the AC Transit Board. And then donate to or volunteer for @valencia4actransit.bsky.social, a fantastic transit-dependent candidate who's running against Joel. www.valenciaforactransit.com

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Adriana Valencia for AC Transit • Ward 3

Adriana Valencia is a frequent transit rider, community transit advocate and product manager running for AC Transit in Ward 3. Unable to drive because of a vision disability, Adriana relies on public ...

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Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

sfchronicle.com

AC Transit director harassed female colleague, investigation finds

AC Transit Director Joel Young, a candidate in the November Ward 3 election, was investigated for a complaint of unwanted physical contact against a female director.

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Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

AC Transit & Director Joel Young thought they could sweep his harassment under the rug by hiding it and then lying about it. No way were we going to let that happen. Young isn’t fit for office, and since his colleagues won’t hold him accountable, voters must. www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

sfchronicle.com

AC Transit director harassed female colleague, investigation finds

AC Transit Director Joel Young, a candidate in the November Ward 3 election, was investigated for a complaint of unwanted physical contact against a female director.

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Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I got rid of my car ~20 years ago, shifting to a 1 car household with my girlfriend, now wife. If we had continued w/2 cars, we couldn’t have afforded to buy our current home or rent our last one. And there’s no way we could have afforded childcare. Moving to 1 car absolutely changed our lives.

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Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Our cats were particularly photogenic today 😻

Gray and white cat sleeping in a pile of stuffed animals

Black and white cat and gray and white cat sleeping together in front of a window

Black and white cat sleeping in front of a window

Gray and white cats in a window box, both looking at camera. Siamese is standing, tongue out.

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Adriana Valencia for AC Transit Ward 3 2026 @valencia4actransit.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

What @rideact.bsky.social needs to have: an unwavering focus on the user experience. Bus reliability needs to be evaluated at every single board meeting, not as an abstract once every 6 months. When enough buses are cancelled or delayed, bus transportation becomes the option of last resort.

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Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The El Cerrito City Council will vote Tuesday on a Halloween Block Party Pilot Program. This program was inspired by conversations I had with parents last Halloween on Elm Street…

Photo of people trick or treating and crossing a street at night.

Text: El Cerrito City Council will vote Tuesday on a Halloween Block Party Pilot Program.

This program was inspired by conversations I had with parents last Halloween on Elm Street.

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Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Last year we met a ball python and its owner at the Solano Stroll. Our animal loving kid held it around her neck and was so happy! Amazingly, we ran into the same python today in the middle of a festival with tens of thousands of people (and as far as I know, just one python).

My kid holding a ball python around her neck, smiling, a year ago

My kid holding a ball python around her neck, smiling, today

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Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The El Cerrito City Council will vote Tuesday on a Halloween Block Party Pilot Program. This program was inspired by conversations I had with parents last Halloween on Elm Street…

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Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

My wife and I lived in a gorgeous and ridiculously spacious subdivided Victorian in Oakland for 8 years. While we loved it, we had to move when we were expecting because we couldn’t bring a baby into a home w/ faulty electricity, no insulation, and where appliances were sometimes broken for months.

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Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

After sitting at a computer for nearly two days straight, it was so lovely to go out for a neighborhood walk to Yaoya-San, an incredible Japanese grocery store. And surprisingly they still had tons of sushi left so I now have dinner covered. (They usually run out of sushi early afternoon.)

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Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Thanks so much Jean and everyone who’s advocated for addressing the AC Transit reliability crisis. This is exciting progress AND we need to keep up the focus until reliability dramatically improves.

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Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Last night our neighboring city Albany voted to drop Flock, following El Cerrito’s vote in May. There will now be a continuous Flock free area and I’m hopeful our two small towns are starting a wave that will spread through the East Bay and beyond. Thanks to all the advocates who made this happen!

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Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

An incredibly well thought out and informed public comment about the AC Transit reliability crisis. If you're considering submitting a comment to the AC Transit Board, I recommend clicking and reading this, especially this portion, which shows how dire the situation is post-Realign service cuts:

Riders were asked to accept less frequency in exchange for reliability. Yet district data shows Service Operated was about 98.5 percent immediately before Realign in 2025. By July 2026, it had fallen to 89.93 percent. This is the second-lowest monthly result in all of AC Transit’s published KPI data. At the system average, a regular weekday rider has gone from encountering fewer than one dropped trip a month to about one every week.

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Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Such a beautiful day today! My family spent the morning at Miller/Knox, one of our favorite regional parks. The Bay and the views beyond are phenomenal, plus there are old railroad tracks that are fun to walk on and a railroad pier relic.

The Bay with lots of sailboats, Richmond Bridge in the distance

The Bay with one sailboat. In the distance, Oakland skyline, Port cranes, Bay Bridge, and San Francisco skyline

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Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

East Bay Bicycle Coalition (now @bikeeastbay.bsky.social) formed in 1972 largely to advocate for bikes on BART. Bike East Bay’s office was the busiest hub in the entire Bay Area to pick up and drop off @connectbayarea.bsky.social petitions. Bike advocates ARE transit advocates.

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Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Spent the morning knocking doors and talking with voters with @votemjforec.bsky.social, who’s running for El Cerrito City Council. It was so much fun sharing MJ’s positive vision for the city and hearing from folks I chatted with about the issues that are most important to them.

Me and MJ Jawili, smiling and holding literature and clipboards

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Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

My kid saw my photos of the views from the top of the Hillside Natural Area last night and insisted we hike up together tonight. It was an even better hike together. ❤️🌅

My kid hiking in Hillside Natural Area, looking back at sunset and Bay

Shadows of my daughter and I in the Natural Area

View of sunset over El Cerrito, Bay and Golden Gate Bridge in background, gorgeous clouds

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Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Central and Eastern Contra Costa will be amongst the areas most impacted if BART slashes service and ultimately shuts down. No investment in the Caldecott Tunnel, no matter the size, can address this. We must pass Measure RTM, since our state prioritizes highways over transit.

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Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Had such a fun family walking and bus outing today that I highly recommend for Transit Month for anyone near the Ohlone Greenway. We walked/scooted from El Cerrito down the Greenway to eat lunch and shop on Solano, and we rode the 72M back home. Bonus: our kid loved climbing the Albany sign.

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