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Sarah Syed

@sarahsyed.bsky.social
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Dog Lover, AC Transit Board Member, Trail runner, Student Teacher

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Sarah Syed @sarahsyed.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Tacos + transit 🌮🚌 What more could you want on a Saturday? I’ll be taking the 54 🚌 to Fruitvale and joining today’s Tempo Line Taco Tour down International Blvd. Come ride (and eat!) with us!
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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...
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 · 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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Cyrus Hall @cyrushall.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Chronicle gets it: the Bay Area will not work without public transit. We must pass the Regional Transit Measure, else we're looking at a future that may not have BART at all, and that will see drastic cuts to other services.
sfchronicle.com
Endorsement: The Bay Area cannot function without public transit. Yes on the Regional Transit Measure
OPINION: Basic geometry dictates that there are too many of us living in too narrow confines for everyone to drive. The Bay Area needs its transit systems solvent, the editorial board writes.
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Sarah Syed @sarahsyed.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
BART’s down, AC Transit saves the day! Taking the 45 to the Oakland Roots game instead of paying $45 for parking. 🚌⚽️@oaklandroots.bsky.social @rideact.bsky.social
Two people wait for the bus to the soccer game
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Jean Walsh @therealjeanwalsh.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
My motion passed unanimously to get rider-centric data to the board on a monthly basis regarding reliability issues/cancelled buses. This is a great start. Thank you everyone for speaking up! ✊✊✊
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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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Sarah Syed @sarahsyed.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
New in @oaklandside: Oakland's Tempo 🚌 line just lost millions in funding because @airresources.bsky.social caved to the oil industry and blew a hole in funding transit riders were already promised.👇https://oaklandside.org/2026/09/02/california-carbon-trade-program-changes-defunds-oakland-rapid-bus/
oaklandside.org
Oakland’s rapid Tempo line set to lose millions in cap-and-trade dollars
15 state legislators, including Rep. Wicks, said changes to California's cap-and-trade program could derail climate goals and starve transit of funds.
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Sarah Syed @sarahsyed.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Join me this morning at 9 on @kqedforum.bsky.social talking with @azul415.bsky.social about who Clipper 2.0 is actually working for, and why some of the riders who need it most are still being left behind. We'll be taking listener questions live, call in or tune in. www.kqed.org/forum/201010...
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KQED Investigates Botched Clipper 2.0 Launch | KQED
KQED’s Azul Dahlstrom-Eckman joins us to talk about his investigation into what went wrong.
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Laurel in Transit @laurelintransit.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
"The freedom to move with dignity is not a convenience – it is a prerequisite for full participation in society." Thanks to @replsimon.bsky.social for speaking up with us against the Trump administration's rollback of civil rights protections in transportation. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Public transit is a lifeline for countless Americans. Trump is derailing our protections | Lateefah Simon and Guillermo Mayer
The US will no longer hold transportation agencies accountable for unintentional discrimination. That’s devastating for those of us who depend on it
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Sarah Syed @sarahsyed.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
The fossil fuel industry pressured CA’s Air Resources Board and the Board caved, taking away billions from transit riders, people who need affordable housing & clean water & giving it to an oil industry raking in windfall profits 👎 The Legislature must respond to this end run around them...
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Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Inspired by today’s rally opposing the California Air Resources Board’s proposed cuts to public transit and affordable housing funding, giving oil companies a free pass to pollute instead. Learn more and find out how to take action for the vote tomorrow: sf.streetsblog.org/2026/05/27/b...
100 folks rally in front of SF City Hall, holding banners and BART trains Me and many other activists on the steps of the state building, calling Governor Newsom   Photo by Roger Rudick at SF Streetsblog
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Transbay Coalition @transbaycoalition.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
While Bay Area transit supporters have been doing our best to collect the signatures needed to get a $1B transit funding measure on the ballot, Gavin Newsom's CARB appointees are prepping to vote TO TAKE BILLIONS FROM public transit actionnetwork.org/events/emerg... www.kqed.org/news/1208484...
actionnetwork.org
Emergency Rally to Tell Gov Newsom Don't Rob Transit and Housing to Fund Giveaways to Big Oil
This week, Governor Newsom’s appointees are planning on taking billions of dollars AWAY from public transit and affordable housing programs in order to give big polluters like Chevron permission to co...
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Cyrus Hall @cyrushall.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
The regional transit measure is well on the way to the ballot this November. A massive advocate signature gathering effort - over 1,000 people! - generated (pretty sure) a record 77,100 signatures of the 305,000 total. It would have been very close on timing and qualification without that effort.
kqed.org
Campaign to Fund Bay Area Transit Smashes Signature Gathering Goal | KQED
The campaign needed around 186,000 signatures to qualify a sales tax for the November ballot. It planned to submit over 300,000.
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Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
72 should have 5 minute frequencies in the East Bay. We can make this happen. First step is passing Connect Bay Area measure. Then next year campaign to restore 72R. And after that make bus rapid transit happen from Oakland to Richmond. BRT would spur huge ridership, housing and economic growth.
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East Bay Transit Riders Union @transitriderseb.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
We're at risk of losing a LOT of our AC Transit service. Learn more at oaklandside.org/2026/03/30/a... And help save it by collecting signatures with us to put a transit funding measure on the ballot. Events are here: luma.com/connectbayar...
oaklandside.org
AC Transit reveals doomsday budget scenarios. Entire lines could be cut
If a new tax doesn’t pass in November, one plan would cut service to two-thirds of pre-pandemic levels. Bus lines that serve fewer people, such as the 281, 19, 251, and 56, are on the chopping block.
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Bryan Culbertson 🥄 @bryanculbertson.com · 09/02/2026
One single local BRT line in Oakland (AC Transit Tempo) serves more riders than the entire VTA Light Rail system, and has a Cost Effectiveness that rivals our top *regional* transit services Bay Area should be super-funding East Bay BRT if they distributed funding based on objective metrics
SFMTA Bus	Bus	77,857,337
BART  	Heavy Rail	53,222,212
SFMTA Trolleybus	Trolleybus	46,447,945
AC Transit Local	Bus	33,931,071
SFMTA MUNI Metro	Light Rail	28,230,682
VTA Bus	Bus	22,626,518
SamTrans Bus	Bus	9,991,507
Caltrain  	Commuter Rail	7,405,005
AC Transit Tempo	Bus Rapid Transit	4,798,970
VTA Light Rail	Light Rail	4,723,010
SFMTA Cable Car	Cable Car	3,925,803
SFMTA Historic Streetcars	Streetcar Rail	3,828,113
Marin Transit Bus	Bus	2,823,735
Concord County Connection Bus	Bus	2,572,370
SF Ferry	Ferryboat	2,388,379
Golden Gate Transit Bus	Bus	1,432,232
Santa Rosa CityBus Bus	Bus	1,423,226
Golden Gate Transit Ferry	Ferryboat	1,421,356
LAVTA Wheels	Bus	1,353,810
BART eBART	Hybrid Rail	1,273,133
Tri Delta Transit Bus	Bus	1,129,025
SMART  	Commuter Rail	850,270
Sonoma County Transit Bus	Bus	744,550
AC Transit Transbay	Commuter Bus	536,641
WestCAT Bus	Bus	509,486
SolTrans Commuter Bus	Commuter Bus	491,870
SolTrans Bus	Bus	461,550
BART Airport Connector	Monorail	432,021
Napa NVTA Bus	Bus	398,093
Petaluma Transit Bus	Bus	272,852
Union City Transit Bus	Bus	269,375
AC Transit Dumbarton	Bus	197,510
Vacaville City Coach Bus	Bus	196,473
Fairfield FAST Bus	Bus	185,764
WestCAT Commuter Bus	Commuter Bus	149,525
Napa NVTA Commuter Bus	Commuter Bus	57,376WestCAT Commuter Bus	Commuter Bus	$0.61
SolTrans Commuter Bus	Commuter Bus	$0.89
BART	Heavy Rail	$1.15
Caltrain	Commuter Rail	$1.34
AC Transit Transbay	Commuter Bus	$1.48
Napa NVTA Commuter Bus	Commuter Bus	$1.49
AC Transit Dumbarton	Bus	$1.61
SF Ferry	Ferryboat	$1.71
AC Transit Tempo	Bus Rapid Transit	$1.85
SMART	Commuter Rail	$1.93
Sonoma County Transit Bus	Bus	$1.98
BART eBART	Hybrid Rail	$2.50
Marin Transit Bus	Bus	$2.58
Santa Rosa CityBus Bus	Bus	$2.67
Golden Gate Transit Ferry	Ferryboat	$2.88
LAVTA Wheels	Bus	$2.98
Napa NVTA Bus	Bus	$3.00
SFMTA Bus	Bus	$3.04
VTA Bus	Bus	$3.05
SFMTA Trolleybus	Trolleybus	$3.61
SFMTA MUNI Metro	Light Rail	$3.65
Concord County Connection Bus	Bus	$3.91
Tri Delta Transit Bus	Bus	$4.06
AC Transit Local	Bus	$4.16
Petaluma Transit Bus	Bus	$4.31
Golden Gate Transit Bus	Bus	$4.42
WestCAT Bus	Bus	$4.91
SamTrans Bus	Bus	$5.01
VTA Light Rail	Light Rail	$5.59
SolTrans Bus	Bus	$5.64
SFMTA Historic Streetcars	Streetcar Rail	$6.19
BART Airport Connector	Monorail	$6.47
Fairfield FAST Bus	Bus	$10.29
SFMTA Cable Car	Cable Car	$16.62
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Transbay Coalition @transbaycoalition.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Make a Friend (On Transit) Day is next Wednesday! Join the fun and help pass out name tags at @bart.gov @caltrain.com, bus hubs, and @sfbayferry.com terminals that morning. And who knows, an hour of your time might help spark a lifelong friendship. Check it out docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Water color flyer for Make a Friend (on Transit) Day made by Alfred Twu. It shows three friendly people sitting on transit chatting with each other, wearing name tags. Mini personifications of a smiling BART train (with name tag) a bus and a ferry are also on board engaged in conversation. In the lap of a person is a smiling Caltrain akin to a lap-dog, and another person has a tote bag with a picture of a BART car face on it.
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Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Join the Magnificent 7 bus riders group and @transitriderseb.bsky.social for a bus party celebrating AC Transit and its bus lines! On Saturday, Feb 7, ride the 7 bus from Emeryville or El Cerrito del Norte BART to meet in South Berkeley. I'll be on the El Cerrito ride. luma.com/xf1mlkou?tk=...
Super 7 Bus Party!

Photo of an AC Transit Line 7 bus stop

Text: Join bus riders, transit fans, and AC Transit Directors @ Yeti Sports Bar in South Berkeley!
Saturday, Feb 7 5-7pm
Take the 7 there.
Refreshments, swag, and door prizes!
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Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
This is terrible… AND we’re so lucky to have AC Transit directors like @therealjeanwalsh.bsky.social and @sarahsyed.bsky.social who regularly ride buses, are directly aware of problems riders face, and seek to address them. All transit board members should ride transit!
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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Huge win for transit: After a year of work, we finalized a bridge loan to avoid massive service cuts as we move toward the November regional revenue measure my legislation authorized. We’ve worked for years to stabilize these systems. This loan is a critical step toward long-term stability.
mtc.ca.gov
Agreement Reached on Loan for Bay Area Transit Agencies
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Sarah Syed @sarahsyed.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
I talked to Silvia, Jenine, & Rene, bus riders in East Oakland. They can't access free transfers & discounts. We must reform fare policy so it doesn't cost more to be poor. This is a critical equity issue that @rideact.bsky.social will take up in early 2026. If we are serious about equity...(1/4)
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Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
This is completely unacceptable! AC Transit’s hydrogen fleet has 43%-64% availability depending on model, leading to canceled bus runs and stops in the middle of service. They must address this to retain/grow riders. Transit reliability is even more important to riders than speed or frequency.
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Rachel Cohen Booth @rcobooth.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
One idea from Bogotá I can't stop thinking about: 24-hour mobile child care for parents working night shifts — bus drivers, recyclers who sort trash before dawn. Or child care that comes to a college student on exam day, or to a workplace that pays for it and gets a tax break
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Sarah Syed @sarahsyed.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
New Clipper benefits provide incredible savings if you can access them. 👏 👏👏 But many riders who rely on AC Transit 🚌 pay cash 💵 and miss out. I'm pushing for a fairer system because everyone deserves the same access to savings. #FairFares
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Cyrus Hall @cyrushall.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
It seems bad that only $668 million of California's $31 billion transportation budget is for public transit capital projects next year. HSR gets another $798 million. $1.45 billion out of $31 billion. It's a hidden form of climate arson.
lao.ca.gov
The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Transportation
In this post, we summarize some of the most notable components of transportation program budgets in the 2025-26 spending plan.
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Alfred Twu @alfredtwu.com · 26/09/2025
Wellstone Dems @wellstonedem.bsky.social had a meeting on transit funding. Regional measure in 2026 will cover the basics, but to fully restore and improve service, we also need: - State funding - Local funding measures - Shift county/state highway $ to transit 1/
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Paul Rieckhoff @rieckhoff.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
After so many shameful low points from him and for our country, this one is uniquely embarrassing and dangerous for all Americans. This is no way to speak to anyone. Especially not to an audience of world leaders who are guests of our nation and our great city of New York.
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Sarah Syed @sarahsyed.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
very troubling
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18/09/2025
A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say. This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand. All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
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Sarah Syed @sarahsyed.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
www.sarahfortransit.com/ac-transit-s...
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AC Transit says no to being a part of ICE's deportation machine
AC Transit has applied to receive a new $523,200 federal Transit Security Grant. But the fine print spells out a troubling change. In response to the outcry from the community and Board of Directors,...
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Sarah Syed @sarahsyed.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
No-cost and reduced cost transfers and open payment are basic features our region should have delivered many years ago. Inept project delivery and the lack of accountability costs people who ride transit more and lowers trust in government. We must do better. 🚆🚍🚌🚏⛴️
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
So, uh, it certainly looks like DOJ intended to file a letter to Judge Liman in MTA v. Duffy, but….it accidentally filed a letter containing its legal advice to the Department of Transportation instead storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Re: MTA v. Duffy, No. 25 Civ. 1413 (S.D.N.Y.)
Dear Erin:
We write with respect to the above-referenced litigation brought by the Metropolitan
Transportation Authority ("MTA") against the U.S. Department of Transportation ("DOT"), U.S.
Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy, the Federal Highway Administration ("FHWA"), and Executive Director of the FHWA, Gloria Shepherd, to provide you with information concerning
(1) the litigation risk that DOT faces in defending the Secretary's February 19, 2025 decision to terminate the New York City Central Business District Tolling Program ("CBDTP") agreement, and (2) a process for terminating the CBDTP agreement outside of the current litigation for DOT to consider.
As discussed below, there is considerable litigation risk in defending the Secretary's
February 19, 2025 decision against plaintiffs' claims under the Administrative Procedure Act, that the decision was contrary to law, pretextual rocedurally arbitrary and capricious, and violated due process. For the reasons outlined below, it is unlikely that Judge Liman or further courts of review will accept the argument that the CBDTP was not a statutorily authorized "value pricing" pilot under the Value Prising Pilot Program (" ar
FHWA may, however, be able to properly terminate the CBDTP value pricing pilot pursuant to established Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") regulations concerning the termination of cooperative agreements. Termination of the CBDTP agreement pursuant to these OMB regulations would still allow FHWA to end the CBDTP for the Secretary's stated reasons, but would do so as a matter of changed agency priorities rather than arguing the CBDTP was not statutorily authorized in the first instance. Importantly, DOT can seek termination of the agreement pursuant to the OMB regulations in addition to, and not in place of, defending the rationale laid out in the Secretary's letter.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Timeline cleanse 🌞
Bernie standing next to AOC holding a rally attendee’s baby with people taking pictures, laughing and smiling.
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Sarah Syed @sarahsyed.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
The AC Transit Board is deciding TONIGHT whether to proceed with a 20% fare increase originally approved in 2019. The world has changed since then and we need to re-examine the proposal to meet the current conditions.
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Alfred Twu @alfredtwu.com · 09/02/2025
Red paint makes buses go faster! New bus lane on Durant Ave in #Berkeley for @rideact.bsky.social buses! 🚌🚌🚌 @telegraphforpeople.bsky.social
Alfred wearing a flowery hat and a red Chinese style jacket, in front of a freshly painted bus laneA #7 AC Transit bus to Emeryville Amtrak stops at a bus stop with a green bus shelter
 People are crossing the street in front. In the back are highrise dorms
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 06/02/2025
Entire USAID agency worldwide was deleted by a consulting government employee with no authority to do so. It’s a constitutional crisis that puts US national security at risk and normies won’t get this until legacy media says this clearly and loudly.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Again, this is obviously illegal & unconstitutional, as with all the other obviously illegal & unconstitutional things that should have ended his presidency this week. And again, people (the institutions are made up of people) will have to stop violating their oaths to stop him. On endless repeat:
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Cyrus Hall @cyrushall.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
It's time to modify CA ICT and turn it primarily into an ops grant program that scores proposals on mode shift impact. The current structure is pushing agencies toward risky tech with high operational overhead at the exact time there is no room for ops overhead.
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Elizabeth Sacha Baroness Cohen @alixabeth.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
This comes via @jeannekc.bsky.social and all I can say is more of this please.
California DOE statement that federal law prohibits the government from leverage grants to mandate specific instruction in schools.
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Matt @acadianrunner.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
This The degree that the right is allowed to frame the conversation is largely why we are here If they go on about DEI, reporters should specifically say "why don't you believe women, Black, Hispanics are able to do the job? Isn't that a racist/sexist position?" Spell it out and make them answer
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Veronica O. Davis @veronicaodavis.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Friends… I’ve been trying to find words all day. Safety should be the top priority for transportation. People should be able to travel home, to see friends, for work, vacation, ice skating competition, or whatever other reason.
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Sarah Syed @sarahsyed.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
The US DOT wants to require local grant recipients to cooperate with ICE and give funding preference to "communities with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average" bit.ly/DOTorder
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Sarah Syed @sarahsyed.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
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Sarah Syed @sarahsyed.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
On Wednesday, January 8, 2025 the AC Transit Board will consider censuring me. Here's what's going on and how you can stand up for strong transit leadership. www.sarahfortransit.com/defend-stron...
sarahfortransit.com
Defend Strong Transit Leadership
On Wednesday, January 8, 2025 the AC Transit Board will consider censuring me. Here's what's going on and how you can stand up for strong transit leadership.
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Bryan Culbertson 🥄 @bryanculbertson.com · 06/01/2025
You would think the top issue for the AC Transit Board President would be the collapse of AC Transit service, but instead he is focused on punishing other board members who have been working to understand the problems and work on solutions
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Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
The AC Transit Board is considering censuring Director Sarah Syed. This is pure intimidation. Please join me in speaking out at the meeting, Wednesday at 5 pm, either in person or Zoom. Details in the @transbaycoalition.bsky.social alert: actionnetwork.org/events/speak...
actionnetwork.org
Speak out at AC Transit Board Meeting to stand up against AC Transit board punishing rider-advocate Board member
On Wednesday, Jan 8th the AC Transit board is considering an overblown censure of Director Sarah Syed. Please stand up to support Director Syed for being an ally of transit riders! In 2024, Transbay ...
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