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Zyjay Cruz

@zyjaycruz.com
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Software Engineering and Transit Advocacy @ SJSU www.linkedin.com/in/zyjay

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Zyjay Cruz @zyjaycruz.com · 14/03/2026
Even without BayPass, we’ve been highly supportive of BART and public transit, as we’ve continued to pay out-of-pocket to get to classes, industry events, anime festivals, and speedruns. Many of our eligible students have also signed up for Clipper START in the meantime. We appreciate the support! 💙
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BART @bart.gov · 14/03/2026
We are rooting for the students! They have done a great job organizing and pushing for BayPass.
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Zyjay Cruz @zyjaycruz.com · 14/03/2026
I’m hoping for BayPass this Fall, but it’s getting very gray, with a lot of tension either way (if the fee is passed, students will hate the $5mil for athletics; failed, no BayPass). BayPass is long overdue for our campus. It’s time for SJSU to consider real, immediate, student-oriented change.
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Zyjay Cruz @zyjaycruz.com · 14/03/2026
I went to a conference this weekend with two clubs that had to collectively spend $200+ on @caltrain.com. That could’ve been covered by BayPass, and even more (BART/Muni). I attended the online CFAC meeting happening same-day on the packed-with-students train to prove a point.
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Zyjay Cruz @zyjaycruz.com · 14/03/2026
Personal thoughts: I am so tired of such a simple problem to solve being tied in with priorities that undermine student affordability and student needs. We want to ride @bart.gov for free. We commute more than other schools. We even have the best BayPass price ($25/sem, unlim BART).
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Zyjay Cruz @zyjaycruz.com · 14/03/2026
The CFAC will finalize its final recommendations to the SJSU President on March 20th. From there, the President can choose whether to approve, deny, or consider some proposed YoY allocation alternatives. All alternatives temporarily decrease and reincrease Athletics funding back to $5mil.
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Zyjay Cruz @zyjaycruz.com · 14/03/2026
Not to mention that this is literally history repeating itself, when in 2003, SJSU’s prior CFAC couldn’t pass a fee with much needed financial relief for certain departments, because it got tied to a $6 Athletics IRA fee increase with 100% of that going to Athletics. www.sjsu.edu/faculty/Bren...
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Zyjay Cruz @zyjaycruz.com · 14/03/2026
It is crazy that schools such as @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social are able to get such a standalone BayPass/transit fee passed, but our school decides not to, because taking student money to fund a budget deficit that was not our fault is more important. www.sjsu.edu/studentaffai...
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Zyjay Cruz @zyjaycruz.com · 14/03/2026
Tying BayPass, such a needed product, to filling up a 3x larger unrelated deficit, is like them dangling a carrot on a stick. Spartans want BayPass, and yet in every CFAC meeting, time and time again, it’s like talking to a brick wall, where immediate needs aren’t being considered.
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Zyjay Cruz @zyjaycruz.com · 14/03/2026
The proposed mandatory IRA fee funds BayPass, student/department initiatives, and ofc, Athletics. Opinion: it feels like SJSU admin isn’t prioritizing students: With a $3.7mil Athletics budget deficit, the primary way they want to fill it is through student tuition, rather than alternative sources.
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Zyjay Cruz @zyjaycruz.com · 14/03/2026
I am part of the Campus Fee Advisory Committee of SJSU. SJSU has been wanting BayPass for 2+ years. 67% of students who responded to the survey, forums, and feedback about the proposed IRA (instructionally-related activities) fee opposed it: with large criticism about how 55% of it funds Athletics.
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Zyjay Cruz @zyjaycruz.com · 14/03/2026
It’s been so tough for SJSU, as the campus administration repeatedly tries to bundle a $1.7mil BayPass fee that’s so desperately needed for our commuter population (that alr spends thousands on BART out-of-pocket), with an Athletics increase of $5mil to cover their budget deficit (~3x the price) 🧵
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BayPass at SJSU @baypassatsjsu.com · 21/08/2025
Are you a Spartan that hates parking? Wants UNLIMITED BART? 🚈 Caltrain? 🚇 Buses and ferries? 🚌⛴️ We are calling upon Spartans to tell San José State University President Cynthia Teniente-Matson that students want Clipper BayPass! Spartans, head to baypassatsjsu.com/yell and show your support! #sjsu
SPARTAN UP! Tell the SJSU President that YOU want BayPass!

1. Visit BayPassAtSJSU.com/yell
2. Enter your name
3. Press Send The Email and send it!

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