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BART approves $1.2B budget, but warns cuts possible without regional funding measure
BART has approved a $1.2 billion operating budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, assuming new funding will help the transit agency avoid deep service cuts as it faces a $375 million structural deficit. The spending plan, approved Thursday by the transit agency’s Board of Directors, comes as pandemic-era emergency funds run out and […] The post BART approves $1.2B budget, but warns cuts possible without regional funding measure appeared first on Local News Matters .
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According to Local News Matters’s source item, BART approves $1.2B budget, but warns cuts possible without regional funding measure, BART has approved a $1.2 billion operating budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, assuming new funding will help the transit agency avoid deep service cuts as it faces a $375 million structural deficit. The spending plan, approved Thursday by the transit agency’s Board of Directors, comes as pandemic-era emergency funds run out and […] The post BART approves $1.2B budget, but warns cuts possible without regional funding measure appeared first on Local News Matters .
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