BART on Wednesday said that Lateefah Simon can remain in her seat representing parts of the East Bay and San Francisco following backlash over the transit agency’s attempt to remove Simon due…
. Simon moved from her home in Richmond in May 2021 due to safety concerns. She said BART staff at the time assured her that the address – adjacent to the MacArthur BART station – was within her district. BART General Manager Bob Powers later said the mixup appeared to be due to “bad advice.”
“At first our inside counsel told us it was very clear that the seat was vacated because she had moved out of the district and nobody disputed that part,” Saltzman said in a phone call. “But outside counsel has made it clear that there needs to be some actual action by somebody, whether it’s the board or the court to vacate that seat.”
Meanwhile, the Alameda County Taxpayers’ Association, said they are prepared to sue to remove Simon if the board does not take action in the coming weeks. Debora Allen, a BART board director, who has clashed with Simon over BART policing issues, said she is waiting for a complete legal review of the situation. She said the situation is complicated by BART’s redistricting process that alters the District 7 borders but she would support removing Simon if the legal analysis finds that she has vacated the seat.
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