BART Compromise Offered By Supervisor

3 August 2000 - 1:30pm

Santa Clara County Supervisors offers a 25-year sales tax plan to pay for BART and other transportation improvements.

Santa Clara County Supervisors offers a 25-year sales tax plan to pay for BART and other transportation improvements.The plan would increase the money raised by the originally proposed Bay Area Rapid Transit tax from $3.8 billion over 20 years to $4.9 billion over 25 years.

Source: San Jose Mercury News, August 3, 2000
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