The SacRT Board of Directors will meet Monday, December 9, 4:00 PM, at 1102 Q St, 4th Floor, Suite 4600, Sacramento. Agenda. Public comment is in person at the meeting, on agenda items, or 'matters not on the agenda'. Comments may also be made by email to boardcomments@sacrt.com, before 1:00 PM on the day of … Continue reading SacRT Board 2024-12-09
Category: SacRT Governance
SacRT Board 2024-10-14
The SacRT Board of Directors will meet today, Monday, October 14, at 4:00 PM. The meeting is at the new location, 1102 Q St, 4th Floor, Suite 4600, Sacramento, which is one block from the 13th Street light rail station. Public comment, on agenda items or 'matters not on the agenda' may be made in … Continue reading SacRT Board 2024-10-14
SacRT board meetings move
The SacRT board meetings will move to 1102 Q St, 4th Floor, Suite 4600, Sacramento, CA with the August 26 meeting. Most SacRT offices have moved to this new location, and 1400 29th St is being phased out. This location is one block from the 13th Street Light Rail Station, so has good transit access. … Continue reading SacRT board meetings move
AB 1924 board governance mistake
AB 1924, Sacramento Regional Transit District, lead author Nguyen, has apparently passed the Assembly and the Senate, and is awaiting Assembly confirmation of amendments. It is not clear whether there will be any committee meetings at which the public can comment. AB 1924, when introduced, was just about cleaning up some language related to annexation … Continue reading AB 1924 board governance mistake
RydeFreeRT status
The City of Sacramento FY 2024-2025 budget, to be adopted at the June 11 council meeting, includes $250K for the RydeFreeRT program. The original proposal from City Manager Howard Chan was to withdraw from the program completely, but Mayor Darrel Steinberg requested that $250K be retained for the free student fares. Councilmember Mai Vang might … Continue reading RydeFreeRT status
AB 1924 for SacRT annexation
Assemblymember Stephanie Nguyen (District 10) introduced AB 1924: Sacramento Regional Transit District, on January 25, and amended March 6. Co-authors include Assembly members Heath Flora (District 9), Josh Hoover (District 7), and Kevin McCarty (District 6), and Senate members Angelique Ashby (District 8) and Roger Niello (District 6). The legislation would amend Public Utilities Code … Continue reading AB 1924 for SacRT annexation
SacRT Board meeting March 11
The SacRT Board of Directors meeting will be this coming Monday, March 11, 2024, starting at 4:30PM. The agenda does not appear to include anything earthshaking or controversial. The public can attend the meeting in person, at SacRT Headquarters, 1400 29th St, or view it online via YouTube during the meeting, or afterwards on cable. … Continue reading SacRT Board meeting March 11
SacRT Board votes to reduce representation for Sac City and Sac County
Note: The table below, showing board members and voting percentage compared to population, was updated to include the City of Sacramento proposal by board member Rick Jennings, option 5. Though this proposal was described in the text, it was not included in the table. The city proposal chart, included in the board agenda item, is … Continue reading SacRT Board votes to reduce representation for Sac City and Sac County
SacRT Board 2024-02-26
The agenda for the SacRT Board of Directors meeting on Monday, February 26, 2024, has been posted. STAR recommends that the public attend board meetings from time to time. Except for rare occasions when a particularly controversial item comes up, meetings are usually poorly attended, so the board and staff often goes off in their … Continue reading SacRT Board 2024-02-26
STAR opposes SacRT board voting proposal
The upcoming February 26, 2024 SacRT board meeting has agenda item 7.2 on board composition and voting. Sacramento Transit Advocates and Riders (STAR) opposes the motion because it locks in the current one seat-one vote voting mechanism, which STAR believes is flawed. All three options maintain this pattern. STAR believes that: SacRT board voting should … Continue reading STAR opposes SacRT board voting proposal
Sacramento Transit Advocates and Riders (STAR) 