Transit Tax Conversation Guide
If we pass the Regional Transit Tax (RTM), we lock in 14 years of funding for a system built for a world that's gone.
Taxpayer subsidies per Bay Area transit trip have grown 2.75x in ten years — from $3.53 to $9.69 — even as ridership across BART, Muni, AC Transit, Caltrain, and VTA remains down 37% from 2019. This November's Regional Transit Measure locks in that same cost structure for 14 more years, no reforms required. This guide breaks down the numbers, and begins to make the case for a better path forward.
Ethnic Studies Conversation Guide
If your district adopts ethnic studies, it will almost certainly be the activist model — unless parents weigh in first.
Most Bay Area districts that offer ethnic studies have adopted the Liberated model — built around critiquing systems of power — while others don’t offer a course at all. Few realize there's a second option: a Constructive model built around structured debate between viewpoints. This guide helps you recognize which one your district may be teaching — and speak up for what it should look like.