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In 2022 #BART hailed renting out a suburban commuter parking lot to showcase two sheds that were pitched as #TinyHomes ... An agency press release touted the display with a headline that made it sound like agency endorsed the revolutionary concept: “BART rents portion of Castro Valley Station parking lot to company combating housing crisis through ADUs.”

Now cash strapped agency wants 16 #parking spaces back and seeks $150k from defunct #ADU #builder that quietly went out of business

https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/bart-parking-lot-building-22319330.php?&utm_campaign=article-share&hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2ZjaHJvbmljbGUuY29tL2JheWFyZWEvYXJ0aWNsZS9iYXJ0LXBhcmtpbmctbG90LWJ1aWxkaW5nLTIyMzE5MzMwLnBocA%3D%3D&time=MTc4MjU3OTgzNzIyMA%3D%3D&rid=ZjljNDRhNGYtMDYwOC00MzUwLTkxMjgtZGU5NWQ0ZDg1Mzg #BayArea #Transit #GiftLnk

Due to #GovShutdown 175,000 #Alameda County residents are set to lose #SNAP benefits assistance affecting thousands of #FoodStamps recipients, as national tally exceeds 41 million , in 22 million households, equating to almost 12% of #USA population.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/10/28/alameda-county-buffers-against-snap-cuts-with-10-million-infusion/?share=r1a0mmylmsno2lnwrnnu #GiftLnk #Economy

#SantaClara #Calfornia long set to host 6 #WorldCup soccer games, has new worries over threats by yammering #Drumpf bluster flab to forcbly move games out of ‘unsafe’ #RadicalLeft metro areas . Local leaders dismissed the remarks, but #President insists he'll "absolutely" move #FIFA games if he feels like it.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/09/26/trump-world-cup-san-francisco-unsafe-crime-santa-clara/?share=amrmcfccrrwpacpryeaa #GiftLnk #SharedStory #IdleThreats

#SantaClara #Calfornia long set to host 6 #WorldCup soccer games, has new worries over threats by yammering #Drumpf bluster flab to forcbly move games out of ‘unsafe’ #RadicalLeft metro areas . Local leaders dismissed the remarks, but #President insists he'll "absolutely" move #FIFA games if he feels like it.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/09/26/trump-world-cup-san-francisco-unsafe-crime-santa-clara/?share=amrmcfccrrwpacpryeaa #GiftLnk #SharedStory #IdleThreats

#DJT removes the head of #ICE he appointed last month after numbers of daily #deportees decline.

Agency staff of #HomelandSecurity learn about changes via #WSJ article and other random media reports. No successor has been officially named as of yet...

https://wapo.st/41rGWAI #GiftLnk #Immigration #LawEnforcement #USGov

#DJT removes the head of #ICE he appointed last month after numbers of daily #deportees decline.

Agency staff of #HomelandSecurity learn about changes via #WSJ article and other random media reports. No successor has been officially named as of yet...

https://wapo.st/41rGWAI #GiftLnk #Immigration #LawEnforcement #USGov