State Supreme Court: Transit $ can’t be raided
The state Supreme Court ruled today in favor of the California Transit Association and its member agencies, leaving intact a ruling that $3.6 billion in funds dedicated to mass transit in 2008 and 2009 should not have been taken for other uses. It’s not clear how much of the money already spent is recoverable, but this is a promising step towards restoring funding that the voters dedicated to mass transit in Proposition 42 (2002) and other measures in future years.
It’s about time that the courts stood up and made it impossible for anyone to further steal (not taken ……. but stolen) dedicated funds from mass transit. I’d like to see the court take it one step further and “DEMAND” that “ALL” funds be restored by those who took them.