ICYMI: Lateefah Simon will be allowed to retain her seat on the BART Board of Directors, agency officials announced yesterday, after she was briefly stripped of her seat due to a dispute over whether she lives in the district she represents.
BART officials announced March 10 that Simon would be removed from her seat because, the agency said, she did not live within the district she represented. Lateefah Simon will be allowed to retain her seat on the BART Board of Directors, agency officials said Wednesday, after she was briefly stripped of her seat due to a dispute over whether she lives in the district she represents.
As a result, Simon will be allowed to retain her seat on the board while the dispute over her location of residence is resolved by “outside legal experts,” Saltzman and Powers said. “We want to express our deepest apologies to Lateefah and all stakeholders for how this has played out,” they said. “BART will continue to work with outside legal counsel through any next steps and we are committed to transparency throughout the process.”
Simon also argued that she had consulted with BART officials prior to the move and was “assured that the building is within District 7.”
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