Retail giant is biggest funder of surging Prop 36, while BART zooms toward major cuts
A customer shops for Halloween candy at a Walmart Supercenter store on October 24, 2023 in Austin, Texas. Having given $3.6 million, the retail giant is the largest donor to the Proposition 36 campaign, which would raise penalties for theft and drugs. New polls show it heading for a big victory.Ridership is only half of pre-COVID levels, and federal emergency funding runs out next year, but BART and other transit agencies can’t agree on a 2026 regional tax measure to stave off major cuts.
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