OAKLAND, Calif. - BART director Lateefah Simon – the only Black member of the board – can remain representing District 7 despite a dispute over whether she lived in the district she represented.

The former board president, known for her passionate advocacy on issues such as police reform, is now making a passionate plea against her removal from District 7. BART said she moved outside the ...

Lateefah Simon is the District 7 director on BART's board, where she has served since 2016. Her goal then was to make BART more affordable for people who must take transit and for working families.

In October, a jury determined that BART owed $7.8 million in damages to the six ex-employees, who were fired or forced into retirement after declining the vaccine, according to court documents.