MTC CASA technical committee hopes to raise billions from Bay Area taxpayers

MTC CASA technical committee hopes to raise billions from Bay Area taxpayers  

https://youtu.be/Zh9e-kONC8g full meeting  CASA Technical Committee ( 2hours 30 minutes)

https://youtu.be/osR72Wp087c  MTC Director Steve Heminger's opening remarks (4 minutes)

https://youtu.be/DPMI03I13rs

MTC CASA New Tax Revenue Concepts for housing (30 minut

es)

https://youtu.be/BZ-HIJE5rng   Bay Area Housing trust fund (5 minutes)

Here is the full meeting and excerpts from the full meeting of the MTC Casa meeting of 9/19/18 for your reference 

This meeting should shock the average Bay Area resident .

It is a brazen attempt to bypass the normal democratic channels of government.  They even discuss ways to avoid a public vote on the taxes.  

I consider this very serious attack on the public's right to self governance by the very individuals who stand to collectively make billions of dollars in funding for real estate development.   

Did anyone ask you to vote on this?  This is the most ambitious cash and power grab I have seen in my lifetime. 

What is the point of democracy when this can happen?

Yes, it is time to wake up.