Lynette Sweet
Encyclopedia
Lynette Sweet is an elected member of the Bay Area Rapid Transit District
, a special purpose district in the San Francisco Bay Area
that operates the Bay Area Rapid Transit
rail system. She was defeated in her bid to replace Sophie Maxwell
on the San Francisco board of supervisors.
officers tasers. She is also a supporter of the MacArthur Transit Village
at the station of the same name. In 2005 she became vice president of BART and along with Carole Ward Allen
the president they set a precedent in American history for the first transit agency ran by two black women. Lietenant Governor Gavin Newsom endorsed her candidacy in 2010 for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.
Bay Area Rapid Transit District
The Bay Area Rapid Transit District is a special purpose district body that governs the Bay Area Rapid Transit system in the California counties of Alameda, Contra Costa County, San Francisco...
, a special purpose district in the San Francisco Bay Area
San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a populated region that surrounds the San Francisco and San Pablo estuaries in Northern California. The region encompasses metropolitan areas of San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, along with smaller urban and rural areas...
that operates the Bay Area Rapid Transit
Bay Area Rapid Transit
Bay Area Rapid Transit is a rapid transit system serving the San Francisco Bay Area. The heavy-rail public transit and subway system connects San Francisco with cities in the East Bay and suburbs in northern San Mateo County. BART operates five lines on of track with 44 stations in four counties...
rail system. She was defeated in her bid to replace Sophie Maxwell
Sophie Maxwell
Sophie Maxwell was a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, representing District 10.-Biography:Maxwell has lived in the Bayview district for the last twenty years....
on the San Francisco board of supervisors.
Career
Although she is generally wary of tasers due to planned training she supports the 2011 decision to give all BART policeBART Police
The BART Police Department is the police force of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District .The BART Police Department has more than 296 police personnel, of which 206 are sworn peace officers. BART Police officers derive their powers of arrest from Section 830.33 P.C...
officers tasers. She is also a supporter of the MacArthur Transit Village
MacArthur (BART station)
MacArthur is a rapid transit station on three lines of the Bay Area Rapid Transit system in Oakland, California. It is the largest station in the BART system, being the only one with four platform tracks in regular use.-Location:...
at the station of the same name. In 2005 she became vice president of BART and along with Carole Ward Allen
Carole Ward Allen
Carole Ward Allen is an African American politician, professor, scholar, artist, businesswoman, political consultant, transportation leader, community organizer, member of the Democratic Party and was an elected member of the Bay Area Rapid Transit District Board of Directors. She represented...
the president they set a precedent in American history for the first transit agency ran by two black women. Lietenant Governor Gavin Newsom endorsed her candidacy in 2010 for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.