BART officials offer general support for effort to strengthen agency’s internal watchdog office

BART officials said this week that they are broadly in support of state legislation that would give the transit agency’s watchdog office more power over internal audits and investigations.

Sen. Steve Glazer, D-Orinda, introduced Senate Bill 827 on Feb. 17. The bill would expand the scope of the Office of the Inspector General, allowing it to access all records, documents, accounts, reports, communication or other property of BART or its third-part contractors.