The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors has approved a last-minute resolution last week to commit to providing Bay Area Rapid Transit $10.3 million for purchasing materials to build new fare gates on the heels of a Monday deadline with the transit system’s contractor. 

The Board held an emergency special meeting Friday afternoon to make a decision on whether the county will promise to allocate funding to support BART’s construction of updated fare gates at the county’s five stations in the event that BART does not secure outside funding. 

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Alise is a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering government, elections, housing, crime, courts and entertainment in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Alise is a Bay Area native from San Carlos. She studied history at University of California, Santa Cruz and first started journalism at Skyline College’s school newspaper in San Bruno. She has interned for Bay City News and for Eesti Rahvusringhääling, or Estonian Public Broadcasting. She has covered everything from the removal of former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to the divisive battle over the Great Highway on San Francisco’s west side. Please send her any tips.