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The Grand Jury finds the District fails to obtain valuable insight from riders with disabilities on a timely basis, despite the District’s assertion that “established public procurement practices allow staff to gather input from stakeholders,” resulting in wasteful expenditures and damaged relationships with members of the disability community

What should residents consider about Finding F2-board: The Grand Jury finds the District fails to obtain valuable insight from riders with disabilities on a timely basis, despite the District’s assertion that “established public procurement practices allow staff to gather input from stakeholders,” resulting in wasteful expenditures and damaged relationships with members of the disability community, and the County’s response?

Sacramento Regional Transit District Board of Directors; William Charles Johnson, MAC Chair (personal views)Audit assessment: Addressed
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Audit context

What the response says and how it was assessed

Response says

SacRT disagrees, distinguishing internal software procurement and emergency barriers from customer-facing consultation.

Audit analysis

Named pilot testing and barrier adjustments provide specific context, but do not fully resolve whether rider insight arrived early enough or the claimed waste and relationship damage.

Finding-response score

Document completeness and usefulness—not factual verification or a legal conclusion.

9/10

4/4

Statutory elements

Stated position
2/2
Applicable disagreement elements
2/2

5/6

Public usefulness

Coverage
1/2
Reason specificity
2/2
Support traceability
2/2

Named pilot testing and barrier adjustments provide specific context, but do not fully resolve whether rider insight arrived early enough or the claimed waste and relationship damage.

Scoring confidence: high

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