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Victor Flores (California)
2024 - Present
2028
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Victor Flores is a member of the Bay Area Rapid Transit Board of Directors in California, representing District 7. He assumed office on November 29, 2024. His current term ends on November 24, 2028.
Flores ran for election to the Bay Area Rapid Transit Board of Directors to represent District 7 in California. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Flores completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Victor Flores was born in Oakland, California. He earned an associate degree from Laney College and a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley. His career experience includes working as an advocate at the local, regional, and state level working on transportation policy, climate resilience, land use, constituent work, municipal budgets, workforce development, and electoral campaigns.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Municipal elections in Alameda County, California (2024)
General election
General election for Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Board of Directors District 7
Victor Flores defeated Dana Lang in the general election for Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Board of Directors District 7 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Victor Flores (Nonpartisan)  | 57.5 | 92,729 |
| Dana Lang (Nonpartisan) | 42.5 | 68,525 | ||
| Total votes: 161,254 | |||
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Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Victor Flores completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Flores' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I started my public service in Oakland's City Council as a liaison for multiple departments such as OAKDOT, Public Works, and more. I also worked at the SFPUC and multiple electoral campaigns to fund childcare, children's health, and homeless services.
At Greenbelt Alliance, I fight to protect open space, create green jobs, build housing, and improve transit systems across the Bay Area. I work regionally with community members, non-profits, public agency staff, and elected officials to advocate for Greenbelt Alliance.
As a co-convenor of the California Jobs First program, I’ve worked to grow a coalition of environmental groups, community members, and labor organizations to build an equitable, carbon-neutral economy.
BART faces tough challenges, but we will rise above. I will prioritize train safety, cleanliness, environmental justice, and systemwide financial sustainability to ensure that BART’s best days are those that lie ahead. My work experience and relationships will help bring funding back to BART and find a solution for the regional funding measure for transit in 2026.- Safety: I believe in increasing unarmed staff to increase safety on BART trains and stations. We must also fill police officer vacancies. I will advocate to expand the ambassador program and collaborate with our county partners to provide social workers and resources to people in distress and unhoused community members. We need to expand our ambassadors' ranks and bring SEPTA’s Hub of Hope model to BART. Investing in all of these tools will reduce quality-of-life calls while freeing up officers to respond to violent and serious crimes.
- Financial Sustainability: The fiscal cliff has shown us the vulnerability of a transit system heavily dependent on fares. I will fight to expand revenues through additional amenities and steward our resources by reducing waste. BART can partner with our community members to provide small business opportunities on stations to increase revenue, provide amenities, and improve foot traffic at our stations. We also need to pass a regional funding measure to help us implement new actions to increase our revenue. I will advocate for incorporating a Rail+Property funding model, as Hong Kong MTR Corp does to ensure we aren’t entirely dependent on fares or the taxpayer.
- Community Hubs: I want to transform BART Stations into community hubs. Each station should have active programing and amenities for neighbors and customers from across the Bay Area. Community Hubs will be centers of housing, retail, office space, active programming, arts, culture, and more. The active programming can be implemented first to create reasons for each station to become its own destination point and encourage non-commute trips. We must maximize the amount of housing that gets built using every tool available to fund developments. We should engage with local communities to identify and incorporate their needs into the mixed uses.
The high cost of housing and a reliance on cars to get around for basic needs take away a person's ability to save and invest in themselves and their family. Expensive housing and expensive transportation systems are policy decisions we must change.
I also want the government to work well. Public dollars should be treated with the utmost respect and invested wisely. Our community members work hard and deserve a government that delivers on what we expect.
Pelosi by Molly Ball.
This often means governing with other elected officials who have their constituents and viewpoints. To be successful, an elected official must be able to collaborate with their community members, various stakeholders, and their colleagues in leadership positions. They also have to stand firm with their values and know what can not be compromised.
I'm also someone who is open to new ideas and focuses on results. The future of transit in the Bay Area will require us to explore new ideas and relationships across the board. I believe that is why I've earned the endorsements of nearly all of our local State Senators, Assembly Members, and many of our local elected officials. I've built a broad coalition across San Francisco and Alameda County that few can do.
The director will have to be deeply engaged in the community to ensure their needs are reflected at the decision-making table. They will also need to be involved in the legislative and electoral process to win a regional funding measure at the ballot box.
Attorney General Rob Bonta
State Senator Scott Wiener
State Senator Aisha Wahab
Assembly Member Mia Bonta
Assembly Member Buffy Wicks
Assembly Member Liz Ortega
Assembly Member Matt Haney
BART Director Lateefah Simon
BART Director Rebecca Saltzman
BART Director Bevan Dufty
BART Director Mark Foley
BART Director Janice Li
Presiding Elder Harold Mayberry
Alameda Firefighters Local 689
Alameda County Labor Council
Alameda County Building Trades Council
Alice B. Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club
AFSCME Local 3993
APA Dem Caucus
ATU Local 1555
Bay Rising Action
Berkeley Democratic Club
City of Alameda Democratic Club
SEIU 1021
Carpenters Local 713
Local 55 Oakland Firefighters
SF Building Trades Council
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Board of Directors District 7 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 7, 2024
