YIMBY Action✓ Endorses“BART Director Robert Raburn has advocated for literally thousands of units of housing at BART stations in his district.”
2026 Midterm Partner Endorsements
Robert Raburn
Transit Board District 4 · San Leandro, CA
Backed byYIMBY ActionHousing Action Coalition
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YIMBY Action✓ Endorses
Housing Action Coalition✓ EndorsesAbout Robert Raburn
Robert Raburn was first elected to the BART Board of Directors on November 2, 2010. Director Raburn represents District 4, which is an urban core district in Alameda County and includes the Oakland neighborhoods of Fruitvale, Melrose, Eastmont, and Elmhurst, and San Leandro west of Highway 580, the unincorporated communities of Ashland, Cherryland and San Lorenzo, and the Northwest part of Hayward.
District 4 BART stations include: Bay Fair, Coliseum, Fruitvale, Hayward (shared with District 5), Oakland International Airport, San Leandro, and South Hayward (shared with District 6).
For a decade prior to being elected, Raburn chaired Alameda County’s Measure B Citizens Watchdog Committee to ensure the transportation tax funds were spent as promised to the voters. He helped draft the Measure B expenditure plan that was approved by the voters in 2000. Raburn also contributed to successful local and regional ballot measures that transformed the Fruitvale BART Station and added a parking structure, in addition to increasing bicycle and pedestrian safety near other BART stations. His ideas for Safe Routes to Transit are now a region-wide program.
From robertraburn.com
Robert Raburn on Housing and Abundance
“He promoted a bold Transit Oriented Development policy that has built thousands of affordable housing units”
“Robert’s focus on new housing and jobs near BART addresses our region’s severe housing shortage, meets our climate change goals, and brings residents close to where they work and thrive.”
“Like transit systems throughout the nation and the globe, BART, AC Transit, SF Muni and Caltrain will give the voters an opportunity to adopt a regional transit measure at the polls in November 2026 that will support operations costs.”