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A San Diego public transportation agency spent more than $100,000 to fight a public records act request, eventually producing a partial summary of a leadership competency assessment. Read More »
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NCTD prevails in harassment lawsuit
inewsource spoke with both lawyers, jurors and an NCTD board member to get their take on the case. Read More »
Alleged harassment, discrimination by CEO of North County Transit District
Former NCTD managers went on the record alleging Matthew Tucker harassed, intimidated and bullied older female employees for years at the San Diego transportation agency. Read More »
Crane crash at NCTD station highlights continuing safety concerns
A recent crane accident at the Escondido Transit Center highlights ongoing safety concerns at San Diego's North County Transit District. Read More »
Court orders the North County Transit District to turn over records after inewsource lawsuit
A state appellate court has concluded that the summary of an assessment of senior managers at the North County Transit District should be released for public review. Read More »
Judge To Decide If NCTD Documents Will Be Made Public
“The Rady documents” detail the strengths and weaknesses of more than a dozen senior managers at the public transit agency. inewsource has sued for their release. Read More »
NCTD Chief Answers Questions About Agency Turnover
The North County Transit District has gone through a major transition since Matthew Tucker was hired as executive director just more than five years ago. News reports by KPBS media partner, inewsource, have revealed a troubled public agency that has problems with its contractors and is now seeing an unusually high turnover of its management staff. As inewsource reports: NCTD ... Read More »
Cost of turnover at NCTD much higher than reported
Turns out, those NCTD severance payouts were even higher than we first calculated. Read More »
Managers continue to leave North County Transit District, severance adds up
The turnover has cost the district nearly $300,000 since January. Read More »
NCTD cuts $3.7 million contract with private security company after audit
NCTD found guards weren’t certified in firearms, first aid, CPR, disaster response and six other training categories. Read More »