Summary
Councilor Baca grilled the administration over canceling the 70-year-old Luminaria Tour buses for lack of a ~$200,000 budget, saying only one of five affected neighborhoods was notified and warning of pedestrian danger. Administration said it will reevaluate but won't run buses this year.
At a glance
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Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Sep 21, 2026.
Impact analysis
Roughly $200,000 the city declined to spend this holiday season.
The transit department gets relief during a driver shortage; drivers get Christmas Eve off.
The roughly 650 would-be riders, five neighborhoods along the route, and drivers' holiday overtime pay.
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