https://www.siliconvalley.com/2022/12/02/san-jose-downtown-vta-real-estate-bart-transit-retail-restaurant-home/

SAN JOSE — Officials are moving to seize key downtown San Jose sites for future BART facilities — but some business entrepreneurs claim a transit agency has failed to be transparent in the byzantine process.

The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority has approved what is officially called a “resolution of necessity” — in reality the first step to seize crucial properties — as part of the future construction of a BART project to extend the rail line beneath downtown San Jose.