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BART directors are considering a proposal to ban panhandling and busking on BART. Dancer Christopher Davis and rapper Drew Barnard have found an audience on BART trains, where they say they can practice and grow as artists. They talk about how they have tailored their performances to BART and how a busking ban would affect them.

“But I can’t say I’ve got like extremely crazy reactions from anybody. I’ve had like more really good reactions than bad.” — Christopher Davis, dancer

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Dancer Christopher Davis performs on BART. Photo by Laura Wenus // Public Press

I host and report for “Civic,” a San Francisco public affairs radio show and podcast from the Public Press. I've been a multimedia reporter and producer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. I've reported on housing, health, immigration and homelessness for local news site Mission Local and produced conversations about local, regional and national current affairs for “Your Call,” a live call-in program on KALW-FM public radio.