Governance
The Santa Clara VTA special district is governed by a 12-member board of directors whose members are:
- 2 members of the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors
- 5 San José City Council members
- 5 City Councilmembers selected from the other 14 cities in the county
In June 2004, a Santa Clara County Grand Jury criticized the governance structure by calling it "too large, too political, too dependent on staff, too inexperienced in some cases, and too removed from the financial and operational performance of VTA." Since VTA board members are required to be elected officials, they must juggle their other duties in addition to VTA. The Grand Jury recommended that the VTA board be shrunk to 5 to 7 members, with members either appointed solely for transportation issues or directly elected by the voters.
VTA's current General Manager is Michael Burns, previously the General Manager of San Francisco Muni.
Read more about this topic: Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
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