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Critics are emerging of AB 1091, Asm. Marc Berman’s bill that would remake the VTA Board to be smaller, have longer term limits, and ban elected officials from holding a seat on it. The bill is modeled on a 2019 Grand Jury Report released by Santa Clara County that singed VTA as the “most expensive and least efficient’ transit system in the country.”
One reason that VTA Board Members and supporters are not more enthusiastic about the legislation is they feel that VTA is already working on solutions presented by the grand jury report and does not need intervention from the state legislature. VTA released its own report later in 2019 on VTA governance that listed dozens of recommendations to improve the efficiency and engagement of the board. Some of the recommendations of that report mirror the Grand Jury Report and 1091 such as increasing the term of office for board members. Others, such as increasing the per diem for Board Members on the days of committee hearings to encou