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Municipal Transportation AgencyThe San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (MTA) is the body which oversees the San Francisco Municipal Railway as well as the Department of Parking and Traffic. The agency was established by the passage of Proposition E in November 1999, a measure which established a semi-independent agency to run the San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni) and the San Francisco Department of Parking and Traffic. The two departments have been partially combined within the new agency. The measure, promoted by the transit riders' group Rescue Muni, among others, established service standards for the agency and made a number of changes to the laws governing it. Prior to the passage of Proposition E, the Muni was governed by the Public Transportation Commission and the Department of Parking and Traffic was governed by the Parking and Traffic Commission. Both bodies were dissolved upon the full implementation of Proposition E. Proposition E established a seven-member board to govern the agency, its members appointed for fixed, staggered terms by the Mayor of San Francisco and subject to confirmation by the city and county's Board of Supervisors. The MTA Board of Directors is responsible for hiring the agency's executive director. Since its inception, the MTA's executive director has been Michael T. Burns. The first chair of the MTA Board of Directors was Welton Flynn; he was succeeded by Cleopatra Vaughns. Five of the board's six current members were initially appointed by Mayor Willie Brown. Director Peter Mezey was appointed by Mayor Gavin Newsom. The measure also established a 15-member MTA Citizens Advisory Council which must review the agency's budget and which makes recommendations on agency policy. The mayor appoints four members of the MTA Citizens Advisory Council and each member of the Board of Supervisors appoints one. MTA Board of Directors - Cleopatra Vaughns, Chairman
- Michael Kasolas, Vice Chairman
- Shirley Breyer Black
- Rev. Dr. James McCray, Jr.
- Wil Din
- Peter Mezey
- (1 vacancy)
Board Secretary: Roberta Boomer MTA Citizens Advisory Council - Daniel Murphy, Chair
- Steve Ferrario, Vice Chair
- Sue Cauthen
- Art Cimento
- Joan Downey
- Bruce Oka
- Norman Rolfe
- Dorris Vincent
- Daniel Weaver
- Cesar Perez
- Emily Drennen
- Mary Burns
- Griffith Humphrey
- (2 vacancies)
Council Secretary: Debra Reed External links
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