Supervisor Scott Haggerty Elected To Head MTC

ALAMEDA COUNTY, CA — Alameda County Supervisor Scott Haggerty is taking the lead at the Metropolitan Transportation Commission for a second time, officials announced Thursday.

The commission's 19 voting members elected Haggerty as chair Wednesday, according to a news release from the MTC. He replaces Rohnert Park City Councilman Jake Mackenzie.

Haggerty previously served as chair from 2009 to 2011, and has been vice-chair since 2017. He's been on the commission since 2000, and was elected to the Alameda County Board of Supervisors in 1996.

"When MTC is at its best, we are finding regional solutions to regional problems," Haggerty said in the news release. "I hope the entire organization - commission and staff alike - can focus on this over the next two years."

His vice-chair will be Alfredo Pedroza of Napa, according to the release.

Pedroza was appointed to be a Napa County Supervisor in 2015, was elected the following year, and was appointed to the MTC in 2017, according to the release.

The MTC focuses on transit issues within all nine counties that make up the Bay Area.

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— Bay City News