David Canepa, president of the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors, was sworn into the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board of Directors that oversees Caltrain operations.
Canepa represents the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors on the rail agency’s board. Canepa was elected to the Board of Supervisors in November 2016 and has served two terms. He sits on numerous transportation committees and boards, including the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, Peninsula Traffic Congestion Relief Alliance and the San Mateo County Transit District (SamTrans) Board of Directors.
The Caltrain Board is chaired by former MTC Executive Director and current San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors member Steve Heminger, while San Bruno Mayor Rico E. Medina serves as vice chair. The JPB is the governing body of Caltrain, which operates regional rail service in San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. The nine-member board of directors is composed of three members from each of the three partner agencies.
We should all be very afraid about Caltrain. He isn't really known as a friend of public transportation.
As MTC board members, San Mateo Democrats David Canepa and Gina Papan are currently under suspicion to cover up Public Transportation funds being re-routed into a slush fund which has then been rerouted into car-centric projects (think 101 or other highway expansion projects). This 'murky accounting' helps to prepare the public for an upcoming "fiscal cliff" - which other agencies already denied.
The very least the two should join current and former board members in asking for an external audit and setting up a more transparent agency:
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We should all be very afraid about Caltrain. He isn't really known as a friend of public transportation.
As MTC board members, San Mateo Democrats David Canepa and Gina Papan are currently under suspicion to cover up Public Transportation funds being re-routed into a slush fund which has then been rerouted into car-centric projects (think 101 or other highway expansion projects). This 'murky accounting' helps to prepare the public for an upcoming "fiscal cliff" - which other agencies already denied.
The very least the two should join current and former board members in asking for an external audit and setting up a more transparent agency:
https://www.marinij.com/2025/01/15/editorial-unjustified-2-50-bay-area-bridge-toll-hike-state-audit/
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