Sheldon Baker
“I think it will improve bus service in the Valley without increasing cost. I believe it can be done. And this is what has motivated all of us who have been involved. We want to do a better job for the public than what is happening today. We believe the transit zone will do that.”
NAME: Sheldon Baker
AGE: 63
HOME: Glendale
PROFESSION: Acting chairman of the San Fernando Valley transit zone, Glendale city councilman, member of the county Committee on Reorganization and the executive board of the San Fernando Valley Economic Alliance and a tax and transaction attorney.
LATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT: Getting the county of Los Angeles and its cities to generally agree on a governance structure for the San Fernando Valley transit zone after skeptics warned that the diverse group couldn’t be pulled together.
GOALS FOR 2000: Establishing an interim joint powers authority for the transit zone. Everyone but the city of Los Angeles has signed on. Once it does, the organization will be able to name a permanent chairman and a board of directors.
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