The Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee (MSRC) has elected a first-time Chair and Vice-Chair to lead the organization whose mission is to provide Clean Transportation Funding for projects aimed at reducing harmful emissions from mobile sources. The MSRC unanimously elected Cathedral City Council Member Greg Pettis as Chair, representing the Riverside County Transportation Commission on the Committee. The MSRC also unanimously elected Steve Veres as its Vice-Chair, who is President of the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) Board of Trustees. Veres is the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's representative on the MSRC. Both will serve one-year terms.
Pettis joined the MSRC in 2009, and served as its Vice-Chair for the last three years. He has been a Council Member for the City of Cathedral City since 1994. Professionally, he is the Managing Director of the Institute for Sustainability at California State University, San Bernardino. In addition to serving on the city council, he represents Cathedral City and the Coachella Valley on the Riverside County Transportation Commission and the Southern California Associations of Governments, and both the National and California League of Cities Board of Directors.
"Growing up in the San Gabriel Valley, I experienced poor air quality first-hand, and have seen the progress we have made in Los Angeles basin thanks to clean air initiatives, some of which have been funded by the MSRC," said Pettis. "Now, in the Coachella Valley, I again see how harmful air pollution can impact the health of our communities and am pleased to be leading an organization that will continue to provide funding to combat air pollution throughout the four-county South Coast region."
Vice-Chair Steve Veres has been a member of the MSRC since 2010. In addition to his current position as LACCD's Board of Trustees President, he previously served on the San Fernando City Council from 2003 to 2011, and was Mayor from 2009 to 2010. He was a member of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's San Fernando Valley Service Sector Governance Council from 2008 to 2010, and the Metropolitan Water District from 2004 to 2007.
The MSRC allocates Clean Transportation Funding from a $4 surcharge on vehicle license fees, specifically to be used for local projects designed to reduce air pollution from mobile sources such as cars, trucks and buses. Thirty cents of every surcharge dollar goes into the MSRC fund. More than $250 million has been distributed for air pollution-reduction programs since the MSRC was established in 1990. Clean Transportation Funding is heavily leveraged with investments from government agencies, as well as private sources, with billions of additional dollars contributed to projects throughout the region.
Membership of the MSRC is made up of representatives from the transportation agencies of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties as well as the Southern California Association of Governments, a designated regional rideshare agency, the California Air Resources Board and the South Coast Air Quality Management District.
Pettis joined the MSRC in 2009, and served as its Vice-Chair for the last three years. He has been a Council Member for the City of Cathedral City since 1994. Professionally, he is the Managing Director of the Institute for Sustainability at California State University, San Bernardino. In addition to serving on the city council, he represents Cathedral City and the Coachella Valley on the Riverside County Transportation Commission and the Southern California Associations of Governments, and both the National and California League of Cities Board of Directors.
"Growing up in the San Gabriel Valley, I experienced poor air quality first-hand, and have seen the progress we have made in Los Angeles basin thanks to clean air initiatives, some of which have been funded by the MSRC," said Pettis. "Now, in the Coachella Valley, I again see how harmful air pollution can impact the health of our communities and am pleased to be leading an organization that will continue to provide funding to combat air pollution throughout the four-county South Coast region."
Vice-Chair Steve Veres has been a member of the MSRC since 2010. In addition to his current position as LACCD's Board of Trustees President, he previously served on the San Fernando City Council from 2003 to 2011, and was Mayor from 2009 to 2010. He was a member of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's San Fernando Valley Service Sector Governance Council from 2008 to 2010, and the Metropolitan Water District from 2004 to 2007.
The MSRC allocates Clean Transportation Funding from a $4 surcharge on vehicle license fees, specifically to be used for local projects designed to reduce air pollution from mobile sources such as cars, trucks and buses. Thirty cents of every surcharge dollar goes into the MSRC fund. More than $250 million has been distributed for air pollution-reduction programs since the MSRC was established in 1990. Clean Transportation Funding is heavily leveraged with investments from government agencies, as well as private sources, with billions of additional dollars contributed to projects throughout the region.
Membership of the MSRC is made up of representatives from the transportation agencies of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties as well as the Southern California Association of Governments, a designated regional rideshare agency, the California Air Resources Board and the South Coast Air Quality Management District.