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# Metro fills vacancies on taxpayer oversight committees
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/metro-fills-vacancies-on-taxpayer-oversight-committees/
- Published: 2026-11-13T18:59:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-13T18:58:59.000Z
- Author: Maaz Alin
- Tags: Transportation, Los Angeles

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced Nov. 10 that it has appointed four members to its taxpayer oversight committees for Measures M and R and Propositions A and C. The appointments bring all three committees, which oversee voter-approved transportation sales tax revenues, to full membership.

Retired Caltrans Deputy Director Dan Freeman and retired U.S. Magistrate Judge Jay Gandhi were appointed to the Measure M Independent Taxpayer Oversight Committee. Freeman brings expertise as a licensed engineer. Gandhi will serve as the committee’s retired federal or state judge representative. Both are expected to attend their first meeting in December.

Retired Judge Mary H. Strobel was appointed to the Measure R Independent Taxpayers Oversight Committee. Teri Aranguren was appointed to the Independent Citizen’s Advisory and Oversight Committee, which oversees spending of Proposition A and Proposition C sales tax revenues. Both will attend their first meetings in March 2027.

Michael Moore, vice chair of the Measure M committee, said strong independent oversight “is essential to maintaining public trust in how those dollars are spent.”

Freeman has more than 30 years of experience designing, building, operating and maintaining major Southern California transportation projects. He most recently served as deputy director of Caltrans District 7’s Construction Division and previously served as deputy director of the Maintenance Division. He serves on dispute resolution boards for more than 50 projects.

Gandhi served eight years as a magistrate judge for the Central District of California, where he was vice chair of the court’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee. He previously spent 12 years as a litigation partner at Paul Hastings LLP and now works as a mediator and arbitrator. He also chairs the Measure R committee.

Strobel served more than 20 years on the Los Angeles County Superior Court, including eight years presiding over a department that handled challenges to government actions. She previously spent 12 years in the Santa Monica City Attorney’s Office, advising on land use, environmental law and municipal governance.

Aranguren is a retired financial consultant with more than 30 years of experience advising nonprofits on financial policy, governance and operational efficiency. She serves on the City of Los Angeles’ Commission on Community and Family Services.

The Measure M committee was created after voters approved the measure in 2016, and the Measure R committee was formed after its approval in 2008\. The Proposition A and C committee was established after voters approved the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Reform and Accountability Act in 1998.

Edited by SMDP Staff