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Does Silicon Valley Transit's Leadership Need An Overhaul?
A Silicon Valley legislator wants big changes for the region's major transit agency, and not everyone is on board.

San José Spotlight is the city's first nonprofit news organization dedicated to independent political and business reporting.
A Silicon Valley legislator wants big changes for the region's major transit agency, and not everyone is on board.

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