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Scott Haggerty was first elected to the Alameda County Board of Supervisors in November of 1996. Scott is currently serving a fourth four-year term on the Board. Haggerty's district includes the cities of Livermore, Pleasanton, most of the city of Fremont, a portion of Dublin, and unincorporated areas of East Alameda County.

The nine-county Bay Area region's traffic accounts for about 80 percent of all the congestion in Northern California. 40 percent of that congestion occurs within Alameda County. Supervisor Haggerty has taken a leading role in improving transportation throughout the region. With traffic traveling through Alameda County projected to double by 2030, his goals include making long-needed improvements in major travel corridors including I-580 in the Tri-Valley, one of the most congested roads in the Bay Area; and expanding and enhancing transit service. Scott is currently working to ensure the BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) extension to Livermore is completed, and also has a key role in an ongoing effort to extend BART to San Jose.

Supervisor Haggerty has extensive experience with regional transportation and infrastructure policy of the Bay Area. He is a founding member of the Inter-Regional Partnership (IRP), comprised of 15 elected officials representing counties and cities from two regions; and he is a member and former chair of the Altamont Rail Express Joint Powers Authority (ACE). Scott is a member and former chair of the Alameda County Transportation Authority (ACTA) and the Alameda County Transportation Improvement Authority (ACTIA), which was formed to oversee projects funded through Measure B dollars. Scott also serves on numerous regional transportation boards including: chair of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), which is responsible for allocating state and federal funds to regional transportation projects; member and former chair of the Alameda County Congestion Management Authority; Chair of the Alameda County Congestion Management Authority (CMA) and a member of the Livermore-Amador Valley Transit Authority (LAVTA). Supervisor Haggerty is a member and former chair of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD); and the Board of Supervisors' Transportation & Planning Committee.

In addition to his leadership in the transportation arena, Supervisor Haggerty places strong priorities in the field of public safety. Appointed by then-Governor Pete Wilson, Scott formerly served on the California State Seismic Safety Commission. He is a member of the Alameda County Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disasters (CARD) Board of Directors. Scott formerly chaired the Alameda County Board of Supervisors Public Protection Committee and has been very active on paramedic and trauma issues.

Scott's appointment to other boards and commissions as the representative for Alameda County include: member and former President of the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG); East Bay Regional Park District County Liaison Committee; Local Agency Formation Commission ((LAFCO); and the Tri-Valley Transportation Council (TVTC). Appointed to the Commission of the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Authority in 2001 (also known as the JPA) Scott also formerly served as its president.

Supervisor Haggerty is active in community activities and served as a board member of the Joseph Matteucci Foundation and Goodwill Industries of the East Bay. Scott has also served on the board of Alameda County Meals on Wheels and as chair of the Twin Valley District of the Boys Scouts of America.

Supervisor Haggerty was raised in Fremont and now resides in Dublin with his family.