California Code, Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 1967.35

(a) The transportation management agency is an independent and autonomous public agency governed by the board of the transportation authority, as designated by the board of supervisors on April 1, 2014, or by any future revised governance as designated by the board of supervisors pursuant to Section 1967.3.  The transportation management agency is a separate and distinct legal entity responsible for its own obligations, debts, and liabilities and not for the obligations, debts, or liabilities of any other agency or entity.

(b) The transportation management agency is authorized under its own name to do all acts necessary or convenient for the exercise of its designated powers and the financing of projects, including, but not limited to, all of the following:

(c) The transportation management agency shall adopt an annual budget.  Its board members shall be compensated as determined by the transportation management agency and shall be reimbursed for necessary and reasonable expenses incurred in connection with performing transportation management agency duties.  The transportation management agency shall pay all costs required by this section.

(d) The transportation authority may make direct contributions or contributions on a reimbursement-for-cost basis to the transportation management agency in furtherance of the exercise of its powers as designated under Section 1967.3.