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Hilda L. Solis

Board Member
Hilda L. Solis

Los Angeles County Board Supervisor, nominated by the District 1 Subcommittee

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About Hilda L. Solis

Supervisor Hilda L. Solis was sworn in as Los Angeles County Supervisor for the First District of Los Angeles County on December 1, 2014.

Prior to becoming Supervisor she served as Secretary of Labor. Supervisor Solis was confirmed on February 24, 2009, becoming the first Latina to serve in the United States Cabinet. Before that, Supervisor Solis represented the 32nd Congressional District in California, a position she held from 2001 to 2009.

In the Congress, Supervisor Solis' priorities included expanding access to affordable health care, protecting the environment, and improving the lives of working families. A recognized leader on clean energy jobs, she authored the Green Jobs Act which provided funding for “green” collar job training for veterans, displaced workers, at risk youth, and individuals in families under 200 percent of the federal poverty line.

In 2007, Supervisor Solis was appointed to the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (the Helsinki Commission), as well as the Mexico — United States Interparliamentary Group. In June 2007, Solis was elected Vice Chair of the Helsinki Commission’s General Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions. She was the only U.S. elected official to serve on this Committee.

A nationally recognized leader on the environment, Supervisor Solis became the first woman to receive the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award in 2000 for her pioneering work on environmental justice issues. Her California environmental justice legislation, enacted in 1999, was the first of its kind in the nation to become law.

Supervisor Solis graduated from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, and earned a Master of Public Administration from the University of Southern California. A former federal employee, she worked in the Carter White House Office of Hispanic Affairs and was later appointed as a management analyst with the Office of Management and Budget in the Civil Rights Division.

Board Reports

Board reports acted upon most recently by committees to which Hilda L. Solis belongs

2024-0914 - 2028 MOBILITY CONCEPT PLAN IMPLEMENTATION REPORT Approved

CONSIDER: A. RECEIVING AND FILING the Mobility Concept Plan (MCP) Implementation Report, and; B. AUTHORIZING the CEO or their designee to amend the FY25 budget, in the amount of $9.67 million, ...

2024-0912 - PARIS 2024 LESSONS LEARNED REPORT Received

RECEIVE AND FILE the report on lessons learned by Metro staff that observed public transport for the 2024 Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games.

2024-0913 - RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS GRANT UPDATE Approved

CONSIDER: A. RECEIVING AND FILING the Reconnecting Communities & Neighborhoods (RCN) grant update, and; B. AUTHORIZE the CEO or their designee to: 1. program $161.8 million for the ...

2024-0995 - A TRANSPORTATION PLAN FOR 2028 OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES VENUES MOTION Approved

APPROVE Motion by Hahn, Horvath, Solis, Butts, and Bass, as amended by Horvath and Mitchell that the Board direct the Chief Executive Officer to: A. Update plans with additional information on ...

2023-0259 - PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT/CONSTRUCTION CAREERS POLICY (PLA/CCP) Received

RECEIVE AND FILE the status update on the Project Labor Agreement and Construction Careers Policy programs through the quarter ending December 2022.