| Gloria Molina | |
 Gloria Molina, 1997 |
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Los Angeles County Supervisor
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| Assumed office 1991 |
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| Preceded by | Peter F. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Schabarum |
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| Political party | Democrat |
| Spouse | Ron Martinez |
| Children | Valentina |
| Residence | Los Angeles |
| Website | http://molina.lacounty.gov |
Gloria Molina is a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, and the current chairwoman of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is the five member non-partisan governing board of Los Angeles County California. The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (also known as Metro MTA or LACMTA) is the state chartered regional transportation planning and Public transportation [1] Molina grew up as one of ten children in the Los Angeles suburb of Pico Rivera, California, U.S. to a Mexican-American father and Mexican mother. Pico Rivera is a city located in southeastern Los Angeles County California, United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the See also History of Mexican-Americans Mexican Americans are Americans of Mexican ancestry The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America.
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Background
Gloria Molina was first elected to office in 1982 as State Assemblywoman for the 56th District. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) In 1987, she was elected to the Los Angeles City Council where she served as the Councilwoman of the First District until 1991. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California United States Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. In February of 1991, she was elected to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, representing the First Supervisorial District. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is the five member non-partisan governing board of Los Angeles County California. Ms. Molina is the first Latina in history to be elected to the California State Legislature, the Los Angeles City Council, and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. The California State Legislature is the state legislature of the U
Prior to being elected to public office, Ms. Molina served in the Carter White House as a Deputy for Presidential Personnel. James Earl "Jimmy" Carter Jr (born October 1 1924 was the thirty-ninth President of the United States, serving from 1977 to 1981 and the recipient of the 2002 After leaving the White House, Molina served in San Francisco as a Deputy Director for the Department of Health and Human Services. See also Executive Office of the President of the United States The White House, formerly known as the Executive Mansion, is the Official residence The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city The United States Department of Health and Human Services ( HHS) is a Cabinet department of the United States government with the goal of protecting
One of Molina's significant achievements was her involvement with the Mothers of East Los Angeles, a group formed to organize against a proposed plan to build a prison in the barrio of East LA. See also East Los Angeles (region East Los Angeles (often shortened to East L As city councilwoman, she found government unresponsive to her concerns of yet another proposal to build a prison near schools in the predominantly Chicano and Mexican neighborhood. Chicano (feminine Chicana) is a politically-loaded word for a Mexican American (in the sense of native-born Americans of Mexican ancestry as opposed to Mexican
In April of 2006, Molina was honored as the "Hispanic Business Woman of the Year" by Hispanic Business magazine.
Controversy
In April of 2008, Molina introduced legislation to the Board of Supervisors which would severely increase penalties on food vendors in unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County, including East L. A. The new rules would punish parking of a food truck for more than 1 hour with a $1000 fine and/or six months in jail. This move is specifically targeted at vendors operating taco trucks, a cultural institution in East L. A. as well as the county as a whole.
Newspaper editorials decried the move, and a petition was quickly set up to attempt to force a repeal of the legislation. The taco vendors have also hired a lawyer to fight their cause. [2][3]
Personal
Molina is married to Ron Martinez, a businessman. They have one daughter, Valentina.
See also
External links
- Gloria Molina - County of Los Angeles Website
References
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| Preceded by Peter F. The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials ( NALEO) is a leadership organization of elected and appointed Latino Schabarum |
Los Angeles County Supervisor 1st district 1991 - present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Preceded by Howard Finn |
Los Angeles City Councilwoman 1st district 1987—1991 |
Succeeded by Mike Hernandez |
| Preceded by Art Torres |
California State Assemblywoman 56th District 1982–1985 |
Succeeded by Lucille Roybal-Allard |
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