Metro - File #: 2023-0208

• File #: 2023-0208
• Type: Motion / Motion Response
• Status: Passed
• File created: 3/17/2023
• In control: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• On agenda: 3/23/2023
• Final action: 3/23/2023
• Title: APPROVE Motion by Directors Solis, Mitchell, Barger, Hahn, Horvath, and Bass that the Board direct the CEO to: A. Prepare a plan dedicating the L (Gold) Line East LA Civic Center station in honor of the trailblazer Los Angeles County Supervisor and Metro Board Director Gloria Molina; and B. Report back on the above at the June 2023 Executive Management Committee meeting.
• Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• Indexes: Atlantic Station, Central Los Angeles subregion, Chinatown Station, City of Los Angeles, Civic Center, Downtown Los Angeles, East LA Civic Center Station, East Los Angeles, Gloria Molina?, Heritage Square Station, Highland Park Station, Hilda Solis, Holly J. Mitchell, Hubs, Indiana Station, Janice Hahn, Karen Bass, Kathryn Barger, Light rail transit, Lincoln/Cypress Station, Lindsey Horvath, Little Tokyo/Arts District Station, Maravilla Station, Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension, Metro Rail A Line, Metro Rail E Line, Metro Rail L Line, Motion / Motion Response, Regional Connector Transit Corridor Project, San Fernando Valley subregion, South Bay Cities subregion, Southwest Museum Station, Transit centers, Westside Cities subregion, Westside/Central Service Sector

Date	Action By	Action	Result
3/23/2023	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting

Meeting_Body
REGULAR BOARD MEETING
MARCH 23, 2023

Preamble
Motion by:

DIRECTORS SOLIS, MITCHELL, BARGER, HAHN, HORVATH, AND BASS

Dedicating East LA Civic Center Station in Honor of Former Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina Motion

On March 15, 2023, Los Angeles County Supervisor and Metro Board Director Gloria Molina publicly announced her anticipated transition after a three-year battle with terminal cancer.

Gloria Molina has had a trailblazing and distinguished career in public and community service. She is the eldest daughter of ten children born to a Mexican American father and Mexican mother. She attended public schools in her hometown and attended Rio Hondo College, East Los Angeles College, and California State University, Los Angeles. While attending college, she worked full-time as a legal secretary. Then, she became certified as an adult education instructor and taught clerical skills at the East Los Angeles Skills Center. She served in President Jimmy Carter's administration as a Deputy for Presidential Personnel, and after leaving the White House, served in San Francisco as a Deputy Director for the Department of Health and Human Services.

She was first elected to office in 1982 as State Assemblywoman. In 1987, she was elected to the Los Angeles City Council where she served as the Councilwoman of the First District until 1991. In February 1991, she was elected to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, representing the First Supervisorial District. Molina is the first Chicana in history to be elected to the California State Legislature, the Los Angeles City Council, and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.

During her 23 years serving the Los Angeles Metro Board, Gloria Molina became known as a champion for equitable transit and multi-modal investments, fiscal watchdog committed to sustainable operational budget, and providing high quality transit for the millions of residents living in unincorporated areas. One of ...