James Butts
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Appointee of the Los Angeles County City Selection Committee, nominated by the Southwest Corridor Subcommittee
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James Butts has 44 years of public safety and municipal government experience. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business from California State University at LA and a Masters Degree in Business from California Polytechnic University at Pomona. He served 19 years in the Inglewood Police Department rising to the rank of Deputy Chief. In 1991 Butts was appointed to serve as Chief of Police for the City of Santa Monica where he served 15 years and was the first African American and youngest person to earn that rank in Santa Monica. In 2006, he was appointed as an Assistant General Manager of the Los Angeles World Airport system, where he oversaw Public Safety and Counterterrorism. He took LAX to a number 1 security ranking nationwide by the TSA in 2009. On January 11, 2011, James T. Butts, Jr., was elected as the City of Inglewood’s 12th mayor. In less than 5 years his strategic leadership and operational expertise catapulted the City national prominence as home to MSG and the LA Rams. In 2014 Mayor Butts was reelected receiving 83% of the votes cast – the highest margin of victory in Inglewood electoral history.
Board Reports
Board reports acted upon most recently by committees to which James Butts belongs
2026-0029 - COUNTYWIDE PLANNING MAJOR PROJECT STATUS REPORT Received
2026-0341 - PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT/CONSTRUCTION CAREERS POLICY Received
RECEIVE AND FILE the status update on the Project Labor Agreement and Construction Careers Policy (PLA/CCP) programs through the quarter ending March 2026, including updates on tasks related to ...
7/15/2026 - RECEIVED AND FILED
Alignment Barriers (Roads) Central Los Angeles subregion City of Los Angeles Conservation Construction Construction Support Construction industry Contractors Contracts East San Fernando Valley Light Rail Project Gender Hubs Informational Report Labor Labor agreements Labor unions Los Angeles County Department Of Public Works Los Angeles Unified School District Memorandum Of Understanding Metro Equity Platform Metro Vision 2028 Plan Motion / Motion Response Outreach Partnerships Pasadena Policy Prime Contractor Procurement Program Project Project Labor Agreement/Construction Careers Policy Project management Race and ethnicity Request For Proposal San Fernando San Fernando Valley Service Sector San Fernando Valley subregion South Bay Cities subregion Strategic planning Students Surveys Training programs Video Visibility Westside Cities subregion2026-0384 - CALTRANS QUARTERLY UPDATE Received
2026-0408 - TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT MASTER PLAN AND POLICIES Received
RECEIVE AND FILE report on implementation of the Metro Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Master Plan and Policies (Master Plan).
7/15/2026 - RECEIVED
2028 Mobility Concept Plan Budgeting Demand responsive transportation Hubs Informational Report Metro Vision 2028 Plan Motion / Motion Response Multimodal Olympic games Outreach Plan Research Shared mobility Southern California Association Of Governments Strategic planning Surveys Tourism Transportation Demand Management Transportation policy Travel demand management Travel time Vehicle miles of travel Vehicle occupancy Walking Zoning2026-0417 - OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL CONSTRUCTION CHANGE ORDER SPOT CHECKS Received
RECEIVE AND FILE Office of the Inspector General Construction Change Order Spot Check Report for the period March 1, 2026, to May 31, 2026.
7/15/2026 - RECEIVED AND FILED
Alignment Budget Budgeting Construction Contractors Contracts Emergency training Governance Informational Report Labor Metro Rail A Line Metro Rail D Line Metro Rail E Line Metro Vision 2028 Plan Procurement Professional Services Program Management Project Project management Regional Connector Transit Corridor Project Safety Statistics Strategic planning Twenty-eight by '28 Initiative Westside Subway Extension/Purple Line Extension Phase 1 Westside Subway Extension/Purple Line Extension Phase 2 Westside Subway Extension/Purple Line Extension Phase 3 Westwood/UCLA Station Westwood/VA Hospital Station Wilshire/La Brea Station