Orange County’s Chairman and Third District Supervisor Donald P. Wagner was sworn in on November 1 as the newest member of the South Coast Air Quality Management District (South Coast AQMD) Governing Board representing the County of Orange. He will complete the unexpired term of Supervisor Andrew Do, which ends January 15, 2027. 

Supervisor Wagner was elected to the Orange County Board of Supervisors in 2019 where he served as Vice Chairman in 2022 and Chairman since 2023. He previously served as Mayor of Irvine, and as a member of the California State Assembly, representing the 68th District. During his six years in the State Assembly, he served on a wide variety of committees, including Budget, Health, Education, and Revenue and Taxation. Additionally, he is a past president of the American Lung Association of Orange County. 

South Coast AQMD’s Governing Board has 13 members. Ten are elected officials. Of these, four are county supervisors representing Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties, elected to the South Coast AQMD’s Board by their respective Board of Supervisors. The remaining three Board members are appointed by state elected officials: one by the Governor of California, one by the Speaker of the State Assembly, and one by the State Senate Rules Committee. For more information on each member, please visit our Governing Board members webpage at http://www.aqmd.gov/ nav/about/governing-board/board-members.