Los Angeles County Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell was sworn in sworn in at the February 3rd Governing Board meeting. In March, San Bernardino County Supervisor Curt Hagman, Lynwood Councilmember José Luis Solache and the City of Riverside’s Mayor Patricia Lock Dawson also joined the Board.

In addition, Governor Newsom re-appointed environmental and land use lawyer, Gideon Kracov to the Board and Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do was also reappointed to the Board.

Supervisor Mitchell will represent the County of Los Angeles on the Governing Board. She replaces LA County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, who retired from public service and South Coast AQMD’s Governing Board at the end of last year. Supervisor Hagman will represent San Bernardino County. He succeeds Janice Rutherford, who has termed out of office.

Councilmember Solache will serve as the Governing Board’s representative for the Western Region of the Cities of Los Angeles County. He fills the unexpired term vacated by Councilmember Rex Richardson earlier this year. Mayor Lock Dawson will serve as the representative on the Governing Board for all of the Cities of Riverside County under South Coast AQMD’s jurisdiction. She succeeds Ben J. Benoit.

Orange County’s District 1 Supervisor Andrew Do first joined South Coast AQMD’s Governing Board in February 2022, when he was selected by the Board of Supervisors to fill the unexpired term of former Supervisor Lisa A. Bartlett. As Supervisor, he represents Orange County’s First District.

Environmental and land use attorney Gideon Kracov was sworn in to a second term as the Governor’s appointee to the Governing Board. He was originally appointed by Governor Newsom in 2020. Additionally, he also serves as the South Coast AQMD representative on the California Air Resources Board (CARB).

For more information on each member, please visit our Governing Board members webpage.