James Butts

Board Member

Credit: Metro

Appointee of the Los Angeles County City Selection Committee, nominated by the Southwest Corridor Subcommittee

Southwest Corridor sector map

About James Butts

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

2025-0796 - PROGRAM MANAGEMENT QUARTERLY CHANGE REPORT Received

RECEIVE AND FILE this Status Report on Program Management Quarterly Changes.

10/15/2025 - RECEIVED AND FILED

Budgeting Construction Informational Report Program Management

2025-0806 - PROGRAM MANAGEMENT PROJECT STATUS Received

RECEIVE AND FILE this Program Management Project Status Report that summarizes capital program performance through August 2025.

10/15/2025 - RECEIVED AND FILED

Capital Project Construction Construction safety Contractors Express lanes I-105 Informational Report Metro Rail D Line Metro Vision 2028 Plan Program Management Project Project Status Report Project management Safety Westside Subway Extension/Purple Line Extension Phase 3

2025-0809 - CALTRANS QUARTERLY UPDATE Received

RECEIVE the quarterly oral report on the status of the Caltrans construction projects.

10/15/2025 - RECEIVED

Bridge construction Budgeting Construction Contractors Disadvantaged business enterprises Interchanges Measure M Oral Report / Presentation Project SR-57 SR-60 San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments Southern California Highways

2025-0811 - COUNTYWIDE PLANNING MAJOR PROJECT STATUS REPORT Received

RECEIVE AND FILE Countywide Planning Major Project Status Report.

10/15/2025 - RECEIVED AND FILED

Capital Project Complete streets Informational Report Metro ExpressLanes Program Management Project Project Status Report SR-1 Strategic planning

2025-0849 - 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 June 1, 2025, to August 31, 2025.

10/15/2025 - RECEIVED AND FILED

Budget Budgeting Century City City of Los Angeles Construction Contractors Contracts Gorman Groundwater Informational Report LAX/Metro Transit Center Station Labor Los Angeles International Airport Memorandum Of Understanding Metro Center Street Project Metro Rail D Line Metro Rail K Line Metro Vision 2028 Plan Program Program Management Project Project management Safety Statistics Strategic planning Testing Transit centers Tunnel lining Twenty-eight by '28 Initiative Westside Cities subregion Westside Subway Extension/Purple Line Extension Phase 1 Westside Subway Extension/Purple Line Extension Phase 2 Westside Subway Extension/Purple Line Extension Phase 3 Westside/Central Service Sector