James Butts
Credit: Metro
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
2025-0810 - TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT MASTER PLAN AND POLICIES Withdrawn
WITHDRAWN: RECEIVE AND FILE status report on development and implementation of the Metro Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Master Plan and Policies (Master Plan).
5/20/2026 - WITHDRAWN
2028 Mobility Concept Plan Budgeting Demand responsive transportation Hubs Informational Report Metro Vision 2028 Plan Motion / Motion Response Multimodal Olympic games Outreach Plan Research Safety 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 Zoning2026-0208 - FISCAL YEAR 2027 PROGRAM MANAGEMENT ANNUAL PROGRAM EVALUATION Received
RECEIVE AND FILE this report summarizing the FY27 Program Management Annual Program Evaluation (Attachment A).
5/20/2026 - RECEIVED AND FILED
Annual Program Evaluation Arroyo Verdugo subregion Bids Budgeting Capital Project Construction Contractors Informational Report Labor Link Union Station Measure M Metro Busway G Line Metro Rail A Line Metro Rail B Line Metro Rail D Line Metro Rail K Line Partnerships Pasadena Pomona Procurement Professional Services Program Program Management Progressive Design/Build Project Project delivery Project management South Bay Cities subregion South Bay Service Sector Strategic planning Tariffs Torrance Utility Cooperative Agreement2026-0028 - CALTRANS QUARTERLY REPORT Received
2026-0201 - 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 December 1, 2025, to February 28, 2026.
4/15/2026 - RECEIVED AND FILED
Airport Metro Connector (AMC) Station Project Bids Budget Budgeting Bus rapid transit Construction Construction management Contractors Contracts Design build Failure Management Informational Report Labor Los Angeles International Airport Maintenance of way Metro Busway G Line Metro Rail B Line Metro Rail C Line Metro Rail D Line Metro Rail K Line Metro Vision 2028 Plan North Hollywood Station Procurement Program Program Management Project Project management Safety Statistics Strategic planning Terminal 27 Transit buses Twenty-eight by '28 Initiative Westside Subway Extension/Purple Line Extension Phase 1 Westside Subway Extension/Purple Line Extension Phase 22026-0202 - PROGRAM MANAGEMENT QUARTERLY CHANGE REPORT Received