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Hilda Solis

1st District Supervisor

Supervisor Solis, representing Los Angeles County’s First District, joined the Board in December, 2014. Throughout her career in public life, she has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to bettering the lives of people.

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Hugh E. Crooks, Jr.

1st District Commissioner

Hugh E. Crooks Jr. was the first child born to Hugh E Crooks and Vivian Crooks in Chicago Illinois, who met during a USO dance in Scott’s Field, Illinois, at the end of World War II when his father was a Corporal in the U.S. Army Air Corps.

 

After his family moved to California, Hugh went to Woodrow Wilson High School where he had a major of College Preparatory-Math. During his time at Wilson he participated 3 years in the newly formed JROTC unit attaining the rank of Cadet Captain. After High School, Hugh enrolled into East Los Angeles College, left school after a year and was drafted into the US Army.

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Rocio V. Palmero

1st District Commissioner

A native Angeleno, Rocio joined the Navy when she was 17. She returned to Los Angeles and received her AA in Social Studies from Glendale Community College, Bachelor of Arts in American Studies with a double minor in Political Science and Spanish from Mount St. Mary’s University. She studied for her Master of Public Administration at Cal State University, Northridge.