Hilda L. Solis

Hilda L. Solis

Los Angeles County Supervisor for the First District

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Member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, representing the 1st District (East Los Angeles, Vernon); former US Secretary of Labor (2009-2013), former member of the US House of Representatives (2001-2009), representing California's 31st and 32nd Congressional Districts (East LA and the San Gabriel Valley)

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