Gloria Olmos, Mayor

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To schedule an appointment with the Mayor Gloria Olmos,  please email Executive Assistant Dianna Gomez  at dgomez@soelmonte.org or call her at 626-579-6540 ext. 3217.

Biography 

Mayor Gloria Olmos was elected as Councilwoman on November 3, 2015. She   was then selected to serve as Acting Mayor one year prior to her Special Election

on March 4, 2017, since then she has been serving the City of South El Monte as Mayor and was re-elected unopposed for her second term.

Mayor Olmos attended our local schools and is a successful product of giving back

to her community. Monte Vista Elementary School, Epiphany Catholic School,

Mt. View High School, Rio Hondo College, and Cal State L.A.

Before her duty as Mayor, Mrs. Olmos served on the Valle Lindo School Board for

15 years, where she helped lead the effort to dramatically improve academic results, and she received “The Golden Apple Award,” and achieved many more accolades.

Mayor Olmos served as a Board Member of the South El Monte High School Parent, Teacher, and Student Association (PTSA) and co-founded the Children’s Advocate Swap Meet, which provides scholarships for the students of our local schools.

She served as Past President of Women's Soroptimist International for six years, during which time she helped many students in the San Gabriel Valley receive scholarships, with a priority for the El Monte Union High School District. She also served for 10 years as a member and Board Member.

Mayor Olmos also served as a City Commissioner for 8 years for Parks and Recreation-Human Resource Commissions.

Mayor Olmos has coached Basketball, Baseball, Softball, Volleyball and T-Ball.

She has been Team Mom for Jets Football, Little League, and various City Of South El Monte Youth Sports.  

She is active in Church Leadership; She has taught the youth from 2-year olds-High Schoolers. She has attended many Youth Authority facilities to Mentor young ladies to express other positive options. Mayor Olmos also teamed up with Charlie Corrum for (SEMCAA) to provide a Foster Care Child effort in providing for local support.

Mayor Olmos and her husband, Danny Olmos, have three children: two daughters and a son. Her Eldest graduated from Northern Arizona University, her second daughter graduated from UCLA, and her son graduated from Cal State L.A.

Mayor Olmos has been instrumental in the movement to make South El Monte a fiscally responsible and transparent entity by implementing a Transparency Portal and having more accountability on permits as a priority. She will continue to make positive changes needed to generate more revenue by bringing in more Commercial/Retail businesses, which we have doubled under her watch.

Amongst Mayor Olmos greatest accolades, a few of her accomplishments include a reduction in violent crimes by collaborating with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Public Safety Council Academy to learn firsthand the issues the City is faced with.

Mayor Olmos feels the future of our youth is in our hands and has doubled the internship positions for our Summer Youth Internship Program to provide more opportunities to local youth and extend the time needed to learn much-needed skills.  Mayor Olmos plans to collaborate with local businesses to implement a Summer Internship Business Program on a bigger scale. Mayor Olmos has managed, along with the current City Council, to balance the City budget and enforce fiscal accountability 

Lastly, Mayor Olmos has been selected as “Women Of The Year” for the 57th District, and she currently serves on the following Boards:

• Greater Los Angeles County Sanitation                          
• California Joint Powers Insurance Authority Board     
• League of California Cities
• Los Angeles County Sanitation District 15                             
• Metropolitan Transit Authority Board                         
• Los Angeles County City Selection Committees          
• San Gabriel Valley Economic Partnership (SGVEP)    
• San Gabriel Valley Council Of Governments (COG)  
• South East Area Animal Control (SEACCA)              
• Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG)      
• Greater El Monte Hospital      
• Legislative Board for Chamber of Commerce                                                  

 Local Selection Boards

• State of City Committee 
• Christmas Committee
• 4th of July Committee
• Finance Sub-Committee
• Census Committee
• Homeless Sub-Committee      
• Sub-Committee of Transportation
• Mayors against Gangs
• Night Market Committee 
• Healthy South El Monte Committee 
• Women’s & Girls Conference Committee