L'Hospitalet appoints Ona Gimenez Pla as municipal group advisor

The City Council of L’Hospitalet de Llobregat has appointed Ona Gimenez Pla as temporary staff, with the category of Municipal Group Advisor, a position of trust that will take effect from September 1, 2026. The decision was adopted by Mayoral Decree no. 11489/2026, dated September 1, and was made public through an announcement in the Official Gazette of the Province of Barcelona (BOPB) on September 15, 2026, with reference CVE 202610138575.

A political appointment of trust

The appointment is processed as temporary staff, a figure reserved for positions of trust or special advisory roles that are not part of the ordinary civil service staff. In this case, the designated person will perform advisory functions serving a municipal group of the council, with retroactive effect from the beginning of September.

The announcement is signed by Juan Pablo Juste Calvo, Director of Human Resources Services of the City Council, and was formalized in L’Hospitalet de Llobregat on September 7, 2026.

Legal framework of the appointment

The publication is made in compliance with the regulations governing personnel in the service of local entities:

• Article 10 of the Regulations for personnel in the service of local entities, approved by Decree 214/1990, of July 30.
• Article 304.3 of Legislative Decree 2/2003, of April 28, which approves the revised text of the municipal and local regime law of Catalonia.

These provisions establish the requirements and the procedure for the designation of temporary staff, as well as the obligation to provide official publicity to guarantee the transparency of trust-based hiring.

Essential data of the announcement

• Appointed person: Ona Gimenez Pla.
• Position: Municipal Group Advisor (temporary staff).
• Resolving body: Mayor’s Office of the City Council of L’Hospitalet de Llobregat.
• Decree: no. 11489/2026, of September 1.
• Effects: from September 1, 2026.
• Publication: BOPB, September 15, 2026, p. 1-1.

Relevance for readers

The appointment of temporary staff to municipal groups is a common practice at the beginning of legislatures and reflects the configuration of the trust teams of each political formation. Its publication in the official gazette ensures public knowledge of the people occupying these positions and their economic and administrative effects, in an exercise of transparency that directly affects the management of the municipality’s public resources.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Barcelona, no. September 15, 2026, local administration section, p. 1-1 (official reference: CVE 202610138575).