Noel Gallo Explained

Noel Gallo
Birth Place:Ysleta, El Paso, Texas
Office1:Member of the Oakland City Council
from District 5
Term Start1:2013
Predecessor1:Ignacio de la Fuente
Office2:Member of the
Oakland Board of Education
from District 5
Term Start2:January 1993
Term End2:2012
Predecessor2:Darlene Lawson
Successor2:Roseann Torres
Party:Democratic
Education:University of California, Berkeley (BS)
Website:Government website

Noel Gallo represents District 5 on the Oakland City Council, a position he has held since 2013.[1] Gallo is chair of the public safety committee,[2] where he has advocated for youth curfews[3] and the creation of a Public Safety Oversight Commission.[4]

In 1992 he was the first Hispanic elected to the Oakland School Board[5] on which he also served as President.[6]

Gallo grew up in the Fruitvale district,[7] which he now represents.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Newly sworn-in Oakland City Council says resources should be shifted to public safety. January 8, 2013. Angela Hart. Oakland North.
  2. Web site: Oakland City Council votes in Gallo as public safety chair. January 10, 2013. Oakland Local. Joshua Cain.
  3. Web site: Noel Gallo, Juvenile Curfews And The Politics Of Personal Experience. September 26, 2013. Steven Tavares. East Bay Citizen.
  4. Web site: Gallo Takes Heat for Backing Police Accountability Measure. June 20, 2014. Ken Epstein. Oakland Post.
  5. Book: Douzet, Frédérick . 2012 . The Color of Power: Racial Coalitions and Political Power in Oakland . University of Virginia Press . 978-0813932811 . July 20, 2014 .
  6. Web site: Oakland school board is in charge of the district again for the first time in six years. Kristin Bender. June 29, 2009. Oakland Tribune.
  7. Web site: Noel Gallo channels history with Oakland. November 15, 2012. Chip Johnson. San Francisco Chronicle.
  8. Web site: Gallo Calls for Community Support for Migrant Children. Ken Epstein. July 16, 2014. Oakland Post.