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]