Jose Medina for Riverside County Supervisor

Help elect Jose Medina to deliver quality services to Riverside County's hardworking families.

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"I'm running for County Supervisor to build on the progress our region has made and deliver quality services to Riverside County's hardworking families."– Jose Medina

<h2>Educator for Riverside County Board of Supervisors</h2>Education brought Jose Medina to Riverside, and it has been the place he has called home ever since. An educator, Jurupa Unified School District Board of Education member, Riverside Community College Board Trustee, and State Assemblymember, Jose dedicated his life to serving others and opening the paths of opportunity for thousands of high school and college students in Riverside County.<img src="https://run.imgix.net/aeb2a3d2-e6d1-4c6d-ab77-4086859121c5/3df35d82-2ef0-4ed4-85e7-e2e83ed450b7/3df35d82-2ef0-4ed4-85e7-e2e83ed450b7.jpeg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=0&amp;con=0&amp;sat=0&amp;high=0&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=618%2C135%2C1615%2C1865&amp;w=1500" alt="" title="" caption="" align="left" alignwidth="35" tiltdirection="left" variant="framed">Jose's commitment to improving education was inspired by his father, who immigrated from Panama to pursue an American education. His father, a civil engineer, and mother, a state government Spanish translator, taught him the importance of helping others. Growing up in Southern California in 1960s, Jose was inspired by President John F. Kennedy's call to service and the civil rights movement fight for racial justice.His family returned to Panama when his father was recruited to work for the Panama Canal Company. Jose earned an Army ROTC scholarship to attend Purdue University and moved from Panama to Indiana. On the weekends, he drove to Chicago to organize with the United Farm Workers and participated in the lettuce boycotts. Ideologically opposed to the Vietnam War, Jose resigned his scholarship and drove cross country to UC Riverside, where he earned his Bachelor's Degrees in Latin American Studies, Master's Degree in History, and Teaching Credential.&nbsp;

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Riverside County's First Supervisorial District includes about 487,000 residents and encompasses the cities of Riverside and Perris. The district also covers the unincorporated communities of DeLuz, Good Hope, Highgrove, LaCresta, March Air Reserve Base, Mead Valley, Meadowbrook and Tenaja.

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Jose began his 34-year teaching career at the California Institute for Women, where he advised the Latina women's group and learned the power of education in restorative justice. He taught elementary school, middle school, Spanish, Ethnic and Chicano Studies at Riverside Polytechnic High School, and U.S. History at San Bernardino Valley Community College. He served as an advisor to MEChA and took part in student led marches against Prop. 187 and the fatal police shooting of teenager, Tyisha Miller. The first teacher to be memorialized in Riverside Poly's Hall of Fame, Jose continues to keep personal relationships with countless students and families.<img src="https://run.imgix.net/aeb2a3d2-e6d1-4c6d-ab77-4086859121c5/fe2836e8-9f0e-49c6-94b9-dc76f5b85578/fe2836e8-9f0e-49c6-94b9-dc76f5b85578.jpeg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=0&amp;con=0&amp;sat=0&amp;high=0&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=0%2C0%2C2615%2C1721&amp;w=1500" alt="" title="" caption="" align="right" alignwidth="50" tiltdirection="right" variant="framed">Jose became active in the California Teachers Association, advocating for resources to improve education quality and critical programs. Eager to help students beyond the classroom, Jose ran for public office and won a seat on the Jurupa Unified School Board of Education in 1989 and then the Riverside Community College Board of Trustees in 1997. Under his leadership, Riverside City, Moreno Valley, and Norco Colleges each became accredited colleges allowing the district to grow and serve more students. He also helped pass a $350 million bond measure to improve the on-campus facilities including a new library, student center, and aquatic center that offers summer swimming lessons to community members.In 2012, Jose was elected to represent Riverside, Moreno Valley, Perris, and Mead Valley in the California State Assembly. On his first day in office, Jose introduced legislation to allow the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine to begin training doctors and other medical professionals to serve the Inland Empire.Jose enjoys living Riverside with his wife, Linda and can be found connecting with community members at Zacatecas Restaurant. He has two adult children and two grandchildren.

<h3>In 2012, Jose was elected to represent Riverside, Moreno Valley, Perris, and Mead Valley in the California State Assembly.</h3>Jose chaired the Higher Education Committee where he fought to expand college opportunity and increase access to degree programs and financial aid. He tirelessly advocated to reform the Cal Grant Program - removing barriers that prevented thousands of Californians from affording a postsecondary education.&nbsp;Staying true to his teaching roots, Jose championed diversity, equity and inclusion and passed the nation's first High School Ethnic Studies requirement to ensure students learn about history, culture, and struggles of California's diverse population.<img src="https://run.imgix.net/aeb2a3d2-e6d1-4c6d-ab77-4086859121c5/cdd6a035-acfb-4101-bdc6-85779e9ef148/cdd6a035-acfb-4101-bdc6-85779e9ef148.jpeg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=0&amp;con=0&amp;sat=0&amp;high=0&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=0%2C0%2C2048%2C1359&amp;w=1500" alt="" title="" caption="" align="center" alignwidth="47" variant="framed">

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As our Assemblymember, Jose secured state funding for impactful projects in Riverside County, including:

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Former President of the California Teachers Association Barbara Kerr

Former International Secretary-Treasurer of the Service Employees International Union Eliseo Medina

Community Member Rose Mayes

Community Member Dell Roberts

Community Member Esther Portillo

Community Member Ofelia Valdez Yeager

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Riverside County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Edwin Gomez

Riverside Community College District Trustee Jose Alcala

Riverside County Board of Education Member Jamie Azpeitia-Sachs

Moreno Valley Unified School District Board Member Jesus Holguin

Moreno Valley Unified School District Board Member C.J. Johnson

Riverside Unified School District Board Member Dale Kinnear

Riverside Unified School District Board Member Brent Lee

Former Superintendent Riverside County of Education Dr. Judy White

Former Jurupa Unified School District Board Member Sam Knight

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January 17, 2024"If you care about law enforcement, you should care about accountability and ensuring public confidence in law enforcement. And on that front, it’s clear the Riverside County Board of Supervisors has been content to allow Sheriff Chad Bianco to take the department off a cliff as he yells “Yeehaw!”Medina is clear on what he wants to do. He wants to see the coroner’s office split from the sheriff. He wants to see an oversight body put in place and an inspector general installed to see to it that things are going as they should. Roth, by contrast, is beholden to the same deputies union that recruited Bianco to run for sheriff in the first place.Jose Medina gets our endorsement."

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