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Jim Gonzalez is a policy advisor to
various non-profit groups and has been a chief aide to San
Francisco Mayor Dianne Feinstein, and later was elected to
the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. During his terms at
City Hall, he served as Chairman of the Finance Committee
and as a board member of the San Francisco Health Services
System, the Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation
District, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, and
the Association of Bay Area Governments. In 1994, President
Clinton offered him the position of Regional Administrator
for the U.S. Small Business Administration.
Jim holds a Bachelor
of Arts Degree in Government and Latin American history from St.
Mary's College of California. He holds a Master's Degree in Public
Administration (MPA) from the University of San Francisco, and was a
Kellogg Fellow at Harvard University's JFK School of Government. Jim
is a member of the Board of Regents of St. Mary's College of
California.
Latino Policy Coalition Mission Statement
Latino Policy
Coalition is a national non-partisan non-profit consortium of the
country's leading Latino research organizations and scholars.
It includes The Tomás Rivera Policy Institute, Latino Issues
Forum, William C. Velasquez Institute, National Association of
Latino Elected Officials, National Institute for Latino Policy,
Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles, University of Washington
Institute for the Study of Ethnicity, Race, and Sexuality, Program
in the Policy of Immigration, Ethnicity and Race, and Diversity
Focus/National Community for Latino Leadership . The LPC
analyzes, through nationwide public opinion surveys, policy issues
affecting the Latino community. Chaired by former San Francisco City
and County Supervisor Jim Gonzalez, the LPC seeks to highlight
Latino community views on key national issues; and thus stimulate
public policy debate among local, state and national elected
officials.
+ Plan for 2006
- Publish a three to six point policy agenda
+ Areas of Research
- Education
- Environment
- Healthcare
- Immigration
- Security
Research Participants /
Organizations
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