Jose Medina
Jose Medina | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Riverside County Board of Supervisors for the 1st district | |
| Assumed office January 7, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Kevin Jeffries |
| Member of the California State Assembly from the 61st district | |
| In office December 3, 2012 – November 30, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Norma J. Torres |
| Succeeded by | Tina McKinnor (redistricted) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 29, 1953 Panama |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence | Riverside, California |
| Alma mater | University of California, Riverside (BA) (MA) |
| Profession | Teacher |
Jose Medina (born March 29, 1953) is an American educator and politician who served in the California State Assembly. He is a Democrat who represented the 61st Assembly District, which encompassed parts of northwestern Riverside County and includes the cities of Riverside, Moreno Valley, Perris and Mead Valley.
Medina was the Chair of the Higher Education Committee and a member of the California Latino Legislative Caucus and the California Legislative Jewish Caucus. Prior to being elected to the Assembly in 2012, he was a teacher at Riverside Poly High School and a Riverside Community College District Trustee.
In 2018, Jose Medina secured $9.7 million in state funds through a budget allocation in the 2019 State Budget, signed by then California Governor Jerry Brown to support the development of the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art, Culture and Industry of the Riverside Art Museum, also known as "The Cheech." The Cheech will reside in the City of Riverside and be a permanent home for Cheech Marin's collection of Chicano art, making it the most prominent collection of its kind in the United States.