Jose Medina (born March 29, 1953) is an American educator and politician who served in the
California State Assembly
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. He is a
Democrat
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who represented the
61st Assembly District, which encompassed parts of northwestern
Riverside County
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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
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Jerry Brown
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to support the development of the
Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art, Culture and Industry of the
Riverside Art Museum
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, 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.
2014 California State Assembly
2016 California State Assembly
2018 California State Assembly
2020 California State Assembly
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Democratic Party members of the California State Assembly
Living people
1953 births
Hispanic and Latino American state legislators in California
People from Riverside, California
University of California, Riverside alumni
21st-century members of the California State Legislature