Jose Solorio

Jose Solorio
Member of the California State Assembly
from the 69th district
In office
December 4, 2006  November 30, 2012
Preceded by Tom Umberg
Succeeded by Tom Daly
Santa Ana City Councillor
from Ward 1
In office
December 2, 2002  December 4, 2006
Preceded by Ted Romero
Succeeded by Vincente Sarmiento
Personal details
Born (1970-09-28) September 28, 1970
Ticuitaco, Michoacan
Nationality American
Political party Democratic
Children Michael Solorio
Diego Solorio
Residence Santa Ana, California
Alma mater University of California, Irvine
Harvard University
Occupation Public Relations

Jose J. Solorio (born September 28, 1970) is an American politician. He was elected to the California State Assembly in 2006 as a Democrat. He represented the 69th Assembly District, which includes the city of Santa Ana and parts of Anaheim and Garden Grove. He was the Democratic Party nominee for the California state Senate in 2014.

Early civic career

Before being elected to the State Assembly, he was a Santa Ana City Council Member from 2000 until he became an assembly member in 2006. He was appointed to the Orange County Water District Board of Directors and serves on the Board of Directors for the Boys and Girls Club of Santa Ana, and the Advisory Board for UC Irvine's Department of Planning, Policy, and Design. He has been called a sell-out by many local community members, for his role in police union pay out. Solorio has been nicknamed the "Latino Trump[1]" by local immigrant rights organizers due to his support for the Santa Ana ICE Contract, an agreement that allowed Immigration and Customs Enforcement to rent bed space at the Santa Ana City Jail from 2006 to 2017. Maintaining the agreement was a top policy priority for the Santa Ana Police Officers' Association[2], which endorsed Solorio in exchange for his support of the city's immigrant detention business.

Background and education

As the son of migrant farm workers, Solorio earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in social ecology at University of California, Irvine and a Master of Arts degree in public policy from Harvard University. He lives in Santa Ana, with his wife Linn, a Curriculum Specialist for Santa Ana Unified School District, and their two sons. Solorio is a vegetarian.[3]

See also

References

  1. San Roman, Gabriel (05/08/17). "Jose Solorio Branded "Latino Trump," Effort to Revive SanTana's ICE Contract Fails". OC Weekly. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. "Ending jail contract with ICE hurts community". Orange County Register. 2017-03-18. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
  3. Solorio, Jose (2006-06-06). "Jose Solorio Responses to ALAN Candidate Questionnaire". Los Angeles: Animal Legislative Action Network. Archived from the original on 2011-04-19. Retrieved 2011-04-18. I am 100% vegetarian in large part because I believe that killing animals for human consumption is wrong.
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