About Claudia Jiménez
Claudia Jiménez was elected to Richmond City Council by District 6 voters in 2020. She is a mother and an immigrant who deeply loves the diversity and warmth of the Richmond community.
She is originally from Colombia, where she was a licensed architect and worked to design and build affordable housing. She earned a Master’s degree in Environmental Planning from UC Berkeley.
Prior to joining City Council, Claudia was actively involved with Richmond and Contra Costa communities organized to ensure access to health care, jobs, housing and services, especially for those most impacted by racial discrimination.
With other moms in her neighborhood, she worked to rebuild Solano Playlot, a North and East neighborhood park. She also joined other leaders in the immigrant community to negotiate policies with the Richmond police department benefitting undocumented immigrants in Richmond.
As a homeowner, she advocated for residents’ right to be able to stay and thrive in Richmond. She was one of the proponents of the Rent Control ballot initiative that was passed overwhelmingly by Richmond voters in 2016.
As an organizer, she has led several campaigns in Richmond and Contra Costa County, including the “Invest in People not Prison” campaign in collaboration with the Safe Return Project and CCISCO. That campaign forged an alliance of African American and immigrant community leaders in Contra Costa County to end the sheriff’s cooperation with the ICE Secure Communities program and redirected $5.2 million in state realignment funds toward services for people in Contra Costa County returning home from incarceration.
Claudia ran for City Council in 2020 because she believes local government can be a force for good in people’s everyday lives, and that public resources must be protected and put to use for the community, especially those who have been marginalized.
On council, she has increased services and investments in the community. This has included improvements to city parks, funding for a complete renovation of the main library, new street safety calming measures, hundreds of youth jobs, expanded violence prevention programs, raises for city staff, expanded hours at the library and swimming pools, emergency rent relief for tenants, enhanced solutions for homelessness, and more.
Claudia Jimenez
Rooted in Colombia, Growing in Richmond
More than one-third of Richmond residents were born in another country.
Claudia Jimenéz is an immigrant who has chosen to make Richmond her home.
