Candidate for
Member of the State Assembly; District 11; Democratic Party

Emmanuel, in the USA.

Emmanuel Immigrated to the United State in 1984 with a bag of cloths and all that he has, and one hundred dollars in his pocket. Lived briefly with his brother and soon found a job working at a gas station through a friend. He immediately sought the path of education, remembering the words of his father, and attended Laney College in Oakland, graduating in 1986. He proceeded to and graduated in 1988 from San Francisco State University with degree in International Relations and Political Science. He met his wife of twenty years in 1986, while working at the Children Hospital in Oakland, and the rest is history. They are blessed with three children, Emmanuel Gbenga Ogunleye Jr. (18), Ariel Shade Ogunleye (15), and Yetunde Stephanie Ogunleye (10). The Ogunleye's made their home in Pittsburg California since 1992, and it remains their home.

Emmanuel Ogunleye maintains a sterling reputation for success in all his endeavors. He is an advocate for improving the quality of life for families in all our neighborhoods throughout the 11th District. He is a leader to set up an 11th District Leadership Group to discuss developing innovative community based programs to address crime, education, small business development and neighborhood revitalization.

When confronted with HATCH ACT which precludes all government employees from running for partisan office, Emmanuel showed his resolve and commitment to serve and resigned his position. He is a man of faith, believer in strong family values and moral conviction, trustworthy, and a dedicated go getter who will listen, and work hard for our District. He is not your usual business as usual Politician.

Emmanuel, Candidate for Assembly

Emmanuel Ogunleye ("Emmanuel" as he is fondly called by all,) is the California Assembly Candidate for the 11th District. The District encompasses 18 cities and towns, each with its unique characteristics: Antioch, Bay Point, Bayview-Montalvin, Clayton, Clyde, Concord, Crockett, El Sobrante, Hercules, Martinez, Mountain View, Pacheco, Pinole, Pittsburg, Port Costa, Rodeo, Tara Hills, and Vine Hills.

Prior to his candidacy for Assembly, Emmanuel was an accomplished senior administrator for different County, State- and Federal government agencies (Alameda County Welfare, California State Social Security Disability, California State Department of Health Services, and Social Security Administration/Regional Office Quality Assurance)

Like you, Emmanuel believes our state needs to stop running from the big problems and start solving them. The issues that matter to us are not been addresses. Our schools are not getting better, commutes are getting worse, families are neglected, it is almost impossible to raise a family in our District, affording a home is becoming almost impossible and nobody is doing anything about affordable health care for the average family. We need to address health issues of Lead Poisoning as it affects children and adults, Carcinogenic in water, air and soil, and the effect of Electro Magnetic Frequency (EMF).

As a working class man himself, Emmanuel knows that the average American works hard to balance their budgets monthly, something our leaders does not seem to understand. The national bipartisan magazine ranked California government the worst in the country, citing management problems such as the tower of debt and lack of investment in infrastructure, hence the gridlock on our road. Emmanuel is committed to real reform in our state government because he knows how much it matters here at home to East Bay Area families.

A visionary administrator of sterling repute, Emmanuel is an accomplished public administrator with a wide range of exemplary experiences and knowledge of both the State and Federal Government operations. His knowledge and experience includes:

• Health and Safety Coordinator for the State of California Department of Health Service.
• Budget/Grant/and Contract Manager for the State Of California Regional Social Security Quality Examiner, for Federal Region 9, encompassing the States of California, Nevada, Arizona and Hawaii.
• Received certificates in Professional Development in Rulemaking
• Budget Change and Budget Process Proposals
• Conducting a Service Contract and Contract Management.
• Coordinated the California State Employee Non-Profit Campaign for the United Way of California.
• Awards for stewardship to the people of the United States.
• Member of the Educational Summit steering committee for The MDUSD ( Mount Diablo Unified school District) and LULAC (League of United Latin American Citizens).
• He has signed on with the school board to form a joint task force for all our youth in the District.

Emmanuel is a compassionate leader that wants to use his personal and professional background to foster change in the 11th District, consequently, enhance the life of the people that live there.

His vision is to make the 11th District more functional by bringing better paying jobs, making neighborhood safer, enhancing diversity and inclusion, exposing all residents to equal economic opportunities and providing guidance on improving access to publicly available government resources/services.

Emmanuel realizes the need for controlled Urban Sprawl and the need for immediate infrastructure improvement in the District. He will be a leading force behind allocating more Redevelopment Agency funds for enhancing neighborhoods, and for increased community-based improvements.

Accomplishments: (A brief summary)

• In his professional career, he managed operations procedure involving the re-establishment of Grant procedure, and developed and reestablished all special contracts procedures.

• Redesigned contracting procedures regarding: Procurement transition; Request for Proposal (RFP), Inter-Agency Agreements, Joint Powers Agreements, and California Multiple Award Schedule (CMAS), Information Technology Services Development (ITSD); and responsible for all associated contract budgets, fund encumbrance and authorization invoices. (In this position, he was directly responsible for a contracting budget of over 14 million dollars yearly.)

• As Health and Safety Coordinator, after the September 11th attack on the United States, he designed safety procedural manuals and was responsible for all aspects of implementation for Department of Health Services, and joined in the implementation of a 22 stories State building security procedures for over 30 agencies.

• As a Regional Quality Examiner for Social Security Administration, Disability Quality Branch, which encompasses California, Nevada, Arizona, and Hawaii; Emmanuel joined in saving Social Security Administration over 501 million dollars yearly. He was responsible for the comprehensive and intensive analysis of policy, procedure, and State medical and vocational decisions.

• In the non-profit world, Emmanuel volunteered for about 17 years as the General Secretary of his Church and District, and was the Parliamentarian for the USA Sub-Conference, the headquarters of the Church which encompasses 24 Churches. Emmanuel wrote the bylaws for the church organization; setup the yearly Conference of all member churches, helped in formation of new churches and prayer groups, and help setup support program for the local food banks. He has worked to forge the kind of strong coalitions that make an impact by giving back to our community.

A graduate of San Francisco State University, Emmanuel is married to Sandra (nee Haynes) They are blessed with three children, Emmanuel Gbenga Ogunleye Jr. (18), Ariel Shade Ogunleye (15), and Yetunde Stephanie Ogunleye (10). The family resides in Pittsburg, CA.