Melissa Shuen-Mallory is a Legal Assistant by day and activist and organizer by night and weekend. In addition to her full time job, she is the Chair of Union City's Human Relations Commission, the Chair of Southern Alameda County Progressive Democrats club, and an opera singer. She also volunteers her time to advocate for the LGBTQ+ community and to support organizations that serve the unhoused. 

Melissa is a bold progressive who believes in fighting the revolution from inside the house. Melissa is committed to fighting for more transparency and diversity within the Democratic Party. Melissa has been serving their community as the Chair of Union City's Human Relations Commission and also as the Chair of Southern Alameda County Progressive Democrats. Melissa is a strong believer in social justice, climate justice, healthcare as a human right and protecting the dignity of every human being.

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Vanessa graduated from the University of California-Santa Cruz, receiving her degree in Philosophy and Politics, where she quickly immersed herself in campus organizing. She got involved with campus student government and even became the Vice President of Membership of the UCSC College Democrats. Her work for education justice drives her efforts locally where she previously joined Evolve California in San Francisco as an organizer by working to reform Prop. 13 making corporations pay their fair share. She previously served as the National Queer Students of Color Caucus Chair (NQSoC), sitting on the Board of Directors for the United States Student Association (USSA). Vanessa currently serves on the executive board of the South Alameda County Progressive Democrats. When not volunteering, Vanessa has worked in a retail setting to help pay her student loans. 

• A Green New Deal & Fossil Free 
• Free Higher Education 
• Public financed elections & getting money out of politics 
• Housing Justice emphasizing housing for all by making corporations pay their fair share
• Criminal Justice Reform & restorative justice practices; this means ending mass incarceration & the school to prison pipeline
• Abolishing ICE 
• Repealing Costa Hawkins & fighting for rent control 
• Investing in our public transportation systems 

Please feel free to contact me as i'm open to answering questions one-on-one or via email. 

Graduated from San Leandro High. I participated in Close-up club in high school which studies government and politics here and in Washington DC. I took political science at Chabot college and received a 4.0.  I have lived in Alameda county all my life, So i've seen the growth and the changing issues within the county. I've only worked in Alameda county and received some  promotions.  I know do to my hard work ethic. Current job 20 years in Pleasanton California promoted to Dispatcher. I serve on the Alameda County Democratic Central Committee 20th A.D. Appointed incumbent. Won several awards for my service 2016 Democrat of the Year by the Hayward Area Democratic Club. 2011 Regional Directors Award by the california Democratic party. 2004 Democrat of the Year by the Alameda County Democratic Party.

Life , Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness: as found in the United States Declaration of Independence and we as a people protect the Bill of Rights and our Constitution from further erosion as it is the bedrock of our Democracy. Endorsed By: CA State Controller Betty Yee , Assemblyman Bill Qurik, Former State Majority Leader Ellen Corbett & current East Bay Regional Park Member, Alameda County Supervisor Nate Miley, Hayward City Council Member Sara Lamnin, San Leandro Council Member Corina Lopez , Former Hayward School Board Member Lisa Brunner, SEIU 1021, F.U.N. Progressives Club and Hayward Area Democratic Club.

I would be honored to continue to serve you as a representative from Assembly District 20 on the Alameda County Central Committee. Since 2016, I’ve attended every meeting of the California Democratic Party and have been elected Chair of our Veterans Caucus and our E-Board Representative.

As Veteran Caucus Chair, we have held joint meetings with the Arab-American and Disabilities Caucuses and created a sub-committee dedicated to bringing home Deported Veterans.

I’ve also been humbled to serve as Congressman Ro Khanna’s Delegate to our Alameda County Central Committee. There, I’ve helped push for greater transparency, and I’m happy to report that our meetings are now documented on Facebook Livestream.

In Fremont, I’ve now lead two clean-money campaigns for City Council. Both on platforms that are unapologetically Progressive on every issue. Our last campaign earned the 4th largest amount of votes in the city, but due to our district election system, we did not earn one of the 4 seats available.

I am committed to working for you and building our party through grassroots funding. I will support Democratic candidates who are focused housing stabilization, green energy infrastructure and a forward thinking education plans that help foster a competitive school district with diverse opportunities for every child.

I will work to increase transparency and listen to voices not normally heard by our Dem Central Committee. I will work to strengthen the relationship between our community and our party. I will follow up with real changes to improve transparency with our politics that will increase voter participation and thereby help improve the lives of residents and improve our city.

I am running for the Alameda County Democratic Central Committee to ensure that our local party is a institution that is more welcoming to new people and new ideas. Our party is broken and we all too often fail to act like Democrats. At times, our local party fails to hold elected officials accountable and we rarely challenge incumbents, even if they fail to deliver for constituents or vote against progressive legislation. This must change.

We should only support candidates that support our principles AND actively carry them out in public policy i.e, healthcare for all, rent control and just cause evictions, livable wages that are actually livable in the Bay Area, Union workers and competitive contracts, oversight of local law enforcement and transparency in how our local tax dollars are spent.

I would be honoted to have your support on the March 3rd ballot.