DISTRICT 5 STAFF

Claudia Jimenez, Policy Analyst
(510) 238-7051 Email Me
Claudia manages constituent requests in the Fruitvale Neighborhoods of District Five. She also handles Public Safety matters for the Council President. Prior to joining the Council office, Claudia worked for a period of two and a half years as a policy analyst for Councilmember Quan. Prior to working in local government, Claudia worked with parents and students at the Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse in Santa Barbara, her home town. She also worked with the Richmond Police Department in their family services division as an advocate for domestic violence victims. She helped the Richmond Police Department strengthen their policies and response to domestic violence incidents. Claudia has bachelor's degrees in Legal Studies and Social Welfare from the University of California, Berkeley and lives in Oakland with her fiancé and new baby boy.

Ratna Amin, Legislative Aide
(510) 238-6126 Email Me
Ratna Amin manages the legislative process for the Council President and is the constituent liaison for the Glenview area and 23rd Avenue. Before she joined the District 5 office, she served the entire City Council as a legislative analyst. Prior to working in local government, Ratna worked as an environmental and transportation planner. Ratna was also a 2004-05 Northern California Coro Fellow in Public Affairs and served as a middle school math teacher for two years in Phoenix, Arizona as a member of Teach for America. Ratna has Master's degrees in Transportation Engineering and City and Regional Planning from the University of California, Berkeley and a Bachelor's in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. She lives in Oakland with her husband.

Lisa Ruhland, Executive Assistant
(510) 238-7247 Email Me
Lisa joined the District 5 office in July of 2004. She is Mr. De La Fuente’s Executive Assistant; doing scheduling, office administration, and representing Ignacio on the Community Action Partnership (CAP) Board. A native Oaklander, Lisa graduated from Oakland High School in 1980. After getting a bachelor's degree in Art History from the University of California, Berkeley, Lisa worked for Old Oakland, a two-block development of restored Victorians at Ninth & Broadway, for 16 years as an assistant in the Architecture, then Leasing and finally Property Management departments. Lisa lives in the Laurel District with her two teenage sons.

Lupe Schoenberger, Legislative Assistant
(510) 238-7052 Email Me
Lupe is the Legislative Analyst to the Rules Committee, chaired by Council President De La Fuente. She is responsible for assisting the Council President with the scheduling of City Council agenda items and monitoring the City’s state and federal lobbying activities. Lupe’s career with the City of Oakland began in 1984 in the Economic Development and Employment office. In 1992, she helped Councilmember De La Fuente launch his District Five City Council office. Lupe worked for Mayor Jerry Brown in 1999. Since 2001 Lupe has been the City Council Legislative Analyst where she helped develop many policy initiatives including Equal Access and the Equal Benefits ordinance. Lupe is a Fruitvale District native.