Councilmember Jaime Patiño

Jaime is a lifetime resident of Union City. He grew up in the Decoto District and raised his now 20-year-old daughter there as a single parent.

Jaime is a product of the New Haven Unified School District. He started at Searles and then Hillview Crest Elementary Schools, then went on Barnard-White Middle School. He then went to James Logan High School, where he was on Tommie Lindsey’s first Forensics Team.

The James Logan High School Forensics Team awarded Jaime the Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Service Award in 2019 for his work supporting Forensics and the community.

Jaime graduated from Chabot College with Associates Degrees in Business Administration and Administration of Justice. He later received his BA in Political Science from CSU Hayward and received an MBA from CSU East Bay.

He also has Certificates in Human Resource Management and Project Management from CSU East Bay Extension. He also became a Fellow at the Water Education for Latino Leaders (WELL) UnTapped Program.

Jaime was on the Union City Human Relations Commission from 2011-2018 and served as Chair from 2013-2016. While on the Human Relations Commission, he is proud to have co-authored the City’s Compassionate City Resolution. He also served on the Itliong/Vera Cruz Renaming Committee, the Union City Police Department Strategic Plan Steering Committee and the General Plan Advisory Committee.

Jaime has been a member of the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) for Union City since 2014. In 2020, he served at the SCU Lightning Complex Fire Base Camp at the Alameda County Fairgrounds and was recognized by Cal Fire for his contributions.

Jaime was also on the Board of Directors for Centro de Servicios from 2016-2018. They are the oldest community service organization in Southern Alameda County. He still frequently volunteers there. Centro de Servicios gives emergency food, legal aid and other services to those in need in our area.

Jaime has been on the Board of Directors for the Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center (TVHC) since 2013, currently serving as its Treasurer/Finance Chair. TVHC has a $60 Million annual budget and 270 employees. TVHC provides quality healthcare to those in need regardless of immigration status or ability to pay.

Jaime is currently employed as a Finance Manager for a national healthcare corporation, handling multi-million-dollar contracts daily and ensuring access to quality care for its members. Jaime has also negotiated Housing Navigation Center contracts for members that have Medi-Cal as their primary insurance.

He has also been a key subject matter expert in their expansion efforts.

Jaime has been on the City Council since 2018. He served on the Board of Directors of Ava Community Energy (formerly EBCE) from 2018-2025. He served on the Marketing, Regulatory and Legislative Subcommittee as its Vice Chair (Chair – 2022). He also sat on the Branding and CEO Compensation Ad Hoc Committees.

Jaime also served on the Board of Directors of Stopwaste (2018-2022) and served as Second Vice President of the Alameda County Waste Management Authority (2022).

He represents the City on the League of California Cities. He is a member of the Latino Caucus, the Governance Transparency & Labor Relations Policy Committee (Chair – 2024-2025) and is on the League’s Board of Directors (2023-Present). In 2025, he was appointed to their Nominating Committee. This past October, Jaime was appointed to the League of California Cities Latino Caucus Board of Directors.

He is also a member of the National Association of Latino Elected Officials (NALEO) and sits on their Board of Directors.

Jaime is also a part of the National League of Cities (NLC), where he sat on the Community and Economic Development Committee (2020-2023, Vice Chair – 2021-2022). He also sits on the Board of Directors of the Hispanic Elected Local Officials (HELO), a Latino Advocacy Group within the NLC, serving as its Vice President until this past November when he assumed the presidency of the group.

In 2023, Jaime was appointed to the NLC Board of Directors. As a Director, he sits on the Finance Committee. In 2024, he served on their Nomination Committee, where he helped choose the next round of Board Members and Executive Officers.