Latino Coalition for a Healthy California
Executive Director
1225 Eighth Street, Suite 500
Sacramento
CAUSA
95814
Biographical Sketch: Al Hernandez-Santana has a graduate degree in Urban Planning from UC Berkeley and a Juris Doctor from University of California, Hastings in San Francisco. LCHC was an engaged participant in federal health care reform and continues to be a key player during the implementation process of the federal law in California. Mr. Santana joined LCHC from the California Catholic Conference, where he assisted Catholic Charities and directed the Division of Hispanic Affairs as their senior lobbyist and coordinator of Hispanic ministry in the Far West region. Mr. Santana has an extensive public policy background in health care, housing, immigrant rights and the budget process. He represented the California Primary Care Association as the Assistant Director of Government Programs; served as consultant to the California State Assembly Judiciary Committee and the former state Sen. Martha Escutia; and started as a Fellow for Economic Justice at Consumers Union in SF. Mr. Santana has been quoted extensively in Spanish and English news media and is a frequent political commentator for Univision’s “Voz y Voto.”