| Noel Gallo | |
| Birth Place: | Ysleta, El Paso, Texas |
| Office1: | Member of the Oakland City Council from District 5 |
| Term Start1: | 2013 |
| Predecessor1: | Ignacio de la Fuente |
| Office2: | Member of the Oakland Board of Education from District 5 |
| Term Start2: | January 1993 |
| Term End2: | 2012 |
| Predecessor2: | Darlene Lawson |
| Successor2: | Roseann Torres |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Education: | University of California, Berkeley (BS) |
| Website: | Government website |
Noel Gallo represents District 5 on the Oakland City Council, a position he has held since 2013.[1] Gallo is chair of the public safety committee,[2] where he has advocated for youth curfews[3] and the creation of a Public Safety Oversight Commission.[4] In 2021, Gallo voted to redirect $17.4 million of a $27 million budget increase from the Oakland Police Department to the Department of Violence Prevention.[5]
In 1992 he was the first Hispanic elected to the Oakland School Board[6] on which he also served as President.[7]
Gallo grew up in the Fruitvale district,[8] which he now represents.[9]