Desmond Jeffries, is a professional in government relations, policy, and public administration. Recently, he was the former Policy Director for the At-Large District City Council Office for the City of Oakland.
Prior to working for Oakland’s City Council, he was selected as a candidate in the highly competitive fellowship program as an SFO Fellow for San Francisco International Airport (SFO) with the City and County of San Francisco. Prior to this, Desmond worked as a Program Manager for Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency, a non-profit organization that provides social services, affordable and transitional housing within the Bay Area.
Desmond received his Bachelors in Political Science with a concentration in Public Administration and minor in Economics, from California State University, Los Angeles. In 2014, he attended Pepperdine’s School of Public Policy, then in 2015, he moved to the Bay Area to obtain his Masters in Public Administration from the University of San Francisco. Desmond’s areas of specialized expertise are in labor relations, policy and transportation planning.
Currently, Desmond is researching to draft legislation and revise policies, programs and use creative incremental financing to increase the supply of low-income and affordable housing throughout California. His upcoming project goal is to build a mixed-use African Resource Center in the Bay Area. This project will act as a one-stop service provider of county social services and as a live-work space for refugees and immigrants coming from Africa.
He is enrolling in the Ross Minority Program in Real Estate to build his skillset in real-estate acquisition, development and finance in order to make informed-decisions which best serve the public interests. Desmond currently lives in Oakland, California.
Email: desmond.i.jeffries@gmail.com