Loren Taylor

Loren Taylor (born July 1977) is an American politician, member of the Democratic Party, and Councilmember on the Oakland City Council representing District 6 which includes the East Oakland neighborhoods of Maxwell Park, Oakland, California, Millsmont, Oakland, California, Havenscourt, Oakland, California and Eastmont, Oakland, California.
Engineering and business career.
Prior to his election to represent District 6 on the Oakland City Council in 2018, Loren Taylor worked as a biomedical engineer and management consultant for businesses and non-profits. After serving as Director in PricewaterhouseCoopers' (PWC) health strategy & innovation practice, Taylor launched Custom Taylor Solutions (CTS), a social impact consulting firm based in Oakland. Taylor's community involvement included serving as a Board member of the 100 Black Men of the Bay Area and the West Oakland Health Center.
Political career.
Taylor first ran for public office in 2018 and defeated 16-year incumbent Desley Brooks and three other candidates earning 64.3% of the vote after 5 rounds of ranked choice voting.
Taylor's stated priorities during the election were (1) creating economic opportunities in East Oakland, (2) stop the pushing out / pricing out of Oaklanders, and (3) making government more effective and efficient. Among Taylor's proposals to make government more effective was civilianizing certain police jobs and strengthening the existing Neighborhood Crime Prevention Councils
Council leadership and committee assignments.
Loren Taylor holds the following city council leadership positions and committee assignments for the 2019–2021 session:
Personal life.
Loren Taylor is a 3rd generation Oaklander whose grandparents moved to Oakland from the segregated south in the 1940s. His mother was a public school teacher in the Oakland Unified School District. He began his professional career as a biomedical engineer after earning masters in biomedical engineering from the University of Connecticut. He later earned an MBA from UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business. Taylor lives in Oakland with his wife, Dr. Erica Taylor and two children and has served as PTA President, soccer coach and Boy Scout leader.