CCHO Staff
JOHN AVALOS, executive DIRECTOR
john@sfccho.org
John Avalos comes to CCHO’s door with 25 years of experience in building coalitions inside and outside of public office to develop public policy, pass people-oriented budgets, support tenants, and develop successful revenue measures to build affordable housing in San Francisco. John has been part of years of struggle for racial equity and affordable housing that have led to dramatic changes in how City Hall relates to and addresses the needs of working class and BIPOC communities. As a community organizer with Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth, and later a legislative aide and member of the Board of Supervisors, John played a pivotal role making City Hall more accountable and accessible to everyday people, working with labor and community to create resources and structures to address San Francisco’s growing inequality.
CHARLIE SCIAMMAS, POLICY director
charlie@sfccho.org
Charlie Sciammas has practiced multiple social change roles - as an organizer, policy advocate, planner, researcher, and movement builder – at the intersection of housing affordability, community development, land use, neighborhood stabilization and environmental justice. He has spent his career on the front lines of urban movements in San Francisco where he has helped to implement powerful models of community change. Most recently, he was trained in the tools of participatory planning, grassroots policymaking, participatory research, coalition building, and leadership development on the streets of the Mission and Excelsior while working with PODER (People Organizing to Demand Environmental & Economic Rights). Charlie received his MA in Urban Planning at UCLA and BS in Urban Economics at UC Berkeley.