Charter Review Committee Members
Grantland Johnson
Grantland Johnson, a native of Sacramento, has an extensive record of public service. In addition, he has worked for a number of not-for-profit non-governmental organizations. Since, May, 2007, he has served as a Senior Advisor for Strategic Policy, with Community Housing Opportunities Corporation, Inc. (CHOC). CHOC is a twenty-five year old Davis, California based non-profit developer of fordable housing. Grantland served as the Director of Community & Economic Development, for the Sacramento Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO. Grantland was appointed by former California Governor Gray Davis to the cabinet-level position of Secretary, Health & human Services Agency. He served in that position from January, 1999, until November, 2003. Mr. Johnson was appointed by President Clinton to the position of Region IX Director, within the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Grantland served ten years as a local elected official. From January, 1987-November, 1993, he served a member of the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors. And, he served as a member of the Sacramento City Council from November, 1983-December, 1986. Grantland served a combined fourteen years on the Sacramento Regional Transit District Board of Directors, from October, 1976 through November, 1993. He was appointed by the Sacramento City Council in January, 1970, as a charter member of the Del Paso Heights Project Area Committee; the first neighborhood redevelopment project in the City of Sacramento. Most recently, he co-chaired the “Yes on Measure B” Committee that lead the successful campaign to form the Twin Rivers Unified School District. Grantland received an Associate of Arts Degree from American River Community College, and a Bachelors-of-Arts Degree, from California State University, Sacramento.
