Commissioner Byron Lopez has been a Senior Policy Analyst at Service Employees International Union Local 2015 since 2015. In his capacity at Local 2015, Commissioner Lopez provides policy analysis on long-term care issues and other issues impacting workers and their communities. He is also a member of the Board of Governors of the Alameda Alliance for Health which provides health care coverage for residents of Alameda County. Commissioner Lopez is proud to be a son of indigenous Mayans from Guatemala and got his motivation to be part of the labor movement from his parents who were garment workers since the 1980s in Los Angeles.