Press Releases

Governor Brown Announces Appointments
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments: Linda Christine Onstad-Adkins, 66, of Sacramento, has been appointed executive director at the Health Professions Education Foundation, where she has served as acting executive...
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Governor Brown Announces Appointments
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments: Dara Thompson, 44, of San Rafael, has been appointed to the California Naturopathic Medicine Committee. Thompson has been a naturopathic doctor at Azzolino Chiropractic Neurology and...
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Governor Brown Announces Appointments
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments: Jeff McGuire, 55, of Elk Grove, has been appointed chief deputy director at the California Department of General Services. McGuire has been deputy director at the Board of...
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Governor Brown Appoints New California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Secretary
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the appointment of Scott Kernan as Secretary for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. “Scott started as a correctional officer and worked his way up through the ranks to become warden at...
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Governor Brown Grants Pardons
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced that he has granted 91 pardons. The individuals granted pardons all completed their sentences and have been released from custody for more than a decade without further criminal activity. Individuals who have...
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Governor Brown Appoints Martin J. Tangeman to the Second District Court of Appeal
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the appointment of Martin J. Tangeman as associate justice of the Second District Court of Appeal, Division Six. Tangeman, 62, of Cambria, has served as a judge at the San Luis Obispo County Superior Court...
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Governor Brown Appoints Two to Tulare County Superior Court
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the appointment of Robert Anthony Fultz and Tara K. Howard to judgeships in the Tulare County Superior Court. Fultz, 51, of Visalia, has been an assistant deputy district attorney at the Tulare County District...
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Governor Brown Appoints Four to Los Angeles County Superior Court
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the appointment of Francis B. Bennett II, Joel L. Lofton, Thomas D. Long and David A. Rosen to judgeships in the Los Angeles County Superior Court. Bennett, 50, of Los Angeles, has served as a deputy alternate...
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Governor Brown Appoints Kristine A. Eagle to San Joaquin County Superior Court
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the appointment of Kristine A. Eagle to a judgeship in the San Joaquin County Superior Court. Eagle, 51, of Stockton, has served as a commissioner at the San Joaquin County Superior Court since 2015. She was a...
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Governor Brown Appoints Arturo Castro to Alameda County Superior Court
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the appointment of Arturo Castro to a judgeship in the Alameda County Superior Court. Castro, 42, of El Cerrito, has served as a supervising attorney at the Judicial Council of California since 2012, where he...
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