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Governor Newsom Announces Appointments 11.1.22 | California Governor
Andrea Ambriz, 39, of Los Angeles, has been appointed Basic Supervisor of Exposition Park. Ambriz has been Deputy Secretary of Exterior Affairs on the California Pure Assets Company since 2020. She was Chief Working Officer and a Advisor at River LA from 2019 to 2020. She was Chief of Workers at SEIU Native 2015 from 2017 to 2019 and Deputy Director of Personal Sector Engagement within the White Home Workplace of Public Engagement from 2015 to 2016. She held a number of positions within the U.S. Division of the Treasury from 2011 to 2014, together with Director of Coverage and Strategic Engagement for the myRA Program within the Workplace of Home Finance, Performing Deputy Assistant Secretary for Worldwide Affairs within the Workplace of Legislative Affairs, Particular Assistant for Appropriations and Worldwide Affairs within the Workplace of Legislative Affairs and Advisor to the Workplace of Monetary Schooling and Client Coverage within the Workplace of Home Finance. Ambriz was a Legislative Aide within the California State Legislature from 2005 to 2009. She is a member of the Los Angeles Fireplace and Police Pension Board of Commissioners and serves on the Higher Los Angeles River and Tributaries Working Group throughout the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy. She earned a Grasp of Public Coverage diploma from the College of California, Berkeley. This place doesn’t require Senate affirmation and the compensation is $189,636. Ambriz is a Democrat.
Mariaelena Gonzalez, 47, of Redwood Metropolis, has been reappointed to the Tobacco Schooling and Analysis Oversight Committee, the place she has served since 2018. Gonzalez has been an Affiliate Professor on the College of California, Merced since 2020, the place she served as an Assistant Professor from 2013 to 2020. She has been Co-Director of the Analysis Core on the Nicotine and Hashish Coverage Analysis Heart since 2018. Gonzalez was a Postdoctoral Fellow on the College of California, San Francisco Heart for Tobacco Management Schooling from 2009 to 2013. She is a member of the American Public Well being Affiliation, the Latina Researchers Community and Alpha Sigma Nu. Gonzalez earned a Grasp of Theological Research diploma from the Harvard Divinity Faculty and a Physician of Philosophy diploma in Sociology from Stanford College. This place doesn’t require Senate affirmation and there’s no compensation. Gonzalez is a Democrat.
John Maa, 53, of San Francisco, has been appointed to the Tobacco Schooling and Analysis Oversight Committee. Maa has served as a Surgeon at Marin Basic Hospital since 2014, the place he was Chief of the Division of Basic and Acute Care Surgical procedure from 2018 to 2020. Maa was an Assistant Professor of Surgical procedure on the College of California, San Francisco Division of Surgical procedure from 2004 to 2013. He served as rank O-3 within the U.S. Military Reserve from 1991 to 2000. Maa is President on the American Medical Affiliation, San Francisco Chapter. He was President of the San Francisco Marin Medical Society in 2018, Chair of the College of California Workplace of the President Tobacco Associated Illness Analysis Program from 2013 to 2017 and President of the American School of Surgeons from 2013 to 2014. He’s a member of the Asian Artwork Museum Board of Trustees and the American Coronary heart Affiliation Board of Administrators. Maa earned a Physician of Medication diploma from Harvard Medical Faculty. This place doesn’t require Senate affirmation and there’s no compensation. Maa is a Democrat.
Monica Morales, 43, of Rocklin, has been appointed to the Tobacco Schooling and Analysis Oversight Committee. Morales has been Director of the Santa Cruz County Well being Providers Company since 2022. She was a Deputy Director on the California Division of Public Well being from 2016 to 2021. Morales held a number of roles on the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Well being from 2011 to 2016, together with Deputy Bureau Chief, Power Illness Director and Power Illness Wellness and Integration Supervisor. Morales earned a Grasp of Public Administration diploma in Public Coverage from Columbia College. This place doesn’t require Senate affirmation and there’s no compensation. Morales is a Democrat.
Ramona Mosley, 49, of Elk Grove, has been appointed to the Tobacco Schooling and Analysis Oversight Committee. Mosley has served as Chief of Program Alignment, Communications and Fairness on the Heart for Well being Communities within the California Division of Public Well being since 2021, the place she was Communications Strategist from 2020 to 2021. She was Workforce Improvement, Coaching and Technical Assistant Coordinator on the College of Nevada, Reno Division of Well being Sciences from 2016 to 2020. Mosley was Director of Well being Applications on the Well being Schooling Council from 2002 to 2016. She is a member of the College of California, Davis Alumni Affiliation. Mosley earned a Grasp of Science diploma in Organizational Habits and Improvement from Golden Gate College. This place doesn’t require Senate affirmation and there’s no compensation. Mosley is a Democrat.
Michael Ong, 50, of Santa Monica, has been reappointed to the Tobacco Schooling and Analysis Oversight Committee, the place he has served since 2007. Ong has been a Professor on the College of California, Los Angeles since 2005. He has been Hospitalist Part Chief on the VA Higher Los Angeles Healthcare System since 2018, the place he has been a Workers Doctor since 2013. He was a Veterans Affairs Ambulatory Care Fellow at Stanford College and Veterans Affairs Palo Alto from 2003 to 2005. Ong was a Resident Doctor on the College of California, San Francisco from 2000 to 2003. He’s a member of AcademyHealth, the American School of Physicians, the Society of Basic Inside Medication, the Society of Hospital Medication and the California Medical Affiliation. Ong earned a Physician of Medication diploma from the College of California, San Diego Faculty of Medication and a Physician of Philosophy diploma in Well being Providers and Coverage Evaluation from the College of California, Berkeley. This place doesn’t require Senate affirmation and there’s no compensation. Ong is a Democrat.
Aimee Sisson, 43, of Sacramento County, has been appointed to the Tobacco Schooling and Analysis Oversight Committee. Sisson has served as Well being Officer of Yolo County since 2020. She was a Well being Officer and Public Well being Director on the Placer County Division of Well being and Human Providers from 2019 to 2020. Sisson was a Public Well being Medical Officer on the Workforce Improvement Part within the California Division of Public Well being’s Power Illness Management Department from 2017 to 2019, the place she was a Public Well being Medical Officer within the Program Improvement Part from 2015 to 2017 and from 2008 to 2009. Sisson was a Farmer and Proprietor of the Root Trigger Farm from 2015 to 2016. She was a Public Well being Officer on the Workplace of Well being Fairness within the California Division of Public Well being from 2012 to 2015. Sisson was an Natural Farming Apprentice at Soil Born Farms City Agriculture and Schooling Mission from 2012 to 2013. She was a Resident on the California Division of Public Well being Preventive Medication Residency Program from 2007 to 2008. Sisson was a Categorical Basic Surgical procedure Intern on the College of California, Davis Medical Heart from 2005 to 2006. She is a Fellow on the American School of Preventive Medication and the President on the California Academy of Preventive Medication. Sisson is a member of the California Convention of Native Well being Officers, the Well being Officers Affiliation of California and the California Medical Affiliation. She earned a Grasp of Public Well being diploma in Epidemiology from the College of California, Davis and a Physician of Medication diploma from the College of California, Los Angeles Faculty of Medication. This place doesn’t require Senate affirmation and there’s no compensation. Sisson is a Democrat.
Claradina Soto, 47, of Whittier, has been reappointed to the Tobacco Schooling and Analysis Oversight Committee, the place she has served since 2019. Soto has been an Affiliate Professor on the College of Southern California since 2022. She was a Medical Assistant Professor at Keck Medication of the College of Southern California from 2015 to 2022. Soto earned a Grasp of Public Well being diploma in Biostatistics and Epidemiology from the College of Southern California and a Physician of Philosophy diploma in Preventive Medication from the College of Southern California. This place doesn’t require Senate affirmation and there’s no compensation. Soto is a Democrat.
Anna Tune, 46, of San Ramon, has been appointed to the Tobacco Schooling and Analysis Oversight Committee. Tune has been Director on the College of California, Merced Nicotine and Hashish Coverage Heart since 2018. She has been a Professor on the College of California, Merced since 2022, the place she served as an Affiliate Professor from 2008 to 2022. Tune was a Postdoctoral Fellow on the College of California, San Francisco from 2006 to 2008. She is a member of the Society for Neighborhood Analysis and Motion, American Public Well being Affiliation and the Society of Behavioral Medication. Tune earned a Physician of Psychology diploma from the College of California, Davis. This place doesn’t require Senate affirmation and there’s no compensation. Tune is registered with out celebration desire.
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Caitlyn Jenner says she'd 'destroy' Kamala Harris in hypothetical race to be CA gov
SAN FRANCISCO – Caitlyn Jenner, the gold-medal Olympian-turned reality TV personality, is considering another run for Governor of California. This time, she says, if she were to go up against Vice President Kamala Harris, she would “destroy her.”
Jenner, who publicly came out as transgender nearly 10 years ago, made a foray into politics when she ran as a Republican during the recall election that attempted to unseat Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2021. Jenner only received one percent of the vote and was not considered a serious candidate.
Jenner posted this week on social media that she’s having conversations with “many people” and hopes to have an announcement soon about whether she will run.
Caitlyn Jenner speaks at the 4th annual Womens March LA: Women Rising at Pershing Square on January 18, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Chelsea Guglielmino/Getty Images)
She has also posted in Trumpian-style all caps: “MAKE CA GREAT AGAIN!”
As for VP Harris, she has not indicated any future plans for when she leaves office. However, a recent poll suggests Harris would have a sizable advantage should she decide to run in 2026. At that point, Newsom cannot run again because of term limits.
If Jenner decides to run and wins, it would mark the nation and state’s first transgender governor.
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Northern California 6-year-old, parents hailed as heroes for saving woman who crashed into canal
LIVE OAK — A six-year-old and her parents are being called heroes by a Northern California community for jumping into a canal to save a 75-year-old woman who drove off the road.
It happened on Larkin Road near Paseo Avenue in the Sutter County community of Live Oak on Monday.
“I just about lost her, but I didn’t,” said Terry Carpenter, husband of the woman who was rescued. “We got more chances.”
Terry said his wife of 33 years, Robin Carpenter, is the love of his life and soulmate. He is grateful he has been granted more time to spend with her after she survived her car crashing off a two-lane road and overturning into a canal.
“She’s doing really well,” Terry said. “No broken bones, praise the Lord.”
It is what some call a miracle that could have had a much different outcome without a family of good Samaritans.
“Her lips were purple,” said Ashley Martin, who helped rescue the woman. “There wasn’t a breath at all. I was scared.”
Martin and her husband, Cyle Johnson, are being hailed heroes by the Live Oak community for jumping into the canal, cutting Robin out of her seat belt and pulling her head above water until first responders arrived.
“She was literally submerged underwater,” Martin said. “She had a back brace on. Apparently, she just had back surgery. So, I grabbed her brace from down below and I flipped her upward just in a quick motion to get her out of that water.”
The couple said the real hero was their six-year-old daughter, Cayleigh Johnson.
“It was scary,” Cayleigh said. “So the car was going like this, and it just went boom, right into the ditch.”
Cayleigh was playing outside and screamed for her parents who were inside the house near the canal.
I spoke with Robin from her hospital bed over the phone who told us she is in a lot of pain but grateful.
“The thing I can remember is I started falling asleep and then I was going over the bump and I went into the ditch and that’s all I remember,” Robin said.
It was a split-second decision for a family who firefighters said helped save a stranger’s life.
“It’s pretty unique that someone would jump in and help somebody that they don’t even know,” said Battalion Chief for Sutter County Fire Richard Epperson.
Robin is hopeful that she will be released from the hospital on Wednesday in time to be home for Thanksgiving.
“She gets Thanksgiving and Christmas now with her family and grandkids,” Martin said.
Terry and Robin are looking forward to eventually meeting the family who helped save Robin’s life. The family expressed the same feelings about meeting the woman they helped when she is out of the hospital.
“I can’t wait for my baby to get home,” Terry said.
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California may exclude Tesla from EV rebate program
California Gov. Gavin Newsom may exclude Tesla and other automakers from an electric vehicle (EV) rebate program if the incoming Trump administration scraps a federal tax credit for electric car purchases.
Newsom proposed creating a new version of the state’s Clean Vehicle Rebate Program, which was phased out in 2023 after funding more than 594,000 vehicles and saving more than 456 million gallons of fuel, the governor’s office said in a news release on Monday.
“Consumers continue to prove the skeptics wrong – zero-emission vehicles are here to stay,” Newsom said in a statement. “We’re not turning back on a clean transportation future – we’re going to make it more affordable for people to drive vehicles that don’t pollute.”
The proposed rebates would be funded with money from the state’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, which is funded by polluters under the state’s cap-and-trade program, the governor’s office said. Officials did not say how much the program would cost or save consumers.
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They would also include changes to promote innovation and competition in the zero-emission vehicles market – changes that could prevent automakers like Tesla from qualifying for the rebates.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who relocated Tesla’s corporate headquarters from California to Texas in 2021, responded to the possibility of having Tesla EVs left out of the program.
“Even though Tesla is the only company who manufactures their EVs in California! This is insane,” Musk wrote on X, which he also owns.
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Those buying or leasing Tesla vehicles accounted for about 42% of the state’s rebates, The Associated Press reported, citing data from the California Air Resources Board.
Newsom’s office told Fox Business Digital that the proposal is intended to foster market competition, and any potential market cap is subject to negotiation with the state Legislature.
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“Under a potential market cap, and depending on what the cap is, there’s a possibility that Tesla and other automakers could be excluded,” the governor’s office said. “But that’s again subject to negotiations with the legislature.”
Newsom’s office noted that such market caps have been part of rebate programs since George W. Bush’s administration in 2005.
Federal tax credits for EVs are currently worth up to $7,500 for new zero-emission vehicles. President-elect Trump has previously vowed to end the credit.
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California has surpassed 2 million zero-emission vehicles sold, according to the governor’s office. The state, however, could face a $2 billion budget deficit next year, Reuters reported, citing a non-partisan legislative estimate released last week.
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