Hours after he appointed Secretary of State Alex Padilla Tuesday as California s first Latino senator in the U.S. Congress, Governor Gavin Newsom named Assemblywoman Shirley Weber (D-San Diego) to be his successor. If confirmed by the state Legislature, she will be the first African American to hold the statewide office.
Weber, Ph.D., a prominent Black Southern California lawmaker, had been outspoken about wanting to see Newsom select another Black woman to serve out the remainder of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris term in the Senate. Harris is currently the only Black woman in Congress upper chamber.
In a statement from the governor s office, the 72-year-old Weber thanked Newsom for the history-making opportunity to lead California s elections and expressed her excitement about her nomination.
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FY21 Appropriations and COVID Package. The House and Senate completed their negotiations on the FY21 omnibus and coronavirus relief package last night. As of early this morning, the bill language for the package was still being finalized, though a topline summary of the COVID-19 agreement can be found here, and a general breakdown of the entire year-end package can be found here. The package is slated to be considered by the House and Senate today, though the bil
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San Francisco mayor: Newsom’s Senate pick “a real blow to the African-American community” and to “women in general”
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San Francisco mayor: Newsom’s Senate pick “a real blow to the African-American community” and to “women in general”
Ed MorrisseyPosted at 5:01 pm on December 23, 2020
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Gavin Newsom had to know this was coming, right? For most governors, an opportunity to appoint a replacement to the US Senate is a political boon. As Rod Blagojevich once declared, it’s “a f g valuable thing.” In California, however, it has become an albatross to Newsom, who had to decide which identity groups he would anger with his choice to replace VP-elect Kamala Harris.
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