Newsom to nominate Shirley Weber, Assembly member from San Diego, as secretary of state FacebookTwitterEmail 1of4 Assemblywoman Shirley Weber, D-San Diego, calls on members of the Assembly to approve her measure to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot to let voters decide if the state should overturn its ban on affirmative action programs, at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, June 10, 2020. On Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced he had picked Weber to replace Alex Padilla as Secretary of State. Padilla was selected by Newsom to replace Kamala Harris as one of the state’s two U.S. Senators following her election as Vice-president-elect with Joe Biden.Rich Pedroncelli / Associated PressShow MoreShow Less