–District 3 Supervisor Dawn Ortiz-Legg has appointed decorated U.S. Army veteran Kristina Spearman to serve as a county planning commissioner and Central Coast native Aidan Beals to serve as the District 3 legislative aide. Spearman begins her term this month, serving on the county’s five-member planning commission. The commission reviews and approves tract maps, conditional use permits, and variances and makes land-use recommendations to the board of supervisors. Spearman is a decorated U.S. Army veteran with 20 years of senior-level federal service experience in planning and policy under the Clinton, Bush, and Obama administrations and within the U.S. Senate. Spearman has a master’s degree in public policy from American University, and is a graduate of the Harvard School of Public Health and Kennedy School of Government. Spearman also brings practical planning and building experience to the position. She recently completed a complex development project over the past four years resulting in their family home within District 3.