SACRAMENTO
Gov. Newsom Announces Communications Appointments
Gov. Gavin Newsom today announced the appointment of Daniel Lopez as Press Secretary in the Office of the Governor and Daisy Vieyra as Director of Communications in the Office of the First Partner.
Daniel Lopez, 42, of Sacramento, has been appointed Press Secretary in the Office of the Governor. Lopez has served as the Public Information Officer in the Office of Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs since 2017. Prior to this role, he served as Chief of Staff to California State Senator Dr. Richard Pan. Lopez also worked as an Aide to former Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson and served as a Press Aide to then-Lt. Governor John Garamendi. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $115,008. Lopez is a Democrat.
Daisy Vieyra, 31, of Los Angeles, has been appointed Director of Communications in the Office of the First Partner. Vieyra has been Account Director at the public relations and communications firm BerlinRosen since 2020. She was Senior Communications Strategist at American Civil Liberties Union California Action from 2015 to 2020, Communications Strategist at the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California from 2013 to 2015 and Communications Assistant for the YES on Proposition 34 – SAFE California ballot initiative in 2012. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100,008.
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LAKE COUNTY
Scotts Valley Community Advisory Council to meet via zoom Monday
Due to the COVID-19 crisis, meetings of the Scotts Valley Community Advisory Council will be available for participation virtually via Zoom. To participate in real time, please join the Zoom meeting by accessing the link at 5 p.m. January 25.
Guest speakers schedule include:
- Laurel Bard, Civic Spark Fellow with Clear Lake Environmental Research Center (CLERC). She is currently updating the Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP)
- Kevin Waycik – Neighborhood Watch group presentation
Residents and attendees can share their concerns and ideas with District 4 Supervisor, Tina Scott.
Old Business to be discussed per the meeting agenda include: Guard rail repair on bridge at SVR and Hendricks – Has been completed, Willows needs to be cleared from SVR roadside @ SVR and Hendricks and a request for a speed limit sign at Scotts Valley Road (current speed limit 45) New Business on the agenda include an updated on COVID-19 vaccine rollouts for Lake County, and approval of a bridge approach over Scotts Creek at Scotts Valley Road and Hendricks.
SVCAC ZOOM Meeting link information:
https://lakecounty.zoom.us/j/93234996925?
pwd=NWJpRTZTYUFMajlUcGdDZUE4Y1plZz09
Meeting ID: 93234996925
Passcode: 066388
Find your local number:
https://lakecounty.zoom.us/u/adK5i87B20
Join by SIP
93234996925@zoomcrc.com
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FAYETTE, MO
Hughes Earns Dean’s List Recognition
Central Methodist University provost Dr. Rita Gulstad announced this week the students included on the Fall 2020 Dean’s List.
Vanessa Hughes, of Clearlake Oaks, Calif., joined more than 1,000 students across all CMU campuses met the requirements for placement, including a grade point average of 3.50 or higher for the semester.
Since its founding in 1854, CMU has evolved into a university that confers master’s, bachelor’s and associate’s degrees through programming on its main campus in Fayette, Mo., and through extension sites and online.
SACRAMENTO
State ‘shortchanged’ small counties, auditor says
State Auditor Elaine Howle slammed Newsom’s administration Tuesday for failing to distribute coronavirus relief funds equally among counties. According to Howle’s report, California’s 16 biggest counties received $190 or $197 per person while the 42 smaller counties got $102 per person — even though the smaller counties’ needs “were at least the same if not greater.” The report also found that Newsom’s administration “treated some cities inconsistently.” In July, the administration withheld federal funds from two small Central Valley cities for failing to comply with state health orders, but was “unable to demonstrate that it reviewed all 476 cities” with the same scrutiny, Howle wrote.
H.D. Palmer, spokesman for the state Department of Finance: “If the Auditor’s office has concerns over this process, they should take their policy recommendations directly to the Legislature — which voted to approve the specific mechanism that governed our actions.”
The news comes amid a slowly improving coronavirus picture in California. Hospitalizations have fallen by 8.5% over the past two weeks, though more than 20,000 people remain hospitalized or in intensive care. But challenges remain. After the state issued a warning about a specific batch of Moderna vaccines, Stanislaus County shuttered its community vaccine clinics. High winds forced a mass vaccination site in Orange County to close Tuesday. And San Francisco Mayor London Breed warned that the city’s public health department could run out of doses by today.
—Emily Hoeven, CALmatters
