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Senate committee advances Board of Parole Hearings executive officer nominee after questioning on fairness, interpreters and drug-test review
Summary
The California State Senate committee voted 5-0 to send the governor’s nominee for executive officer of the Board of Parole Hearings to the Senate floor after the nominee described steps to ensure fairness, training and review of disputed drug-test results.
The California State Senate committee voted unanimously June 18 to advance the governor’s nominee for executive officer of the Board of Parole Hearings to the full Senate.
The nominee, Mr. Wyckoff, told the committee he has spent three decades in public service and pledged to emphasize “fair, transparent, and respectful” parole hearings. He said he will continue observing hearings, expand transcript review and work with stakeholders to provide feedback to commissioners.
The committee’s questions focused on how the executive office supervises commissioners, how complaints and training are handled, and a recent problem involving drug-test results for people in the medication-assisted treatment (MAT) program. Wyckoff told…
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