DCA announces executive appointments, new training rollout and July 2026 reorganization timeline

Summary

Shelley Jones of the Department of Consumer Affairs told the Board of Pharmacy that Governor Newsom appointed Lucy Saldivar as deputy director of board and bureau relations; DCA rolled out updated harassment‑prevention and unconscious‑bias trainings via LMS, and staff said a DCA reorganization takes effect in July 2026.

Shelley Jones, assistant deputy director for board and bureau relations at the California Department of Consumer Affairs, briefed the Board of Pharmacy on Oct. 27 training updates, executive appointments and the agency's reorganization timeline.

“Governor Newsom appointed Lucy Saldivar as the deputy director of board and bureau relations,” Jones said, and Jones said she herself was recently appointed to the assistant deputy director role. Jones outlined mandatory harassment‑prevention training that will be assigned via DCA’s learning management system, explained that the new version will be reassigned biannually, and said an unconscious‑bias training module will be added to onboarding.

Jones also described DCA’s executive reorganization, which staff said takes effect in July 2026 and will split the Business, Consumer Services and Housing agency into two separate agencies. She offered to follow up with board leadership on recently enacted legislation (Senate Bill 702) that a board member asked about.

The board had no substantive votes on the DCA report; members thanked Jones and asked staff to share follow‑up information about SB 702 and other implementation details.