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California Senate confirms two governor appointments to air-quality board and transportation commission
Summary
The California Senate confirmed Tanya Pacheco Werner to the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District board (34–0) and Paulette Brown Hines to the California Transportation Commission (36–0). Both appointments were approved by the rules committee on 5–0 votes.
The California State Senate confirmed two of the governor’s appointees during the floor session.
Tanya Pacheco Werner was reappointed to the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District board. Senator Grove said Werner first joined the board in 2021 and serves as executive director of the Central Valley Health Policy Institute at Fresno State University; he noted the rules committee approved her nomination 5–0 and asked members for an aye vote. The secretary’s roll call recorded 34 ayes and 0 noes and the presiding officer announced the appointment was confirmed.
The Senate then considered the appointment of Paulette Brown Hines to the California Transportation Commission. Senator Grove described Hines as the publisher of Black Voice News, founder of Voice Media Ventures and an adjunct professor at UC Riverside; he told the Senate the rules committee had approved her nomination 5–0 and requested an aye vote. The roll call yielded 36 ayes and 0 noes and the presiding officer confirmed the appointment.
Both confirmations were procedural, with committee approvals noted on the floor. The roll-call tallies and the full roll-call text are recorded in the session transcript.
