Gavin Christopher Newsom (born October 10, 1967) is an American politician and businessman who is the 40th governor of California, serving since January 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 49th lieutenant governor of California from 2011 to 2019 and as the 42nd mayor of San Francisco from 2004 to 2011.
Newsom taps out judge for appellate bench
Governor Gavin Newsom has tapped an out judge with Bay Area ties for a vacant seat on the state's 3rd District Court of Appeal.
If confirmed, Judge Laurie M. Earl would be the fifth LGBTQ person serving on one of the state's six appellate courts and the first on the 3rd appeal court bench.
Earl, 60, has served on the Sacramento County Superior Court since 2005, where she has also served as presiding judge. In 2013, she received the Judicial Council's Ronald M.
George Award for Judicial Excellence, its highest honor for a judge, and the Sacramento County Bar Association that year also named her its Judge of the Year.
