Paula Daniels been appointed to the California Water Commission.  Daniels is a Pritzker Environment and Sustainability Education Fellow for 2015.  Most recently she has worked on issues related to food systems, water and climate as a volunteer at the Governor's Office of Planning and Research since 2014, and has been a lecturer at the University of California, Los Angeles Institute of the Environment and Sustainability since 2010.  Daniels was a senior advisor on food policy and special projects in water at the Los Angeles Mayor’s Office from 2011 to 2013, and was a commissioner at the City of Los Angeles Board of Public Works from 2005 to 2011.  She served as a member of the California Bay-Delta Authority from 2003 to 2010 and is a member of the California League of Conservation Voters Education Fund Board of Directors and the Heal the Bay Board of Governors.  Daniels earned a Juris Doctor degree from Southwestern Law School.  This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem.  Daniels is a Democrat.

Jose Del Bosque, Jr. of Los Banos has been reappointed to the California Water Commission, where he has served since 2010.  Del Bosque has been a partner at J and G Contract Labor Inc. since 2005 and president of Empresas Del Bosque Inc. since 1985.  Del Bosque is director-at-large at the California Melon Research Board, chairman emeritus at the AgSafe Board of Directors, and a member of the Western Growers Association and the California Farm Bureau Federation.  This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem.  Del Bosque is registered without party preference.

Maria Herrera of Visalia has been appointed to the California Water Commission.  Herrera has been a community development specialist at Self-Help Enterprises since 2014.  She was a community advocacy director at the Community Water Center from 2008 to 2014 and an ag-aid inspector at the California Department of Food and Agriculture from 2004 to 2007.  Herrera is a member of El Quinto Sol de America and la Asociación de Gente Unida por el Agua.  This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem.  Herrera is a Democrat.

Silas Abrego of West Covina has been appointed to the California State University Board of Trustees.  Abrego served as acting vice president for student affairs at California State University, Fullerton from 2011 to 2012, where he was associate vice president for student affairs from 1998 to 2010 and director of students, academic services and university outreach from 1985 to 1998.  Abrego is a member of the Association of Hispanics in Higher Education.  He earned Doctor of Education and Master of Education degrees from the University of Southern California.  This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem.  Abrego is a Democrat.