Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today, 10-20-11, announced appointments

Hector De La Torre, 44, of Los Angeles, has been appointed to the Air Resources Board. He is currently vice president of the Free Conferencing Corporation. De La Torre served as a California State Assemblymember of the 50th District from 2004 to 2010. He was a Councilmember for the City of South Gate from 1997 to 2004. De La Torre was a manager for the County of Los Angeles Superior Court from 2002 to 2004, a manager at Southern California Edison from 1996 to 2002, and chief of staff to the deputy secretary of the United States Department of Labor from 1995 to 1997. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $40,699. De La Torre is a Democrat.

Governor Brown Creates California Interagency Council on Veterans

Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued an Executive Order establishing the California Interagency Council on Veterans to improve how veterans’ services are coordinated across local, state and federal government.

“The California Interagency Council on Veterans gives everyone a seat at the table and ensures we’re working collaboratively to address the needs of the 30,000 servicemen and women who return to California each year,” Brown said. “We owe our veterans the best and when they come home, we must serve them the same way they so bravely served us.”