LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shirley Weber, quickly to turn into the primary Black lady to function California’s prime elections officer, will come to work with a deeply private perspective about defending the fitting to vote: Her grandfather by no means voted within the rural South many years in the past.
Weber, a state legislator and retired California State College, San Diego professor, was formally launched by Gov. Gavin Newsom Wednesday, a day after he introduced she can be nominated to fill the put up now held by Secretary of State Alex Padilla. He is departing to fill the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.
