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Governor Gavin Newsom has named a queer judicial aide to a vacant seat on the Alameda County Superior Court. Kelli M. Evans will fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Thomas C. Rogers from the East Bay bench.
Evans, 52, a Democrat, has been serving as Newsom s chief deputy legal affairs secretary since last year. She initially was brought on as the governor s deputy legal affairs secretary for criminal justice when Newsom took his oath of office in 2019.
The Oakland resident had served as a special assistant to former state attorney general Xavier Becerra from 2017 to 2019. She had left her position as senior director for the administration of justice at the California State Bar to join Becerra s staff.