David Rubin, a gay man and Superior Court judge in San Diego County, was unanimously confirmed and sworn in Friday as a justice for the Fourth District Court of Appeal after a hearing by the state Commission on Judicial Appointments.
David Rubin, a gay man and Superior Court judge in San Diego County, was unanimously confirmed and sworn in Friday as a justice for the Fourth District Court of Appeal after a hearing by the state Commission on Judicial Appointments.
Governor Gavin Newsom has nominated two gay men to serve on the state’s appellate courts and moved to elevate a lesbian appeal court justice to preside over her bench.
Governor Gavin Newsom has nominated two gay men to serve on the state’s appellate courts and moved to elevate a lesbian appeal court justice to preside over her bench.
For more than a decade California’s courts have been required to release sexual orientation and gender identity demographic data on judges in an effort to help diversify the bench.