Gov. Newsom Announces Appointments

SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom Jan. 5 and 6 announced the following appointments respectively.

Isadore Hall III, 50, of Los Angeles, as of Jan. 5 has been reappointed to the California Agricultural Labor Relations board, where he has served since 2017. Hall served as a Senator for the California State Senate’s 35th District from 2014 to 2016 and as an assemblymember for the California State Assembly’s 64th District from 2008 to 2014. He was a Compton city councilmember from 2003 to 2008 and a member of the Compton Unified School District Board of Trustees from 2001 to 2003. Hall earned a Master of Public Administration degree from National University, a Master of Public Administration degree in Management and Leadership from the University of Southern California and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Religious Studies from Next Dimension University. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $170,464. Hall is a Democrat.

Alex Israel, 40, of Los Angeles, as of Jan. 6 has been reappointed to the California Arts Council, where he has served since 2020. Israel has been a contemporary artist since 2010, with a broad conceptual practice that examines Southern Californian culture, the entertainment industry and the American Dream. He was a salesperson for Hauser & Wirth Gallery from 2006 to 2008, an assistant for the artist Jason Rhoades from 2005 to 2006 and at Sotheby’s contemporary art department in New York in 2004. He was a curatorial assistant at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles in 2003. He earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Southern California Roski School of Fine Arts. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Israel is a Democrat.