Gov. Newsom Announces Appointments

SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom May 18 and 19, respectively, announced the following appointments:

Yvonne Wheeler, of Long Beach, has been appointed May 18 to the California Citizens’ Compensation Commission. Wheeler has been president of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor since 2022. She was an international business representative at IATSE International in 2022. Wheeler was a national representative at the American Federation of Government Employees from 2014 to 2022 and a special assistant to the national secretary-treasurer there from 2012 to 2014. Wheeler was an area field services representative at the AFL-CIO from 2002 to 2009. She was president at Communications Workers of America Local 9586 from 1999 to 2002 and vice president there from 1996 to 1999. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Wheeler is a Democrat.

Guillermo Martinez, of Los Angeles, has been appointed May 19 to the board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors and Geologists. Martinez was a senior transportation engineer at the Port of Los Angeles from 2004 to 2020. He was a transportation engineering associate at the Los Angeles Department of Transportation from 2001 to 2004. Martinez is a member of the Service Employees International Union, Loyola Marymount University Civil Engineering Alumni Advisory Board, American Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way Association, Project Management Institute, and Institute of Transportation Engineers. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Loyola Marymount University. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Martinez is a Democrat.