Gov. Newsom Announces Appointments

SACRAMENTO – Gov. Gavin Newsom Aug. 30 announced the following appointments:

Gary Tsai, of Los Angeles, has been appointed to the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission. Tsai has been director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health’s Substance Abuse Prevention and Control Bureau since 2019, where he was medical director and science officer from 2014 to 2019. He was lead psychiatrist in the San Diego County Emergency Psychiatric Unit from 2013 to 2014. Tsai is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Alliance on Mental Illness California, County Behavioral Health Directors Association, California Health and Human Services Agency Behavioral Health Task Force, and California Department of Health Care Services Behavioral Health Stakeholder Advisory Committee. He earned a Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of California, Davis School of Medicine and a Bachelor of Science degree in Biopsychology from the University of California, Santa Barbara. This position does not require Senate confirmation and there is no compensation. Tsai is a Democrat. 

Victoria Brash, of Los Angeles, has been appointed to the California Architects Board. Brash has been a lead project architect at Target since 2022. She was a senior design project manager for Whole Foods Market from 2020 to 2022. She was a principal architect at Victoria Brash Consulting from 2013 to 2020 and a senior designer at 5+ Design from 2006 to 2013. Brash earned a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Woodbury University. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Brash is a Democrat.