Gov. Gavin Newsom's two recent picks for the California Supreme Court each made history this week, winning a key confirmation and voter approval.
won unanimous confirmation from the state’s Commission on Judicial Appointments to take over Guerrero’s associate justice seat.Newsom announced his selection of Evans in August as well. Evans lives with her wife, Terri Shaw, in Oakland. Shaw and the couple’s college-age daughter, Kaden, were in attendance for Evans’ confirmation hearing along with an array of Evans’ other family members, who beamed with pride during the hourlong proceeding in San Francisco.
Jenkins, the court’s first openly gay justice, was also appointed by Newsom. Liu and Groban were appointed by Gov. Jerry Brown. Jenkins and Liu attended Evans’ hearing, as did Guerrero. Cantil-Sakauye and the two other members of the judicial appointments commission — California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta and presiding California Court of Appeals Justice Manuel Ramirez — said they had no reservations about confirming Evans. Three of her friends and former colleagues who spoke at the hearing as witnesses to her qualifications and character heaped praise on her.
Evans, who is Black, was raised in public housing in Denver by her late grandmother, Alfreda Onita Cooper. On Thursday, she credited Cooper not only for her success but that of the other women in her family at the hearing.
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