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The Government of California's executive branch includes numerous types of entities such as departments, commissions, boards, panels, bureaus, and offices. The generic term for any entity is "department". Most entities are grouped together to form "superagencies", which are led by a secretary of the Governor's Cabinet.
In 1979, then-Governor Jerry Brown requested a report on the State's personnel system from the Little Hoover Commission, an independent government oversight agency, which resulted in several recommendations of which some were implemented, including the creation of the Department of Personnel Administration but other recommendations such as the dissolution of the California State Personnel ...
In 2005, Pew Research Center's Government Performance Project gave California a grade C−, tied for last with Alabama. [22] By 2008, when the last report was issued, California had a C, which placed it near the bottom of the states. [23]
The Government Operations Agency (CalGovOps) is the California government agency responsible for administering state operations including procurement, real estate, information technology, and human resources. [2] Amy Tong was appointed Secretary of Government Operations by Governor Gavin Newsom in March of 2022.
These individuals (in the case of the Board of Equalization, its members) are specifically denominated by article V, section 14 and article III, section 8, of the Constitution as 'state officers', are generally elected, are restricted from receiving money from certain sources and have their salaries determined by the California Citizen's Compensation Commission.
Christine Elizabeth Wormuth [4] was born on April 19, 1969, in the community of La Jolla, north of San Diego. [5] After growing up in College Station, Texas, she graduated from Williams College in Massachusetts with a bachelor's degree in political science before earning her master's in public policy from the University of Maryland.
Xavier Becerra (/ ˌ h ɑː v i ˈ ɛər b ɪ ˈ s ɛr ə / HAH-vee-AIR bih-SERR-ə, Latin American Spanish: [xaˈβjeɾ βeˈsera]; born January 26, 1958) is an American attorney and politician who served as the 25th United States secretary of health and human services, a position he held from March 19, 2021 to January 20, 2025.
Shirley Weber (née Nash; born September 20, 1948) is an American academic and politician serving as the secretary of state of California.She was previously a member of the California State Assembly for the 79th Assembly District, [1] which includes portions of San Diego, Chula Vista, and National City and all of Lemon Grove and La Mesa.