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Commission to Hold Hearing on Evans’s Nomination to California Supreme Court
By a MetNews Staff Writer
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KELLI EVANS nominee |
The Commission on Judicial Appointments will hold a hearing on Nov. 10 in San Francisco to consider the nomination of Alameda Superior Court Judge Kelli Evans to the California Supreme Court.
There is no known opposition to her, and it is expected she will be confirmed. The commission—comprised of Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye, Attorney General Rob Bonta, and Manuel A. Ramirez., the state’s senior Court of Appeal presiding justice—on Aug. 26 confirmed California Supreme Court Justice Patricia Guerrero as chief justice, to take office when Cantil-Sakauye’s term ends in January. Assuming Guerrero is confirmed by voters on Nov. 8, Evans would replace her as an associate justice.
Evans’s name is not on the ballot.
She has served as an Alameda Superior Court judge since 2021. Before that, she was as chief deputy legal affairs secretary to Newsom, where she advised the governor and executive agencies on issues involving administrative proceedings and involving state and federal trial and appellate courts.
Evans was special assistant to the state attorney general from 2017-19, was senior director for the administration of justice at the California State Bar from 2014-17, and was as associate director of the ACLU of Northern California from 2010-13.
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