Gov. has appointed 23 Superior Court judges, his office announced Nov. 4.

The release lists one appointee each in Alameda, Fresno, Mendocino, Merced, Orange, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Stanislaus and Ventura counties, five in Los Angeles County and four in Sacramento County, plus one interim appointment each in Los Angeles and Sacramento counties.

Many of the appointees come from prosecutor, public defender and court commissioner posts. Three of the Sacramento County appointees, Michele Beckwith, Jasmine Turner-Bond and Matthew Lee, have served as deputy legal affairs secretaries in the governor’s office, according to the release.

The appointees fill vacancies created by retirements and by judges’ elevation to the Court of Appeal. Jesse Basbaum, for example, fills the Alameda County seat left by the retirement of Judge Stuart L. Hing, and David Olmos fills the Fresno County seat left when Judge Amy Guerra was elevated to the Court of Appeal.

Ann Maurer, chief assistant city attorney in Glendale since 2002, received an interim appointment in Los Angeles County that the release says lets her immediately take the seat she was elected to begin in January 2027. Heath Langle, a Sacramento Superior Court commissioner since 2023, received a similar interim appointment in Sacramento County.

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