Margaret Mohr, of Cameron Park, has been appointed Deputy Director of Communications at the California Department of Water Resources. Mohr has been Communications Director at VELOZ since 2020. She was Deputy General Manager of Business Development at the California Exposition and State Fair from 2017 to 2020, Chief Marketing Officer at e.Republic from 2010 to 2016 and Vice President of Marketing and Promotion at ABC10, Gannett Broadcasting from 2000 to 2010. Mohr was Director of Marketing and Promotions at KVUE24, Gannett Broadcasting from 1995 to 2000. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $136,560. Mohr is a Democrat.
Sydney Tanimoto, of El Dorado Hills, has been appointed Chief of Legislative Affairs, Operations at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Tanimoto has been Principal Program Budget Analyst III at the California Department of Finance since 2019, where she has served in several positions since 2016, including Finance Budget Analyst and Staff Finance Budget Analyst. She was Staff Services Analyst at the California Department of Social Services from 2015 to 2016 and a Graduate Student Intern at the County of San Luis Obispo Department of Behavioral Health from 2014 to 2015. Tanimoto earned a Master of Public Policy degree in Social Policy from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $134,508. Tanimoto is a Democrat.