Kelli Evans has been an Alameda County Superior Court judge just since last year. She previously was Gov. Newsom's chief deputy legal affairs secretary.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Two days after voters approved Patricia Guerrero to become California’s first Latina Supreme Court chief justice in January, a state panel on Thursday approved Kelli Evans to be the high court's first openly lesbian justice.
That gave Gov. Gavin Newsom his third opportunity to appoint a justice to the seven-member high court. Evans, who was accompanied by many members of her family and friends, dedicated the day to her grandmother who raised her and who she credited for becoming a lawyer, a judge and now a justice. The Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation rated Evans “well qualified," a rare step lower than its top rating of “exceptionally well qualified.” The State Bar's commission did not explain its lower ranking but still concluded that Evans “will make an outstanding Associate Justice.”
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