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Catherine J.K. Sandoval
2022 - Present
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Catherine J.K. Sandoval is a former member of the California Public Utilities Commission, the state body charged with regulating the state's utility companies. Sandoval was appointed to the CPUC on January 25, 2011, by Gov. Jerry Brown. Her term expired on January 1, 2017.[1][2]
Biography
Sandoval has worked as an associate professor at Santa Clara University School of Law since 2004. She previously served as undersecretary and senior policy advisor for housing with the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency from 2001 to 2004.[1] She was vice president and general counsel with Z-Spanish Media Corporation from 1999 to 2001 and was the director of the Office of Communications Business Opportunities for the Federal Communications Commission from 1994 to 1999. Sandoval was an associate with Munger, Tolles & Olson from 1991 to 1994.[1]
Education
- Stanford Law School, J.D.
- Oxford University, Master of Letters in political science (Rhodes Scholar)
- Yale, B.A.[1]
Political career
California Public Utilities Commission (2011-2017)
Sandoval was appointed to the California Public Utilities Commission on January 25, 2011, by Gov. Jerry Brown. Her term expired on January 1, 2017.[1][2]
About the office
The California Public Utilities Commission is a quasi-executive agency in the California state government. The commission regulates the state's privately owned electric, natural gas, telecommunications, water, railroad, rail transit, and passenger transportation companies.[3]
Appointments
2011
Sandoval was appointed to the California Public Utilities Commission by Gov. Jerry Brown (D) on January 25, 2011.[4]
Recent news
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See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 CPUC "Sandoval Biography" accessed September 27, 2012
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The San Diego Union-Tribune, "Two new commissioners for the CPUC," December 29, 2016
- ↑ California Public Utilities Commission, "Home," accessed January 12, 2021
- ↑ Los Angeles Times, "Brown names consumer advocate to utilities commission," January 26, 2011
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