Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday announced his first trial court appointments of the year, naming 14 judges in counties from Alameda to Yolo.

Rebekah Evenson, director of litigation and advocacy for Bay Area Legal Aid since 2016, will join the Alameda County Superior Court. From 2008 to 2016, Evenson was a senior staff attorney at Prison Law Office, where she served as lead counsel in class actions challenging the state’s running of prisons, including a successful suit targeting race-based lockdowns.

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