SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown made history Saturday when he nominated San Francisco Chief Deputy City Attorney Therese Stewart to the First District Court of Appeal’s Division Two. If confirmed by the Commission on Judicial Appointments, Stewart, the well-known Prop 8 litigator, would become the first openly lesbian woman named to a state appellate court.
Brown announced the judicial appointment, along with five others, in a rare weekend press release. A spokesman said the governor was merely trying to wrap up the nominations before he left on an out-of-state trip. But the announcement coincided with San Francisco’s Pride festivities.
