Capitol Alert: Schwarzenegger picks Bradshaw for round two

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November 13, 2009

Schwarzenegger picks Bradshaw for round two

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has tapped the former head of the Labor and Workforce Development Agency for another round at the job.

Victoria Bradshaw was secretary of the agency from 2004 to 2008, when she left to replace then-cabinet secretary Dan Dunmoyer in the horseshoe. She'll continue that job until a replacement is named, according to a release from the governor's office.

"With her tremendous knowledge and expertise in state government and in the labor and workforce development field, there is no better person to take on this position," Schwarzenegger said in a release.

The position, which requires Senate confirmation, entails advising the governor on policy issues and managing the agency, which handles job training programs, occupational safety laws, the state workers' compensation program and other workforce-related programs. She'll earn $175,000 a year.

Both the governor and Bradshaw said they wanted the agency to focus its efforts on encouraging the use of the "green" developments to jump-start economic recovery.

"Just as California led the world into the information digital age and became the leader in biotechnology, we will help our state translate cutting edge environmental policy into economic opportunity that will lead this emerging wave of entrepreneurship," Bradshaw said in a statement.

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