Confirmation Hearing for WCAB Appointees Pushed to Friday

The Senate Rules Committee postponed until Friday a confirmation for California Gov. Jerry Brown’s appointees to the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board. Committee members were set to hold a hearing Tuesday on whether to recommend that the full Senate confirm the appointments of Juan P. Gaffney and Katherine W. Dodd. Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, said at the start of Tuesday’s hearing that discussion of the WCAB appointees would be delayed until Friday in the interest of time. Postponing the hearing would give members of the committee more time to compl...