Rules Committee Recommends Confirmation of WCAB Appointments

Members of the Senate Rules Committee wasted little time Friday in recommending confirmation of Gov. Jerry Brown’s two recent appointments to the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board. The Rules Committee voted 4-0 to recommend that the full Senate confirm Katherine W. Dodd for a six-year term on the WCAB without asking any questions of the nominee. The committee voted 3-0 to recommend that the upper chamber approve the appointment of Juan P. Gaffney after he assured one member that he would remain objective. Gaffney said his father, Edward M. Gaffney, was a member of the Calif...