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Former state senator’s mother wins $56,095-a-year appointment

By Patrick McGreevy

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Frances Florez, a former elected official in a small Kern County town -- and the mother of former Democratic state Sen. Dean Florez -- has been appointed by a California Senate panel to a state commission post that pays $56,095 annually, plus travel expenses, and meets twice a month on average.

Senate leader Darrell Steinberg announced her appointment Thursday to the California Medical Assistance Commission. A former member of the city council in Shafter, Calif., Frances Florez left the state board that oversees high-speed rail to mount an unsuccessful run for a state Assembly seat last year.

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The appointment was approved by the Senate Rules Committee, which is chaired by Steinberg, a Democrat from Sacramento.

-- Patrick McGreevy in Sacramento

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Patrick McGreevy

Patrick McGreevy covered the California Legislature out of the Sacramento bureau until 2021. He joined the Los Angeles Times in 1998 and worked in the City Hall and San Fernando Valley bureaus, writing about subjects including Valley secession, LAPD reform and city government during the administrations of Mayors Richard Riordan, James Hahn and Antonio Villaraigosa. He is a native of San Diego and a graduate of San Jose State University.

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