HEALTH · CA · 2019-2020
Sonia Angell
State Health Officer / Commissioner / Secretary · California
On the record
Resigned Aug 2020 amid CA COVID data-reporting failures
SEVERITY · RESIGNED
Background
Sonia Angell occupied the State Health Officer / Commissioner / Secretary office in California for 1 year (2019–2020). Took office after Karen Smith; succeeded by Tomás Aragón. Departure context: Resigned Aug 2020 amid CA COVID data-reporting failures. Same-year political environment (2019): Governor Gavin Newsom; Attorney General Xavier Becerra; Secretary of State Alex Padilla.
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Others who held this office in California
- Tomás Aragón (2021-present)
- Karen Smith (2015-2019)
- Ron Chapman (2011-2013)
- Mark Horton (2008-2010)
- Sandra Shewry (2005-2008)
- Diana Bontá (1999-2005)