Picture |
Director[3] |
Term |
Governor
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Alexander Heron
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July 29, 1927–January 30, 1930
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C. C. Young
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Lyman King
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January 31, 1930–January 5, 1931
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Rolland Vandegrift
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January 6, 1931–August 30, 1934
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James Rolph Frank Merriam
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Arlin Stockburger
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January 31, 1935–January 1, 1939
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Frank Merriam
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Phil S. Gibson
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January 2, 1939–October 1, 1939
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Culbert Olson
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John R. Richards
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October 2, 1939–September 10, 1940
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George Killion
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September 11, 1940–January 3, 1943
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John Hassler
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January 4, 1943–January 31, 1944
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Earl Warren
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James S. Dean
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February 1, 1944–October 30, 1953
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Earl Warren Goodwin Knight
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John Pierce
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November 1, 1953–July 14, 1958
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Goodwin Knight
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T. H. Mugford
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July 15, 1958–January 4, 1959
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Bert Levit
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January 5, 1959–July 31, 1959
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Pat Brown
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John E. Carr
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August 1, 1959–June 30, 1961
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Hale Champion
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July 1, 1961–January 1, 1967
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Gordon P. Smith
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January 2, 1967–February 29, 1968
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Ronald Reagan
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Caspar Weinberger
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March 1, 1968–December 31, 1969
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Verne Orr
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January 1, 1970–January 5, 1975
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Roy M. Bell
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January 6, 1975–November 30, 1978
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Jerry Brown
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Richard Silberman
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December 1, 1978–August 20, 1979
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Mary Ann Graves
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August 21, 1979–December 31, 1982
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Michael Franchetti
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January 3, 1983–January 3, 1984
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George Deukmejian
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Jesse Huff
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January 4, 1984–December 25, 1990
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Thomas W. Hayes
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January 7, 1991–July 31, 1993
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Pete Wilson
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Russell Gould
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August 1, 1993–February 24, 1996
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Craig Brown
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March 4, 1996–December 30, 1998
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B. Timothy Gage
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January 4, 1999–January 17, 2003
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Gray Davis
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Stephen Peace
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January 1, 2003–November 16, 2003
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Donna Arduin
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November 17, 2003–October 18, 2004
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Tom Campbell
|
December 1, 2004–November 10, 2005
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Michael Genest
|
December 1, 2005–December 14, 2009
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Ana J. Matosantos
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December 31, 2009–December 7, 2010
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Cynthia Bryant
|
December 7, 2010–January 2, 2011
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Ana J. Matosantos
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January 3, 2011–September 13, 2013
|
Jerry Brown
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Michael Cohen
|
September 14, 2013–August 20, 2018
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Keely Martin Bosler
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August 21, 2018–July 31, 2022
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Jerry Brown Gavin Newsom
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Joe Stephenshaw
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August 1, 2022–Present
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Gavin Newsom
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