Newsom appoints Joyce Dudley to POST Advisory Board

Retired District Attorney

Joyce Dudley has recently been appointed to the Peace Officer Standards Accountability Advisory Board by California Gov. Gavin Newsom.

John T. Savrnoch, who succeeded Ms. Dudley as the Santa Barbara County district attorney, said he was proud that he got the opportunity to work with her.

“This appointment shows that even in retirement, Joyce remains dedicated to public safety, to the women and men of law enforcement, and to ensuring that California has the best trained and most ethical peace offers in the country,” Mr. Savrnoch said, Ms. Dudley is a Democrat, with more than 30 years of experience.

Most recently, she was chair of the Commission on Peace Officer

Standards and Training from 2016 to 2022. And she was a member of the commission starting in 2013.

Ms. Dudley served as district attorney of Santa Barbara County from 2010 to 2022. Before that, Ms. Dudley was a deputy district attorney in the Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office from 1990 to 2010.

And she was the director of child development programs at the county Community Action Commission from 1984 to 1988 and Child Development Director at the Children’s Home of California from 1979 to 1984.

This position does not require Senate confirmation and Dudley is compensated $350 per diem for this position.

— Kira Logan

As of the start of this year, there were 3,347,221 known registered firearm owners in California; fewer than 1% of them (23,869) cannot legally own a firearm.

“As California’s chief law enforcement officer, protecting public safety and our communities from the threat of gun violence is my top priority,” Attorney General Bonta said in a press release. “I’m proud of the work our special agents do on behalf of the people of California. These brave agents are rarely in the spotlight, but they are working every day to prevent gun violence from ever happening by removing dangerous weapons from communities. When guns are in dangerous hands, it puts the public at risk. We will continue working with the

Governor’s Office, Legislature, and our local partners to address gun violence.”

The Bureau of Firearms, a part of the California Department of Justice’s Division of Law Enforcement, led the seizure effort.

More people were removed from the APPS prohibited list in 2022 than were put on it; meaning it was smaller at the start of 2023 than it was at the start of 2022.

The DOJ report also said that 194 armed and prohibited individuals who attempted to buy ammunition were denied a chance to do so because of the eligibility check process.

A copy of the full report is available at oag.ca.gov/system/ files/media/2022-apps-report.pdf.