Gov. Newsom taps Richard Miadich '02 to chair political practices commission

Gov. Gavin Newsom has appointed Richard Miadich ’02 chair of the California Fair Political Practices Commission. Miadich has been managing partner at Olson Hagel & Fishburn LLP since 2016.

Miadich co-authored Proposition 64, the successful 2016 initiative to legalize marijuana. Newsom, then lieutenant governor, strongly backed the initiative.