Sacramento, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointment.

Charles Washington, 62, of Temecula, has been appointed to represent the third district on the Riverside County Board of Supervisors. Washington has been a member of the Temecula City Council since 2003, serving as mayor in 2012 and in 2007. He was a pilot for Delta Air Lines from 2008 to 2014 and from 1987 to 2005. Washington was vice president of commercial relations at 1st Centennial Bank from 2005 to 2008 and served as mayor of Murrieta and as a member of the Murrieta City Council from 1995 to 1999. Washington served in the U.S. Navy from 1981 to 1987. He earned a Master of Public Administration degree from National University. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $147,688. Washington is a Democrat.