The State - News from Dec. 23, 1988

Lt. Gov. Leo T. McCarthy announced the appointment of Kim Cranston, 38, a Los Angeles attorney and son of U.S. Sen. Alan Cranston, as his new chief of staff, succeeding Alan Katz, who will return to an insurance marketing company. Cranston will be paid $70,000 a year and will be based in Los Angeles. He was chairman of his father’s reelection campaign two years ago and headed up the California Democratic Party’s get-out-the-vote drive this year.