NEW TASK: Orange County disabled activist Brenda...
NEW TASK: Orange County disabled activist Brenda Premo, who is sight impaired, was once a client of the state Department of Rehabilitation. Now she’s been appointed deputy director of its independent living division. . . . “It’s just a shock,” she says. The $70,200-a-year position will give her a chance to advance her philosophy of economic independence and self-determination for the disabled.
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Carla Rivera is a former deputy editor for investigations at the Los Angeles Times. She was previously an assistant editor in Metro and reporter who covered higher education. Rivera was a member of the staff that won a Pulitzer Prize for reporting on the 1992 Los Angeles riots and has covered county government, the homeless on Skid Row, Malibu wildfires and been stung by rubber bullets during the 2000 Democratic Convention. Rivera is an alumna of The Times’ Metpro program (now called the Los Angeles Times Fellowship), which trains early career journalists from diverse backgrounds.
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