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Nurturing the arts, helping ensure worker safety and helping to safeguard the rights of people with disabilities are priorities for many Bay Area residents, and four of them recently won appointments to related state commissions and councils.

Governor Gavin Newsom announced a number of appointments Friday, including the following Bay Area residents:

Dorka Keehn of San Francisco has been appointed to the California Arts Council.

Keehn has been a partner at Keehn Partners since 2021 and founder and principal at KEEHN ON ART since 2011, according to the governor’s office.

Keehn was a curator and cofounder at Sites Unseen from 2014 to 2020. Also, Keehn was a Development Consultant at Illuminate the Arts from 2011 to 2013.

This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem, the governor’s office said.

Keehn is a Democrat.

Harold Ashe of San Quentin has been reappointed to the State Council on Developmental Disabilities, where he has served since 202