HIDDEN VALLEY LAKE, Calif. – A Lake County man has received a gubernatorial appointment to a state council.

Gov. Jerry Brown has appointed Jack Buckhorn, 56, of Hidden Valley Lake, to the California Apprenticeship Council, according to a statement from the Governor's Office.

Buckhorn has been a business manager at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 551 since 2004 and was a business agent from 1998 to 2001.

He worked as a journeyman electrician from 2001 to 2004 for multiple contractors including Kaiser Foundation Hospital and Contra Costa Electric.

Buckhorn was a training director at Redwood Empire Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee from 1989 to 1998.

This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem.

Buckhorn is a Democrat.

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