LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom has appointed a Lake County man to a key post at the Veterans Home of California in Yountville.

On Friday, Newsom’s office said he has named Jeremy Kirk of Hidden Valley Lake as the facility’s deputy administrator.

Kirk has been direct construction supervisor II for the California Department of Veterans Affairs since 2023 and has served in several positions there since 2015, including stationary engineer and plumber, water and sewage plant supervisor, and chief engineer II, the Governor’s Office reported.

Kirk was a general contractor/project foreman with RNW Construction & JK Home Services from 2005 to 2015.

This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $147,132. Kirk is a Democrat, the Governor’s Office said.