LA attorney named Secretary of Business, Transportation and Housing

LA attorney named Secretary of Business, Transportation and Housing A Los Angeles attorney and former Wilson administration official was named Wednesday by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to head the state office in charge of highways, housing and health care.
   Assuming he is confirmed by the state Senate, Dale Bonner, 41, a partner in the Century City law firm Epstein Becker & Green LLC, will assume the position of Secretary of Business, Transportation and Housing.
   Bonner would head the massive umbrella agency overseeing 13 separate state departments, including the California Department of Transportation, the Department of Corporations, the Department of Housing and Community Development, and the Department of Managed Health Care, which oversees health maintenance organizations.
   Two top items awaiting Bonner’s attention are the spearheading of the rebuilding of California's infrastructure using the $37 billion in bonds voters approved last November and the implementation of the state's new greenhouse gas reduction law.
   Bonner, a Republican, would earn a salary of $157,000.