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Press release from the office of Gov. Jerry Brown:

Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointment.

Rex Bohn, 57, of Eureka, has been appointed to the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors. Bohn has been resource manager at United Compost and Organics since 2010. He served as accounts manager at O and M Industries Inc. from 2008 to 2010, vice president at Evergreen Pulp Inc. from 2006 to 2008 and operations manager at Renner Petroleum from 1984 to 2006.

Bohn will fill the seat vacated by Supervisor Jimmy Smith, whose retirement will become effective August 3. 

This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $81,576. Bohn is registered decline-to-state.