From Cabinet-level positions to advisory boards to leadership posts, several people with ties to Southern California are playing outsized roles in the new Trump administration.
They include longtime veterans of President Donald Trump’s inner circle — Peter Navarro, a former UC Irvine professor, is once again serving as a senior advisor for trade and manufacturing — and newcomers, including Los Angeles resident Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services secretary.
Take a look at our roster of people from or who have ties to Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside or San Bernardino counties who are playing a part in Trump’s second administration. And continue to check back as we’ll keep this list updated throughout Trump’s term.