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  Johnson, Grantland
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NameGrantland Johnson
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Sacramento, California , United States
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Born September 29, 1948
DiedAugust 19, 2014 (65 years)
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Sep 29, 2020 07:27am
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InfoGrantland L. Johnson

Governor Gray Davis appointed Grantland Johnson secretary of the California Health and Human Services Agency in January 1999. Mr. Johnson is a member of the Governor's cabinet and serves as his chief advisor on health and social services-related issues.

Secretary Johnson�s agency employs more than 34,000 people and has a combined annual state and federal budget of $61 billion. The agency oversees 14 state departments, boards and offices that are responsible for providing health, social, mental health, rehabilitation, developmental and other critical services to millions of Californians.

Mr. Johnson�s extensive experience includes elected and appointed positions at the federal, state and local government levels. In 1993, federal Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala appointed him regional director for Region IX of the Department of Health and Human Services in the Clinton Administration. (Region IX includes Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Guam, Micronesia and American Samoa.)

He was elected in 1987 to the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors and served on that board for seven years until his appointment to Region IX. From 1983 to 1986, he served as an elected member of the Sacramento City Council.

Mr. Johnson was born in Sacramento. He earned a bachelor's degree in government from California State University, Sacramento (CSUS) in 1974. He has received honorary doctorate degrees from CSUS and Golden Gate University, also in Sacramento.

Mr. Johnson's many affiliations have included: co-chairman of the California State Association of Counties, Health and Human Services Policy Committee; CSUS College of Health and Human Services Advisory Committee; Center For Collaborative Policy Advisory Committee; fellow, National Academy of Public Administration; and board member for the following: Congress for New Urbanism, Local Government Commission and Alliance for Redesigning Government. He has been a member of the National Academy of Social Insurance since 2002. Mr. Johnson was inducted into the CSUS Academy of Distinction in 2003.

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  11/08/1983 Sacramento City Council- District 2 Won 53.03% (+6.06%)
  09/27/1983 Sacramento City Council- District 2 Won 32.23% (+1.70%)
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