The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday hired a new health officer and interim Sheriff’s Office watchdog.
The board approved County Executive David Villanueva’s appointment of Dr. Phuong Luu as county health officer, effective June 1, according to a county news release.
For the past six years, Luu served as the bi-county health officer for Sutter and Yuba counties, where she led the COVID-19 response, the release said. Before that, she was the medical director of public health for the Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. in the Northern Mariana Islands…