Former California Privacy Protection Agency board member Chris Thompson becomes chief of staff for Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D) … Texas Greg Abbott (R) appoints Matthew Yeager, Garland Independent School District assistant superintendent-technology, to the Governor’s Broadband Development Council for a term to expire Aug. 31, 2026.

Scripps promotes Brian Lawler, head of its local media division since 2005, to president of its new Scripps Sports division ... Smart tech company Verra Mobility names Honeywell’s Jon Keyser executive vice president-chief legal officer ... Aptiv names former Astra Space and Apple executive Benjamin Lyon senior vice president-chief technology officer, replacing Glen De Vos, moving to new role as senior vice president-transformation and special programs.

Vice President Kamala Harris announces members of National Space Council’s Users Advisory Group, pending official NASA appointment, including Retired Air Force Gen. Lester Lyles as chair; Rajeev Badyal, Amazon Project Kuiper; Tony Bruno, United Launch Alliance; Karina Drees, Commercial Spaceflight Federation; Daniel Jablonsky, Maxar Technologies: Ron Lopez, Astroscale; Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX; Robert Smith, Blue Origin; James Taiclet, Lockheed Martin; Kathy Warden, Northrop Grumman; Robbie Schingler, Planet Labs.