Three of the five current positions were appointed by the Governor, one was appointed by the Senate, and one was appointed by the Assembly. Commissioners serve for four year terms with vacancies filled by appointment. There are no qualifications for an individual to be appointed to the commission. However, a licensed manager, promoter, or judge may not be a commissioner. Specialized training offered to commissioners is provided through the Department's one-day orientation session.
All commissioners are business professionals from a variety of industries.
The commission also has one Executive Officer as well as six staff members located in Sacramento, and two in Los Angeles. All other employees are intermittent inspectors. The commission holds approximately six to eight commission meetings annually to discuss administrative, policy, legal, regulatory and legislative, personnel, mediation, arbitration, medical and ethical issues, etc. This affords the public an opportunity to attend and participate in issues that may directly affect them or their constituents. The main purpose of these commission meetings is to resolve controversial issues in an agreeable and amicable fashion.