
Career Highlights: Appointed to the San Luis Obispo County Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown, 2015, retired March 2025; commissioner, San Luis Obispo County, 2006-15; sole practitioner, San Luis Obispo County, 1979-2006
Law School: Pepperdine University School of Law, 1979
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN LUIS OBISPO - When Superior Court Commissioner Gayle L. Peron was growing up in the 1960s, she had trouble pleasing her mother when it came to career choices.
Peron came home from school one day and announced she wanted to be a nurse. Her mother asked, "Why not become a doctor?" When Peron thought about being a teacher, her mother re... (continued)