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Controller - the state's bookkeeper     Elected for 4 years

  • acts as the accountant and bookkeeper for the state, keeping track of how money is spent
  • issues most checks from the state
  • does audits or reviews of state operations
  • serves on many boards and commissions

CandidatePriorities
DEMOCRAT
Kathleen Connell
Age: 51
Occupation: California State Controller
Lives in Los Angeles
  • Continue to root out fraud and waste in state government.

  • Conduct strict performance audits to save money that can be better spent on improving education.

  • Protect the pension benefits of retirees who depend on state pension funds.
    • REPUBLICAN
    Ruben Barrales
    Age: 35
    Occupation: County Supervisor
    Lives in Redwood City
  • Advocate for taxpayers and small businesses.

  • Audit the Sacramento Education Bureaucracy to cut waste and develop a plan to strengthen California's 1,000 school districts.

  • Ensure that taxpayer dollars dedicated for crime prevention are spent to reduce crime.
    • AMERICAN INDEPENDENT
    Al Burgess
    Age: 50
    Occupation: Business Owner
    Lives in Colton
  • Believe in responsible spending of tax dollars.

  • Provide accountability for decisions/expenditures.

  • Increase productivity and reduce size of government.
    • REFORM
    Denise L. Jackson
    Age: 52
    Occupation: Systems Analyst
    Lives in Fullerton
  • Keep citizens informed about revenue sources and tax spending by producing a financial statement written specifically for voters.

  • Ensure accuracy and clarity of financial statement by requiring precise understandable language and well-audited numbers.

  • Make financial statement easily available.
    • LIBERTARIAN
    Pamela J. Pescosolido
    Age: 37
    Occupation: Entrepreneur
    Lives in Visalia
  • Eliminate all state spending which is not constitutionally authorized.

  • Bring uniformity to the disbursement procedures of all state agencies.

  • Reduce frivolous and unlawful spending by State agencies.
    • NATURAL LAW
    Iris Adam
    Age: 45
    Occupation: Manager, Economics Department
    Lives in Irvine
  • Opposed Prop 224, a proposed amendment to the State Constitution, sponsored by a state employees union requiring the Controller's permission before procuring private sector engineering, environmental or architectural services.

  • Bring accountability to state finances.

  • Provide timely cost analysis and reports.
    • PEACE & FREEDOM
    C. T. Weber
    Age: 58
    Occupation: Analyst/Union Director
    Lives in San Diego
  • Work with legislature to shift burden of taxes back to corporations thereby lowering your taxes.

  • Avoid micro management which costs valuable time and sets back projects by several months.

  • Improve morale, lower stress, hire enough people to do the job.
    • Note: Candidates are listed alphabetically within each party. The parties are listed in the order of their size in California.


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