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Longtime Republican Policy Advisor Lanhee Chen Announces 2022 State Controller Run

July 6, 2021 10:47 am

Longtime Republican policy advisor, Stanford Professor, and Hoover Institution Fellow Lanhee Chen announced that he would be running for state Controller on Tuesday after months of speculation. Chen, who has also served in advisory roles for former President George W....

Longtime Republican Policy Advisor Lanhee Chen Seriously Considering 2022 Run for State Controller

May 20, 2021 11:09 am

Longtime Republican policy advisor and Hoover Institution fellow Lanhee Chen said that he is seriously considering a run for the State Controller Office next year. In an interview with Politico, Chen noted that it would be an uphill climb for...

California Controller Wrote 49 Million Checks, but Can’t Locate Any of Them?

May 13, 2021 5:00 pmMay 13, 2021 5:00 pm

OpenTheBooks.com reports at Real Clear Policy, “It’s been 21 months since we asked California to do what 49 other states, the federal government, and hundreds of America’s largest cities do: produce a line-by-line state checkbook of its spending.” “State Controller,...

California’s Bureaucracies Fail to Submit Timely Financial Data

February 17, 2021 3:02 amFebruary 16, 2021 9:48 pm

With Californians about to enter their second year of restricted economic activity, and with all the resulting financial anxiety and hardship, it’s unfortunate that accurate and timely financial information isn’t available for the vast public sector. While public sector budgets...

Why Can’t Government Financial Reporting Match Private Sector Standards?

September 23, 2020 6:09 amSeptember 23, 2020 6:22 am

If you want current financial information on California’s state government, you won’t find it. The most recent consolidated annual financial report for California’s state agencies is for the fiscal year ended 6/30/2018. That’s over two years, or nine quarters ago. To put...

California Only State That Fails To Publish Annual Financial Report Due Last Year

August 25, 2020 7:18 amAugust 25, 2020 11:00 am

The California State Controller Betty Yee has plenty of time for distance work, by not actually completing the certified annual audit of the state’s finances. Illinois was delayed last year but got its in before California – which is still...