Contralor — Estado de California
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April 17, 2022
Malia Cohen, a Democrat and member of the California State Board of Equalization, talks to CalMatters about what she would do if elected California's next state controller.
May 12, 2022
Ron Galperin, the city controller in Los Angeles, talks to CalMatters about what he'd do if elected California's next controller.
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- Proteger a los contribuyentes del fraude
- Hacer que los políticos de Sacramento rindan cuentas
- Proporcionar una verdadera transparencia fiscal
- Aportar visibilidad y claridad al gasto estatal de...
- Luchar por las familias trabajadoras asegurándome...
- Proteger nuestra libertad reproductiva, el medio ambiente,...
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- Garantizar que las corporaciones y las personas adineradas...
- Auditar programas de gastos: educación, falta de vivienda...
- Avanzar con políticas honestas y responsables: enfrentar...
- Transparencia y responsabilidad: como contralor de...
- Atender la falta de vivienda y su adquisición: los...
- Promoción de la equidad y las oportunidades: tenemos...
- Hay que implementar una banca pública a nivel estatal...
- Aplicar impuestos a los sumamente ricos, como se hacía...
- Hay que poner en marcha un sistema de cuidados de...
Mis 3 prioridades principales
- Proteger a los contribuyentes del fraude
- Hacer que los políticos de Sacramento rindan cuentas
- Proporcionar una verdadera transparencia fiscal
Experiencia
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With my deep experience in policy making, academia and business, and a strong belief in the values of fiscal responsibility, transparency, and independence, I believe I have the background to successfully serve as California’s next State Controller. After earning four degrees from Harvard University, including a law degree and doctorate in political science, I served in senior roles in both Republican and Democratic presidential administrations, working directly on fiscal issues like Social Security and health care. I have been a highly sought-after voice on fiscal policy issues for many years and my commentary has appeared in major newspapers across the country and on television networks in the US and around the world.
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My approach is decidedly non-ideological, and pragmatic, while my personal background demonstrates success in working with leaders from all parts of the political spectrum. I have experience leading large teams across multiple sectors. I believe in leading by example, delegating where appropriate, and working closely with experts within and outside of government to ensure we are instituting best practices. I do not believe in silos on the teams I lead, and will foster an inclusive and respectful environment in the State Controller’s office. I lead by example, demonstrate the work ethic I expect of those who work with me, and keep my team organized and on the same page. At the same time, I find the strengths in my team members and give everyone an opportunity to thrive in their individual roles.
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Mis 3 prioridades principales
- Aportar visibilidad y claridad al gasto estatal de los impuestos
- Luchar por las familias trabajadoras asegurándome de que las corporaciones paguen su parte justa
- Proteger nuestra libertad reproductiva, el medio ambiente, y abordar la crisis de la falta de vivienda utilizando mi experiencia legislativa
Experiencia
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Biografía
As Chair of the State Board of Equalization, Malia works to provide tax relief for Californians reeling from the pandemic, while holding corporations accountable for paying their fair share. She also cut wasteful spending and launched a Property Tax Modernization Initiative to ensure that the state administers property taxes more efficiently and fairly.
On the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, she led efforts to divest the city’s pension fund from fossil fuels, oversaw the adoption of an $11 billion budget as Chair of the Budget and Finance Committee, and fought to increase the minimum wage. She also served as President of the San Francisco Employee Retirement System (SFERS), where she helped manage the $22 billion fund, successfully passed a soda tax that generated more than $14 million in revenue to help fund public health measures in San Francisco, and served as Chair of the Budget and Finance Committee, which oversaw appropriation ordinances, bond issues, taxes, fees, and other revenue measures
Malia was born and raised in San Francisco and attended public schools in the City. She earned a BA from Fisk University and a Master’s in Public Policy and Management from Carnegie Mellon University. She’s running for Controller to build a fairer, more equitable California for all.
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Mis 3 prioridades principales
- Garantizar que las corporaciones y las personas adineradas paguen los impuestos que les corresponden.
- Auditar programas de gastos: educación, falta de vivienda y sequía, para mayor eficiencia y efectividad.
- Avanzar con políticas honestas y responsables: enfrentar a los poderosos; National Rifle Association (NRA), Big Tobacco, PG&E, etc.
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Mis 3 prioridades principales
- Transparencia y responsabilidad: como contralor de la ciudad, actué como guardián del contribuyente en el Ayuntamiento y me aseguré de que el dinero público se gastara eficiente y eficazmente. Principalmente, puse en marcha el primer portal de datos abiertos para detallar cómo cada t
- Atender la falta de vivienda y su adquisición: los asuntos de la adquisición de vivienda y la falta de esta están interconectados en mi mente y no hay cuestiones más urgentes o desafiantes que estas dos. No podemos aceptar más del status quo. Cuando se trata de ambos temas, un
- Promoción de la equidad y las oportunidades: tenemos un largo camino que recorrer para garantizar la justicia económica y racial para la gente de color en California. Como contralor de la ciudad, elaboré el Índice de Equidad de Los Angeles, una herramienta cartográfica en línea, primera en su género, para ilustrar el nivel de
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Mis 3 prioridades principales
- Hay que implementar una banca pública a nivel estatal y local; hay que ahorrar dinero en intereses, que pueden ser el 40 % del costo de los proyectos. Hay que canalizar los ahorros a las escuelas y los servicios. Hay que asociarse con bancos y cooperativas de crédito locales para invertir en California, no en Wall Street.
- Aplicar impuestos a los sumamente ricos, como se hacía antes, para financiar los servicios y evitar que los multimillonarios compren los medios de comunicación y a los políticos. Si ellos ganan, California pierde. Hay que detener la fracturación hidráulica e implementar un impuesto a extracción de recursos naturales como en todos los demás estados productores de petróleo.
- Hay que poner en marcha un sistema de cuidados de la salud mejorado de Medicare para Todos, como el de otras naciones industrializadas ricas para ahorrar dinero y salvar vidas, especialmente después de una pandemia en la que la pérdida de puestos de trabajo supuso la pérdida del seguro médico. Que la gente escoja a sus médicos.
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Laura Wells’ political activism kicked into high gear in 1992 in an unexpected way. A friend told her, “I had a dream you were in politics. You should check out the brand new Green Party.”
Laura found a political home in the Green Party. She appreciated the party's recognition that the problems facing everyone were interrelated: peace and non-violence, the environment, wealth and poverty, and social justice. She saw that real justice was up against all the “isms” of society. She liked the fact that Greens put principles into practice by never accepting corporate money, or developer money either, since developers bought government at the level of cities.
Having worked for years as a problem-solving systems analyst, the recognition that not just problems but also solutions are interrelated appealed to Laura. It was like a principle of permaculture: no single problem or solution stands on its own. Laura wanted to be a part of bringing in solutions, to positively affect the future of all beings, definitely including her then 8-year-old daughter Natalia.
In 1992, Laura voted according to her usual habit and within a year felt betrayed when NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) passed, a terrible act for people and the planet. The major candidates all took billionaire money and gave the billionaires a great return on their investment with trade agreements and other sweetheart deals.
Also in 1992 the country’s glorification of Columbus’ “discovering” America fizzled because of the consciousness-raising “500 Years is Enough” movement. Within a few years she organized with “50 Years is Enough” to point out that the World Bank was not at all successful in its stated goal of “reduction of poverty.”
Since registering Green, Laura has served in a number of leadership positions at the county and state levels of the Green Party of California. She was a founding member of the Green Party County Council in Alameda County, a co-founder and managing editor of the state’s Green Party newspaper Green Focus, and is currently a member of the Green Party’s state coordinating committee.
In 2014, Laura ran for California State Controller on a platform of "keeping the good and correcting the bad" of Proposition 13, which directed the majority of “tax relief” to giant corporations and not individuals. She also focused on tax reforms that implement fair and progressive taxation policies. After the global economic meltdown, Laura ran for Governor in 2010, on a platform of creating a State Bank of California, that invests in the residents of our state not Wall Street.
She was arrested upon attempting to enter the building to watch the 2010 Gubernatorial debate, which excluded all third-party candidates. Significantly, given the entrenched two-party system, the charge was “trespassing at a private party," which should have been a public party.
Laura also ran for State Controller in 2002 and 2006, receiving over 400,000 votes in 2002. She served on the executive committee of the Instant Runoff Voting for Oakland’s 2006 campaign while also running for State Controller, helping secure support for IRV from local representatives of most political parties in Oakland, including Greens, Peace and Freedom, Libertarians, Republicans, and Democrats.
Laura has said, “I have realized that the most progressive elected politicians serve to set the upper limit of what people can even expect from government. We need to raise our expectations and use our power to challenge a system that refuses to provide the very basics — like affordable and accessible healthcare, housing, and education — in this, the richest country on earth. There’s no excuse for it, but there is a reason: the billionaires and their corporations have bought out both parties and are running our country. We do have power, including our votes, voter registrations, wallet power, and street power. We need candidates with solid Green New Deal values, who never take corporate money.”
Laura was born and raised in Michigan. As a scholarship student, she earned her BA in foreign languages from Wayne State University in Detroit in 1969, and was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa society. Laura went on to earn a Masters of Education at Antioch University, and lived in Boston, Massachusetts for ten years working in finance, computer programming, and systems analysis. In 1992 Laura switched to working with nonprofits such as Pesticide Action Network and Women’s Economic Agenda Project, and other sectors such as schools, labor unions and county government. For the past 40+ years Laura has lived in California, and has been an Oakland resident since 2000.
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The following is the 90-word candidate statement that will be in the Voter Information Guide that will be sent to every voting household in California.
Tax the super-rich; stop billionaires from buying the media and politicians. Implement public banking to invest in California not Wall Street. Use water wisely, never for fracking. Spend money on necessary, meaningful jobs that don’t destroy the planet, and less money imprisoning people in an unjust system. To save money and lives, there ARE solutions to problems of healthcare, economy, education, and environment, but politicians financed by billionaires and corporations won’t implement them. If they win, you don’t. We have alternatives to the two-party system: vote LeftUnitySlate.org.