Being a part of State Controller Betty T. Yees team is an honor. Even without the abuses Chiang and his staff found, RDAs fighting crime and economic depression with bars and stadiums--sometimes to the detriment of preexisting structures--can be a tough sell for libertarians, progressives and school systems. Process Owners provide strategic leadership at the ESC level and provide functional leadership and collaboration at the Leadership Team level and provide advice to the Project Team. Process Advisory Committees (PACs): Advisory committees advise the Business Process Owners on matters relating to each advisory committee's expertise. While maintaining that California can't afford them, even Governor Brown has admitted that RDAs can have a positive impact. Further investigation revealed that the city sold bonds financed by illegal property taxes and that a city council member loaned his own organization $72,000 in public funds. A small-business owner sued Chiang and Treasurer Bill Lockyer for refusing to pay her outright. The Math Nerd and State Controller Candidate Explains How Taxes Matter More than You Realize, Election 2014: Democrat Betty Yee Elected California Controller, Chevron Pleads No Contest, Agrees to Pay $2 Million for Richmond Refinery Fire, PG&E Declares War on Oakland Gnomes, then Quickly Grants Reprieve, Record Number of High-End Home Sales in California, Munger Siblings Matched Labor's $85 Million Election Contribution, Hospitals Double-Billed for Spinal SurgeriesGaining $67 Million in One Year. hb``01G|(f`x The office's role in implementing payroll and reimbursement systems statewide make it more prone to interagency contracts than most state bodies: in the first three quarters of 2011, more than $76 million of the controllers budget went to other agencies, much of it related to the 21st Century Project to update the payroll system. On this issue, Schwarzenegger and Chiang were again at odds, with the controller's office filing briefs in support of a union lawsuit to end the furloughs. The largest portion of the controller's budget is taken up in handling payments. By maintaining (or failing to maintain) the state's creditworthiness, the controller also affects the economy as a whole. ?7qHph3H`l'?dNEuW6g]Q 0 $IsRpOQ5!U5
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Prior to serving as the Project Manager for the CSPS Project, Jennifer was the Assistant Project Manager for CSPS, Personnel and Payroll Services Division at the State Controllers Office. The issue arose again in 2008, when Governor Schwarzenegger ordered employees' wages lowered. California State Payroll System (CSPS) Project, California Department of Human Resource (CalHR), California Department of Technology (CDT), Proceso de Quejas para el Acceso de Idioma. Jennifer also serves as a general subject matter expert regarding current payroll processes and must possess the knowledge, skills and abilities to provide advice on current and potential future policies and procedures. While on the board, she was a strong advocate for closing a loophole used by online retailersAmazon was the biggestto avoid paying state sales tax. Redevelopment is a strategy for revitalizing blighted neighborhoodsareas with high vacancy rates or crime where developers might otherwise be loathe to invest. The Little Hoover Commission's response to a bond oversight bill notes that from 2003-2006, the controllers office recouped $13 for every dollar spent on audits. Chiang's audit unearthed widespread problems: an area with multimillion dollar homes categorized as blighted, subsidization of a high-end golf course project, misused funds and lack of required financial reporting. In choosing projects, RDAs also give certain businesses a competitive advantage over others, including any businesses that already exist in the "blighted" area. I have lived my entire life in California and attended C.K. AGyTr`=?p4y7iCEpy5 am@` Her predecessor, Chiang, ran for State Treasurer and won, Pot Politics: Did 500 Stoners Swing Betty Yee's Race for Controller? The controller has been repeatedly faced with the question of whether to pay employees lessvia furlough, temporarily lowering wages or stopping paychecks altogetherduring budget crises.
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Cory was a longtime protg of Assembly Speaker Jesse M. Unruh whose 22-year political career began in 1967 as a four-term Democratic Assemblyman from Orange County. Although duties vary from state to state, there is no meaningful difference between a controller and a comptroller. Pardee had been denied his party's re-nomination (this before California had a direct primary) for governor in favor of James Gillett, who was willing to be more friendly towards the Southern Pacific Railroad's interests. Day-to-day decisions about financial policies and reimbursements, and about who to audit and how thoroughly, also impact employees and their advocates, state agencies and municipalities, and the taxpayers who fund government and claim its services. My career started 33 years ago working in the financial industry. After college, Yee served as a Santa Cruz County public health commissioner from 1982 to 1986. Yee went on to defeat Republican Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearengin, 53%-47%. @kx**;fB}FUx1i>Y@{}) 6GYBx](,)kcF8fvBc ^"?N\$x7|C`
2\'8v^Cy CSPS Project Team: Project Team and Leads have authority to make daily operational decisions within specific work streams. From 2008 to 2013, Ms. Ortega worked at the California State Association of Counties (CSAC) as Senior Legislative Representative and she served from 2001 to 2008 as Manager and Legislative Advocate for the Judicial Council of California. Brandon comes to CSPS after 4.5 years at the Employment Development Department (EDD) where he was the Project Director for the EDDs Benefit Systems Modernization (BSM) Project. She was elected to the board in 2006, representing 21 counties in Northern and Central California, including San Francisco. This includes payroll services for state employees and funds to local government. Amazon fought California and other states, finally reaching agreement with the state in 2011. As Controller, she continues to serve the Board as its fifth voting member. (XLRH#lR#p prGEEA FXe7 o+{=u( :4Vj
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),fw$ tMA=%Z|2S+%Y The lack of empirical evidence about redevelopment does nothing to assuage those skeptical of its value. Department and Agency Readiness Teams (DARTs): Each department or agency within the state will have a DART team with the primary responsibility of ensuring their respective department or agencies readiness for changes to people, process, and technology brought about by the CSPS implementation. She joined the Board of Equalization in 2003 as chief deputy to Chairwoman Carole Migden. The lack of accountability is a breeding ground for waste, abuse and impropriety, Chiang's statement on his audit results said. Redevelopment Money Fight Heats Up as State Controller Announces It Will Audit 18 Agencies (by Catherine Saillant, Los Angeles Times), State Controller Highly Critical of Redevelopment Agencies (by Duane W. Gang, Press-Enterprise), Redevelopment Is Redistribution (by Katy Grimes, Cal Watchdog), Jerry Brown Redevelopment Alert: Wealthy Eli Broad Gets $52 Million for a Garage; the Entirety of South L.A. Gets $32 Million (by Tibby Rothman and Jill Stewart, LA Weekly), Redevelopment Is Smart Private-Public Partnership. The controller's office is also vulnerable to the politicization of its spending, as was the case when Controller Ken Cory arranged its $5-million move out of the capitol building in 1986, and when Controller John Chiang followed through on his predecessor's plan to bring the office's furniture up to code. As part of the heightened interest in local financial affairs, the controller took the somewhat rare step of auditing a city, Montebello, in 2011. In 2011, the controllers office revealed that several departments had outstanding loans to employees in the form of paycheck advances or unconfirmed travel reimbursements. Jerry Brown Signs Laws to Ax Redevelopment Agencies, Collect Taxes From Online Retailers, Suit Asks State Supreme Court to Overturn State Action Targeting Redevelopment Agencies, State Supreme Court Upholds Abolition of Redevelopment Agencies, Redevelopment Money Fight Heats Up as State Controller Announces It Will Audit 18 Agencies, State Controller Highly Critical of Redevelopment Agencies, Jerry Brown Redevelopment Alert: Wealthy Eli Broad Gets $52 Million for a Garage; the Entirety of South L.A. Gets $32 Million, Redevelopment: Complex, Diverse Agencies in Fight, Opinion: In Redevelopment, Negotiate a Deal Both Sides Can Live With. As the project manager for the CSPS Project, Jennifer is responsible for the all tasks and activities required throughout the lifecycle of the CSPS Project. California is home to around 400 redevelopment agencies (RDAs) taking state funds to build homes and parking garages and trains in the communities they serve. California Agencies Lent Millions to Employees Who Never Repaid (by Anthony York, Los Angeles Times), Health Plan that Fleeced the State Stands to Grow (by Christina Jewett, California Watch), Is a City Manager Worth $800,000?
Chiang announced his redevelopment agency audit in January 2011 and released it less than two months later. She left for Sacramento after applying for and receiving a Senate fellowship through the Capital Fellows Program. He has since pushed for legislation to expand the controllers authority to audit cities and towns, and set up an online database of public salaries. 
Yee, a tax and fiscal policy expert, won a spot in the November election when she edged out fellow Democrat and former Assembly Speaker John A. Prez by 500 votes in the June primary after winning the endorsement of California NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws) for her spirited advocacy of medical pot. ESC:is charged with making top level decisions on scope, schedule, and budget. He was elected controller as the man oil companies fear most but was also known for jousting with banks. Joseph Graham "Gray" Davis, Jr., 1987-1995. As Governor Jerry Brown first brought political attention to redevelopment during budget negotiations, Controller John Chiang released an audit of 18 of the agencies, reporting golf course rehabilitations, blighted beachfront mansions and questionable administrative spending. Gov. With leadership and authority for administering both technological and business-related aspects of the project, Jennifer provides oversight in current application assessments, and for moving forward with overall replacement efforts. The California Redevelopment Association and the League of California Cities sued to block the state from closing down the agencies, but in December 2011 the state Supreme Court ruled the move was legal.
The state controller's office contracts mostly for office supplies, information technology, business consulting and legal services. I enjoy volunteering for various youth sports programs and have coached high school, club, and AAU basketball over the past 28 years. Business Process Owners (BPO): Process owners are statewide leaders in HR and Payroll. The lifecycle includes the planning, initiation, execution and closing. The controller also collects the estate, inheritance and gift taxes and overdue tax on gas, trucks and insurance. Davis's political career culminated in a term and 10 months as governor, from 1999 to 2003, when he was recalled. Jennifer has deep project management experience and also served as Project Manager of the Justice HR Project at the Department of Justice.
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She also endeared herself to environmentalists with opposition to hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and support for alternative energy efforts. In a time of economic scarcity, ending redevelopment is asking cities and towns to do more with less. She previously served as Inspector General at the California Department of Transportation and as Chief Deputy Director for Policy at the California Department of Finance.
The mandatory 20% of redevelopment funds that go to affordable housing is an oft-cited example of the programs' good work, and affordable housing advocates attempted to save that component of redevelopment after Governor Brown announced that RDAs were on the chopping block. Prior to leading the CSPS Project, Chris was the Chief Information Officer for the Secretary of State where he managed all functional areas of the Information Technology Division. h1a}uAbe|J>,HadpH,{u5"I"j&jti5Q>01=m4iGlmOwi{Huf.
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In the summer of 2010, the Los Angeles Times' Jeff Gottlieb and Ruben Vives reported that city manager Robert Rizzo was making nearly $800,000 annually, with a guaranteed 12% raise each year. The authority to issue peoples paychecks is mine, Chiang said, before calling the governor's order improper and illegal.. Value preservation and value creation are goals that drive me daily. In addition to dispersing and collecting money, the controller's office provides information about the state's financial condition and spending, including formal reports and accounting figures, personal finance education and transparency tools.
