State Controller of California | |
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Government of California | |
Style | The Honorable |
Term length | Four years, two term limit |
Inaugural holder | John S. Houston 1849 |
Formation | California Constitution |
Website | www |
The state controller of California is a constitutional office in the executive branch of the government of the U.S. state of California. Thirty-three individuals have held the office of state controller since statehood. The incumbent is Malia Cohen, a Democrat. [1] The state controller's main office is located at 300 Capitol Mall in Sacramento.
The state controller assumes office by way of election. The term of office is four years, renewable once. Elections for state controller are held on a four-year basis concurrently with elections for the offices of governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, state treasurer, insurance commissioner, and superintendent of public instruction.
As California's chief fiscal officer, the state controller has broad superintending authority over the accounting and disbursement of state and local government finances. [2] As such, the state controller:
Aside from the office's functional responsibilities, the state controller serves on over 70 boards and commissions, including the California State Lands Commission, California State Teachers’ Retirement System, California Public Employees’ Retirement System, California Board of Equalization, California Franchise Tax Board, California Pollution Control Financing Authority, the California Debt Limit Allocation Commission, California Alternative Energy Source Financing Authority, the California Education Facilities Authority, and the California Victim Compensation Board, among others. [3]
The Office has a staff of Deputy State Controllers that help the State Controller fulfill her elected duties, including sitting on the Board of Equalization and other boards for the State Controller in absentia. Noted former Deputy State Controllers include Barrett McInerney, James Burton, and Laurette Healey.
Name | Party | Term |
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John S. Houston | Democratic | 1849–1852 |
Winslow S. Pierce | Democratic | 1852–1854 |
Samuel Bell | Democratic | 1854–1856 |
George W. Whitman | American | 1856–1857 |
Edward F. Burton | American | 1857 |
George W. Whitman | American | 1857–1858 |
Aaron R. Melony | Lecompton Democrat | 1858–1860 |
Samuel H. Brooks | Lecompton Democrat | 1860–1861 |
James S. Gillan | Democratic | 1861–1862 |
Gilbert R. Warren | Republican | 1862–1863 |
George R. Oulton | Constitutional Union | 1863–1867 |
Robert Watt | Democratic | 1867–1871 |
James J. Green | Republican | 1871–1875 |
James W. Mandeville | Democratic | 1875–1876 |
William B. C. Brown | Democratic | 1876–1877 |
Daniel M. Kenfield | Republican | 1877–1883 |
John P. Dunn | Democratic | 1883–1891 |
Edward P. Colgan | Republican | 1891–1906 |
A. B. Nye | Republican | 1906–1913 |
John S. Chambers | Republican | 1913–1920 |
Ray L. Riley | Republican | 1921–1937 |
Harry B. Riley | Republican | 1937–1946 |
Thomas Kuchel | Republican | 1946–1953 |
Robert C. Kirkwood | Republican | 1953–1959 |
Alan Cranston | Democratic | 1959–1967 |
Houston I. Flournoy | Republican | 1967–1975 |
Kenneth Cory | Democratic | 1975–1987 |
Gray Davis | Democratic | 1987–1995 |
Kathleen Connell | Democratic | 1995–2003 |
Steve Westly | Democratic | 2003–2007 |
John Chiang | Democratic | 2007–2015 |
Betty Yee | Democratic | 2015–2023 |
Malia Cohen | Democratic | 2023–present |
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