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Assemblywoman Suzette Valladares speaks during the Valley Industry Association’s fourth annual State of the State luncheon at the Hyatt Regency Valencia in Valencia on Friday, 062521. Dan Watson/The Signal
Assemblywoman Suzette Valladares, R-Santa Clarita, recently announced she will not accept a pay increase awarded to the state’s constitutional officers, including state legislators like herself.
Valladares, first elected to office in 2020, informed State Controller Betty Yee of her decision in a June 18 letter.
She wrote she heard from thousands of constituents who lost work due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Those constituents, she said, “have yet to receive the unemployment benefits they need to keep their lights on and put food on their tables.”
Republican academic and policy advisor Lanhee Chen launched a statewide bid for California controller Tuesday in hopes to end one-party rule in Sacramento.
“We’re not going to change California by recycling the same old tired politicians from one job to another,” Chen said in his first official campaign ad, highlighting problems plaguing the state which have led many to flee in a major exodus. “I think the promise of California is still out there, but we’re going to have to start fixing our problems soon for us to make sure that the California I see is as bright and promising as the one that led my parents to move here 35 years ago.”
GOP policy adviser Chen enters California controller race
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FILE - In this June 1, 2012 file photo, then-campaign policy director Lanhee Chen is photographed at the Mitt Romney campaign s Boston headquarters. Chen, a longtime Republican policy adviser, announced Tuesday, July 6, 2021, he s running to succeed Betty Yee, a Democrat who cannot run again, as state controller. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds, File)
By: Associated Press
and last updated 2021-07-06 20:13:54-04
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) â A longtime Republican policy adviser wants to be California s next top fiscal officer. Lanhee Chen announced Tuesday he s running to succeed state controller Betty Yee, a Democrat who is termed out next year.