The race for state controller between San Francisco native Betty Yee and former Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearengin promises to be hotly contested, despite the fact very few Californians know what the controller does.
Among the spiffier duties for the state's chief bean-counter is administering unclaimed property; billions of dollars of money owed to businesses and individuals earn interest in a controller's fund (some may be owed to you: Visit https://ucpi.sco.ca.gov/).
Should Swearengin win the race, her first act in office could be to remunerate herself. A trip to the controller's website reveals she has unclaimed cash waiting for her: Somehow, $16.98 due to Swearengin in "expense checks" from Fresno State University ended up in the state repository.
Many Betty Yees across the state are owed money, but Candidate Yee says she isn't. She did, however, go to school with several other Betty Yees in the city. Perhaps one may end up hitting her up.
Plenty of politicos, it turns out, could claim funds if they bothered. Among them: Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom ($40); Attorney General Kamala Harris ($437); and registered lobbyist Willie Brown ($328).
In fact, even the current controller has money waiting for him in the unclaimed property fund. But it's not worth affixing the stamp to the envelope: Chase Bank owes John Chiang 15 cents.
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