Former State Controller Betty Yee is running for governor on a platform of competent and accountable leadership. She joins Marisa to discuss why she believes she’s the best candidate to fix California’s major fiscal challenges, having managed the state’s finances and tax system as controller and a member of the Board of Equalization. Yee shares her plan to implement spending cuts and grow the economy but said she opposes a proposed tax on California billionaires.
She also tells Marisa about her upbringing in San Francisco as the daughter of Chinese immigrants, working at her parents’ laundry and dry cleaning business, where she helped manage the books from an early age.
This interview is part of a series of conversations with the 2026 gubernatorial candidates for California. The primary election is June 2.
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