California Controller

"As State Controller, I will enforce Government Code section 12410 and audit claims before money leaves the Treasury. California Radical Transparency will publish every material state payment on a public ledger in near real time—the same standard already applied to this campaign’s blockchain ledger. The CRT prototype at CaliforniaRadicalTransparency.com already turns existing FI$Cal records into a searchable, source-linked warehouse, built for about $1,500 rather than another billion-dollar system. Exceptions, confidential payees, and high-risk flows will be flagged continuously. Noncompliant recipients will have funds withheld until corrections are verified. Major programs will be tied to documented delivery, not press releases. Audit the claims. Publish the ledger. Make the receipts public."

"The Controller is the state’s chief fiscal officer, not its chief auditor. The independent California State Auditor performs performance and high-risk audits. The Controller’s audit power is different and direct: under Government Code section 12410, this office audits claims against the state before warrants are paid, keeps the official accounts, and may withhold funds when claims do not comply with law. I will use that power, not expand it into the Auditor’s role. Claims will be reviewed before money leaves the Treasury, with risk-based field audits on high-dollar programs—unemployment insurance, homelessness, and education apportionments among them. California Radical Transparency will publish every material payment on a public ledger in near real time, the same standard already applied to this campaign. Exceptions, confidential payees, and unsupported charges will be posted as they are found. Funds to noncompliant agencies and recipients will be withheld until the correction is veri"

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"The California Constitution places no limits on abortion. Only the voters can change that, and such a measure would not pass today. The Controller cannot override the Constitution. I am a Christian. I believe every child is made in the image of God. That conviction does not license me to ignore the law. It does require me to test whether state money is spent lawfully. This office pays the bills and may refuse a claim that is not authorized. Funds used outside the statute that created them will be challenged, withheld, and published. Disagreement with a lawful expenditure is not illegality. Where the spending is illegal, the warrant should not issue. Accounts that touch children will be public and tied to services delivered. The longer work is cultural and electoral: elect more people who share this view of human dignity, including to offices that write law. Until the voters amend the Constitution, this office will administer the law and challenge spending that exceeds it. That is the l"