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Based on a fundraiser letter that just hit the wires it appears that Huntington Beach (R) state Senator Tom Harman will run in 2014 for the Third District Board of Equalization (BOE) seat currently represented by Michelle Steel. Senator Harman was a member of the Big Five negotiating with governor Jerry Brown on the state budget.
This fundraiser is being held on April 21st at Nello Cucina in Costa Mesa.
The Third Board of Equalization District, currently represented by Michelle steel includes the counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Imperial, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego. ” Elected to the Board of Equalization in 2006, Michelle Steel serves as the country’s highest ranking Korean-American officeholder and California’s highest ranking Republican woman.”
As most Californians are not familiar with the BOE let me provide the list of currently serving members. The Board’s five members “serve concurrent four-year terms as the nation’s only elected tax commission. Their popular election ensures that the Board’s tax program administration remains directly accountable to the people. Four members are elected by district. The fifth member, the State Controller, is elected at large and serves in an ex officio capacity.”
Betty T. Yee, First District is responsible for the Counties of Alameda, Colusa, Contra Costa, Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma, Trinity, Yolo, and a portion of Santa Barbara.
George Runner, Second District covers the Counties of Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, El Dorado, Fresno, Glenn, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Lassen, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Modoc, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Tulare, Tuolumne, Ventura, Yuba, and portions of Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and Santa Barbara
Michelle Steel, Third District office is responsible for the counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Imperial, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego.
Jerome E. Horton, Fourth District Fourth Board of Equalization District, includes 73 cities of the 88 cities in the County of Los Angeles.
One name that we have seen of late is our state Controller who recently exposed abuses by our redevelopment agencies. John Chiang, California State Controller. “As State Controller, he presides over the Franchise Tax Board and is a member of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) Board and the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) Board. These two funds have a combined portfolio of $300 billion.”
Oh brother. It’s just a fundraising scam. There’s no real candidacy. They raise money for a fake campaign then lend it out to other campaigns in need. It’s all about buying political influence.
I’ll give odds Harman never runs for this.
Tony.
Don’t expose the game plan simply because Tom did not support our efforts to shut down RDAs
Harman running for this office opens the door for Jim Silva to run for the second district County Supervisor seat when John Moorlach terms out in 4 years as rumor had it that Harman was eyeing that seat alogn with Silva. A lot can happen between now and then, but this is looking like a grand strategy of musical chairs has been orchestrated and Harman has made the first move. Too bad these people are addicted to elected office – any office – and the pay and perks that goes with it but the voters get what they vote for (recognizing of course that the vast majority of voters don’t vote at all).
FMO.
One of the results of Term Limits is musical chairs.
Pat Bates, Chris Norby and Todd Spitzer to name but a few.
Larry, I agree. It is all so silly, so transparent, such a waste of time and energy,and besides that the most knowledgeable public poicy makers have become the career bueaucrats who watch the electeds rotate through on their musical chairs.