Tag: Betty Yee

California Controller’s $600 Million Mask Deal Scandal Explained | Adam Andrzejewski

California State Controller Betty Yee is under review for her behind-the-scenes involvement with a $600 million failed mask deal with a Chinese company. My guest is Adam Andrzejewski, CEO of OpenTheBooks.com. He explains the ongoing case involving Yee and how the State Controller’s office is not disclosing $300 billion of transactions.   * Click the…


California Lawmakers Call for a Review of Betty Yee’s Secret $600 Million Mask Deal

California Assemblymember Cottie Petrie-Norris (D-Irvine) is asking for a second hearing by lawmakers regarding the $600 million no bid contract for COVID-19 masks, following the reveal of State Controller Betty Yee’s role two years later. The issue had been heard by a state assembly committee before in May 2020, but Yee’s association with the matter…


California Controller Wrote 49 million Checks, but Claims She Can’t Locate Any of Them

As California State Controller, Betty Yee’s job includes being “responsible for accountability and disbursement of the state’s financial resources,” according to her office’s official web site. Yee’s office issued 49 million checks in payments worth $320 billion in 2018 in her capacity as the “chief fiscal officer” for the state whose economy is the fifth…