Eleni Kounalakis
What this job does: The state's banker: invests state money, sells state bonds (borrowing the state pays back with interest), and pays out state funds once the Controller approves them. A term is four years.
- Current office
- Lieutenant Governor of California (since 2019)
- Occupation
- Lieutenant Governor of California
Background
- Daughter of Greek immigrants; worked as a builder who financed housing and infrastructure projects (candidate statement). source: voterguide.sos.ca.gov (Secretary of State)
In their own words
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- Expand affordable housing through public finance source: voterguide.sos.ca.gov (Secretary of State)
- Invest in children and families source: voterguide.sos.ca.gov (Secretary of State)
- Defend health care and immigrant communities source: voterguide.sos.ca.gov (Secretary of State)
- Protect pensions source: voterguide.sos.ca.gov (Secretary of State)
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