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Bill Leonard
976,156 votes
55.7%
- Party: Republican
- Occupation: Member, State Board of Equalization - District 2
- Member, California State Assembly - 1978-1988; 1996-2002
- Member, California State Senate - 1988-1996
Priorities:
- Government to hold taxpayers innocent until proven guilty.
- At a minimum, taxpayers must be guaranteed the basic protection of guilty "beyond a reasonable doubt!"
- Hold tax collectors accountable.
Tim Raboy
666,458 votes
38.0%
- Party: Democratic
- Occupation: Supervising Investigator, Board of Equalization
- Criminal Investigator for the Board of Equalization for 6 years.
- Currently an Elected Council Member for the City of Galt.
- POST Certified Speciality in Financial Crimes Investigations from the Robert Presley Institute of Criminal Investigation.
- Granted Limited Peace Officer Status for the Board of Equalization Investigations Division.
- More than 14 years of experience working at the Board of Equalization.
- Bachelor of Science Degree with a speciality in Marketing.
Priorities:
- Streamline the agency departments at the Board of Equalization to improve agency operations and increase efficiency.
- Enhance revenue collections at the Board of Equalization. Billions of dollars in taxes goes uncollected due to tax evasion.
- Enhance customer service for the citizens that live in BOE District 2 and have an open door policy between myself and the taxpayers of this State.
Richard R. "Rick" Perry
63,576 votes
3.6%
- Party: Peace and Freedom
- Occupation: Gardener
- Degree in Goverment/Journalism from California State University in 1978
- Served as Vice-Chair of CSEA-CSU Unit 5 Bargining Council
- Treasurer of Health Care for All-Sacramento Valley Chapter
- CSUS Chapter 303 Union President
- Member of Board-State Employees Building Corporation
- Member-Peace and Freedom Sacramento County Central Committee
Priorities:
- Increase the tax rates on the wealthiest Californians and their corporations.
- Work to repeal corporate tax cuts enacted from 1980 to present
- Change state law to ALLOW disclosure of corporations who pay no state taxes
Willard Del Michlin
49,044 votes
2.7%
- Party: Libertarian
- Occupation: Financial Consultant
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Job Description
- Serves on the Board of Equalization, California’s elected tax
commission, a body that:
- Oversees the administration of over two dozen tax and fee
programs including sales and use, cigarette and tobacco,
alcohol and fuels tax.
- Serves as the appellate body for California income and
franchise tax cases.
- Oversees the administration of property tax statewide.
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