#RadicalTransparency
Transparency in public finance is essential to eliminating fraud, waste, and abuse. That’s why I’ve made my own campaign spending fully transparent and publicly accessible for everyone to review. As California State Controller, I will bring that same level of accountability to state government by implementing modern transparency tools, exposing financial mismanagement, and fighting to restore responsible oversight of taxpayer dollars.
Behind the Veil
I recently released a white paper exposing up to a $425 BILLION problem in California’s finances: CLICK HERE.
Not estimates. Not talking points. Hard numbers pulled directly from state audits, Legislative Analyst Office reporting, and the Governor’s own budget documents.
Meanwhile, California State Controller Malia Cohen just missed her FOURTH consecutive reporting deadline.
Four. In. A. Row.
At some point, it stops looking like incompetence and starts looking like a system designed to avoid accountability.
Californians deserve to know where their tax dollars are going.
Read the audits. Review the findings. Follow the money.
Radical Transparency isn’t just a slogan — it’s the core pillar of my campaign.
I believe in Radical Transparency so wholeheartedly that I built a public ledger dashboard for my own campaign spending.
If I’m asking Californians to trust me with oversight of their tax dollars, the least I can do is show them exactly how mine are being spent.
NEAR REAL-TIME DATA
California taxpayers were told government spending was too massive and too complicated to understand.
We proved otherwise.
Using the most recently available FI$Cal data — FY25 Period 8 (February 2025) — our Research Data Warehouse transformed raw government accounting records into source-backed fiscal analysis, spending interpretation, and forensic oversight tools designed to help Californians finally follow where their taxpayer dollars are actually going.
California taxpayers spent more than $1 BILLION and nearly two decades on FI$Cal.
Our volunteer team built a working transparency prototype in roughly two weeks using publicly available data.
That’s the difference between bureaucracy and execution.
REBECCA C. BERRY EXPERIENCED RESULTS DRIVEN LEADERSHIP
2035