Betty T. Yee is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who serves as a member of the California Board of Equalization. She won the race for California State Controller in the 2014 election, with 53% of the vote. A native of the Parkside district of San Francisco, Yee's parents emigrated from Guangdong Province, China in 1956. She handled the books in her family's neighborhood laundry and dry cleaning business while she grew up. Originally speaking no English, she spent her grade school years in the San Francisco Unified School District before attending the University of California, Berkeley as an undergraduate, attaining a bachelor's degree in sociology. She went on to attend Golden Gate University, from which she earned a master's degree in Public Administration. Yee worked for the Legislature and was then Governor Gray Davis's Chief Deputy Director for Budget, later saying that "My role was to present all the options possible. Politics came into play. The governor and legislative leaders made decisions that sometimes didn't agree with our recommendations." She then became the Chief Deputy to Board of Equalization member Carole Migden.
Betty T. Yee is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who serves as a member of the California Board of Equalization. She won the race for California State Controller in the 2014 election, with 53% of the vote. A native of the Parkside district of San Francisco, Yee's parents emigrated from Guangdong Province, China in 1956....
