Background
Yee, Betty Ting was born on October 19, 1957 in San Francisco, California, United States. Daughter of Ging Chuck and Soo Sum Yee.
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Yee, Betty Ting was born on October 19, 1957 in San Francisco, California, United States. Daughter of Ging Chuck and Soo Sum Yee.
Bachelor in Sociology, University California, Berkeley, 1979. Master of Public Administration, Golden Gate University, 1981.
A native of the Parkside district of San Francisco, Yee"s parents emigrated from Guangdong Province, China in 1956. 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. She was appointed to fill the seat when Migden vacated it after being elected to the State Senate.
Yee was elected in her own right to the California Board of Equalization in 2006 from the 1st Board District and was re-elected in 2010. She led the successful effort to force Amazon.com to collect sales taxes on online purchases, the so-called "Amazon tax".
She ran for California State Controller in the 2014 election to succeed term-limited Democrat John Chiang, who was elected State Treasurer.
An advocate of tax reform, she opposes extending Governor Jerry Brown"s temporary tax increases, instead proposing to lower the state sales tax and extend it to currently untaxed services. As State Controller, Yee will sit on the California State Lands Commission. She supports investing in alternative energy and opposes fracking for oil.
Yee currently serves as Vice President of California Women Lead, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization for women holding or interested in running for political office.
Public health commissioner County of Santa Cruz, 1984-1988. Program chair Asian-Pacific Youth Leadership Project, Sacramento, 1990-1991. Board directors Santa Cruz Women's Health Center, 1982-1986, Women's Crisis Support & Shelter Superior vena cava syndrome, Santa Cruz, 1985-1987.
Member American Society Public Administration, American Association of University Women.
Married Mark W. Houston, April 22, 1989.