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Archived Press Releases

• Westly Unveils Oversight and Accountability Plan for Infrastructure Bond
  12/29/2005
• Westly Sends $331 Million in Lottery Funds to Schools
  12/28/2005
• Westly Urges Bay Area Residents to Look for Their Share of $4.8 Billion in Unclaimed Property
  12/20/2005
• Westly Calls on Carmakers to Reveal Enviro Harm
  12/20/2005
• CA Nanotech Team Issues Plan for $1 Trillion Industry
  12/19/2005
• Westly Leads Action Against Sudan Genocide
  12/12/2005
• Westly Comments on Bush Administration Global Warming Conference Walk Out
  12/9/2005
• Westly Reports November Revenues Up; Not Enough to Solve Deficit
  12/8/2005
• Westly Comments on Teacher Privatization Scheme
  12/7/2005
• Westly Sponsoring Resolution Protecting Homeowners, Healthcare from Tax Hikes
  12/7/2005
• Westly Seeks to Reunite Californians With $8 Million in Returned Tax Refunds
  12/1/2005
• Westly Calls on Insurers to Prepare for Global Warming
  12/1/2005
• Westly Says Revenues Up $2.6 Billion Over Last Year
  11/18/2005
• Westly Statement on LAO Budget Outlook
  11/16/2005
• Westly Takes Campaign to Reunite $4.8 Billion with Owners to Central Valley
  11/16/2005
• Westly Challenges HMO Mega Merger Pay Deal
  11/14/2005
• Westly Acts Against Federal Home and Health Care Tax Hikes
  11/1/2005
• Statement on Resignation of CalPERS CIO
  10/27/2005
• Westly Issues Statement on WorldCom Settlement
  10/27/2005
• Statement on the Death of Rosa Parks
  10/24/2005
• Westly Calls for Increased Community Investments at Willie Brown Forum
  10/24/2005
• Westly Speaks Out Against Asian History Veto
  10/21/2005
• Westly Decries Vetoes
  10/20/2005
• Westly Warns Against Fed Offshore Drilling Plans, Announces Vote to Oppose
  10/19/2005
• Westly Raises Concerns About Health Care Mega-Merger
  10/17/2005
• Westly Announces Local School Funding at Breakfast Hosted by Assemblymember Negrete McLeod
  10/14/2005
• Westly Lauds Passage of Violent Video Game Bill
  10/7/2005
• Westly Demands Faster Public Safety Funding
  10/7/2005
• Westly Announces Cash Receipts Up 6.5% for the Year
  10/7/2005
• Westly Pays Schools $276 Million in Lottery Cash
  9/30/2005
• Controller Westly Urges State Employees to Contribute to Hurricane Katrina Disaster Relief
  9/14/2005
• Westly Urges Governor to Sign Marriage Equality Bill
  9/7/2005
• Westly: Revenues Slightly Ahead of Estimates
  8/9/2005
• Controller Westly: Oppose Federal Energy Bill
  7/28/2005
• Controller Westly Pays $1.2 Billion to Cities and Counties
  7/26/2005
• Westly: Excessive Executive Compensation Bad for Business
  7/19/2005
• Westly Announces Support for Submerged Native American Artifacts Project
  7/12/2005
• Westly: Governor’s Line Item Vetoes Wrong for California
  7/12/2005
• Westly Applauds Ratings Upgrade
  7/11/2005
• Westly Announces End of Fiscal Year Revenues
  7/8/2005
• Controller Westly Opposes CNOOC/Unocal Merger
  7/7/2005
• Westly Reports California Schools in Fiscal Trouble
  7/7/2005
• Westly Outlines Consequences of No Budget
  6/29/2005
• Westly Pays Schools $315 Million in Lottery Funds
  6/29/2005
• Westly-Sponsored Bill to Prohibit Viagra for Sex Offenders Clears Key Senate Panel
  6/28/2005
• Westly Takes Fight Against Offshore Oil Drilling to Nation’s Capital
  6/22/2005
• Westly Names New Chief of Staff
  6/22/2005
• FTB Approves Motion to Expand Successful ReadyReturn Program
  6/15/2005
• Westly, Environmental Groups Urge U.S. Senate to Reject Offshore Drilling Plan
  6/14/2005
• State Controller Calls for Independent Audit of Wal-Mart Corp. Business Practices
  6/13/2005
• Westly’s Cash Receipt Update Highlights Amnesty Success
  6/7/2005
• Controller Calls on Legislature to Prohibit Viagra to Sex Offenders
  6/3/2005
• Governor’s Greenhouse Gas Plan Good First Step; Lacks Enforcement to Make it Work
  6/1/2005
• Bill to Place Kyoto Protocol Standards Into State's Environmental Planning Passes Assembly
  5/31/2005
• State Controller Westly Recommends Relief for California Schools, Local Agencies
  5/24/2005
• Off-Shore Oil Drilling Fails House Vote; Westly Calls on Voters to Keep Up Pressure
  5/19/2005
• CalPERS Signs ’Call to Action’ on Climate Risk
  5/18/2005
• State Controller Steve Westly Asks Governor to Call Off Special Election; Focus on Passing Budget
  5/13/2005
• Westly, Environmental Leaders Call on Public Officials to Oppose Weakening of Offshore Drilling Ban
  5/9/2005
• Westly Updates Governor on Cash Flow and Urges Bipartisan Budget Solution
  5/5/2005
• Dept. of Interior Addresses Westly Lawsuit; Suspends Cuts on Oil Royalties
  4/27/2005
• Assemblymember Ruskin, Controller Westly, Environmental Groups, Scientists and Physicians Push for State to Take Action on Climate Change
  4/25/2005
• CalPERS Adopts Westly Motion on Holocaust Era Claims
  4/18/2005
• State Controller Westly Calls for Governor to Drop Threat of Special Election
  4/7/2005
• Westly Reports Receipts Up $5.7 Billion
  4/7/2005
• Westly Applauds Ford Motor Co. Agreement on Greenhouse Gas Plan
  3/31/2005
• Westly Pays Schools $276 Million in Lottery Cash
  3/30/2005
• Tax Amnesty Enters Final Week
  3/29/2005
• Westly Announces National Support for Global Warming Proposal
  3/17/2005
• Westly Issues Statement on Stem Cell Litigation
  3/14/2005
• Westly: State Grants Lack Oversight, Consistency
  3/9/2005
• Westly: Receipts Up More Than $5 Billion
  3/8/2005
• Westly: Pension Initiative’s Analysis Incomplete
  3/7/2005
• Westly Proposes New Standards for Stem Cell Accountability
  3/1/2005
• State Controller Recruiting Probate Referees in All Counties
  2/28/2005
• Westly Appoints Fair Political Practices Commission Member
  2/28/2005
• Westly Congratulates Feckner
  2/16/2005
• Westly Environmental Initiative Wins CalPERS Support
  2/14/2005
• Westly Calls for FTB to Review Tax Breaks
  2/9/2005
• Westly Reports Receipts Up 12 Percent from Last Year
  2/7/2005
• CalSTRS Approves Westly’s Global Warming Watch
  2/2/2005
• Westly Launches Major Tax Amnesty Program
  2/1/2005
• Westly Calls on Congress to Investigate Oil Pricing
  1/18/2005
• Controller’s Charter School Audit Leads to Jail Sentence
  1/13/2005
• Westly Issues Statement on Governor’s Budget Overview
  1/12/2005
• Westly Issues Statement on Governor’s Budget
  1/10/2005
• Westly: Revenue Growth Hits Mid-Year Plateau
  1/5/2005