As California’s chief financial officers, we are writing to inform you that Orange County Treasurer-Tax Collector Chriss Street [
Failing to pay vendors in the absence of a state budget, and thus, lack of a budget appropriation, does not elevate those payments to priority status.
California will continue to manage its cash during these difficult times in a way that always protects debt service and education.
California Controller John Chiang
Treasurer Bill Lockyer
Finance Dept. director Ana Matosantos