Candidate for California Controller in 2026 California Primary Election.
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Get StartedAs Controller, Meghann will develop a Police Department Militarization Database to track spending on military equipment and irresponsible spending on overtime per department. Californians will see which vendors and equipment are funded with our tax dollars. She will recommend grant conditions that prohibit spending on military gear and collaboration with ICE, and require investments in proven safety strategies like crisis response, youth programs, and housing. Learn more
Meghann will also use the Controller’s office to support and expand Proposition 47, the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act. Prop 47 reduces state incarceration rates from nonviolent misdemeanors and directs the savings to treatment and crime diversion, K-12 truancy and dropout prevention, and victim services. Meghann will publish an annual Prop 47 Savings and Outcomes Report that shows county by county how much the state saved, how much was transferred, and what results it was able to produce in classrooms, clinics, and diversion programs. Learn more
As Controller, Meghann will conduct a Climate Audit and publish an Energy Transition Report that puts a concrete path to net zero carbon emissions on the table. The audit will inventory every refinery, gas plant, pipeline, and oil well, set closure timelines and cleanup costs, and map the workforce transition by county, as well as the money spent on lobbying and political influence by our state’s biggest polluters. The transition report will identify the five and ten year build targets for clean power and storage, and show the financing gap and how to close it. Learn more
As Controller, Meghann will introduce a California Reinvestment Plan for CalPERS and CalSTRS to divest our holdings in companies participating in war crimes and reinvest it into California’s economy. Broad market analysis shows that investments in controversial weapons manufacturers provide no financial benefit over index performance, and they introduce significant legal and reputational risk for investors. Meghann will publish a fiduciary analysis that shows returns, risk, and costs of a divestment plan versus the status quo. She will redirect capital into social housing, community energy and storage, school modernizations, water and wildfire resilience, and transit. Learn more
Healthcare in California is unaffordable. Millions of working class families across our state are skipping doctors’ appointments because of the cost. Meghann believes that everyone in California should have the right to free, high-quality healthcare — regardless of immigration status. As Controller, Meghann will fight to put a clear path to universal healthcare on the table. Meghann will use the Controller’s office to lead a Universal Healthcare Financing Study. The study will compare what Californians already spend on healthcare across Medi-Cal, Covered California subsidies, public employee benefits, county safety nets and household premiums to a universal single-payer Medi-Cal For All system. It will include a household bill calculator so families can see their savings when premiums and copays are eliminated. Learn more
Meghann will launch a Statewide Housing Affordability Audit. The audit will identify bulk buyers and corporate landlords — including asset managers and REITs — show where billion-dollar corporations have bought up homes in bulk, and link those purchases to rent hikes and vacancies by zip code. Learn more
As Controller, Meghann will prioritize affordable, nonprofit or public ownership of housing by promoting anti-speculation safeguards and permanent affordability on the Tax Credit Allocation Committee and the Debt Limit Allocation Committee. She will make sure that for every tax-credit or grant given out, the Controller’s office publishes the cost per home and delivery timelines. Learn more
Meghann will audit every corporate tax incentive in California. Using city and county disclosure reports she will publish exactly who got what, how much it cost, and what was delivered. The report will show all of the missed promises, and what public money should be taken back from private hands. It will also name the biggest recipients and tally what these tax giveaways cost to each of our communities. Learn more
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