Controller, Yee sits on the California State Lands Commission. She supports investing in alternative energy and opposes fracking for oil. 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. Yee also serves as Vice President of California Women Lead, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization for women holding or interested in running for political office. Betty Yee sits on the board of trustees for the State Teachers Retirement System. Personal life On July 13, 2018, Yee and her husband were involved in a three-car accident in the Posey Tube between Alameda and Oakland. Yee and her husband as well as their driver, a California Highway Patrol officer, were transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The vehicle Yee was riding in was rear-ended by another vehicle and was in turn pushed forward into the vehicle in front of it. The driver of the rear-ending vehicle was suspected to be under the influence of marijuana. Electoral history 2006 2010 2014 2018 References External links Government website Campaign website |- 1957 births 21st-century American politicians 21st-century American women politicians American women of Chinese descent in politics California politicians of Chinese descent Democratic Party state constitutional officers of California Candidates in the 2014 United States elections Golden Gate University alumni Living people Politicians from San Francisco State Controllers of California UC Berkeley College of Letters and Science alumni Women in California politics