Letter from Treasurer Ma

August 2020

Dear Friends,

In the heat of August you might find yourself thinking about upgrading to a more efficient energy system for your home or business. If so, this newsletter is for you. Working with investor-owned utilities we offer a credit enhancement that makes heating and cooling upgrades affordable. Read how the ‘Hub’ can help you or your business here.

Of course, to worry about heating and cooling a home you first need to own one. Sadly, home ownership is out of reach of many – especially families in the “missing middle.” These are people in the housing market’s hollowed out center, trapped between the bookends of unaffordable, high-priced homes and lower costing alternatives for which they don’t qualify because their incomes are too high.

I suspect there may be more creative, out-of-the-box ideas and strategies about how to help this missing middle than we are aware. We’re just not hearing them. So I invite you to help. And spread the word. We’re looking for great ideas and strategies! Read more here.

Lastly, an important reminder to women that California requires publicly owned companies headquartered here to have a certain number of women on their boards of directors by the end of 2021. Interested? Good! Read Ask Fiona to learn how to add your name to my registry of interested women and to take part in an upcoming online workshop that will cover everything you need to know to approach a company about a board seat.

In Peace & Friendship,

Fiona Ma
California State Treasurer Fiona Ma, CPA