Carole Migden Named New Chair of State Board of Equalization.News/Business Editors SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 8, 2003 The Board of Equalization In communications, techniques used to reduce distortion and compensate for signal loss (attenuation) over long distances. (BOE BOE Based on Experience BOE Board of Education BOE BoletÃn Oficial del Estado (Spanish) BOE Bank of England BOE Board of Equalization BOE Board of Elections BOE Barrel of Oil Equivalent BOE Bind on Equip ) announced today that Carole Migden was elected Chair. Migden, who represents BOE District One, was elected to the Board in the November 2002 elections. Prior to her election to the BOE, Ms. Migden represented the 13th District in the California State Assembly The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature. There are 80 members to the Assembly, representing a relatively equal amount of constituencies, with each district having a population of at least 420,000 citizens. and previously served on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is the legislature of San Francisco, California. Government and politics As the official name implies, the City and County of San Francisco is a consolidated city-county, being simultaneously a charter city and charter county . She also currently serves as an elected member of the Democratic National Committee. As Chair of the BOE, Migden, a Democrat, will also sit as a voting member of the three-person Franchise Tax Board. Claude Parrish, the Third District BOE representative, a Republican, was elected Vice Chair. Parrish was elected to his first term at the BOE in 1998 and re-elected in 2002. Prior to his election to the Board, Parrish served as Los Angeles County Insurance Commissioner. The Board of Equalization is overseen by a five-member elected Board. Four members are elected directly from legislatively defined districts and serve four-year terms. The fifth member, the State Controller, is elected at-large and serves in an ex officio [Latin, From office.] By virtue of the characteristics inherent in the holding of a particular office without the need of specific authorization or appointment. The phrase ex officio capacity. |
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