1 BEFORE THE CALIFORNIA STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION 2 450 N STREET 3 SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 4 5 6 7 8 REPORTER'S TRANSCRIPT 9 NOVEMBER 14, 2012 10 11 12 13 14 15 ANNOUNCEMENT 16 APPOINTMENT OF RANDY SILVA, CHIEF, 17 INVESTIGATION AND SPECIAL OPERATIONS DIVISION 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 REPORTED BY: Kathleen Skidgel 28 CSR NO. 9039 1 1 P R E S E N T 2 3 For the Board Jerome E. Horton of Equalization: Chairman 4 5 Michelle Steel Vice-Chairwoman 6 7 Betty T. Yee Member 8 9 George Runner Member 10 11 Marcy Jo Mandel Appearing for John 12 Chiang, State Controller (per Government Code 13 Section 7.9) 14 Joann Richmond 15 Chief Board Proceedings Division 16 17 ---oOo--- 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2 1 450 N STREET 2 SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 3 NOVEMBER 14, 2012 4 ---oOo--- 5 MR. HORTON: Ms. Richmond. 6 MS. RICHMOND: The Board Members met in closed 7 session and discussed settlements, litigation and 8 personnel matters. 9 MR. HORTON: On behalf of the Members of the 10 Board of Equalization, it's our pleasure to announce the 11 appointment of Randy Silva to the Chief, Investigation 12 and Special Operations Division. 13 Congratulation, Randy. Mr. Silva, I guess, now 14 that you're Division Head. Mr. Silva, congratulations. 15 I don't think he's here. 16 So, Ms. Richmond, what is our next matter? 17 ---oOo--- 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 3 1 REPORTER'S CERTIFICATE 2 3 State of California ) 4 ) ss 5 County of Sacramento ) 6 7 I, KATHLEEN SKIDGEL, Hearing Reporter for the 8 California State Board of Equalization certify that on 9 November 14, 2012 I recorded verbatim, in shorthand, to 10 the best of my ability, the proceedings in the 11 above-entitled hearing; that I transcribed the shorthand 12 writing into typewriting; and that the preceding pages 1 13 through 3 constitute a complete and accurate 14 transcription of the shorthand writing. 15 16 Dated: December 6, 2012 17 18 19 ____________________________ 20 KATHLEEN SKIDGEL, CSR #9039 21 Hearing Reporter 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 4