Testimonials

"If elected governor, State Treasurer Phil Angelides intends to ask Californians to do what he defines as 'big things'... Angelides believes if California is to have any chance at being a successful society in the 21st century, it must have the best-educated young people in world."

- Oakland Tribune, 6/16/05

"'He's smart, he's aggressive, and he's creative,' said New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, who claims he and Angelides are 'joined at the hip' in their work crusading for corporate accountability."

- Associated Press, 4/14/05

"...He's the Democrat with the most articulate, consistent message that Schwarzenegger's policies are wrong for California."

- Los Angeles Times, 3/31/05

"...Angelides is smart, driven and, at his best, inspirational...This is a Democrat who has passionate beliefs and isn't afraid to express them, and a vision for the state that will resonate with a lot of Californians who are hungry for leadership..."

- Sacramento Bee, 3/17/05

"At his insistence, [CalPERS and CalSTRS] have invested roughly $3 billion in California's inner cities and aging working-class suburbs, and $1.5 billion more in renewable energy initiatives. The pension plans have also become the most powerful champions of shareholder rights in American capitalism..."

- Washington Post, 3/16/05

"Because the Bush administration refused to join the rest of the world in ratifying the Kyoto protocol, it is all the more important that environmental leaders such as California Treasurer Angelides are fighting global warming with innovative ideas such as his Green Wave initiative."

- Former Vice President Al Gore, press teleconference, 2/14/05

"Treasurer Phil Angelides is the Democrats' most articulate, outspoken critic of Schwarzenegger."

- Los Angeles Times, 1/10/05

"Then there is Angelides' Green Wave initiative, which is designed to 'bolster financial returns, create jobs and clean up the environment.'…That is precisely the sort of visionary leadership that California's pensioners need and deserve."

- Sacramento Bee, 03/21/04

"The Greeks gave us democracy, and Angelides wants to deliver nothing less to corporate America."

- Fortune, 11/24/03

"Phil Angelides… has been an excellent treasurer. He thinks about where California needs to be a decade or two from now not just about what's on his desk today."

- San Jose Mercury News, 10/27/02

"Angelides has saved taxpayers more than $1 billion by refinancing bonds at historically low interest rates. He has cracked down on bogus bond deals and crooked investment schemes. Angelides also has used his private sector financial experience to good effect by investing state funds wisely, while helping to create jobs and economic opportunity."

- San Diego Union-Tribune, 10/24/02

"Phil Angelides… is the Energizer Bunny of state government, helping to finance California's budget deficit one day and fighting corporate fraud the next. He has proposed creative and economically responsible ways to invest the state's money in California…"

- Los Angeles Times, 10/16/02

"Phil Angelides… has been the most effective and dynamic state treasurer in a generation."

- Sacramento Bee, 10/14/02