RivCo Treasurer-Tax Collector Tapped To Serve On State Committee

RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CA — Riverside County Treasurer-Tax Collector Matthew Jennings will serve on a statewide committee that examines how to improve counties' tax collection practices, it was announced Monday.

State Controller Malia Cohen said Jennings was selected to serve on the California State Controller's Committee on County Tax Collecting Procedures because of his "tremendous ... finance expertise, which will help enhance the state's levying and collection procedures."

"As treasurer-tax collector for Riverside County, he also brings an economic perspective from a region whose economic base is growing and diversifying very quickly," Cohen said.

Jennings was appointed county treasurer in the summer of 2020, when then-Treasurer Tax-Collector Jon Christensen announced his retirement. Jennings has been a county employee for 30 years. He was elected in his own right to serve as Treasurer-Tax Collector when he ran unopposed in 2022.

The California State Controller's Committee on County Tax Collecting Procedures was formed in 1967 as an advisory body, tasked with providing counsel on collection procedures.

"The committee instructs, advises and directs tax collectors in their duties and responsibilities," according to a California State Controller's Office statement.