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Documents Detail Some Assets of Top State Officials : Finance: Insurance czar, secretary of state, controller, schools chief appear to be wealthiest.

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<i> From Associated Press</i>

State Insurance Commissioner Charles Quackenbush, Secretary of State Bill Jones, Controller Kathleen Connell and schools chief Delaine Eastin appear to be California’s wealthiest statewide officials.

But the ranking is uncertain because in their financial disclosure statements filed each year, top state officials are required to list only a range of asset values, not total amounts.

Quackenbush, a former legislator, said he had more than $261,000 in investments in a family trust, plus more than $10,000 in outside income last year from the sale of computer software.

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Jones, another ex-lawmaker, reported more than $302,000 in investments, mostly in San Joaquin Valley farmland. He had more than $51,000 in outside income last year, more than $30,000 of it from farming.

Connell, a former financial adviser and bank vice president, listed more than $220,000 in stock in real estate, business management and financial advisory companies. She had more than $50,000 in 1994 income, including her spouse’s salary.

Eastin, who served in the Assembly with Jones and Quackenbush, reported more than $301,000 in stock and property and her husband’s income of more than $11,000 from Pacific Telesis Group and Golden Gate University.

Gov. Pete Wilson’s holdings are in a blind trust that includes more than $100,000 in Anheuser Busch stock. He said he had no outside income last year.

Treasurer Matt Fong said he held stock worth $6,000 to $60,000 as the year began and had a Los Angeles residence worth $10,000 to $100,000. He said that that property brought in more than $10,000 in rent last year.

Lt. Gov. Gray Davis listed one investment, an Israeli government bond worth $1,000 to $10,000. His only reported outside income was his wife’s salary of more than $10,000 a year from USAir.

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Atty. Gen. Dan Lungren listed no investments and said his only outside income was his community property share of his wife’s salary as a real estate agent.

Officials do not have to include their primary residences or their state salaries in their reports.

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