Government Affairs Meeting

This meeting, which is put together by the Government Affairs Committee, provides the Chamber's membership and Board with input on local, county, state and federal legislative issues.

This Month’s Speaker: Larry Cohen, MBA

San Diego County Treasurer-Tax Collector

Larry Cohen serves San Diego County residents as the County’s Treasurer-Tax Collector, having been sworn into office on November 18, 2025. Larry oversees the collection of more than $9 billion in property taxes each year, the management of $15-19 billion in the County’s Investment Pool, and the administration of the County’s over $1.5 billion deferred contribution program.

Larry previously served as Chief of Staff to Congressman Juan Vargas, who sits on the House Financial Services Committee. For over five years, Mr. Cohen acted as chief advisor in supporting Vargas’s work on the committee, which oversees banks, pensions, and federal securities legislation.

In the private sector, Larry worked for Millipore Sigma, where he managed a $30 million business line and was responsible for profit and loss performance, investment strategies, and contract negotiations.

Mr. Cohen has a master’s in business administration from Strayer University in Washington, D.C., and he holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of California, San Diego.

Larry and his wife Laura of over twenty-eight years have three boys they’re raising in Carlsbad.