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Daily Report: K–12

Audit: Seismic regulator must improve building plan oversight

June 12, 2012, 12:05 AM
The office that oversees the seismic safety of California's public schools can't show that it has approved all building plan changes, heightening the risk that some schools don't meet standards and are unsafe, according to a state auditor's report.  The Division of the... + read more
Daily Report: K–12

School district hopes to avoid sanctions over food funds

October 19, 2011, 12:05 AM
A Los Angeles-area school district accused of misspending $1.5 million in federal meal money for needy students is planning to meet with state administrators this week in an effort to stave off harsh penalties and a possible lawsuit. Mark Skvarna, superintendent of the Baldwin Park Unified... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

Prison audit finds ‘high potential for fraud’

July 21, 2011, 12:05 AM
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation lacks adequate financial controls and repeatedly failed to recoup overpayments of salary and travel advances from its employees, an audit released yesterday by the state controller's office found. The report concluded that the... + read more
Daily Report: Higher Ed

Ending CSU campus audits will decrease transparency, critics say

July 5, 2011, 12:05 AM
A budget trailer bill that gets rid of individual financial audits at the 23 campuses of the California State University system has some observers concerned about losing a layer of financial scrutiny.  Under AB 114, signed by Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday, the state will save an... + read more
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Daily Report: Health and Welfare

After bogus class, nursing board urged to audit continuing education

March 14, 2011, 12:05 AM
A Senate committee is recommending that the state nursing board seek funds to audit continuing education providers, citing a California Watch report that described how the board came to approve a bogus and absurd course. The issue will be discussed today in a Senate hearing meant to examine... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

Audit: State housing board lacks financial expertise

February 28, 2011, 12:06 AM
The agency responsible for financing affordable housing in California is lacking board members with "critical areas of knowledge and expertise," according to a report by state auditors [PDF]. The report indicates that inexperience with complex financial transactions likely... + read more
Daily Report: Higher Ed

Auditors find financial errors at CSU auxiliaries

January 26, 2011, 12:06 AM
Auditors for the California State University reviewed several auxiliary organizations at four campuses last year and found some had failed to adequately document credit card expenditures, bid competitively for projects and protect information security. The auditor reviewed CSU auxiliary... + read more
Daily Report: General Assignment

Auditor: Some state agencies balk at making fixes

January 14, 2011, 12:05 AM
Some state agencies are failing to implement auditors' advice to fix inefficient and ineffective practices, possibly causing taxpayer funds to be wasted, according to a report released yesterday. The Bureau of State Audits said that it found 137 recommendations made to 28 state agencies... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare, Money and Politics

Audit of regional centers finds nepotism, fear of retaliation

August 25, 2010, 12:05 AM
A nonprofit executive awarded state funds to her sister even though the service was available at a lower cost. A chief executive breached a confidential police tipline. And workers spent $900,000 on transportation - purposely spiking the budget to ensure more money the next year. Those were... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Nursing homes attempt to charge booze, ski tickets to state

April 19, 2010, 12:08 AM
Spa treatments in Hawaii, a flight to the Middle East and $13 million in bonuses for an executive and his family. None of these were what California lawmakers had in mind for California’s neediest seniors when they changed the way nursing homes were funded in 2004. But according to... + read more
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Daily Report: Money and Politics

Auditor: Stimulus money unspent, in disarray

January 28, 2010, 5:29 AM
The California State Auditor wants to know where the stimulus money went. In testimony before the Legislature last week, auditor Elaine M. Howle focused her attention on the Employment Development Department and the state Energy Commission, one vast bureaucracy paying benefits to California's... + read more
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