MORE ON: oversight

Daily Report: General Assignment

Corporations that claim to do good need more oversight, experts say

October 15, 2012, 12:05 AM
State regulators need to have more oversight of new types of companies that claim to have a social or environmental mission, legal experts say.  About 75 companies have registered as "benefit" or "flexible purpose" corporations since Gov. Jerry Brown... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

Scandal spurs plan to keep closer eye on state parks budget

August 6, 2012, 12:05 AM
A little-known commission could be empowered to provide more oversight of the California Department of Parks and Recreation after an investigation revealed the department sat on a multimillion-dollar budget surplus for years. This week, state Sen. Noreen Evans, D-Santa Rosa, plans to... + read more
Spotlight: K–12

School lunches missing the mark for nutrition standards

July 5, 2012, 11:05 PM
State reviews of school lunches found that hundreds of districts have fed children fattening, salty and nutritionally deficient meals and face infrequent oversight. + read more
Spotlight: K–12

How we compiled the state’s school lunch data

July 5, 2012, 11:05 PM
Records on school lunch reviews from the California Department of Education provide a snapshot of compliance with federal nutrition requirements. + read more
Spotlight: K–12

Lack of funds, staff hinder state’s oversight of school lunches

July 5, 2012, 11:05 PM
State records show that about 12 percent of school districts and charter schools have slipped through the cracks and not received a required state review in the past five years. + read more
Daily Report: K–12

Senate hearing today will address seismic safety reforms

April 20, 2012, 12:05 AM
Prompted by a scathing audit and proposed legislation, the state's top construction administrators are scheduled today to discuss ways to improve the seismic safety and oversight of public school building projects. State Architect Chester Widom and Lisa Silverman, executive officer for the... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

State challenges local redevelopment budgets

April 19, 2012, 12:05 AM
In the flurry surrounding the end of redevelopment, 60 state Department of Finance officials are scouring local redevelopment budgets to determine whether their claims about existing debts and obligations are legal. Cities and other local entities that are overseeing the shutdown of... + read more
Daily Report: Higher Ed

New chief to oversee California's private vocational schools

April 18, 2012, 1:09 PM
Today, Laura Metune became the new chief of the California Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education, the beleaguered state agency charged with overseeing the state’s vocational and for-profit colleges. Gov. Jerry Brown appointed Metune to the $110,580-a-year post earlier this month. ... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Lawmakers question health district spending

April 11, 2012, 5:52 PM
Taxpayer-funded health care districts should reduce their administrative costs, spend more on public health programs and stop stockpiling money for dubious projects, critics told a state legislative oversight committee today. Public health officials and taxpayer groups urged lawmakers to... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

End of redevelopment leaves budgets in limbo

March 8, 2012, 12:05 AM
In the confusion following the end of California redevelopment agencies in February, an estimated $2 billion in the hands of local officials is in limbo. Before redevelopment agencies were dissolved, the state Department of Finance was responsible for reviewing budgets for the 400... + read more
Daily Report: K–12

Auditors criticize state oversight of school construction bonds

July 26, 2011, 12:05 AM
The state administrator of school construction bond funds is struggling to fulfill its oversight role and routinely ignores its internal oversight policies and the requirements to audit projects, a Department of Finance audit found.  The highly critical report, released in June, suggests... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Health groups oppose bill targeting dangerous caregivers

April 19, 2010, 12:05 AM
The state’s powerful nurses union and several other health professional groups are gearing up to oppose a set of reforms that would make it harder for addicted or incompetent health professionals to work for years before seeing a license pulled. Flickr photo by ulrichkarljoho The... + read more
Spotlight: Money and Politics, Public Safety

Homeland Security marked by waste, lack of oversight

September 11, 2009, 9:45 PM
Communities across California had difficulty managing millions in anti-terrorism grants handed out after Sept. 11. Paperwork went missing and rules weren't followed.  + read more
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