Highlights | Waste, Fraud & Mismanagement

Other Waste, Fraud & Mismanagement Highlights – 2008

Sacramento's 'Cost-Saving Measure' Wastes $500,000 (August '08)
Sacramento County Hiring P.R. Workers Even as Budget Woes Mount (July '08)
Santa Rosa to Pay Police Officers to Put on Uniforms (July '08)
State Overpaid $1.2 Million for Wheelchairs, Auditor Says (June '08)
Auditor Finds Lax Oversight of LA County Employees' Credit Card Use (June '08)
Utility Rate Payers Asked to Pay for a $6 Million Program That May Be Illegal (June '08)
Facing Budget Deficit, Sacramento County Throws $6,300 Staff Party (May '08)
Los Angeles Unified Spends $175 Million on Consulting Contracts (May '08)
School Administrators Travel 300 Miles to Check on Teachers on Their Day Off (May '08)
Teachers Get Pink Slips, but School District Is Still Hiring (May '08)
UC Berkeley Broke Rules by Rehiring Police Chief After Giving $2.1 Million Payout, Paper Reports (April '08)
San Jose Fire Chief Makes $108,116 in Overtime (April '08)
'Money-Saving' Contract for Office Supplies Results in Higher Costs (April '08)
Orange County Register's 'Great Moments in Waste' (April '08)
L.A. County Restructuring Increases Costs by 50 Percent (March '08)
Software Fiasco Costs Taxpayers $10 Million for Nothing (March '07)
Lodi's Interim School Superintendent Gets $39,780-a-year Pension Spike for Five Months' Work (February '08)
Green Buses are More Costly to Run (February '08)
Contra Costa Firefighters to Get New $350 Blazers (February '08)
Woodland School Board Pays More Than Appraised Value for District Office (February '08)
Effort to Recruit Women Firefighters Is 'Multimillion-Dollar Disaster.' (February '08)
State Auditor Finds Waste at Highway Patrol (January '08)
Fresno Schools Chief Gets 35 Percent Raise, Will Make $277,000 (January '08)
Oakland City Attorney Gives Himself a $28,000 Raise (January '08)

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