Highlights | Waste, Fraud & Mismanagement

Other Waste, Fraud & Mismanagement Highlights – 2009

Doctors Employed by Santa Clara County Taking Major Junkets at Taxpayers' Expense (December '09)
CSU Official Receives $152,441 For Excessive Travel, High-End Dining Expenses and More (December '09)
San Jose Community College Chancellor Gets Huge Benefits as Class Offerings Shrink (December '09)
Santa Clara City Attorney Gets $242,000 With Resignation (November '09)
State Spent Millions on Vehicles That Sit Unused (October '09)
Santa Clara County Pays $500,000 for Withholding Public Records (October '09)
State Wasted $8 Million on Late Fees (October '09)
UC Berkeley Spends $3 million to Learn How to Stop Spending (October '09)
San Jose Giving Low-Income Home Loans to Top City Officials (September '09)
State Auditor Slams Department of Corrections Spending (September '09)
Despite Budget Problems, State Universities Approve Paid Sabbaticals for Professors (September '09)
Some Teachers Get Pay Raises While Colleagues Get Laid Off (August '09)
Fresno Pays $11,000 to Guard Vacant Homeless Camp (August '09)
Half Moon Bay Commits to $16.4 Million in Bonds With No Vote of the People (July '09)
State-Funded Non-Profit Hands Out Generous Bonuses (July '09)
State Pays $335,000 Settlement for Carole Migden's Motoring Mishap (July '09)
Contra Costa County Slush Fund Pays for Executive Perks (June '09)
Vallejo Officials Get Generous, Retroactive Raises While City Is in Bankruptcy (June 09)
While Seeking State Bailout, Half Moon Bay Officials Approve Raises for City Executives (June '09)
Despite Deficit, Sacramento County Sheriff's Deputies May Get Raises (June '09)
Santa Clara County Wasting $7.5 Million on Vehicle Fleet (June '09)
Chula Vista Closes Offices to the Public to "Save Money," but Employees Still Come to Work (May '09)
Voting Officials in Santa Cruz Make $5 Billion Error (May '09)
Sacramento Bee Chastises UC for Lavish Spending (May '09)
Los Angeles School District Pays Teachers Not to Teach (May '09)
School District Paid $720,000 for Pizza Machine, Then Took Pizza Off School Menu (May '09)
San Diego City Agency Spending Millions Without Budget Approval (April '09)
San Jose Paying Big Bucks to Employees (April '09)
State Department of Corrections Paid $1.3 Million to Fired Employees (April '09)
Problems With Sacramento's Child Protective Services Led to Four Deaths (March '09)
Sacramento City Council Staff Prepares Bogus Report to Support Fee Hike (March '09)
Oakland Officials' Dispute Over Parking Space Leads to Legal Opinion From City Attorney (March '09)
Provision Authorizing Extra Pay for L.A. Judges Is Slipped Into Budget (March '09)
Riverside County Officials Discuss Dire Finances, Then Buy Expensive Vehicles With Taxpayers' Money (February '09)
Local Governments Spend Millions on Sacramento Lobbying (February '09)
Fresno's Accounting Errors Led to $34 Million in Overpayments to Schools (February '09)
Kern County Taxpayers Paying Part of Teachers' Union President's Salary (January '09)
State Gives Free Hotel Rooms, Cable TV and Breakfast to Paroled Sex Offenders ((January '09)
Avocado Commission Misused as Much as $2 Million, Audit Finds (January '09)
Orange County Managers Take $4.4 Million in Cash Perk (January '09)

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