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Waste, Fraud, & Mismanagement

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16 Jun
Waste, Fraud, & Mismanagement

San Diego Taxpayers Paying Millions for Surveillance Equipment That Isn’t Used

  • September 5, 2023
  • By author-avatar CalTax

“San Diego officials are pushing for the installation of a new streetlight surveillance system, but the old one is still putting pressure on city coffers,” the Voice of San Diego reported June 14.

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02 Jun
Waste, Fraud, & Mismanagement

San Diego Spending More Than Necessary on Infrastructure Due to Lax Vetting, Audit Finds

  • September 5, 2023
  • By author-avatar CalTax
San Diego officials frequently approve taxpayer-funded infrastructure projects “prematurely and without proper vetting, which can make ...

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19 May
Waste, Fraud, & Mismanagement

State Paid Analyst $114,000 to Perform No Work During Pandemic, Auditor Reports

  • August 8, 2023
  • By author-avatar CalTax
An unidentified state agency paid an analyst $114,000 in salary “to stay home and perform no work during the COVID-19 pandemic,” the st...

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Santa Clara County
17 Mar
Waste, Fraud, & Mismanagement

Author of Plagiarized Book Will Keep $1 Million in Tax Dollars From Santa Clara County

  • August 8, 2023
  • By author-avatar CalTax

Despite the discovery that she plagiarized much of her writing, Jean McCorquodale will keep the $1 million given to her by Santa Clara County to write a book about the county’s history, the San Jose Mercury News reported March 13.

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SFUSD
17 Mar
Waste, Fraud, & Mismanagement

San Francisco School District Spends $30 Million on Payroll System That Doesn’t Work

  • August 8, 2023
  • By author-avatar CalTax

The San Francisco Unified School District board voted March 15 to allocate an additional $5.1 million toward fixing the school district’s payroll system, San Francisco Examiner reported March 15, noting that this brings “the total cost of the troubled software to $30 million.”

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Stockton Unified School District
24 Feb
Waste, Fraud, & Mismanagement

Audit Finds ‘Significant Evidence’ of Fraud and Misappropriation of Funds by Stockton School District

  • August 8, 2023
  • By author-avatar CalTax

An independent audit of the Stockton Unified School District released February 14 found “sufficient evidence to demonstrate that fraud, misappropriation of funds and/or assets, or other illegal fiscal practices may have occurred in the specific areas reviewed.”

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10 Feb
Waste, Fraud, & Mismanagement

BART Spent $350,000 on Program That Helped One Person, Inspector General Reports

  • August 8, 2023
  • By author-avatar CalTax
The Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system in San Francisco spent $350,000 on a homeless outreach program that resulted in one confirmed ...

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27 Jan
Waste, Fraud, & Mismanagement

‘Free’ Toilet Will Cost San Francisco Taxpayers $1 Million

  • August 8, 2023
  • By author-avatar CalTax

“In the ongoing saga of the $1.7 million toilet once planned for the Noe Valley Town Square, there’s some good news and some news that will turn your stomach,” San Francisco Chronicle columnist Heather Knight wrote January 21.

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13 Jan
Waste, Fraud, & Mismanagement

Glenn County Courts at ‘Significant Risk of Inappropriate Use of Public Funds,’ Auditor Finds

  • August 8, 2023
  • By author-avatar CalTax

Glenn County’s court system has “multiple weaknesses and a lack of safeguards” in its oversight of purchases and payments, “putting the court at significant risk of inappropriate use of public funds,” the state auditor reported January 12.

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02 Dec
Waste, Fraud, & Mismanagement

Golden Gate Bridge Addition Is $255 Million Over Budget, Five Years Behind Schedule

  • August 8, 2023
  • By author-avatar CalTax
A $145 million project to add a suicide-preventing net to the Golden Gate Bridge is running five years late and the cost is now expecte...

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