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.”
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.”
“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.
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.
The Fresno City Council voted September 29 to spend $600,000 on “voter education” materials for two November ballot measures, including a sales tax increase measure.
