Waste, Fraud, & Mismanagement

04 Sep

Waste, Fraud, & Mismanagement

Allegations of EDD Fraud Prompt Emergency Audit

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

California lawmakers have approved an emergency audit of the Employment Development Department after people in several parts of the sta...

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31 Jul

Waste, Fraud, & Mismanagement

State Receives Little Information on Billions Spent for Mental Health

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

The state spends heavily on mental health care programs under the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act, but state officials lack sufficient infor...

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10 Jul

Waste, Fraud, & Mismanagement

State Board Attempts to Mislead Auditors and Falsify Data

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

Executive at the Board of Registered Nursing (BRN) “violated state law when they falsified data to deceive the State Auditor’s Office,”...

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26 Jun

Waste, Fraud, & Mismanagement

Audit Says Sweetwater School Leaders Engaged in Fraud

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

San Diego’s Sweetwater Union High School District is back in the news, again for mismanagement of tax dollars. Superintendent Karen Jan...

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19 Jun

Waste, Fraud, & Mismanagement

San Jose Dismantles Shelter Shortly After Spending $1.3 Million on Repairs

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

Earlier this year, the city of San Jose spent more than $1.3 million repairing state-owned trailers for homeless residents, but the San...

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01 May

Waste, Fraud, & Mismanagement

San Diego Spent $30 Million to Collect Data That Isn’t Useful

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

More than three years after the city of San Diego spent $30 million for a project designed to collect traffic data, “the project is fai...

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17 Apr

Waste, Fraud, & Mismanagement

State Wasted $500,000 on Unused Custom-Built Boat, Auditor Finds

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

State Wasted $500,000 on Unused Custom-Built Boat, Auditor Finds. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife “wasted more than a ha...

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27 Mar

Waste, Fraud, & Mismanagement

Pet Lover’s License Plate Program Is Dogged by Mismanagement, Auditor Finds

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is mismanaging the “Pet Lover’s” specialized license plate program so badly th...

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17 Jan

Waste, Fraud, & Mismanagement

Waste, Fraud & Mismanagement: Your Tax Dollars at Work: Nine Years After Approval, Only 1 Percent of San Francisco’s Housing Units Built

• August 8, 2023
• By CalTax

Nine Years After Approval, Only 1 Percent of San Francisco’s Housing Units Built. Approximately nine years after San Francisco off...

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