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1Comcast Awarded Multi-Million Dollar Contract by the DMV

Comcast Awarded Multi-Million Dollar Contract by the DMV

Dec 10, 2019

According to documents obtained through a Public Records Act requested by the Sacramento Bee, Comcast was awarded a multi-million dollar contract to overhaul the technology network for the California Department of Motor Vehicles. The contract began in September and will allow Comcast to swap out the DMV’s computer network. The goal is to improve the […]

2Los Angeles Audit Suggests Spending Money on Shelters

Los Angeles Audit Suggests Spending Money on Shelters

Nov 19, 2019

An audit released in October by the Los Angeles City Controller’s office recommended that some homeless projects be reevaluated to see if their budgets can be decreased so that less of the city’s $1.2 billion homeless housing bond is used. Los Angeles City Controller Ron Galperin found that over 1,000 units of housing approved for […]

3Audit Finds That Los Angeles’s Top Homeless Outreach Agency Has Deep Operational Failures

Audit Finds That Los Angeles’s Top Homeless Outreach Agency Has Deep Operational Failures

Oct 15, 2019

According to an audit released in August, the homeless outreach agency tasked with moving people from the streets into housing, shelters or treatment for mental illness and substance abuse has severely failed to meet the goals of its contract with the city of Los Angeles. The audit states that the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority […]

4Thousands of DMV Customers Can’t get Licenses after Paying Early

Thousands of DMV Customers Can’t get Licenses after Paying Early

Mar 11, 2019

The California Department of Motor Vehicles is having more issues as it tries to cut down on long customer wait times. Last fall, the DMV tried to cut down on the wait times at DMV offices by sending license renewal notices much earlier than usual, but the move backfired. Renewal notices were sent out by […]

5Complaint Filed by Sacramento Bee over Motor Voter Records

Complaint Filed by Sacramento Bee over Motor Voter Records

Dec 7, 2018

Last month, the Sacramento Bee submitted a records request for written communications to or from California Secretary of State Alex Padilla and his chief of staff regarding a batch of around 1,500 registration errors. Padilla’s office responded to the request with 268 pages of material, but half the pages were newsletters Padilla received from news […]

6San Diegans paid $2 Million after being over Billed on Water Meters

San Diegans paid $2 Million after being over Billed on Water Meters

Oct 4, 2018

An analysis by the San Diego Union-Tribune found that single-family homes serviced by the city’s water department were collectively overcharged by over $2 million last year. An internal audit of the Public Utilities Department was done after several customers started complaining last year that their water bills had increased dramatically, but authorities downplayed the situation. […]

7Audit finds that California DMV Worker slept on the job for three years

Audit finds that California DMV Worker slept on the job for three years

Aug 15, 2018

According to an audit released last month, a California DMV data operator slept three hours a day at her desk for three years and despite complaints from her colleagues, the department failed to take disciplinary action. Investigators from the California State Auditor’s office were told by witnesses that the DMV employee consistently slept at her […]

8California Legislature approves audit of bullet train project

California Legislature approves audit of bullet train project

Mar 12, 2018

In late January, the first formal state audit of the California bullet train project was authorized by the legislature’s joint audit committee. The audit was authorized after the rail authority disclosed that the cost of building the first 119 miles of track in the Central Valley would cost $10.6 billion, which is a 77 percent […]

9California looking to stop people from Abusing Disabled Parking Placards

California looking to stop people from Abusing Disabled Parking Placards

Feb 5, 2018

A California audit in 2016 revealed that over 26,000 people over the age of 100 in the state had blue disabled placards. According to state officials, there are only about 8,000 people older than 100 in California, and not many of them are driving anymore. The placard allows people to park at any street meter […]

10Investigation finds UC President’s Aides Interfered in Audit of her Office

Investigation finds UC President’s Aides Interfered in Audit of her Office

Nov 30, 2017

According to an investigative report released earlier this month, officials in the University of California president’s office improperly interfered with a state audit of UC finances, instructed campuses not to “air dirty laundry” in an audit survey, and misled the regents about why they did it. An independent investigation by former state Supreme Court Justice […]

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