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CBS News investigation finds California lawmakers failed to enact most audit recommendations
CBS News reports that lawmakers failed to enact roughly three of every four state audit recommendations, and CBS California published an interactive tracker of the findings.
The short version
- CBS News reports a California investigation found lawmakers failed to enact roughly three of every four state audit recommendations.[CBS News]
- Unlike state agencies, lawmakers are not required to publicly report when they fail to implement audit recommendations.[CBS News]
- The state auditor stopped issuing annual summaries of outstanding legislative recommendations in 2022.[CBS News]
- CBS California built an interactive Audit Accountability Tracker detailing unresolved recommendations and audit-backed bills that died; lawmaker responses are not in the provided reporting.[CBS News]
Key facts
- A CBS California investigation found lawmakers failed to enact roughly three of every four state audit recommendations to the legislature.[CBS News]
- State agencies are legally required to publicly report when they fail to implement audit recommendations.[CBS News]
- Lawmakers are not required to publicly report when they fail to implement audit recommendations.[CBS News]
- In 2022, the newly appointed state auditor stopped issuing annual reports summarizing outstanding legislative recommendations.[CBS News]
- CBS California compiled a decade of legislative audit recommendations into an interactive Audit Accountability Tracker.[CBS News]
What remains uncertain
Sources
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