California State Auditor – California Globe

California ‘DOGE’ Proves State Government is Too BIG and Unaccountable

December 18, 2024 3:10 amDecember 18, 2024 3:58 pm

“Waste and Inefficiency, Improper Hiring, and Other Improper Governmental Activities” is the subtitle of the California State Auditor’s latest “Investigations of Improper Activities by State Agencies and Employees.” There are some real doozies. I have for years recommended cutting the...

Did Hunter Biden Also Fail to Pay California Taxes?

December 9, 2024 6:56 amDecember 9, 2024 6:56 am

Last week a public Whistleblower Complaint was successfully filed with the California State Auditor to investigate the Franchise Tax Board and whether Hunter Biden filed tax returns and paid taxes due California on time in the same period of 2014-2019...

Kamala’s Anticipated Coronation

September 26, 2024 2:55 amSeptember 26, 2024 12:45 pm

In “Kamala demands a life of luxury,” Daniel Greenfield recently wrote, “Kamala falsely claimed that she was raised in ‘a middle-class household’, she was actually the ‘privileged child of foreign grad students’ who traveled the world, and grew up surrounded...

Labor Sec. Julie Su Forgives $32.6 Billion in EDD Debt

August 8, 2024 2:53 pmAugust 8, 2024 9:11 pm

As Acting Secretary of Labor, Julie Su has a very big eraser and she just used it wipe out her own $32.6 billion dollar mistake. While she was California’s Secretary of Labor, Su oversaw the California Employment Development Department –...

Kamala Harris Owns California’s Third World City Hellscapes

August 7, 2024 12:54 pmAugust 7, 2024 12:54 pm

“Kamala Harris called rape of an unconscious person, human trafficking with minors, and domestic violence ‘non-violent’ crimes,” California Congressman Kevin Kiley recently said on X. “As California AG, she abused her power with a false ballot description that enabled these...

Frequently Asked Questions about Legislative Branch Support Agencies

December 31, 2023 2:30 amDecember 31, 2023 2:31 am

What is the Office of Legislative Counsel (OLC)? Founded in 1913, the Office of Legislative Counsel is a nonpartisan public agency that drafts legislative proposals, prepares legal opinions, and provides other confidential legal services to the Legislature and Governor. What...

Payouts for Harassers, the CSU Way

September 21, 2023 2:45 amSeptember 21, 2023 2:46 am

The California State Auditor is arguably the last hope for transparency and accountability in an otherwise one-party, one-mind state. So when the State Auditor comes out and publishes reports, you can either count on heads rolling or finger pointing. Then,...