California state auditor Elaine Howle Archives

Spending on CA Homeless Increased Street Population, with Scant Treatment for Mentally Ill

June 4, 2021 2:32 amJune 3, 2021 5:01 pm

Earlier in the year, California lawmakers proposed a $20 billion plan to give California cities funds to combat the homeless epidemic. Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed $12 billion in spending, which seems only to entice more homeless people to move to...

EDD Computers GO Down Again, Following Numerous Breakdowns and Fraud Claims

March 22, 2021 3:41 pmMarch 22, 2021 3:59 pm

Assemblyman Jim Patterson said Monday in a press conference his office was notified by EDD employee insiders that the EDD computer systems are currently down and have been for some time. Patterson said they have contacted the EDD for details...

Voters Remember CA Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Troubles Began Before COVID Lockdown, Part IV

March 18, 2021 8:14 pmMarch 19, 2021 8:43 pm

In Part l of Voters Know CA Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Troubles Began Before Pandemic, we highlighted many of Newsom’s disastrous policies his first year in the governor’s office 2019, including: announcing state-funded full scope Medi-Cal healthcare to 138,000 illegal immigrants, reinstating...

Voters Remember CA Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Troubles Began Before Pandemic, Part III

March 16, 2021 10:03 pmMarch 17, 2021 10:15 pm

In Part l of Voters Know CA Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Troubles Began Before Pandemic, we suggested “A more contrite-sounding California Gov. Gavin Newsom is now acknowledging some of his mistakes in the handling of the coronavirus pandemic, however, he still doesn’t understand that it’s...

State Auditor Releases Scathing Audit of the Failure to Mitigate Homelessness in California

February 18, 2021 12:43 pmFebruary 19, 2021 10:23 am

California State Auditor Elaine Howle recently released a rather scathing audit of the management or mismanagement of Homelessness in California. She said that the state continues to have the largest homeless population in the nation “likely in part because its...

EDD Unemployment Fraud Leaving Californians Facing a Looming Tax Tsunami

February 2, 2021 6:41 pmMarch 22, 2021 3:14 pm

In November, California Globe reported that District Attorneys from across California joined together for a press briefing hosted by Sacramento County DA Anne Marie Schubert and El Dorado County DA Vern Pierson, to expose the massive unemployment benefits fraud in jails and prisons...

CA Labor Secretary Julie Su is ‘Failing Up’ After Massive EDD Fraud and Failures

January 26, 2021 12:05 pmJanuary 26, 2021 2:07 pm

California Globe has been reporting for months on the horrific fraud in California’s unemployment agency, the Orwellian-named “Employment Development Department.” In July, Governor Gavin Newsom announced the formation of a “strike team” to solve numerous issues plaguing the Employment Development...