California State Auditor – Page 2

Gov. Newsom to Spend Another $1 Billion on Homeless

March 3, 2026 8:38 amMarch 4, 2026 12:56 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom announced plans Monday to allocate an additional $1 billion to support his homelessness programs, focusing on expanding housing and behavioral health services. Newsom now claims he is “Repairing California’s behavioral health system,” which he says he...

Governor Newsom’s 2026 Budget has New Homeless Agencies & Increases Homeless Spending: $37 Billion Wasn’t Enough?

February 16, 2026 9:28 amFebruary 17, 2026 3:22 pm

California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed two bills in 2024 that would have created actual transparency and auditing for the tens of billions that was spent and lost on homeless programs. One bill would have required annual reporting on state-run homelessness...

CA State Controller: The Most Powerful and Consequential of California’s Constitutional Offices—and the Key to Fixing California

February 10, 2026 5:00 amFebruary 10, 2026 5:01 am

California boasts the fourth-largest economy on Earth (GDP exceeding $4.1 trillion, behind only the U.S., China, and Germany), yet the state hemorrhages billions to fraud, waste, and mismanagement. In this broken system, the California State Controller stands as the most...

California’s Auditor Proves State Government is Too BIG and Unaccountable

February 2, 2026 3:00 amFebruary 2, 2026 6:21 am

“Waste, Improper Payments, Misuse of State Resources, 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...

I’M SHOCKED: California Legislators Ignore State Audit Warnings

January 28, 2026 7:02 amJanuary 28, 2026 7:02 am

A new CBS News report found what most of us already knew: The Democrat Supermajority Legislature ignores state audits – even audits the Joint Legislative Audit Committee request. The State Auditor is non-partisan, just as with the Legislative Analyst’s Office,...

Steve Hilton’s Dream Team

January 16, 2026 3:54 amJanuary 16, 2026 3:55 am

As one of his first acts as governor, in 2019, Gov. Gavin Newsom sued the Orange County city of Huntington Beach for failing to provide enough additional “affordable housing,” while his own home county of Marin enjoyed a moratorium on...

Huntington Beach City Attorney Michael Gates Announces GOP Bid for California Attorney General

January 15, 2026 1:06 pmJanuary 15, 2026 1:06 pm

Huntington Beach City Attorney Michael Gates announced his candidacy for California Attorney General on Wednesday via a video posted on X. Gates, a vocal conservative known for his clashes with state officials over issues like housing mandates, sanctuary laws, parental...