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Attorney General Harris conducting investigation of Wells Fargo

Attorney General Kamala Harris has joined the growing pile-on against Wells Fargo’s improper business dealings. “California’s attorney general is conducting a criminal investigation into whether employees at San Francisco-based Wells Fargo bank stole customers’ identities in the sales practices

Audit reveals ‘serious and pervasive deficiencies’ in West Covina

John July 13, 2015

A scathing audit by state Controller Betty T. Yee has found “serious and pervasive deficiencies” in the city of West Covina’s administrative and internal accounting controls. The problems with West Covina’s public contracts were so bad, the controller’s office says,

More than 100,000 households’ tax data stolen through IRS website

Josephine Djuhana May 28, 2015

The Internal Revenue Service announced Tuesday that identity thieves “used taxpayer-specific data acquired from non-IRS sources to gain unauthorized access to information on approximately 100,000 tax accounts through IRS’ ‘Get Transcript’ application.” Data acquired illegally, such as Social Security information, date of

L.A. Controller’s audit reveals overtime pay abuse

Josephine Djuhana May 26, 2015

Los Angeles City Controller Ron Galperin released an audit on Tuesday outlining excessive overtime use in the Department of Transportation. The controller’s office received an anonymous tip from its Fraud Waste & Abuse Hotline and was able to “identify four supervisors

Good news: State Senate cuts staff 4%

John Seiler November 25, 2014

The good news keeps washing into California like a tubular wave. Due to budget problems, the California Senate cut its budget 4 percent. The Times reported: After years of turning down cost-of-living increases for its budget, the state Senate on

Toyota ‘sudden acceleration’: CA-born scam costs firm billions

Chris Reed February 11, 2014

There are multiple reports that Toyota is about to pay nearly a $1 billion fine to the U.S. government for accidents related to the unintended acceleration of its vehicles, a story that went national after two incidents in San Diego

Sacto City Clerk rejects petition to put arena subsidy to a public vote

Katy Grimes January 25, 2014

In another twist in Sacramento’s arena derangement syndrome, a petition drive to put a public subsidy for the proposed Sacramento basketball arena project to a public vote, has been rejected by the Sacramento City Clerk. Friday, the city clerk announced

Arena lawsuit: Sacramento officials will be deposed

Katy Grimes January 15, 2014

The judge's order in the Sacramento arena lawsuit is in: Sacramento City Councilman Kevin McCarty and Sacramento Economic Development Director Jim Rhinehart will be deposed about undisclosed dealings between city officials and the new Kings ownership group to help it buy

Sacramento arena lawsuit dribbles forward

Katy Grimes December 26, 2013

There was no fast break at a recent court date concerning a suit by Sacramento activists opposed to tax subsidies for a new arena. The activists are Issac Gonzalez, James Cathcart and Julian Camacho. CalWatchdog.com attended the Dec. 19 hearing before

Obamacare docs ‘just say no’

Katy Grimes December 10, 2013

“If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor. If you like your health care plan, you’ll be able to keep your health care plan. Period.” Repeated for more than three years by President Barack Obama, this is a phrase nearly everyone