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Elaine Howle is the California State Auditor.I don’t particularly like that characterization [“scathing audit”] What our audits are intended to do is—as I’ve said to staff and at legislative hearings—is speak truth to power. To let people know we’ve audited this program, we’ve looked at how the state agency is implementing this program, and we found some significant weaknesses, and it needs to be improved. Now, our language—the tone—is sometimes very strong, and some agencies don’t like it: “Oh, you’re just writing for headlines.” No. What we’re trying to do is write reports that are compelling—that will get somebody’s interest, and somebody will pay attention.Notes and references from this episode:auditor.ca.gov - California State Auditor home page  List of U.S. state auditors, BallotpediaElaine Howle - 2012 Public Official of the Year, Governing Magazine“State Auditor Elaine Howle is retiring,” David Lightman, The Sacramento Bee EDD Follow-Up: Since the COVID-19 Pandemic It Continues to [...] Put Californians at Risk of Identity Theft, Auditor’s report on EDD (Nov. 19, 2020)EDD's Poor Planning and Ineffective Management Left It Unprepared to Assist Californians Unemployed by COVID‑19 Shutdowns, Auditor’s report on EDD (Jan. 26, 2021)Significant Weaknesses in EDD’s Approach to Fraud Prevention Have Led to Billions of Dollars in Improper Benefit Payments, Auditor’s report on EDD (Jan. 28, 2021)“State Auditor Talks About Citizens Re-Drawing The Election Maps,” Capital Public Radio 2020 California Citizens Redistricting Committee“UC President Napolitano Apologizes for Interfering With State Audit,” by Ana Tintocalis, KQEDThe Science of Hitting, by Ted Williams=====Theme music by Sounds SupremeTwitter: @WhatCaliforniaSubstack newsletter: whatiscalifornia.substack.comSupport What is California? on Patreon: patreon.com/whatiscaliforniaEmail: hello@whatiscalifornia.comPlease subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. And if you liked What is California?, please rate and review What is California? on Apple Podcasts! It helps new listeners find the show.

Elaine Howle is the California State Auditor.I don’t particularly like that characterization [“scathing audit”] What our audits are intended to do is—as I’ve said to staff and at legislative hearings—is speak truth to power. To let people know we’ve audited this program, we’ve looked at how the state agency is implementing this program, and we found some significant weaknesses, and it needs to be improved. Now, our language—the tone—is sometimes very strong, and some agencies don’t like it: “Oh, you’re just writing for headlines.” No. What we’re trying to do is write reports that are compelling—that will get somebody’s interest, and somebody will pay attention.Notes and references from this episode:<a href="https://auditor.ca.gov/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">auditor.ca.gov</a> - California State Auditor home page  <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Auditor_(state_executive_office)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">List of U.S. state auditors</a>, Ballotpedia<a href="https://www.governing.com/poy/poy-elaine-howle.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Elaine Howle - 2012 Public Official of the Year</a>, Governing Magazine<a href="https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article255273461.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“State Auditor Elaine Howle is retiring,”</a> David Lightman, The Sacramento Bee <a href="http://www.bsa.ca.gov/reports/2020-502/index.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">EDD Follow-Up: Since the COVID-19 Pandemic It Continues to [...] Put Californians at Risk of Identity Theft, Auditor’s report on EDD</a> (Nov. 19, 2020)<a href="http://www.bsa.ca.gov/reports/2020-128and628.1/index.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">EDD's Poor Planning and Ineffective Management Left It Unprepared to Assist Californians Unemployed by COVID‑19 Shutdowns</a>, Auditor’s report on EDD (Jan. 26, 2021)<a href="http://www.bsa.ca.gov/reports/2020-628.2/index.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Significant Weaknesses in EDD’s Approach to Fraud Prevention Have Led to Billions of Dollars in Improper Benefit Payments</a>, Auditor’s report on EDD (Jan. 28, 2021)<a href="https://www.capradio.org/news/insight/2019/06/17/state-auditor-talks-about-citizens-re-drawing-the-election-maps/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“State Auditor Talks About Citizens Re-Drawing The Election Maps,”</a> Capital Public Radio <a href="https://www.wedrawthelinesca.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2020 California Citizens Redistricting Committee</a><a href="https://www.kqed.org/news/11437907/uc-president-napolitano-apologizes-for-interfering-with-state-audit" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“UC President Napolitano Apologizes for Interfering With State Audit,”</a> by Ana Tintocalis, KQED<a href="http://herndonbaseball.com/2e5ca83d-a7fd-45d1-95f7-8735947a7429/Text/Documents/6033/59955.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Science of Hitting</a>, by Ted Williams=====Theme music by Sounds SupremeTwitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/WhatCalifornia" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@WhatCalifornia</a>Substack newsletter: <a href="http://whatiscalifornia.substack.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">whatiscalifornia.substack.com</a>Support What is California? on Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/whatiscalifornia" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/whatiscalifornia</a>Email: <a href="mailto:hello@whatiscalifornia.com">hello@whatiscalifornia.com</a>Please subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. And if you liked What is California?, please rate and review <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-is-california/id1581676206" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">What is California? on Apple Podcasts</a>! It helps new listeners find the show.

Episode 10: Elaine Howle

The new SCOTUS decision on Gerrymandering was the perfect set-up for today's episode of the Capitol Weekly Podcast: California State Auditor Elaine Howle sat down with us to talk about the process for choosing California's 2020 crop of Redistricting Commissioners - a fascinating and MUCH more complex process than most realize.

The new SCOTUS decision on Gerrymandering was the perfect set-up for today's episode of the Capitol Weekly Podcast: California State Auditor Elaine Howle sat down with us to talk about the process for choosing California's 2020 crop of Redistricting Commissioners - a fascinating and MUCH more complex process than most realize.

CWPODCAST 81: Auditor Elaine Howle on Redistricting