Report 2020-610 All Recommendation Responses
Report 2020-610: State High Risk—Federal COVID-19 Funding: Coronavirus Relief Fund (Release Date: January 2021)
Recommendation #1 To: Finance, Department of
In the event that the federal government provides California with additional funding that is similar to CRF funds and the Legislature decides to again direct such federal COVID-19 funds to local governments contingent on their adherence to certain requirements, Finance should ensure equitable treatment of local governments by proposing a method to the Legislature to provide equitable funding to counties on a per-person basis or other basis that treats counties fairly and equitably.
Recommendation #2 To: Finance, Department of
In the event that the federal government provides California with additional funding that is similar to CRF funds and the Legislature decides to again direct such federal COVID-19 funds to local governments contingent on their adherence to certain requirements, Finance should ensure equitable treatment of local governments by ensuring that it or its designee uses a formal process to evaluate all cities' adherence to the Legislature's requirements, and that this evaluation is documented and retained.
Recommendation #3 To: Finance, Department of
To prevent the State from having to return CRF funds to the federal government for inappropriate expenditures, Finance should continue to implement its monitoring plan to evaluate whether selected expenditures comply with the CARES Act.
Recommendation #4 To: Finance, Department of
To follow up on any concerns Finance may have identified during its readiness reviews, it should ensure that affected state departments have taken appropriate steps to resolve those issues.
All Recommendations in 2020-610
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