Audit Recommendations Disclosure

When an audit is completed and a report is issued, auditees must provide the State Auditor with information regarding their progress in implementing recommendations from our reports at three intervals from the release of the report: 60 days, six months, and one year. Additionally, Senate Bill 1452 (Chapter 452, Statutes of 2006), requires auditees who have not implemented recommendations after one year, to report to us and to the Legislature why they have not implemented them or to state when they intend to implement them. Below is a listing of each recommendation the State Auditor made in the report referenced and a link to the most recent response from the auditee addressing their progress in implementing the recommendation and the State Auditor’s assessment of auditee’s response based on our review of the supporting documentation.

Recommendations to the Legislature

If the Legislature decides that it wants to take action to reduce the likelihood that individuals with multiple convictions will continue to engage in theft, the Legislature could consider the adoption of either or both of the following policy mechanisms:

Recommendation 1

Appropriating funds for programs and services to address what it determines to be the root causes of recidivism. In particular, it may want to identify and provide funding to the types of programs and services that recent studies have identified as effective in reducing recidivism.

Recommendation 2

Either by enacting legislation that is consistent with and furthers the intent of Proposition 47, or by enacting a proposal for approval by the voters that would amend Proposition 47, to allow more severe punishment for those convicted multiple times of theft, likely by identifying such offenses as potential felonies instead of automatically classifying them as misdemeanors.