Report 2020-111 Recommendation 19 Responses
Report 2020-111: Los Angeles Community College District Personnel Commission: Its Inconsistent Practices and Inadequate Policies Adversely Affect District Employees and Job Candidates, Leading to Concerns About the Fairness of Its Decisions (Release Date: May 2021)
Recommendation #19 To: Los Angeles Community College District
To ensure that the Commission's practices align with the mission of the merit system, the Commissioners should establish rules that require staff to periodically report to them on how its practices compare to those of other entities with merit systems, along with any recommendations for improving the Commission's practices.
Annual Follow-Up Agency Response From October 2022
PC agreed to have staff add details on other agencies practices when rule amendments are presented (implemented in rule amendments starting in July of 2021).
Implemented during an Open session of the Personnel Commission having been properly placed on a publicly noticed agenda per the procedural rules of the Brown Act.
- Completion Date: July 2021
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: No Action Taken
The Commission did not provide any evidence that staff have added details on other agencies' practices when presenting rule amendments to the Commission or that the Commission had established a rule requiring staff to do so. Further, the Commission did not provide any evidence that it has established rules that require staff to periodically report to the commissioners on how its practices compare to those of other entities with merit systems, along with any recommendations for improving the Commission's practices. Thus, we were unable to verify that the Commission has made any progress toward implementing this recommendation.
- Auditee did not substantiate its claim of full implementation
- Auditee did not address all aspects of the recommendation
1-Year Agency Response
We contacted the Commission's personnel director who declined to submit a response.
- Estimated Completion Date: None
- Response Date: May 2022
California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: No Action Taken
To date the Commission has declined to provide a response. Thus, we cannot determine whether it has taken any action to implement this recommendation.
6-Month Agency Response
Although we contacted the Commission repeatedly to ask it to submit a 6-Month response, it did not do so.
- Estimated Completion Date: Unknown
- Response Date: December 2021
California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: No Action Taken
60-Day Agency Response
Although we contacted the Commission repeatedly to ask it to submit a 60-Day response, it did not do so.
- Estimated Completion Date: Unknown
- Response Date: August 2021
California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: No Action Taken
All Recommendations in 2020-111
Agency responses received are posted verbatim.