Report I2021-1 Recommendation 24 Responses
Report I2021-1: Investigations of Improper Activities by State Agencies and Employees (Release Date: May 2021)
Case Number I2019-0663
Recommendation #24 To: Food and Agriculture, Department of
To remedy the effects of the improper governmental activities this investigation identified and to prevent those activities from recurring, Food and Agriculture should require the DAA to submit annual housing surveys to CalHR and to validate fair market value to determine the daily rate employees must pay each time they stay overnight and to subsequently charge employees that appropriate daily rate.
Agency Response From October 2023
Food and Agriculture reported in October 2023 that its housing policy that it anticipates distributing to DAAs by the end of January 2024, includes language requiring DAAs to provide annually to CalHR a housing survey with the updated fair-market value information to charge employees applicable rates for overnight stays.
California State Auditor's Assessment of Status: Partially Implemented
Agency Response From November 2022
Food and Agriculture reported that its housing policy includes language requiring DAAs to provide annually to CalHR a housing survey with updated fair-market value information to charge employees the applicable rate for overnight stays. Food and Agriculture expects the DAAs to report this information to CalHR by February 2023.
California State Auditor's Assessment of Status: Partially Implemented
Agency Response From June 2022
Food and Agriculture previously reported in December 2021 that its proposed housing policy will include language about submitting annual housing surveys and validating fair market value. It now expects to complete this recommendation after the housing policy is finalized in July 2022.
California State Auditor's Assessment of Status: Partially Implemented
Agency Response From March 2022
Food and Agriculture reported in March 2022 that the housing policy, which it previously indicated will include language about submitting annual housing surveys and validating fair market value, is still under review and that it expects it to be finalized by May 2022.
California State Auditor's Assessment of Status: Partially Implemented
Agency Response From December 2021
Food and Agriculture reported that the proposed housing policy that is under review includes language about submitting annual housing surveys and validating fair market value. It expects to fully complete this recommendation by February 2022.
California State Auditor's Assessment of Status: Partially Implemented
Agency Response From October 2021
Food and Agriculture reported that it expects to complete this recommendation by November 2021.
California State Auditor's Assessment of Status: Pending
Agency Response From June 2021
Food and Agriculture stated that it will work with the DAA's board of directors and its executive to complete the annual housing surveys. Food and Agriculture stated that it anticipates completing this recommendation by September 2021.
California State Auditor's Assessment of Status: Pending
Agency Response From April 2021
Food and Agriculture stated that it will take appropriate actions to promote the DAA's compliance regarding CalHR's requirements on housing surveys.