California
A program to determine whether potentially dangerous people own guns in violation of state law is plagued with delays that pose a “continued risk to public safety,” California’s auditor reported Thursday.
July 9, 2015
Elaine Howle ended her 21-year run as the longest-serving auditor in state history. Her willingness to dig into details and publish reports regardless of the political implications earned her bipartisan praise rarely found in the Capitol.
Jan. 4, 2022
California State Auditor Elaine Howle wants University of California regents to consider disciplining university employees who repeatedly interfered with a state audit, tried to hide their actions, misled investigators and withheld requested information until threatened with court action, according to a private report by her office obtained by The Times.
Nov. 22, 2017
Obituaries
In a San Francisco courthouse in 1957, a poem went on trial.
Jan. 17, 2015
Politics
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May 13, 2019
Politi-Cal
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Nov. 29, 2011
California Auditor Elaine Howle urges the Employment Development Department to quickly change forms that include claimants’ Social Security numbers.
Nov. 19, 2020
Opinion
To the editor: It took too long for State Auditor Elaine Howle to say that she found “nothing nefarious” in her examination of University of California President Janet Napolitano’s budgeting practices.
May 22, 2017
California auditor says some cost-cutting ideas ignored
Feb. 12, 2013
The state could have found cheaper alternatives to building a new death row at San Quentin State Prison, a project now expected to cost far more than anticipated, State Auditor Elaine M.
July 30, 2008