County auditor says he'll retire

By Jack Leonard

Feb. 26, 2008 12 AM PT

County Auditor-Controller J. Tyler McCauley announced Monday that he plans to retire March 31, ending a 37-year career as a county auditor.

McCauley, 60, of Burbank, started working for the county in 1970 and rose up through the ranks until he was appointed by the Board of Supervisors to run the county’s auditing department in May 2000.

McCauley’s agency is responsible for auditing county departments; investigating allegations of abuse and fraud leveled against employees; monitoring the books for the county’s $22 billion budget; and cutting checks to vendors and the county’s 100,000 employees.

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Jack Leonard

As senior editor of investigations, Jack Leonard oversaw the work of a team of investigative reporters. As a reporter, he was part of the team that exposed fraud and abuse in California’s conservatorship system, a series that won several national awards. He went on to investigate how early releases from L.A.’s jail system perverts justice and fosters more crime on the street. Later, he worked on a sweeping expose of abuse and corruption in the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department.

County auditor says he’ll retire

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