Recommendations Not Fully Implemented After One Year

Bar of California, State 2024-030 The State Bar of California — It Must Continue to Achieve Cost Savings and Reduce Its Growing Backlog of Disciplinary Cases (Release Date: February 2025) 1 1 1 Judiciary Cannabis Control, Department of 2023-048 Cannabis Business Licensing — Inadequate Oversight and Inappropriate Expenditures Weaken the Local Jurisdiction Assistance Grant Program (Release Date: August 2024) 1 1 1 Medi-Cal, Mental Health, Public Health Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office 2022-113 California Community Colleges — Increasing Full-Time Faculty and Diversity Remains a Challenge (Release Date: February 2023) 7 3 3 Higher Education 2023-123 California’s Systems of Public Higher Education — Streamlining the Community College Transfer Process Could Increase Access to Bachelor’s Degrees (Release Date: September 2024) 4 1 1 Higher Education 2023-126 California Community Colleges — Oversight of the 50 Percent Law Is Ineffective, and the Law Could Be Amended to Better Support Students (Release Date: April 2025) 5 1 1 Higher Education Totals 16 2 3 Developmental Services, Department of 2021-107 Department of Developmental Services — It Has Not Ensured That Regional Centers Have the Necessary Resources to Effectively Serve Californians With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (Release Date: June 2022) 4 4 4 Government Operations, Medi-Cal, Mental Health, Public Health, Social Services 2021-120 In-Home Respite Services — The Department of Developmental Services Has Not Adequately Reduced Barriers to Some Families’ Use of In-Home Respite Services (Release Date: August 2022) 3 3 3 Mental Health, Public Health, Social Services Totals 7 4 4 Education, Department of 2024-106 Highlands Community Charter and Technical Schools — Lax Oversight Allowed Highlands to Inappropriately Receive More Than $180 Million in K-12 Funding (Release Date: June 2025) 1 1 1 K-12 Education Energy Commission, California 2023-127 The California Public Utilities Commission — Without Improving Its Oversight, the Benefits of Energy Efficiency Programs May Not Be Worth Their Cost to Ratepayers (Release Date: March 2025) 1 1 1 Environment General Services, Department of 2023-105 Middle Class Tax Refund Payments — The State Could Improve Its Approach to Future Financial Relief Payments by Addressing Weaknesses From This Program (Release Date: March 2024) 1 2 2 Government Operations 2023-122 Custodial Staffing and Cleanliness Standards — Significant Maintenance Deficiencies at Some Schools May Place Students’ Safety and Learning at Risk (Release Date: November 2024) 4 1 1 K-12 Education, Public Health Totals 5 1 2 Health Care Services, Department of 2021-046 Proposition 56 Tobacco Tax — The Department of Health Care Services Is Not Adequately Monitoring Provider Payments Funded by Tobacco Taxes (Release Date: November 2022) 1 3 3 Government Operations, Medi-Cal, Public Health, Social Services 2022-502 Follow-Up: Children in Medi‑Cal — The Department of Health Care Services Is Still Not Doing Enough to Ensure That Children in Medi‑Cal Receive Preventive Health Services (Release Date: September 2022) 2 3 3 Medi-Cal, Public Health, Social Services 2023-103 The Comprehensive Perinatal Services Program — The Lack of Usage Data Prevents the State From Knowing How Often Medi‑Cal Members Receive Perinatal Care (Release Date: February 2024) 3 2 2 Medi-Cal, Public Health 2023-115 Department of Health Care Services and Department of Managed Health Care — Children Enrolled in Medi-Cal Face Challenges in Accessing Behavioral Health Care (Release Date: November 2023) 8 2 2 Medi-Cal, Mental Health, Public Health 2023-120 Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities — Are Sometimes Concentrated In Residential Areas, As Allowed, But State Oversight Is Not Always Timely or Thorough (Release Date: October 2024) 1 1 1 Mental Health, Public Health, Social Services Totals 15 2 3 Interagency Council on Homelessness 2023-102.1 Homelessness in California — The State Must Do More to Assess the Cost‑Effectiveness of Its Homelessness Programs (Release Date: April 2024) 1 2 2 Homelessness, Housing Justice, Department of 2021-102 Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund — The State Could Better Manage Its Distribution Fund and Its Problem Gambling Programs (Release Date: August 2022) 1 3 3 Government Operations, Law Enforcement, Public Health Labor Commissioner’s Office 2023-104 The California Labor Commissioner’s Office — Inadequate Staffing and Poor Oversight Have Weakened Protections for Workers (Release Date: May 2024) 7 2 2 Employment Managed Health Care, Department of 2023-115 Department of Health Care Services and Department of Managed Health Care — Children Enrolled in Medi-Cal Face Challenges in Accessing Behavioral Health Care (Release Date: November 2023) 2 2 2 Medi-Cal, Mental Health, Public Health Public Health, Department of 2022-102 California Department of Public Health — It Has Missed Opportunities to Collect and Report Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Data (Release Date: April 2023) 4 3 3 Public Health 2023-103 The Comprehensive Perinatal Services Program — The Lack of Usage Data Prevents the State From Knowing How Often Medi‑Cal Members Receive Perinatal Care (Release Date: February 2024) 3 2 2 Medi-Cal, Public Health Totals 7 3 3 Public Utilities Commission 2023-127 The California Public Utilities Commission — Without Improving Its Oversight, the Benefits of Energy Efficiency Programs May Not Be Worth Their Cost to Ratepayers (Release Date: March 2025) 1 1 1 Environment State Hospitals, Department of 2023-130 Conditional Release Program for Sexually Violent Predators — (Release Date: October 2024) 1 1 1 Incarceration, Law Enforcement Teacher Credentialing, California Commission on 2024-106 Highlands Community Charter and Technical Schools — Lax Oversight Allowed Highlands to Inappropriately Receive More Than $180 Million in K-12 Funding (Release Date: June 2025)
1 1 1 K-12 Education University of California 2023-106 University of California — It Makes Limited Use of Online Program Management Firms but Should Provide Increased Oversight (Release Date: June 2024)
2 2 2 Higher Education 2023-123 California’s Systems of Public Higher Education — Streamlining the Community College Transfer Process Could Increase Access to Bachelor’s Degrees (Release Date: September 2024) 4 1 1 Higher Education 2024-047 Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act — The University of California Lacks the Accountability and Urgency Necessary to Promptly Return Native American Remains and Cultural Items (Release Date: April 2025) 12 1 1 Higher Education Totals 18 1 2 University of California, Santa Barbara 2023-106 University of California — It Makes Limited Use of Online Program Management Firms but Should Provide Increased Oversight (Release Date: June 2024) 2 2 2 Higher Education University, California State 2022-107 Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act — The California State University Must Do More to Ensure the Timely Return of Native American Remains and Cultural Items to Tribes (Release Date: June 2023) 1
3 3 Higher Education 2022-109 California State University — It Did Not Adequately or Consistently Address Some Allegations of Sexual Harassment (Release Date: July 2023) 1 2 2 Higher Education 2023-123 California’s Systems of Public Higher Education — Streamlining the Community College Transfer Process Could Increase Access to Bachelor’s Degrees (Release Date: September 2024) 2 1 1 Higher Education Totals 4 2 3 Water Resources Control Board 2021-118 State Water Resources Control Board — It Lacks the Urgency Necessary to Ensure That Failing Water Systems Receive Needed Assistance in a Timely Manner (Release Date: July 2022) 4 3 3 Environment, Infrastructure, Public Health Water Resources, Department of 2022-106 Department of Water Resources — Its Forecasts Do Not Adequately Account for Climate Change and Its Reasons for Some Reservoir Releases Are Unclear (Release Date: May 2023) 1 3 3 Environment, Infrastructure