Despite Governor Gavin Newsom’s claims of efficiency, the audit reveals that multiple California state agencies are officially classified as “high risk”, with evidence of waste, fraud, mismanagement, and massive inefficiency.
In this video, we break down:
How the Employment Development Department wasted $4.6 million on unused mobile phones
Why EDD fraud during COVID cost taxpayers billions
How Medi-Cal eligibility failures helped push the program toward insolvency
The Department of Finance’s inability to produce timely financial reports
Billions in mismanaged federal COVID funds
Aging and dangerous water infrastructure
And the elephant in the room: California’s $1.5+ TRILLION unfunded pension liability
Some of these issues have been on the state’s high-risk list since 2007 — spanning multiple governors, including Newsom’s entire tenure.
This isn’t a partisan think tank.
This is California’s own auditor sounding the alarm.
👉 Do you think California can fix this?
👉 Should the state have its own version of DOGE?
👉 Who ends up paying when government fails?
Let me know your thoughts in the comments.
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