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With all the embarrassing comments in the press these
last few days about the State of California finding millions of dollars in the
secret and some not too secret accounts, it begins to make you wonder. Almost two
years ago I ran across a list of all the state agencies at the time. (The
following is a reprint of a portion of that blog.)
From October 22,
2010
Currently the State of
California has over 520 caucuses, commissions, associations, departments, divisions,
boards, bureaus, agencies, networks, councils, courts, and authorities as well
as universities, and the senate and assembly. Within each of these there are
innumerable programs and sub-committees. Without expanding or stretching the
imagination at least 75 of these agencies have a direct involvement with
housing and development within the state. Some have almost veto-like control
through the morass of approvals. For your entertainment listed below are these
agencies, be advised: each has a director, staff, programs, and attendant
consultants in the private side (you can skip it unless you need to take a
nap).
California Air Resources Board
(CARB) ** California Architects Board ** California Arts Council ** California
Attorney General ** California Bay Conservation and Development Commission **
California Bay-Delta Authority ** California Bay-Delta Office ** California
Biodiversity Council ** California Board for Geologists and Geophysicists **
California Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors ** California
Building Standards Commission ** California Bureau of Home Furnishings and
Thermal Insulation** California Business, Transportation and Housing Agency **
California Coastal Commission ** California Coastal Conservancy ** California
Cultural Resources Division** California Delta Protection Commission **
California Department of Community Services and Development ** California
Department of Conservation ** California Department of Fair Employment and
Housing ** California Department of Housing and Community Development **
California Department of Public Health ** California Department of Real Estate
** California Department of Toxic Substances Control ** California Department
of Transportation (Caltrans) ** California Department of Water Resources **
California Division of Codes and Standards ** California Division of
Engineering ** California Division of Housing Policy Development ** California
Division of Land and Right of Way ** California Division of Land Resource
Protection ** California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA)
** California Division of Planning and Local Assistance ** California Division
of the State Architect ** California Electricity Oversight Board ** California
Energy Commission ** California Environment and Natural Resources Agency **
California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA) ** California
Environmental Resources Evaluation System (CERES) ** California Fish and Game
Commission ** California Floodplain Management ** California Governor’s Office
of Planning and Research ** California Grant and Enterprise Zone Programs HCD
Loan ** California High-Speed Rail Authority ** California History and Culture
Agency ** California Housing Finance Agency ** California Indoor Air Quality
Program ** California Industrial Development Financing Advisory Commission **
California Integrated Waste Management Board ** California Land Use Planning
Information Network (LUPIN) ** California Lands Commission ** California
Landscape Architects Technical Committee ** California Office of Historic
Preservation ** California Park and Recreation Commission ** California Public
Utilities Commission (PUC) ** California Real Estate Services Division **
California Regional Water Quality Control Boards ** California Registered Veterinary
Technician Committee ** California San Francisco Bay Conservation and
Development Commission ** California San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers
and Mountains Conservancy ** California San Joaquin River Conservancy **
California Seismic Safety Commission ** California State Assembly ** California
State Lands Commission ** California State Park and Recreation Commission **
California Tahoe Conservancy ** California Transportation Commission **
California Water Resources Control Board ** California Wetlands Information
System ** California Wildlife and Habitat Data Analysis Branch ** California
Wildlife Conservation Board ** California Wildlife Programs Branch
Without a doubt some
of these are necessary for the future of the state and well managed growth.
Some continue to meddle and offer ordinances, controls and “guidelines” that
contribute nothing to the efficient course of development in the state. The
market does as good a job of determining the quality of a project more than a
staffer in some small cubicle in Sacramento.
Now I ask you, is all this necessary Mr. Brown? How many
have rainy day funds, office supply funds, just in case funds, and forgotten mattress funds that
have hidden away our taxes? How can you be serious about a tax increase
when many of these agencies continue to be funded and survive?
And with the looming specter of High-Speed Rail and its
numerous subcommittees and associated commissions, are we in for even more
shell games in the future?
Stay Tuned . . . . .
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