I've been following Monrovia City Manager Scott Ochoa's colorful - and, I think, mostly correct - fulminations against the California state government, but I sympathize with Governor Brown's predicament: how to balance the state budget. Therefore, I would like to make a little proposal - based on an experience right here in Monrovia - to make a small cut in the state's expenses.
My proposal: Tell the Division of the State Architect to stop overseeing school construction. The DSA's task, according to its home page ( http://goo.gl/IGf4R ), is to "provide design and construction oversight for K–12 schools and community colleges throughout the State of California." But to the best I can determine, the main result of its oversight is to waste school districts' time and money.
This oversight requirement is insulting and wasteful:
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Cutting California's Budget - A Lesson from Monrovia
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Great suggestion... Big Gov't = Big Waste.Why can't the regular building inspector deal with title 24 and any environmental issues during the building process?
ReplyDeleteWell said, Brad. After spending quite some time watching the MUSD staff deal withthe DSA over the past few years, I can agree with your assessment. The wordthat comes to my mind about the DSA is "useless." Closing that dept., or re-configuringit to be more efficient, would save Californians a lot of money.
ReplyDeleteYou are exactly right.
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