Report 2020-030 Recommendation Responses

Report 2020-030: The State Bar of California: It Is Not Effectively Managing Its System for Investigating and Disciplining Attorneys Who Abuse the Public Trust (Release Date: April 2021)

Recommendation for Legislative Action

To provide itself sufficient time to review the discipline report before considering the annual fee bill the Legislature should, in the year in which it amends the discipline report's time period, require the State Bar to report information for both the prior calendar year and the newly defined period to ensure that stakeholders can compare the information for the newly defined period to prior years.

Description of Legislative Action

SB 211 (Chapter 723, Statutes of 2021) requires the Annual Discipline Report due on October 31, 2022, to include data from the prior fiscal and calendar year.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: Legislation Enacted


Description of Legislative Action

As of June 29, 2021, the Legislature has not taken action to address this specific recommendation.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: No Action Taken


All Recommendations in 2020-030