Gov. Brown orders audit of speciality plate program after review finds little oversight
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Gov. Jerry Brown has ordered an audit of California's specialty license plate program after a review by The Associated Press found there was little oversight of the $250 million raised in the 20 years since the Legislature authorized it.
Elizabeth Ashford, a spokeswoman for the governor, said the administration on Tuesday asked its Department of Finance to undertake the review.
She said the governor had no immediate plans to return $3 million taken by Brown and former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger from one of the specialty plate funds, a memorial plate created in honor of the victims of the 2001 terror attacks.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The money helped close the budget deficit.
The AP review uncovered that raid and also found that there is virtually no independent oversight of how organizations spend the money.