{"id":3066,"date":"2020-05-10T10:00:21","date_gmt":"2020-05-10T17:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=3066"},"modified":"2020-05-08T12:13:23","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T19:13:23","slug":"republican-lawmakers-request-immediate-audit-of-1-billion-contract-with-byd-for-ppe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=3066","title":{"rendered":"Republican Lawmakers Request Immediate Audit of $1 Billion Contract with BYD for PPE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Seek to provide taxpayers transparency<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sacramento &#8211; Several Republican lawmakers submitted a request to pro Tem Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) and Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Lakewood) to immediately convene the Joint Legislative Audit Committee (JLAC) for the purpose of hearing our audit request of the state&#8217;s handling of all 2020 spending on PPE, including the procurement contract with BYD.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We request that you immediately convene the Joint Legislative Audit Committee (JLAC) for the purpose of hearing our audit request of the state&#8217;s handling of all 2020 spending on PPE, including the procurement contract with BYD. Our goal is not to hinder the necessary response to the COVID-19 pandemic but to provide the people of this state &#8211; taxpayers all &#8211; with the knowledge that we are taking care of their money when they are facing such economic uncertainty.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To read the letter in its entirety, please click <a href=\"https:\/\/cssrc.us\/sites\/default\/files\/200507_Audit-Request-Letter.pdf?utm_source=Nielsen+-+BYD+5.7.20&amp;utm_campaign=Nielsen+-+BYD+5.7.20&amp;utm_medium=email\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ucffool\/8060981487\/in\/photolist-dhjCXr-b4k1J-cyZ3TE-9pQDo3-iYpa-8H1SkE-6bw73x-5AsqzF-2ggbm7q-axNc39-6GM9ad-2NkbzA-cV3Ntw-2hmU7gn-2ggbm4e-6PoZZr-6Pt9LJ-7WRNY1-5sXUbu-6Pp1gz-6Pt9Dy-6Pt9ts-6Pp1bZ-6Pp15M-8G9xc5-6Pt9BL-6Pt9vy-6Pt9Jm-6Pt9FQ-8G6mtz-2gbirGu-25shJFT-FEo4nh-2gbirKq-2hJnXm8-2i6FCgx-2gpD6eh-2e8vNcJ-9Gb5sX-2giYm9m-25shJQF-2i6Kawg-JnMFzn-26KUu41-2hJnXuz-Bgnd5f-2gpDqN3-2fyFnF1-2gpDr6Y-2hCGNuH\">Photo by UCFFool via Flickr<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seek to provide taxpayers transparency Sacramento &#8211; Several Republican lawmakers submitted a request to pro Tem Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) and Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Lakewood) to immediately convene the Joint Legislative Audit Committee (JLAC) for the purpose of hearing our audit request of the state&#8217;s handling of all 2020 spending on PPE, including the procurement&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2293,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.5 - 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