Report 2021-114 Recommendation 10 Responses
Report 2021-114: State Surplus Property: The State Should Use Its Available Property More Effectively to Help Alleviate the Affordable Housing Crisis (Release Date: March 2022)
Recommendation #10 To: General Services, Department of
To improve the State's ability to track public property, DGS should do the following:
- By September 2022, begin reconciling the SPI and county assessors' real property records and update the SPI as necessary.
- Ensure that county and state real property records remain in alignment by reviewing records and resolving any mismatches in the year before each periodic review occurs.
Annual Follow-Up Agency Response From February 2025
DGS has completed the analysis of all 58 counties and has found some presumably state-owned parcels that are not in SPI. To complete the reconciliation the team will be working with respective county assessor offices on non-matching records, working with agencies and departments for ownership confirmation and proof of deeds, and working with the SPI team to incorporate the changes into the SPI database.
- Estimated Completion Date: February 2027
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Pending
1-Year Agency Response
These conversations are ongoing, subject to the deliberative budget process.
- Estimated Completion Date: February 2026
- Response Date: March 2023
California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Pending
6-Month Agency Response
These conversations are ongoing, subject to the deliberative budget process.
- Estimated Completion Date: February 2026
- Response Date: September 2022
California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: Pending
60-Day Agency Response
These conversations are ongoing, subject to the deliberative budget process.
- Estimated Completion Date: February 2026
- Response Date: May 2022
California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Pending
All Recommendations in 2021-114
Agency responses received are posted verbatim.