Today, San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan urged state leaders to move auditing California’s influence industry to the top of their to-do list after a fresh investigation revealed regulators have conducted almost none of the lobbying audits that state law requires. The probe found only five audits completed between 2019 and 2025, even as lobbying cash has surged in Sacramento.
Bloomberg Government Investigation
An investigation by Bloomberg Government found that only five audits of lobbyists or their employers were completed between 2019 and 2025, a tally the outlet said amounts to less than 1% of the checks the Political Reform Act requires. Bloomberg Government reported that lobbying groups poured more than $2 billion into state government since 2019,…..