Chiang questions CRAs

An audit released Monday criticizes California redevelopment agencies for lacking performance measures that track how well they fight blight and create jobs, but supporters claimed the report was compiled to bolster Gov. Jerry Brown's proposal to abolish the agencies. Daily News.

State Controller John Chiang's review of Los Angeles' and 17 other community redevelopment agencies found they funded questionable projects, delayed in making tax payments and engaged in irregular reporting practices.

"For a government activity which consumes more than $5.5 billion of public resources annually, we should be troubled that there are no objective performance measures," Chiang said. "The existing approach is not how anyone concerned with performance, efficiency and accountability would draw it up today."