California State and Consumer Services Agency

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California State and Consumer Services Agency
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DissolvedJuly 1, 2013 (2013-07-01)
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Jurisdiction California
Agency executive
  • Secretary

The California State and Consumer Services Agency (SCSA) was a state cabinet-level agency of the executive branch of California. It was replaced by the California Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency (BCSH) effective July 1, 2013. A significant number of the departments were transferred to the California Government Operations Agency when it was formed on July 1, 2013.

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The entities under SCSA were responsible for civil rights enforcement, licensing and consumer protection of more than 255 different professions, procurement of goods and services for state agencies, management and development of state real estate, oversight of two state employee pension funds, collecting state taxes, hiring of state employees, providing information technology services, adopting state building standards and the administration of two state museums." [1] As of 2008-2009, SCSA's entities had over 16,000 employees and a budget of almost $27 billion. [2] The Secretary of the State and Consumer Services Agency served as the Chair of the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board. [3]

Organization

The SCSA included the following departments, boards, commissions and museums: [4]

Accomplishments

The notable accomplishments of SCSA included:

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References

  1. State of California, State and Consumer Services Agency. Welcome to SCSA. Archived 2008-10-27 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved November 1, 2008.
  2. California Department of Finance. Governor's Budget 2008-09. Enacted budget detail. State and Consumer Services. Archived 2008-11-07 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved November 1, 2008.
  3. California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board. Meet Our Board Members. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
  4. State of California, State and Consumer Services Agency. About us. Archived 2008-10-27 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved November 1, 2008.
  5. Drucker, David M. State government missing 30,000 vehicles. Daily News of Los Angeles, August 9, 2005.
  6. Much to see, do and learn at Green California Summit. Times-Herald (Vallejo, CA), March 25, 2007.
  7. Garcia, Edwin. State creates corner on web for kids. San Jose Mercury News, March 4, 2008.