The California Whistleblower Protection Act authorizes the California State Auditor to receive complaints from state employees and members of the public who wish to report an improper governmental activity.
Note: Complaints are not accepted via email.
This complaint form is to be used to file a Protected Disclosure of Improper Governmental Activities and/or Significant
Threats to Health or Safety under Executive Order 929.
The purpose of conflict of interest laws is to prohibit public employees from personally benefitting at the expense of the public interest. There is a wide variety of different conflict statutes, the bulk of which are addressed in this Handbook.
This form is used to report certain payments received by state and local government agencies. It includes:
• a payment for an official’s travel expenses for the purpose of facilitating the public’s business in lieu of a payment using agency funds; and
• a payment that would otherwise be considered a gift or income to the benefiting official, but is instead accepted on behalf of the agency.