State and Consumer Services
1111 Department of Consumer Affairs, Bureaus

The Department of Consumer Affairs is responsible for promoting and protecting the interests of millions of California consumers by serving as a guardian and advocate for their health, safety, and economic well-being and by promoting legal and ethical standards of professional conduct. The Department helps to promote good business practices and to ensure that California's consumers receive quality services by establishing minimal competency standards for more than 230 professions involving approximately 2.3 million professionals. The Department is also an important advocate on consumer and business issues. More.....

MAJOR PROGRAM CHANGES Back to Top
  • Visible Smoke Test - The Governor's Budget includes $12.3 million and 8.6 positions for the Bureau of Automotive Repair to incorporate a visible smoke test into the Smog Check Program by January 1, 2008 and increase the payment to consumers who retire a vehicle that fails its biennial Smog Check inspection from $1,000 to $1,500.

  • Professional Fiduciaries Bureau - The Governor's Budget includes $1.1 million and 4.8 positions for the creation of the Professional Fiduciaries Bureau effective January 1, 2007 to license and regulate professional fiduciaries.
PROGRAMS Back to Top
The following table presents total proposed budget year positions and expenditures for each budgeted program area. These expenditures include all funding sources that support the state agency's programs.
Code Program
 Proposed
2007-08*
Positions
Dollars
09
 State Athletic Bureau
-
$-
23
 Arbitration Certification Program
5.7
1,014
24
 Hearing Aid Dispensers Bureau
3.8
766
25
 Bureau of Security and Investigative Services
65.9
11,899
27
 Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education
74.7
11,412
28
 Bureau of Electronic and Appliance Repair
14.5
2,305
31
 Bureau of Automotive Repair
598.5
167,029
34
 Bureau of Home Furnishings and Thermal Insulation
30.4
4,574
35.10
 Consumer Affairs Administration
585.8
68,470
35.20
 Distributed Consumer Affairs Administration
-
-67,955
37
 Telephone Medical Advice Services Bureau
0.9
158
38
 Cemetery and Funeral Bureau
22.5
3,993
39
 Bureau of Naturopathic Medicine
0.9
151
40
 Office of Privacy Protection
-
-
89
 Professtional Fiduciaries Bureau
3.8
1,113
Totals, Positions and Expenditures (excluding Infrastructure)
1,407.4
$204,929
 
 Infrastructure Expenditures
-
-
Totals, Positions and All Expenditures
1,407.4
$204,929

Refer to the Program Descriptions for a description of programs operated by this state agency.

Refer to the 3-Yr Expenditures & Positions for expenditures, positions, and funding detail.
PRINTABLE BUDGET DOCUMENTS Back to Top
The following identifies budget documents for this state agency that are available in a printable (pdf) format.

Entire Department of Consumer Affairs, Bureaus Budget (pdf * - 63K) in pdf format.
This document provides a printable format (pdf) of all budget information for this state agency. Note: Along with other information, this document includes the documents listed below.

 Fund Condition Statements ONLY (pdf * - 22K)
This document provides a printable format (pdf) of only the fund condition statements for each fund administered by this state agency.

 Detail of Appropriations and Adjustments ONLY (pdf * - 10K)
This document provides a printable format (pdf) of only the detail of appropriations and adjustments for this state agency.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Back to Top
Legal Citations and Authority
Includes the legal citations (state statutes, federal statutes, and court orders) for operation of department programs and activities.