State and Consumer Services
1111 Department of Consumer Affairs, Bureaus

The Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) 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 255 professions involving approximately 2.4 million professionals. The Department is also an important advocate on consumer and business issues. More.....

MAJOR PROGRAM CHANGES Back to Top
  • Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education - The Governor's Budget includes $11.3 million various special funds and 69.4 positions to reform the Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education, which sunset on July 1, 2007, and reestablish it as the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education consistent with Chapter 635, Statutes of 2007. This represents an increase of $8.2 million and 57.9 positions for 2008-09.

    Legislation to implement reforms for licensing and regulation of private postsecondary and vocational educational institutions is expected to be enacted on or before July 1, 2008.


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
2008-09*
Positions
Dollars
09 State Athletic Bureau
-
$-
23 Arbitration Certification Program
7.6
1,126
24 Hearing Aid Dispensers Bureau
3.8
770
25 Bureau of Security and Investigative Services
51.7
11,843
27 Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education
69.4
11,309
28 Bureau of Electronic and Appliance Repair
14.5
2,423
31 Bureau of Automotive Repair
606.6
183,955
34 Bureau of Home Furnishings and Thermal Insulation
30.4
4,797
35.10 Consumer Affairs Administration
605.6
71,249
35.20 Distributed Consumer Affairs Administration
-
-70,713
37 Telephone Medical Advice Services Bureau
0.9
150
38 Cemetery and Funeral Bureau
22.5
4,187
39 Bureau of Naturopathic Medicine
0.9
128
40 Office of Privacy Protection
-
-
89 Professional Fiduciaries Bureau
3.8
609
Totals, Positions and Expenditures (excluding Infrastructure)
1,417.7
$221,833
 
Infrastructure Expenditures
-
-
Totals, Positions and All Expenditures
1,417.7
$221,833

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.