Business, Consumer Services, Housing
1111 Department of Consumer Affairs, Bureaus

The Department of Consumer Affairs (Department) 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 approximately 250 classifications involving approximately 3 million professionals. The Department is also an important advocate on consumer and business issues. More.....

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
2015-16*
Positions
Dollars
1400 Arbitration Certification Program
8.0
$1,180
1405 Bureau of Security and Investigative Services
51.4
12,214
1410 Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education
91.0
15,140
1415 Bureau of Electronic and Appliance Repair, Home Furnishings and Thermal Insulation
44.2
7,579
1420 Bureau of Automotive Repair
590.4
187,559
1425 Consumer Affairs Administration
727.4
94,230
1426 Distributed Consumer Affairs Administration
-
-94,050
1430 Telephone Medical Advice Services Bureau
1.0
174
1435 Cemetery and Funeral Bureau
21.5
4,345
1440 Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers
33.8
5,731
1445 Bureau of Real Estate
329.7
51,707
1450 Professional Fiduciaries Bureau
3.0
622
Totals, Positions and Expenditures (excluding Infrastructure)
1,901.4
$286,431
 
 Infrastructure Expenditures
-
-
Totals, Positions and All Expenditures
1,901.4
$286,431

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 * - 66K) 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 * - 27K)
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.