The Little Hoover Commission recently released its report on special districts revealing huge reserves that the public knows nothing about. Following is an excerpt taken from the Introduction of the Little Hoover Commission report dated May 2000, titled Special Districts: Relics of the Past or Resources for the future?

"The Little Hoover Commission has a broad mandate to investigate the operations of state government and its instrumentality's, and to make recommendations for improving service and lowering costs. Special districts, the most numerous of the State's agencies, usually capture the spotlight when individual cases become controversial. The commission undertook this study amid allegations of abuse and mismanagement in some special districts that caught the attention of state policy-makers and the public. Because controversies usually involve independent special districts - districts governed by their own elected board - those were the focus of the commissions review."

Click here for the complete report "Special Districts: Relics of the Past or Resources for the Future?" (www.lhc.ca.gov)