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
  • Consumer Protection Enforcement Initiative-An increase of $12.8 million and 101.6 positions to enhance the Department of Consumer Affairs' enforcement and oversight of licensees in health related professions and to improve consumer protection.
PROGRAMS Back to Top
The following table presents total proposed budget year personnel years and expenditures for each budgeted program area. These expenditures include all funding sources that support the state agency's programs.
Code Program
 Proposed
2010-11*
Personnel
Years
Dollars
22 Bureau of Barbering and Cosmetology
-
$-
23 Arbitration Certification Program
7.6
1,154
24 Hearing Aid Dispensers Bureau
-
-
25 Bureau of Security and Investigative Services
52.2
11,981
27 Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education
67.4
10,904
28 Bureau of Electronic and Appliance Repair, Home Furnishings, and Thermal Insulation
43.9
7,567
31 Bureau of Automotive Repair
613.3
193,291
34 Bureau of Home Furnishings and Thermal Insulation
-
-
35.10 Consumer Affairs Administration
625.8
73,280
35.20 Distributed Consumer Affairs Administration
-
-72,469
36 Dental Bureau of California
-
-
37 Telephone Medical Advice Services Bureau
0.9
149
38 Cemetery and Funeral Bureau
22.5
4,221
39 Bureau of Naturopathic Medicine
-
-
65 Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Bureau
-
-
89 Professional Fiduciaries Bureau
1.6
293
91 Bureau of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians
-
-
Totals, Personnel Years and Expenditures (excluding Infrastructure)
1,435.2
$230,371
 
 Infrastructure Expenditures
-
-
Totals, Personnel Years and All Expenditures
1,435.2
$230,371

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

Refer to the 3-Yr Expenditures & Personnel Years for expenditures, personnel years, 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 * - 68K) 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 * - 12K)
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.