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.....

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
2009-10*
Positions
Dollars
22 Bureau of Barbering and Cosmetology
0
$-
23 Arbitration Certification Program
7.6
1,145
24 Hearing Aid Dispensers Bureau
3.8
1,041
25 Bureau of Security and Investigative Services
51.7
11,786
27 Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education
0
-
28 Bureau of Electronic and Appliance Repair
14.5
2,409
31 Bureau of Automotive Repair
609.5
183,481
34 Bureau of Home Furnishings and Thermal Insulation
30.4
4,940
35.10 Consumer Affairs Administration
620.6
72,062
35.20 Distributed Consumer Affairs Administration
0
-71,533
36 Dental Bureau of California
0
-
37 Telephone Medical Advice Services Bureau
0.9
157
38 Cemetery and Funeral Bureau
22.5
4,162
39 Bureau of Naturopathic Medicine
0.9
133
40 Office of Privacy Protection
0
-
65 Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Bureau
0
-
89 Professional Fiduciaries Bureau
1.9
386
91 Bureau of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians
0
-
Totals, Positions and Expenditures (excluding Infrastructure)
1,364.3
$210,169
 
 Infrastructure Expenditures
-
-
Totals, Positions and All Expenditures
1,364.3
$210,169

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 * - 59K) 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.