Mark DeSaulnier, D-Concord, one of three lawmakers who requested the audit along with Gov. Jerry Brown after the AP report.

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Mark Easton said it was part of the government's plan to abolish professional Whitehall scrutineers like the Audit Commission and replace them with an "army of armchair auditors".

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