Audit of Gov. Green's Kauhale: Significant flaws warrant "immediate attention"

State auditor sent a letter to the Legislature and Dept. of Human Services raising warnings and urging "immediate attention" to prevent misuse of public funds.

The full letter from the auditor also mentions their audit was just limited to Kauhale, but that the Governor's homeless office being audited also oversees another $154M to the same vendor for the Ka Lai Ola housing project on Maui.

Kauhale is the Governor's key initiative. The defense is likely that homelessness requires urgent action and that procurement and fiscal controls slow progress. Don't forget that we have been under emergencies for homelessness and housing for three and a half years since Green took office.

Will be interesting to get people's reaction to this. Do the Governor's homeless efforts require further scrutiny, or is this justified because of the urgency of the crisis?