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“In the U.S. because we don’t have a comprehensive federal privacy law ... it falls to the state level,” she said.

The county audit, ordered by the Board of Supervisors in February, is separate from an audit of L. A. city homelessness programs being conducted under the auspices of federal court in the L.A.

His transition team also hasn't met with counterparts at any of the federal agencies in Washington.

When the Farm Bill extension expired on Sept. 30, leaders from hunger and food justice organizations nationwide raised alarms about the further delays in federal action that the lapse would likely exacerbate.

They will also be “as radical or aggressive as you can” in reducing full-time federal employees and contractors, he added.