California mental health agency director to resign following conflict of interest allegations

San Francisco Chronicle

California mental health agency director to resign following conflict of interest allegations

Toby Ewing is resigning amid an investigation into his conduct and revelations that he traveled courtesy of a state vendor as he sought to protect its contract.

California spent $271 million to build a tele-health app that is barely used. One of the people who made that decision has been forced to resign. But who the hell looked at that price tag—which is about two orders of magnitude inflated—and gave the green light? The system is faulty.