An audit report stating that the city’s development department failed to collect more than $2.3 million in fees from developers raises a host of questions. The audit’s finding that city employees broke state and city laws makes the situation even more complex. The audit, prepared by Sacramento firm Sjoberg Evashenk Consulting, Inc., investigated the department’s work from fiscal years 2007 through 2010. “In summary, the weak system of internal controls allowed employees to disregard state and city building laws, codes, and regulations aimed at protecting the public’s health, safety, and general welfare,” the audit states. Read the full audit report here. The City Council is expected to

A Sacramento shoe shiner has gotten his first taste of Hollywood little more than a week after his story was told in The Sacramento Press. The sidewalk entrepreneur named A. Gee has been featured on local TV news and interviewed live on Good Day Sacramento. But that's not all. He also bagged his first TV show credits Friday, when he was recruited to play himself during local filming for the CBS prime time series, The Mentalist. "I'm just having fun right now," Gee said Monday, his first day of work in a new location at 816 H. St. For five years, he plied his trade in Roseville. Two months ago, he set up shop downtown at a black metal bench at I and 14th Streets. Now he shines shoes ins