The bar spent at least $156,000 on alcohol between January 2015 and late September 2016, most of which was tied to section events, according to information the agency provided to the state Legislature. The bar’s board later approved a ban on alcohol spending.

Also in 2016, the Los Angeles Daily Journal reported that the bar had allowed hundreds of complaints about the unauthorized practice of law by nonattorneys to sit in drawers for months without investigation. Lawmakers were furious, and the agency’s top prosecutor, Jayne Kim, resigned when it became clear she would not secure state Senate confirmation for a second four-year term.