When a member of the California State Assembly asked her whether the EDD’s planned modernization would really take eleven years, for example, her answer was a dodge. “I can’t speak to that,” she began. “We follow the process set by the California Department of Technology.…” She was in a lot of hot water, with a lot of very powerful people angry at her, but she believed her ability to show that she was following established procedures was her best chance at avoiding consequences. That stance only further infuriated the assembly subcommittee. But she stuck to it in question after question.
