These expenditures drew the attention of the Joint Legislative Audit Committee of the California State Legislature, which ordered California State Auditor Elaine Howle to conduct a careful review of the entire Great Park audit and the work of the Shea-Lalloway Subcommittee. That review culminated in California State Auditor Report 2015-116, titled "Poor Governance of the $1.7 Million Review of the Orange County Great Park Needlessly Compromised the Review's Credibility." The California State Auditor's report states that the HSNO was hired through a flawed and biased selection process that "cast doubt on the impartiality of Irvine's selection of HSNO as the park review consultant and increased the risk that the city did not select the most qualified vendor to meet its needs." This rigged bidding process all but ensured that HSNO would receive a second, "no-bid" contract. The report is also critical of the Shea-Lalloway Subcommittee's failure to properly oversee the work of the outside firms hired to conduct the audit, noting that the audit itself was driven by political motivations rather than by an objective analysis of the readily-available financial data. The Subcommittee's abuse of power, misuse of public funds, and lack of oversight and transparency ultimately cost Irvine taxpayers well over $2 million, when City of Irvine staff time is added to the $1.7 million cost of the audit itself.