11-13-2025 12:47pm

California Board of Accountancy: Public Meetings, Military & Immigrants with Licenses

Lorraine Mabbett Editor

The CBA is committed to assisting CA military members & their families as well as those members with an out-of-state CPA license & are temporarily residing/moving to California.

Statement of purpose for the California Board of Accountancy:

To protect consumers by ensuring only qualified licensees practice public accountancy in accordance with established professional standards. All consumers are well-informed and receive quality accounting services from licensees they can trust.

California Board of Accountancy Meeting Notice & Agenda

Public Participation: The California Board of Accountancy will hold a public meeting in person and via Webex pursuant to the provisions of Government Code section 11123.2. Much of the November 21st meeting is a closed session.

Excerpt from the November 20, 2025, agenda:

1. Public Comments for Items Not on the Agenda. *
2. Report of the President (Yen C. Tu, President).
A. Presentation Regarding Artificial Intelligence
(Richard J. Jackson - EY Americas Assurance Chief Technology Officer and EY Global and Americas
Assurance AI Leader and Ryan Lew – EY Assurance Services Partner and West Region Assurance AI Leader).

*Government Code section 11125.7 provides the opportunity for the public to address each agenda item during discussion or consideration by the California Board of Accountancy prior to the California Board of Accountancy taking any action on said item. Members of the public will be provided appropriate opportunities to comment on any issue before the California Board of Accountancy, but the California Board of Accountancy President may, at their discretion, apportion available time among those who wish to speak. Individuals may appear before the California Board of Accountancy to discuss items not on the agenda; however, the California Board of Accountancy can neither discuss nor take official action on these items at the time of the same meeting (Government Code sections 11125, 11125.7(a)).

Military

The California Board of Accountancy (CBA) is committed to assisting California’s military members and their families. The CBA offers licensure application and renewal assistance programs for past and present military personnel and their spouses/domestic partners. For information please contact the CBA military liaison at militaryinfo@cba.ca.gov or by phone Toll-Free at (833) 992-0577.

Military members and their spouses/domestic partners who hold an out-of-state CPA license and are temporarily residing/moving to California may qualify to practice public accountancy under practice privilege without a California CPA license.

To determine if you qualify under practice privilege, additional information can be found at https://www.dca.ca.gov/cba/licensees/faqs.shtml#out-of-state. If you require further assistance regarding your options please contact the CBA military liaison at militaryinfo@cba.ca.gov or by phone Toll-Free at (833) 992-0577.

Refugee / Asylee / Special Immigrant Visa Holders

The CBA expedites the licensing application review for refugees, asylees and special immigrant visa holders. For information please contact the CBA military/refugee liaison at refugeeinfo@cba.ca.gov or by phone Toll-Free at (833) 656-2318. If you need assistance in a language other than English, language assistance services are available at no cost, call (833) 656-2318. CBA - BPC 135.4

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