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Findings and Recommendations 3 findings
F1
The Little Hoover Commission and the Sacramento County Grand Jury reached the following conclusions: · The format and content of the financial reports often mask, rather than illuminate, useful information · With rare exceptions, compensation to Special District Board members was modest · Excessive undesignated reserves, found to exist in a few of the special districts studied, was the major concern of the investigators.
Related Recommendations (1)
R1
We urge citizens to avail themselves of the information on the Controller’s website when it becomes available, and to take an active interest in the special districts that serve them. Required Responses to Findings None Required Responses to Recommendation None 63
F2
The Sonoma County Civil Grand Jury found no evidence of any enterprise district in Sonoma County to have excessive undesignated financial reserves.
No recommendations for this finding
F3
The State Legislature passed SB282 in 2001. This bill “…requires the Controller to make available annually, in a separate report, published in an electronic format on the Controller’s Web site, specified information regarding the assets, liabilities, and equity of the selected special districts.” The intent of this bill is to make financial reports of special districts clearer, more informative, and easily accessible to the public. 62
No recommendations for this finding
No Responses Found 2
Government entities assigned to respond to this report. No response documents have been linked in our database.
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