TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Tracy Schulze - Auditor-Controller
REPORT BY: Georgina Panganiban - Deputy Auditor-Controller
SUBJECT: Annual Comprehensive Financial Report and Single Audit Report for Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2025
RECOMMENDATION
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Accept and file the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) and the Single Audit Report - Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA), for fiscal year ended June 30, 2025.
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BACKGROUND
California Government Code Section 25250 addresses the requirements of the County to have an examination of the financial statements in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. The Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025 is presented to you today and includes an unmodified (clean) opinion from the County's external auditors, Brown Armstrong Accountancy Corporation.
The ACFR is organized with five main sections: (1) the Introductory Section, including the Transmittal Letter signed by Auditor-Controller, Tracy Schulze, and Chief Executive Officer, Ryan Alsop, (2) the Financial Section, including the Audit Opinion and Management's Discussion and Analysis (MD&A), (3) the required Basic Financial Statements Section and note disclosures, and required supplementary information, (4) the Supplementary Information Section on non-major funds, enterprise funds and internal service funds, and (5) the Statistical Section. The ACFR is an excellent resource for County's financial and statistical information.
On January 15, 2026, the Auditor-Controller submitted the County's ACFR to the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) to participate in the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence In Financial Reporting Program. Each ACFR submitted to GFOA for consideration is reviewed by three independent reviewers and rated on various criteria within 17 different areas of the report including compliance with over 100 Governmental Accounting Standards required for transparent an...
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