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Berkeley City Auditor @BerkeleyAuditor

Promoting transparency and accountability in Berkeley government.

Joined April 2019
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📨Keep up to date on all our audit report releases and accountability in Berkeley our email newsletter: bit.ly/BerkeleyAuditNewslett… 💻📱On social media, stay connected through: Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/berkeleyaud… Facebook: facebook.com/BerkeleyAuditor LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/berkele…
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📢 Join the #berkmeeting tomorrow at 6pm to hear about our Guide to Measuring Performance and an update from Environmental Health on our Restaurant Inspections Audit recommendations. berkeleyca.gov/city-council... 1/2

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📊Since our last update, Environmental Health has implemented one more recommendation, and made progress on some other recommendations. However, restaurant inspection data has still not been restored online. 2/2
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Today our office released a new audit on @CityofBerkeley's contracting process, "City Contracts: Outdated Process Led to Non-Competitive Contract" Read the full report at bit.ly/BerkeleyContracts Highlights below⤵️ 1/3
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💵We found the City spent millions of dollars on non-competitive contracts when competition was likely possible. ♻️For example, the City authorized nearly $85 million dollars over 10 years for two recycling contracts without seeking bids from other contractors. 2/3
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📝Paper contracts. ❓Unclear guidance. ✍️Short staffing. All led to the overuse of non-competitive contracts, as well as delays. 3/3
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📢New Special Report released today: “A Guide to Measuring Performance in the City of Berkeley” provides a practical, user-friendly framework for developing meaningful performance measures. 📝bit.ly/berkeley-perf-guide 1/7
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📊While outcome-oriented performance measures often require additional time and resources to develop, they can support stronger accountability, clearer priorities, and more transparent reporting to the public. 6/7
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The report is intended to serve as a resource on how governments can develop and use meaningful performance measures, particularly in the context of budget development and ongoing fiscal constraints. 7/7
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Join the @CityofBerkeley Council Meeting tomorrow to hear the City Auditor’s presentation on the 2025 Audit Recommendations Follow-Up report! berkeleyca.gov/city-council-…
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🆕The 2025 Audit Recommendation Follow-Up Report is out now! Check out which audit recommendations have been implemented and where departments still have work to do. berkeleyca.gov/sites/default…
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Did you know that audit recommendation statuses are updated throughout the year? Visit our recommendations dashboard anytime to see the progress the @CityofBerkeley is making! bit.ly/missionmark
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👏An independent third-party audit we initiated of the Payroll Division found no errors in payments! The auditors noted staff had command of critical payroll elements within a complex payroll system. berkeleyca.gov/sites/default… 1/4

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👍It's important that those payments are correct--personnel costs made up 65% of the General Fund budget in FY25. The audit made recommendations to reduce future risks that we’ll implement to ensure continued accurate payments. 3/4
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📝See the full report on our website and as an information item on the agenda for the Nov 18 City Council meeting. berkeleyca.gov/your-governme… 4/4
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