Has South Gate ever had an outside money review, and what did it find?

"In our opinion, the accompanying financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the respective financial position of the governmental activities, the business type activities, each major fund, and the aggregate remaining fund information of the City, as of June 30, 2023, and the respective changes in financial position and, where applicable, cash flows thereof for the year then end"

"We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAS) and the standards applicable to financial audits contained in Government Auditing Standards, issued by the Comptroller General of the United States."

"During the year ended June 30, 2023, the City implemented Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Statement No. 96: Subscription-Based Information Technology Arrangements."

"Additionally, the financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023 reflect certain prior period adjustments as described further in note 17 to the financial statements."

"tures and transfers-out exceeded revenues and transfers-in by $1.9M, decreasing the fund balance from $39.4M to $37.5M."

"In our opinion, the accompanying financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the respective financial position of the Proposition A Local Return Fund, the Proposition C Local Return Fund, the Measure R Local Return Fund, the Measure M Local Return Fund and the Transportation Development Act Article 3 Fund of the City of South Gate, California as of June 30, 202"

"We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAS) and the standards applicable to financial audits contained in Government Auditing Standards, issued by the Comptroller General of the United States."

"We are required to be independent of the City and to meet our other ethical responsibilities, in accordance with the relevant ethical requirements relating to our audits."

"As discussed in Note 2, the financial statements present only the Proposition A Local Return Fund, the Proposition C Local Return Fund, the Measure R Local Return Fund, the Measure M Local Return Fund and the Transportation Development Act Article 3 Fund of the City of South Gate, California, and do not purport to, and do not present fairly the financial position of the City as of June 30, 2022 an"

"In accordance with Government Auditing Standards, we have also issued our report dated December 15, 2022 on our consideration of the City’s interna..."

"19-885-000 City of South Gate Financial Statement Report 3/31/2024 X"

"The State Controller’s Office audited the City of South Gate’s Special Gas Tax Street Improvement Fund to determine whether the city accounted for and expended its Special Gas Tax Street Improvement Fund in compliance with requirements for the period of July 1, 2016, through June 30, 2017."

"The city understated the fund balance by $4,312 as of June 30, 2017, because it charged ineligible expenditures to the Special Gas Tax Street Improvement Fund."

"We also identified a deficiency in internal control that is not significant to the audit objective, but warrants the attention of management."

"Jackie Acosta, Director of Administrative Services, responded by letter dated March 7, 2019, agreeing with the audit results."

"The City of South Gate, CA, Did Not Administer Its Community Development Block Grant Program in Accordance With HUD Requirements."

"The City did not administer CDBG funds in accordance with HUD requirements."

"In our opinion, the accompanying financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the"

"Our opinion is not modified with respect to this matter."

"We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States"

"Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not absolute"