Compliance & Transparency
California local government financial reporting compliance.
California cities are required to submit annual financial transaction reports to the California State Controller's Office (SCO). The SCO publishes this data through its Financial Reports portal, providing standardized revenue, expenditure, and debt data for cities statewide.
BenchmarkUSA tracks filing compliance based on data availability in the SCO's published datasets. Cities missing from a given fiscal year's data are flagged as non-filers.
Compliance Overview
| Entity Type | Count | Filed (FY 2023) |
|---|---|---|
| Cities | 482 | 100% |
Non-Filing Cities
1 California city missing from the State Controller's FY 2023 financial data.
| City |
|---|
| Woodland |
Read our full methodology for details on data sources and how metrics are calculated.