URGENT ALERT !
for Anaheim Voters!
IT's TIME to KICK 'Measure C'
TO THE CURB !!
JUNE 3 - 'NO' on 'C'
HOW can all THESE Cities be called "comparable" ??
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HOW can it even be ASSUMED that a ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL solution has ANY basis, with NO support?
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Let's examine the 4 Cities where the positions ARE Merged - WIth NO SUPPORT OR ANALYSIS from the Measure C proponents, ALL that can be supplied is informed speculation, but CHECK OUR REFERENCES and DECIDE FOR YOURSELF - See what YOU think!
Los Angeles-
Different (Strong Mayor) Government Structure, and 4 TIMES OUR SIZE! Beyond ANAHEIM's Enterprises, LA has a Port, Harbor, and MajorAirport, etc.. Although LA Does have a single person acting as both Treasurer and Finance Director, there is also an (elected) City Controller, so classification as 'Merged' or 'Seperate', would need a study of all positions to resolve, with NO EVIDENCE OF THAT BEING DONE by Measure C proponents !
(Conversely, Bakersfield's 2013 CAFR shows ONLY a Finance Director, YET it is grouped as 'Separate Positions'! )
Santa Ana -
Similar size City, but WITHOUT the EXTRA (Accounting) Burden of our Electric Utility, Convention Center, and Stadium, IN ADDITION to which, for survival in the tight economy, they Outsourced the Fire Department to OCFA, and went to a 2 year Budget cycle, FURTHER reducing the workload!
Newport Beach-
About 1/4 the size City, With a Harbor (Enterprise) but WITHOUT our Electric Utility, Convention Center, and Stadium, so ALSO a smaller workload.
San Jose-
About 3 TIMES the size (for City AND Finance Dept!), NO Electric Utility, instead a Major Airport , but has an ADDITIONAL Budget Office and Auditor Dept (15 Empl)
IF THERE IS A COMMON THREAD TO ANY OF THESE CITIES AND ANAHEIM, WOULD SOMEONE PLEASE FIND IT?
WITHOUT a STUDY to identify the REASONS FOR, and BENEFITS FROM, any Merger of positions, the Measure C Proponents have NO BUSINESS even ASKING YOU for permission to CHANGE ANYTHING!
SEND THIS DEFECTIVE FALSE START BACK TO BE DONE IN 2 SEPARATE VOTES, THE RIGHT WAY!
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Here is more detail data, from CAFRs for the Respective Cities- (Comprehensive Annual Financial Report)
(which you can locate via the links below, and SEE FOR YOURSELF !!)
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City Anaheim SanDiego SnFrcisco Bakersfld LosAngles SantaAna NewptBch SanJose
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Treas/FD Seprate Seprate Seprate ? Seprate ? Merged Merged Merged Merged
? FD only ?
GovtType City City Consolidated City City City City City
City/County
Govt Doc Charter Charter Charter Charter Charter Charter Charter Charter
GovtForm Cncl/Mgr StrongMayr StrongMayr Cncl/Mgr StrongMayr Cncl/Mgr Cncl/Mgr Cncl/Mgr
(Hybrid)
Council 5 AtLg 9 Distr 11(BOS)Distr 7 Distr 15 Dstr 6 AtLg 7 Dstr 10 Dstr
# / Electd (NomByDst)
CFO
Cntrollr Controllr Controllr(1)
City Treas Treas Treas /Treas \
Financial FincDir ---- Finc Dir \ Finc Dir/(1) Finc Dir Finc Dir Finc Dir
Staff BdgtOfc (112 empl) Indp Bdgt Anlst
Auditor Auditor
(15 empl)
(comments) ---> "sevrl city Fds (Adopted (SevralYrs (Adopted
Have net postn 2 Year StructDefcit 2-Year
deficits" Budget Expctd to Budget
pg 26 Cycle) Continue) Cycle)
Impending
annl expnse ProptyTx
stormwtr trtmt = 48 % of
'14-'18 $710M GenrlFund!
'19-'31 $3.25 B
ChtrReq 4 mo
exp Reserve
Population 343,248 1,326,238 837,442 359,221 3,863,839 329,915 86,436 984,299
$ Budget
(MORE)
(INFO SOON!)
$ Debt $4766 p/c $4828 p/c $3595 p/c $1636 p/c $5594 p/c? $5116 p/c $1498p/c $3571p/c
$6.403 B $3.016 B $587.67M $21.4 B $268.529M $129.452M $3.515 B
(MORE INFO SOON!)
Credit
Rating
Fitch ?NOT ? AA- AA -- ? NOT? -- ? NOT? AA+
Moody ? IN ? Aa3 Aa1 A2/ A1/Aa2 ? IN ? -- ? IN ? Aa1
S & P ?CAFR? AA- AA -- ?CAFR? A ? CAFR? AA+
$ Reserve $12.5M
Cash Basis+
(MORE $4.4 M
INFO Facilities
SOON!)
# City 1,847 10,026 26,901 1,493 tot 31,225 1,492 752 6869
Employees 28,387 44,947* (Fire=OCFA)
(w/cap projcts) * Adding DWP,
LAX, Harbor,
LA Conv.Ctr
City Facilities-
Water (d) W W W W W W W W
Sewer (d) S S S S S S S S
Electric(d) EL --- --- --- EL -- -- --
ConvCntr(d) CC CC CC CC CC -- -- CC
Port/Harbor(d)---- PH PH --- PH -- PH ---
Airport(d) ---- AP AP GnlAv AP -- -- AP
Own Pro Spts 1 (2) * 1 --- ---- -- --- ARENA
Stadium(d) (+1 pvrt) (2 prvt)
Zoo ---- Z Z -- Z Z --- Z
Golf Course 2 2 6 ? 7-18h 2 --- 5
3-9h
(d)-seprate *MLB Metro HetchWtr&Pwr 4- sml
debt Stadium Transit MTA
split 70/30 Hosptl (2)
w/Padres
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Anaheim http://www.anaheim.net/title/Finance/Financial%2FBudget+Documents/
SanDiego http://www.sandiego.gov/comptroller/pdf/reports/cafr_2013.pdf
SanFrancisco http://sfcontroller.org/index.aspx?page=537
Bakersfield http://www.dacbond.com/dacContent/doc.jsp?id=0900bbc780122349
LosAngeles http://ceo.lacounty.gov/pdf/portal/CAFR%2012-13.pdf
SantaAna http://www.ci.santa-ana.ca.us/finance/cafr/cafr_12-13.asp
NewportBeach http://www.newportbeachca.gov/index.aspx?page=289
SanJose http://sanjoseca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/24332
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Links to CAFRs for Cities Above -
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