Financial Search

FAQs1

Most Requested Financial Information1

Can you explain what the meaning of Fiscal Year is?1

How many years of data are kept on the EZ GOV Santa Cruz website?1

How do we submit feedback, comments or report potential data issues?1

How often is the data updated in EZ GOV Santa Cruz?2

What is the difference between the adopted budget and the adjusted budget?2

What is a fund type/fund?2

What is a department, and a division?2

What is a character?2

What is an object?2

Has this data been audited?3

How To Navigate the Budget Data3

Default View�� 3

Page Elements3

Drill Down4

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FAQs

Most Requested Financial Information

County of Santa Cruz has compiled the most requested graphical reports for your convenience. If you know of other graphical reports that should be considered in this list, please let us know.

Salaries by department

County revenues, general fund

County expenditures, general fund

Cannabis Business Tax Revenues (Dispensaries), Quarterly

Cannabis Business Tax 2 Revenues (Excluding Dispensaries), Quarterly

Transient Occupancy Tax Revenues, Quarterly

Can you explain what the meaning of Fiscal Year is?

The fiscal year for the County of Santa Cruz is defined as the time from July 1 through June 30 for a given year.

How many years of data are kept on the EZ GOV Santa Cruz website?

We are presenting data going back to fiscal year 2012/2013 (July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013).

How do we submit feedback, comments or report potential data issues?

Please email any questions and comments regarding EZ GOV Santa Cruz to [email protected]

How often is the data updated in EZ GOV Santa Cruz?

The data is updated at the close of each quarter (about 5 business days after quarter end: approximately October 5, January 5, April 5 and about 1 month after fiscal year end: approximately July 31)

What is the difference between the adopted budget and the adjusted budget?

The adopted budget is the final budget that is approved by the Board of Supervisors during public meetings. The budget is required to be adopted before October each fiscal year. Prior to the budget being adopted, the Proposed budget will show in the adopted column in EZ GOV Santa Cruz. The adjusted budget reflects changes that were approved by the Board of Supervisors outside of the usual budget process (such as accepting grant revenues and budgeting for related grant expenses that happened after the budget process was completed). To review official Budget Documents for the County of Santa Cruz, please click here.

What is a fund type/fund?

A fund type/fund is defined as a fiscal and accounting entity with a self-balancing set of accounts recording cash and other financial resources, together with all related liabilities and residual equities or balances, and changes therein, which are segregated for the purpose of carrying on specific activities or attaining certain objectives in accordance with special regulations, restrictions, or limitations. Fund type is the highest level of categorization of funds within the County of Santa Cruz, and fund is a lower level to further categorize.

What is a department, and a division?

The County government is comprised of 26 departments (i.e. Agricultural Commissioner, Child Support Services). A division is a sub-category of a department. The departments are summarized here, which also provides a link to each department's website.

What is a character?

Character is the highest level category of revenues and expenditures (i.e. salaries and benefits) of the County of Santa Cruz.

What is an object?

Object is the lowest level category of revenues and expenditures (i.e. regular pay - permanent) of the County of Santa Cruz.

Has this data been audited?

No, this is unaudited financial data, but reflects budgeted and actual transactions that posted to the financial accounting system, which is reviewed prior to posting by staff in the Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector's office. If you would like to review audited financial information, please refer to audited financial reports, which can be found here.

How To Navigate the Budget Data

Overview

Default View

The default view is a pie chart in the top section with data grouped by Fund shown below.

Page Elements

To change the elements on the page, use the menu in the top right of the page.

Chart
Click on the Chart menu and you can select to view a Pie Chart of the current year or change it to the Annual Trend Chart. The option to view the Quarterly Trend Chart is only available when you select Current Year to Previous Year Actuals in the Column menu.

Data
Click on the Data menu to select either Revenues or Expenditures.

Group
Click on the Group menu to select how you would like to see the data summarized. The definition of each item is found in the FAQs.

Columns
Click on the columns menu to select what columns you would like to compare.

Drill Down

To see additional detail for a select group, click on the arrow on the right side of the row.

Remove Filters or Go Back

To navigate back to the previous page use the back arrow on your browser, click on the X next to the heading you want to remove, or, click on the arrow next to County to go back to the County-wide view.