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FPPC holds public random draw to select jurisdictions for audits; results to be posted online
Summary
The Fair Political Practices Commission conducted a public random draw that began at 10:05 a.m. to select counties, cities, school and community college districts, special districts and contested superior court offices for audits and to set the working order for Franchise Tax Board local audits, officials said.
The Fair Political Practices Commission conducted a public random draw that began at 10:05 a.m. to select counties, cities, community college and school districts, special districts and contested superior court offices for audits and to set the working order for Franchise Tax Board local audits, officials said.
The draw was conducted in the FPPC hearing room and streamed virtually. Gabrielle Gilmore, senior management auditor in the FPPC audits and assistance division, said the results will be posted on the FPPC website and provided contact information on the agenda for questions. "The results for today's draw will be posted on our FPPC website," Gilmore said.
Commission staff said the draws followed Regulation 18.991 and used recent population estimates published by the Department of Finance to place jurisdictions into large, medium and small categories. Categories drawn included large, medium and small counties; large, medium and small cities; community college districts and school districts; special districts; a working order draw selecting 20 local jurisdictions for Franchise Tax Board audits; and a draw of contested Superior Court offices. The draw of contested Superior Court offices selected 10 of 39 contested offices, staff said, and the working-order draw selected 20 jurisdictions in the order the Franchise Tax Board will schedule audits.
Officials asked attendees to record the results displayed on the meeting screen and reiterated that the FPPC would post the full draw lists and the working-order tally on its website as soon as possible. Judy Lu, an associate management auditor, ran the drawing software during the session; Elwin Yabit, an IT staff member, provided technical support. Patricia Ballantyne, a program specialist, assisted with the event.
Staff noted a brief technical difficulty during the small-counties draw; the presenters apologized and continued the selection. Gilmore also said the FPPC expects to hold one more draw later in the year, approximately in December, to select general purpose committees subject to audit, but that the exact date had not yet been scheduled and would be posted on the FPPC website.
The session followed the order published on the draw agenda and accompanying handouts, which included lists mapping draw numbers to jurisdiction names for counties, cities, school and community college districts, special districts and contested superior court offices. Attendees were told a working-order tally sheet for local audits is available online and that the Department of Finance population estimates were used to determine category placement for the draw.
