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City auditor presents annual report; council hears concerns about homelessness, police response times and staffing
Summary
City Auditor Joe Royce presented the 17th annual report on city services, highlighting resident priorities such as homelessness, affordable housing and public safety; the City Council accepted the report unanimously and discussed staffing, response times and budget impacts.
City Auditor Joe Royce presented the City of San Jose’s 17th annual report on city services at the Jan. 28 council meeting, summarizing performance data across multiple city service areas and spotlighting resident priorities.
The auditor’s report compiled cost, timeliness, output and public‑opinion measures and included new survey questions aligned to the city manager’s dashboards. The report shows homelessness, affordable housing and public safety as the top resident priorities; the report also flagged staffing and timeliness problems in several departments.
At the meeting the auditor said, “I’m pleased to present our office’s seventeenth annual report on city services,” and walked the council through measures including departmental operating expenditures, staffing, police and fire response metrics, housing production and sanitation and park conditions.
Key findings cited in the report and discussed by council and staff included: - Population and budget context: San Jose’s population is reported in the auditor’s…
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