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Auditor presents Dec. 31 financial snapshot as county braces for program funding shifts
Summary
Auditor-Controller Krista Peterson told the Tehama County Board of Supervisors the county spent about 39.9% of its $280.9 million budget through Dec. 31, 2025, and highlighted a $25 million internal loan to Health Services to sustain cash flow; she warned revenue recognition timing and state policy changes could affect future budgets.
Krista Peterson, Tehama County auditor-controller, presented the quarter-ending Dec. 31, 2025 financial report, telling the Board of Supervisors that total expenditures were $168,801,000 of a $280,881,000 budget (approximately 39.9% spent) and describing shifts in revenue recognition that complicate year-to-date comparisons.
Peterson attributed a sharp year-over-year decline in "aid from other agencies" to one-time Park Fire reimbursements recognized in the prior year and to the completion of several road projects that lowered both related revenue and expenditures. She said property and sales tax combined rose due to assessed-value increases and that charges for…
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