Audit Committee

Audit Committee Special Meeting — April 23, 2026: Auditor reports accepted; budget and independent counsel forwarded to City Council

Chair Vivian Moreno convened the San Diego Audit Committee special meeting on April 23, 2026. Committee Members Foster III, Halpern, Maffia, and Tabshouri participated; Committee Member Halpern attended virtually due to a contagious illness and disclosed no adult was present in his room. The committee accepted the City Auditor’s Quarterly Fraud Hotline Report (FY2026 Q3) and Monthly Activity Report; approved the Office of the City Auditor’s recommendation follow-up actions including closing and status changes for specified recommendations; recommended that City Council revise the Office of the City Auditor’s FY2027 draft budget (restoring $208,228 in personnel reductions, adding back $54,910 in non-personnel reductions, then making a one-time $54,910 non-personnel reduction); and recommended forwarding a proposed Independent Legal Counsel contract (not-to-exceed $900,000 for five years) to City Council. The Fiscal Year 2025 Single Audit was received as information.