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The board voted four to one, with 2nd District Supervisor Mike Wilson dissenting, to not put the idea to the voters on March 5, citing the lack of public appetite and opposition from the current holder of each office. Voters were asked this question in 2016 with Measure Q, which was defeated at the ballot box.
The findings found weaknesses in controls over financial reporting, with one specific finding concluding that there was significant deficiency in internal controls over compliance, with county Auditor-Controller Cheryl Dillingham submitted an action plan to correct. The single audit of the $111.7 million in federal funds spent that fiscal year by the county found an inaccurate accounting report submitted to the federal government, which will not immediately come back to bite the county but could in the future with additionally incorrect accounting.
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The parties reached a settlement in late August last year, where the state controller’s office – which sued the county and Paz Dominguez over allegedly not filing both the county’s adopted budget for 2020-21 and 2021-22 and their financial transaction reports for fiscal years 2019-20 and 2020-21 – agreed to drop the lawsuit in exchange for $12,000 in forfeitures and reports detailing progress on filing delinquent reports.