How Does Your Southern California City Rank on Fiscal Health?
Commentary
Keeping track of your personal finances is important. But, we should also pay attention to the financial well-being of our local cities, as it can impact the community.
Until now, we’ve looked at Southern California cities in six counties: Orange, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, and Imperial. As the city of Huntington Park in Los Angeles County is still waiting for the release of its audited financial statements for the year ending June 30, 2020, I’ve focused on providing the official data for 2019.
For the 2019, 2018, and 2017 comparatives for Orange County’s 34 cities, see Unions Are Hurting the Finances of Orange County Cities. For the 2019 and 2018 comparisons for the 88 cities in Los Angeles County, see Cities in Los Angeles County Finally Issue Their Financial Reports … From 2019, and the Inland Empire’s 52 cities, see Every City in the Inland Empire Ranked According to Financial Health. And for the southern border, with San Diego and Imperial County’s 25 cities, see San Diego in Last Place in Regional Fiscal Rankings. These four zones cover 199 of the Golden State’s cities….