PUA 5305
Evaluation and Analysis of the San Diego Budget
Columbia Southern University
PUA 5305-Public Finance and Budgeting
Evaluation and Analysis of the San Diego Budget
Corporations, organizations, and government institutions draft budgets to control their
cash flows, sales, expenses, and assets. The image of the financial health of an organization is
built by the financial budget at that particular time (Telvin, 2020). Any organization which makes
profits in the form of money or spends money in its operations, must have a financial budget.
This paper analyzes and evaluates the budget of the city of San Diego for the last three years.
San Diego is among the major cities in United States, with a projected population of 1.5 million
people residing in the town, according to the statistics of 2019 (Balac & Hörl, 2021). The city of
Los Angeles is the only city that outdoes San Diego in relation to population.
San Diego is in the State of California, and it is the second-largest inhabited city. The
city is a trading center which serves the region and the metropolitan area of San Diego-Tijuana.
The leading financial drivers of San Diego include; operations of the defense forces and the
military, travels, domestic and foreign trade, and industrial manufacturing (Telvin, 2020). The
budget for San Diego covers the financial years that run from July 1st to the last day of June the
following financial year. The municipal budget planning has the burden of engaging the
committee members to engage and pass the priorities that are within the budget. When the
assembly face has been passed in conjunction with the agencies, the mayor, the chief
administrative officer, and the chief financial officers work hand in hand to develop a budget
plan.
After a budget has been drafted, the committee then holds public budget proceedings in
various parts of the town, usually in selected town halls. The move is to make the public aware
Evaluation and Analysis of the San Diego Budget
Columbia Southern University
PUA 5305-Public Finance and Budgeting
Evaluation and Analysis of the San Diego Budget
Corporations, organizations, and government institutions draft budgets to control their
cash flows, sales, expenses, and assets. The image of the financial health of an organization is
built by the financial budget at that particular time (Telvin, 2020). Any organization which makes
profits in the form of money or spends money in its operations, must have a financial budget.
This paper analyzes and evaluates the budget of the city of San Diego for the last three years.
San Diego is among the major cities in United States, with a projected population of 1.5 million
people residing in the town, according to the statistics of 2019 (Balac & Hörl, 2021). The city of
Los Angeles is the only city that outdoes San Diego in relation to population.
San Diego is in the State of California, and it is the second-largest inhabited city. The
city is a trading center which serves the region and the metropolitan area of San Diego-Tijuana.
The leading financial drivers of San Diego include; operations of the defense forces and the
military, travels, domestic and foreign trade, and industrial manufacturing (Telvin, 2020). The
budget for San Diego covers the financial years that run from July 1st to the last day of June the
following financial year. The municipal budget planning has the burden of engaging the
committee members to engage and pass the priorities that are within the budget. When the
assembly face has been passed in conjunction with the agencies, the mayor, the chief
administrative officer, and the chief financial officers work hand in hand to develop a budget
plan.
After a budget has been drafted, the committee then holds public budget proceedings in
various parts of the town, usually in selected town halls. The move is to make the public aware
