{"id":15095,"date":"2023-02-03T12:04:10","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T19:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/?p=15095"},"modified":"2023-02-03T12:04:12","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T19:04:12","slug":"excellence-in-financial-reporting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/excellence-in-financial-reporting\/","title":{"rendered":"Redwood City Awarded for Excellence in Financial Reporting"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"642\" src=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Redwood-City.jpg\" alt=\"City of Redwood City Awarded Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting\" class=\"wp-image-2943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Redwood-City.jpg 800w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Redwood-City-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Redwood-City-768x616.jpg 768w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Redwood-City-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Redwood-City-450x361.jpg 450w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Redwood-City-780x626.jpg 780w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) recently awarded a Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting to the City of Redwood City for its comprehensive annual financial report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the 35th consecutive year that Redwood City has received this prestigious award.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am proud that the City has received the GFOA Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for the past 35 consecutive years,\u201d said Redwood City Manager Melissa Stevenson Diaz.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The local official stressed that &quot;this award represents our continued interest and unwavering commitment to planning and carrying out the City&#039;s financial operations in a responsible and sustainable manner.&quot;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>GFOA initiated the awards program in 1945 to encourage and assist local governments to go beyond the minimum requirements of accounting principles to prepare comprehensive annual financial reports that demonstrate the spirit of transparency and full disclosure and to recognize individual governments that achieve this goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report was evaluated by a panel of experts who judged that it met the program&#039;s high standards.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to receive a certificate of achievement, a government must publish a comprehensive, easy-to-read and efficiently organized annual financial report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, the report must satisfy both the accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and the applicable legal requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The City&#039;s 2021 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report is available online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redwoodcity.org\/FinanceReports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.RedwoodCity.org\/FinanceReports<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The City&#039;s 2022 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report will be presented to the City Council in March 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>You may be interested in: <a href=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/legislation-for-the-carrying-of-weapons-2\/\">California seeks to toughen gun laws<\/a><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La Asociaci\u00f3n de Oficiales de Finanzas Gubernamentales de Estados Unidos y Canad\u00e1 \u2012GFOA, por sus siglas en ingl\u00e9s\u2012 otorg\u00f3 recientemente un Certificado de Logro por Excelencia en Informes Financieros a la Ciudad de Redwood City por su informe financiero anual completo para el a\u00f1o fiscal que finaliz\u00f3 el 30 de junio de 2021.&nbsp; 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