California Department of Housing and Community Development Budget Analysis

Topic: California Department of Housing and Community Development
writes a double-spaced 12-page paper.
minimum 12 pages (Times New Roman, double-spaced).
• Include a list of references bibliography (excluded from page count)
• Please include a cover page and a table of contents.
Analyze the last three fiscal years of the budgets of the California Department of Housing and Community
Development thoroughly explain the details of the budget based on Public Budgeting and Financial
Administration and include the following points:
 Provide an overview of the agency’s budget.
 Describe the important parts of the budget.
 Identify revenues including taxes, fees, transfers from other government agencies (state and federal), interest
on investments, etc., and discuss in detail how revenues are changing over time and why are they changing.
 Identify expenditures including spending on personnel (wages, salaries, benefits for employees) and operating
costs, and discuss in detail how expenditures are changing over time and why are they changing.
 Is the budget balanced? Has it been balanced in prior years? Explain in detail the reasoning based on your
analysis.
 Are payments such as retirement contributions and repayment of debts being made?