Report 2010-036 Recommendation 4 Responses
Report 2010-036: Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund: Local Governments Continue to Have Difficulty Justifying Distribution Fund Grants (Release Date: February 2011)
Recommendation #4 To: San Diego, County of
To help ensure that they meet the grant requirements established in the Government Code, counties should require that the county auditor review each grant application to ensure a rigorous analysis of a casino's impact and of the proportion of funding for the project provided by the grant. Benefit committees should consider a grant application only when the county auditor certifies that the applicant has quantified the impact of the casino and verifies that the grant funds requested will be proportional to the casino's impact.
Annual Follow-Up Agency Response From October 2013
The County has taken this recommendation under advisement. Although the County will not be implementing this recommendation, the San Diego County Auditor conducted a review of the SD IGLCBC grant procedures on February 14, 2011, validated the SD IGLCBC's methods used to quantify impacts, and will continue to periodically review SD IGLCBC procedures going forward.
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Will Not Implement
Annual Follow-Up Agency Response From November 2012
The County continues to take this recommendation under advisement. Both the County and the San Diego Indian Gaming Local Community Benefit Community (SD IGLCBC) agree with the importance of thorough review. However, instead of the San Diego County Auditor reviewing every grant application, the County Auditor conducted a review of the SD IGLCBC grant process and documents on February 14, 2011. The San Diego County Auditor validated the SD IGLCBC's methods used to quantify impacts. The Auditor did not have any suggestions to improve the request for information but did reiterate the need for thorough analysis of the data presented in the application during the review process.
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Will Not Implement
All Recommendations in 2010-036
Agency responses received after June 2013 are posted verbatim.