Oakland City Auditor Courtney A. Ruby, CPA was elected by the voters of Oakland in November 2006. The City Auditor works for and reports to the citizens of Oakland. As an independently elected official, the Auditor is able to be objective, impartial and resolute when reviewing City-related business and program activities.

Your City Auditor is not connected to any other City department and has no responsibilities in the day-to-day financial and accounting operations of the City of Oakland. This autonomy allows her to remain independent and unbiased in her role as Oakland's full-time watchdog, focused on ensuring that taxpayer money and other resources are spent in the public interest.

The City Auditor's job is to analyze the City's operations and programs and to issue reports to the public, elected decision-makers, and City administration, detailing her findings, conclusions, and recommendations. Once issued, all reports are available to the public from this website.

The Auditor has the power and the duty to audit the books, accounts, money and securities of all departments and agencies of the City and to conduct surveys, reviews and audits that the Auditor decides are in the best interest of the public. There's nothing in Oakland City government that the Auditor cannot look into.

Auditor Ruby welcomes and encourages requests for audits and reviews from Oakland citizens, the Mayor, City Council, the City Administrator and City employees.

For more detailed information on the duties and responsibilities of the City Auditor, please see the Oakland City Charter.