NEW RELEASE: 2026-27 Annual Audit Work Plan

We are proud to announce that the Office of the City Auditor’s Annual Audit Work Plan (Work Plan) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026-27 has been released. Our Work Plan identifies the audits our Office plans to continue, launch, and complete in the upcoming year. We issue a work plan each August in accordance with Oakland City Charter Section 403(4) which helps ground the Office’s proposed work and decision-making. The Work Plan also presents the Office’s mission, vision, and values, as well as our responsibilities under the City Charter.

Additionally, our Work Plans describe our process for identifying and prioritizing subjects to audit to ensure that our work is responsive to the needs of Oakland residents, City staff, and leadership, given the resources we have available, as well as competing priorities of legislative requests, recurring legal mandates, and emerging risks and challenges.

We encourage you to read our 2026-27 Audit Work Plan to get a better sense of what our team will be focusing on in the year ahead.

NEW RELEASE: Performance Audit of Oakland’s Capital Improvement Program

On August 19th, my Office released our Performance Audit of Oakland’s Capital Improvement Program Financial Management: Implementing Comprehensive Systems, Policies, and Practices to Enhance Oversight of Capital Project Delivery.

This audit, which we launched in part due to the request of the Director of Transportation, assessed internal controls over the timely, appropriate, and cost-effective use of capital funds. The audit covers projects capital spending within the City of Oakland’s Capital Improvement Program, which guides the construction, repair, and replacement of City assets, including transportation systems, facility development and construction and nearly all street infrastructure.

The audit made 17 recommendations to improve capital project oversight, including updating project management policies, training staff, developing guidance for using on-call contracts, centralizing project management, and maintaining segregation of duties.

To learn more about what we found, we encourage you to read full the report.