The Financial Journey
The city’s annual audits are 200-page PDFs that nobody reads. Here are fifteen years of them — every revenue, every expense, every restatement — alive and interactive. Drag the sliders; every chart follows.
Source: City of Orinda annual audit reports, FY2011–FY2025 · read the originals in the Library
01 · The Big Picture
The city’s net worth
Every year, Orinda’s auditors total up everything the city owns minus everything it owes — its net position. Here’s the whole fifteen-year ride, straight from the audited reports.
Ending net position per fiscal year, as published in each year’s audit (Table 2). Dots mark the biggest one-year jump and any declines; ✱ marks a figure the city later restated.
02 · Money In
Where the money comes from
Property taxes, fees for services, grants from other governments — every dollar in, stacked by source. Tap a band (or its chip) to follow one stream and see how fast it grew.
Total revenues by category. Before FY2017, transfer tax is included in Franchise Taxes (the city reported them combined); investment income includes rent and realized/unrealized gains in early years.
03 · The Tax Deep-Dive
Our tax sources
Five taxes do most of the heavy lifting, and one of them does more every year. Tap a mini-chart to expand it; the indexed view puts all five on the same starting line so growth rates compare directly.
04 · Money Out
Where the money goes
Police, roads, parks, planning, and the cost of running city hall. Roads are the big story in Orinda — watch the gold band.
Total expenses by department, as reported. Tap a band to isolate it.
05 · In vs. Out
Surplus or deficit?
Lay revenue and spending side by side and the gap is the year’s bottom line. Gold years added to the city’s net worth; red years drew it down.
Paired bars: total revenues vs total expenses per year. The strip beneath shows the difference.
06 · The Restatement Ledger
When the numbers change
Prior-year figures sometimes get revised in the next report. We track every one — neutrally, completely, and in the city’s own numbers.
07 · Explore the Numbers
The full table
Every number on this page in one sortable table. Slice it, sort it, take it home as a CSV — radical transparency means you don’t have to take our word for anything.