Transparency
An open and transparent City government builds public trust and keeps residents better informed and engaged in government. Timely and relevant City data allows the public, community leaders, decision-makers, and operational managers to make informed data-driven decisions. It improves accountability and understanding of City operations.
Featured Transparency Tools
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Use the links below to jump directly to the transparency resources you’re looking for:
💰 Financial Transparency
- Budget Documents: Annual adopted budget, mid-year budget updates, capital improvement plans (budgets prior to 2011 are available in the Records Library).
- Financial Reports: Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports (CAFR), quarterly expenditure reports.
- Checkbook-Level Spending: Open checkbook database showing payments to vendors and contractors.
- Employee Compensation: Salaries, benefits, and pension costs.
- Labor Agreements: Contracts between the City and recognized labor groups outlining conditions of employment and benefits.
- Debt Transparency: Outstanding bonds, debt obligations, repayment schedules.
- Business Operations Tax Certificate (BOTC): Search for businesses that have registered for a BOTC or that are exempt from the tax.
📝 Contracts, Procurement & Grants
- Executed Contracts: List of current and historical awarded contracts with vendor and amount.
- Contracts Pending Approval: Agreements greater than $1,000,000 and labor agreements posted at least 10 days prior to City Council action.
- Bid & Request for Proposal (RFP) Listings: Active and past solicitations for goods or services.
- Purchase Orders: Authorized amounts to pay contractors for goods or services.
📊 Performance & Accountability
- Citywide Key Performance Indicators (KPIs): Annual measures that provide a general assessment of the City's operational performance.
- Data Dashboard: Incident Management Team Responding to Homelessness: Weekly metrics reported by the Incident Management Team.
- Vision Zero Crash Dashboard: Interactive map and dashboard to view crash data based on contributing attributes and factors.
- American Rescue Plan (ARP) Community Impact Hub: ARP investments, project outcomes and accomplishments.
- Audit Reports: City Auditor reviews of city programs.
⚠️ Public Safety & Law Enforcement
- Code Enforcement Cases: Search for the status of current and closed cases.
- Community Crime Map: Query and map selected crimes for your neighborhood or any location within the city.
- Dispatch and Crime Data Portals: Downloadable data from the Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) and Records Management Systems (RMS).
- Police Public Information Office: News releases, daily acitivity log, helicopter notifications and unmanned aerial system (UAS) activity.
- Release of Police Officer Personnel Records: Records related to peace officer incidents and complaints.
- Annual & Quarterly Reports and Audits/Inspections: Published reports from the City's Office of Public Safety Accountability.
🗳️ Ethics, Elections & Governance
- Campaign Finance Disclosures: Contributions and expenditures for local elections.
- Lobbyist Disclosures: Reports on lobbying activities, including clients and actions seeking to influence.
- Conflict of Interest Statements: Financial disclosures of key staff, and of elected officials through 2023. For disclosures from city council candidates and elected officials beginning in 2024 – present, please use the Fair Political Practices Commission's search tool.
- Elections - City Ballot Measures: Information on City ballot measures voted on since 1921.
- Elections - City Political Candidates: Information on candidates running for City public office since 1921.
- Whistleblower Hotline Activity: Public reporting mechanisms for government misconduct.
🏢 Public Meetings & Decision-making
- City Council, Committee and Commission Agendas & Minutes: Searchable archive of past and upcoming meetings, including video recordings and live streams.
- City Boards & Commissions: Search for a board or commission, and view membership and vacancies.
- City Organization Chart: Diagram that visually represents the structure of City of Sacramento charter offices and departments.
⚖ Rules & Regulations
- Sacramento City Charter: Document that establishes the municipality and defines its structure and powers.
- Sacramento City Code: A codification of the general and permanent ordinances.
- Policies and Procedures: Active Citywide policies and procedures.
- General Plans: Policy guidelines for physical boundaries, economic growth, and physical development.
☮ Diversity & Equity
- Sacramento Equity Explore Design (SEED): Explore the City’s census tracts to identify areas of high to low equity.
- Diversity Audits: Reports and dashboards on City employee and job applicant diversity.
📍 Maps & Geographic Information Systems
- 3-1-1 Service Requests: Basic and advanced maps displaying requests for service by type and location.
- Public Works Transportation Projects: Map of current transportation projects throughout the city with information on each project.
- Map Gallery: Ready-to-print maps and City department's maps.
- Interative Maps and Tools: Dynamic interactive maps and address lookup tools.
- AgencyCounter: View planning applications and building permits for proposed or approved development projects and subscibe to notifications.
📣 Media, Communications & Engagement
- City News: Sacramento City Express features easy-to-read articles from City departments, projects and programs.
- News Media Contacts: Media contacts handle media inquiries, public affairs and outreach, as well as informational requests and social media needs
- Social Media & Web Archive: Portal for all social media platforms and channels used by the City of Sacramento.
- Website Analytics: View web traffic to the most popular City web pages.
- Community Calendar: Features city-organized, city-sponsored, or city-affiliated events that are of public interest.
🗄️ Public Records
- City Department Records: Request records from City departments, except the Police Department.
- Police Department Records: Request records from the Sacramento Police Department.
- Fire Department Records: Learn how to request incident and medical records.
- Building Permits and Plans: Building permits and plans for permitted development projects.
- Vital Records: Learn how to request birth, death and divorce records.
Open Data Resources
With a click of a button, citizens can now access meaningful city data on one webpage, create reports and download information including building permit activity, crime reports, budget information, and land-use data. This open data website, aimed to promote government transparency and openness, gives residents, visitors and businesses access to a growing number of datasets.
Help Videos
Learn how to navigate the City's Open Data Portal and Records Library to find public records and key documents. These videos provide step-by-step guidance using City contracts and settlement agreements as examples.
Encouraging public involvement
We want to ensure that all useful public City data can be easily found and used by citizens. We encourage residents and businesses to find innovative ways of using public data to engage with their local government.
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