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Appropriation Limits Report, 2020-21
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INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS’ REPORT
ON APPLYING AGREED-UPON PROCEDURES
Board of Supervisors
San Luis Obispo County
San Luis Obispo, California
We have performed the procedures enumerated below on the Appropriations Limit calculation of
the San Luis Obispo County as of and for the year ended June 30, 2021. The San Luis Obispo
County management is responsible for the Appropriations Limit calculation.
The San Luis Obispo County has agreed to and acknowledged that the procedures performed
are appropriate to meet the intended purpose of presenting the Appropriation Limit calculation in
accordance with the requirements of Section 1.5 of Article XIII-B of the California Constitution
and Proposition 111. This report may not be suitable for any other purpose. The procedures
performed may not address all the items of interest to a user of this report and may not meet the
needs of all users of this report and, as such, users are responsible for determining whether the
procedures performed are appropriate for their purposes.
The procedures and the associated findings are as follows:
1. Obtain the completed Appropriations Limit Calculation and compare the limit and annual
adjustment factors in the calculation to the limit and annual adjustment factors that were
adopted by resolution of the Board of Supervisors.
Finding: No exceptions were noted as a result of our procedures.
2. Compute current year adjustments based on selected population and inflation options,
using information provided by the State Department of Finance.
Finding: No exceptions were noted as a result of our procedures.
3. Compare the prior year appropriations limit presented in the Appropriations Limit
Calculation to the prior year appropriations limit adopted by the Board of Supervisors for
the prior year.
Finding: No exceptions were noted as a result of our procedures.
4. Add results of step two (2) to the prior year Appropriations Limit and compare the
resulting amount to current year approved limit.
Finding: No exceptions were noted as a result of our procedures.
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Board of Supervisors
San Luis Obispo County
San Luis Obispo, California
We were engaged by the San Luis Obispo County to perform this agreed-upon procedures
engagement and conducted our engagement in accordance with attestation standards
established by the AICPA. We were not engaged to and did not conduct an examination or
review engagement, the objective of which would be the expression of an opinion or conclusion,
respectively, on the Appropriations Limit calculation of the San Luis Obispo County.
Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion or conclusion. Had we performed additional
procedures, other matters might have come to our attention that would have been reported to
you.
We are required to be independent of the San Luis Obispo County and to meet our other ethical
responsibilities, in accordance with the relevant ethical requirements related to our agreed-upon
procedures engagement.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of San Luis Obispo County and
management of the San Luis Obispo County and is not intended to be, and should not be, used
by anyone other than these specified parties.
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Roseville, California
August 3, 2021
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