Pulled from the California State Controller's public dataset. Community Services Districts reclassified as Special Districts where appropriate. Population auto-backfilled via Census API.
Primary source. 188+ cities with FY24+ audited filings already in the database.
Top-30 CA cities' budget books pulled for full revenue-line extraction. Expanding.
Community Services Districts moved from Municipality to Special District to fix peer-group contamination.
Coming: FL Auditor, TX Comptroller, NY OSC — expanding to sunbelt & east coast.