Report 2010-036 Recommendation 21 Responses

Report 2010-036: Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund: Local Governments Continue to Have Difficulty Justifying Distribution Fund Grants (Release Date: February 2011)

Recommendation #21 To: Santa Barbara, County of

To help ensure that they meet the grant requirements established in the Government Code, counties should encourage eligible local governments to submit multiple applications so that the benefit committees can choose appropriate projects while ensuring that local governments are awarded the amount defined in law.

Annual Follow-Up Agency Response From October 2013

Public notices for the Spring 2013 grant funding cycle did include the suggestion that entities are encourgaed to submit multiple applications. As a result of this suggestion in the public notice, one entitity did submit a second appllication for mitigation funding.

California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Fully Implemented

Annual Follow-Up Agency Response From October 2012

Public notices for the next grant funding cycle will include the suggestion of submitting multiple applications.

California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Pending

All Recommendations in 2010-036

Agency responses received after June 2013 are posted verbatim.