Where does the revenue come from?

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City of Oakland, CaliforniaThe objective of this paper is to understand Municipal Budgets. As such, please identify a city and analyze it from a budgetary perspective.12pt. Times New Roman or 11pt. Arial Font, with 1 inch margins . Please NO DIRECT QUOTES.2 Points: Introduction. This is not just one paragraph. An Introduction should introduce the paper. It should tell me what I’m going to read. It should include a little bit about the city, like demographics, type of government, and interesting facts. The introduction should introduce the budget. It should have the overall size of the budget, major departments you’ll be writing about, and major changes to the budget on account of COVID-19. Your introduction should be a mini-form paper. Tell me what you’re going to tell me in detail later on in the paper.5 Points: Identify the goals of the budget. Here you go into detail about the goals of the budget. Tell me about it. Who are the stakeholders? What departments will be impacted?5 Points: The OVERALL budget. Tell me about the three categories—governmental funds, proprietary funds, fiduciary funds, as applicable. Where do the budgetary outlays go?
Where does the revenue come from? Do they have any special revenue funds? Do they have
intergovernmental resources? Tell me about the debt service and pension liabilities of the city.3 Points: Explain their Capital Assets. What capital projects have been budgeted for the next fiscal year. What is their portfolio of asset?6 points: Analysis of budget priorities. Show the evidence that the budget is in fact supporting the identified goals. It would be helpful to analyze two or three departments.
Tell me about the departments (salary, personnel, etc.) and how they demonstrate through appropriations a commitment to stated goals.2 Points: Elected Mayor/City Manager! Identify a goal that is needed in your city, and how you would address that goal through the budget.2 Points: Grammar. Please be sure to use proper grammar when writing your papers. If you need a grammar refresher, please see Strunk and White’s Elements of Style: http://www. jlakes.org/ch/web/The-elements-of-style.pdf