Overview
For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, Ventura's government-wide revenues were $296.0 million against $290.6 million in expenses. Governmental activities brought in $213.0 million and spent $215.3 million; business-type activities (water and wastewater) brought in $83.0 million and spent $75.3 million. Combined net position was $362.0 million, of which $100.3 million was governmental. The governmental funds ended the year with a fund balance of $118,003,981 after a $32,417,821 net decrease; the General Fund ended at $35,054,388.
At a glance — audited actuals, FY 2024-25
Source: City of Ventura FY 2024-25 ACFR, MD&A and governmental funds statements.
Government-wide results, FY 2024-25 (MD&A, rounded to $0.1M)
Governmental revenues by source sum exactly to $213.0 million at MD&A precision.
| Property tax | $54.10M |
| Sales tax | $47.70M |
| Charges for services | $34.30M |
| Operating grants | $32.30M |
| Other taxes | $23.19M |
| Capital grants | $10.20M |
| Franchise & PEG fees | $6.50M |
| Interest | $2.50M |
| Investment fair-value change | $2.20M |
| Lease interest | $0.01M |
| Total governmental revenues | $213.00M |
Governmental expenses by function sum exactly to $215.3 million at MD&A precision.
| Police | $57.10M |
| Fire | $43.90M |
| Parks & recreation | $32.10M |
| Public works | $30.40M |
| General government | $25.70M |
| Community development | $17.00M |
| Finance & technology | $6.80M |
| Human resources | $1.80M |
| Interest on debt | $0.50M |
| Total governmental expenses | $215.30M |
Business-type activities: revenues $83.0 million, expenses $75.3 million. Net pension liability at June 30, 2025: governmental $235.0 million, business-type $21.7 million (MD&A rounded).
Governmental funds, FY 2024-25 (exact dollars)
Total governmental funds: revenues $201,262,298, expenditures $231,610,488, excess of expenditures over revenues $30,348,190, net change −$32,417,821, ending fund balance $118,003,981. The $2,069,631 difference between the excess and the net change is other financing uses, implied by arithmetic and not itemized in the excerpt.
| Revenues | $201,262,298 |
| Expenditures | −$231,610,488 |
| Excess (deficiency) | −$30,348,190 |
| Other financing sources (uses), implied | −$2,069,631 |
| Net change | −$32,417,821 |
| Ending fund balance | $118,003,981 |
General Fund walk: beginning $61,431,081, net change −$26,376,693, ending $35,054,388. The net change is the excess of expenditures over revenues (−$21,775,312) plus other financing uses (−$4,601,381).
| Beginning balance | $61,431,081 |
| Revenues | $141,407,880 |
| Expenditures | −$163,183,192 |
| Other financing sources (uses) | −$4,601,381 |
| Net change | −$26,376,693 |
| Ending balance | $35,054,388 |
General Fund revenues by source sum exactly to $141,407,880.
| Taxes | $107,884,755 |
| Charges for services | $13,500,384 |
| Franchise & PEG fees | $6,456,753 |
| Other revenues | $4,131,367 |
| Licenses & permits | $3,675,989 |
| Use of money & property | $3,018,674 |
| Fines & forfeitures | $2,452,332 |
| Intergovernmental | $287,626 |
| Total General Fund revenues | $141,407,880 |
General Fund expenditures by function sum exactly to $163,183,192.
| Police | $49,350,407 |
| Fire | $36,252,494 |
| Parks & recreation | $24,308,809 |
| General government | $17,330,382 |
| Public works | $14,492,596 |
| Community development | $10,119,097 |
| Finance & technology | $5,353,727 |
| Capital outlay | $3,450,448 |
| Human resources | $1,657,114 |
| Principal retirement | $827,564 |
| Interest | $40,554 |
| Total General Fund expenditures | $163,183,192 |
Source: City of Ventura FY 2024-25 ACFR, governmental funds statements.
Enterprise funds, FY 2024-25 (exact dollars)
Wastewater: revenues $47,254,393, expenses $31,228,315, ending net position $128,504,525. Water: revenues $51,927,220, expenses $59,859,789, ending net position $133,331,307. The two funds sum to $261,835,832; business-type activities net position is $261,752,093 after −$83,739 of internal balances.
Source: City of Ventura FY 2024-25 ACFR, proprietary funds statements.
Long-term liabilities at June 30, 2025
Governmental long-term liabilities were $72,074,974 at June 30, 2025, of which $17,781,954 was due within one year. Net pension liability (MD&A rounded): governmental $235.0 million, business-type $21.7 million.
Elected officials
As printed in the ACFR: Mayor Sanchez-Palacios (District 4), Deputy Mayor Doug Halter (District 2), Liz Campos (District 1), Ryyn Schumacher (District 3; spelling as printed), Bill McReynolds (District 5), Jim Duran (District 6), and Alex Mangone (District 7).
Source: City of Ventura FY 2024-25 ACFR, introductory section.
Sources & notes
- Only source used: City of Ventura (San Buenaventura), Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025 (cityofventura.ca.gov; transmittal December 24, 2025; unmodified opinion, The Pun Group LLP). FY 2024-25 ACFR.
- Sum checks: MD&A government-wide revenue and expense components sum exactly at $0.1M precision; governmental funds totals as printed; General Fund revenue and expenditure lines sum exactly; General Fund walk exact ($61,431,081 − $26,376,693 = $35,054,388); enterprise net positions sum to $261,835,832 before the $83,739 internal-balances adjustment.
- What is not claimed: no adopted-budget figures (the FY 2026 Adopted Budget fetch returned an empty body); the $2,069,631 other-financing figure for total governmental funds is implied by arithmetic (net change minus excess), not itemized in the excerpt; General Fund statement columns were verified by arithmetic against the statement totals because the text extraction interleaves columns.
- Jurisdiction palette: no verified California jurisdiction palette was on file, so this page uses the neutral Hometown Numbers dark-glass theme rather than a jurisdiction color.