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Honorable Mayor and <br />Members of the City Council <br />City of Santa Ana <br />Responsibilities of Management for the Financial Statements <br />Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in <br />accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, and for the <br />design, implementation, and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair <br />presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or <br />error. <br />In preparing the financial statements, management is required to evaluate whether there are conditions <br />or events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about the City's ability to continue <br />as a going concern for twelve months beyond the financial statement date, including any currently <br />known information that may raise substantial doubt shortly thereafter. <br />Auditors' Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements <br />Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole <br />are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditors' report that <br />includes our opinions. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not absolute assurance <br />and therefore is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with GAAS and Government <br />Auditing Standards will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. The risk of not detecting a <br />material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may <br />involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control. <br />Misstatements are considered material if there is a substantial likelihood that, individually or in the <br />aggregate, they would influence the judgment made by a reasonable user based on the financial <br />statements. <br />In performing an audit in accordance with GAAS and Government Auditing Standards, we: <br />• Exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. <br />• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due <br />to fraud or error, and design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks. Such <br />procedures include examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures <br />in the financial statements. <br />• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit <br />procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an <br />opinion on the effectiveness of City of Santa Ana's internal control. Accordingly, no such opinion <br />is expressed. <br />• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant <br />accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluate the overall presentation of the <br />financial statements. <br />• Conclude whether, in our judgment, there are conditions or events, considered in the aggregate, <br />that raise substantial doubt about City of Santa Ana's ability to continue as a going concern for a <br />reasonable period of time. <br />