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CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen LLP) is an independent network member of CLA Global. See CLAglobal.com/disclaimer.  <br /> <br />CliftonLarsonAllen LLP  <br />CLAconnect.com  <br />1 <br />INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER <br />FINANCIAL REPORTING AND ON COMPLIANCE AND OTHER MATTERS <br />BASED ON AN AUDIT OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PERFORMED <br />IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS <br />Honorable City Council <br /> of the City of Santa Ana <br />Santa Ana, California <br />We have audited, in accordance with the auditing standards generally accepted in the United States <br />of America and the standards applicable to financial audits contained in Government Auditing <br />Standards issued by the Comptroller General of the United States, the financial statements of the <br />governmental activities, the business-type activities, each major fund, and the aggregate remaining <br />fund information of the City of Santa Ana, California (the City), as of and for the year ended <br />June 30, 2023, and the related notes to the financial statements, which collectively comprise the City’s <br />basic financial statements and have issued our report thereon dated December 11, 2023. <br />Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting <br />In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements, we considered the City’s internal <br />control over financial reporting (internal control) as a basis for designing audit procedures that are <br />appropriate in the circumstances for the purpose of expressing our opinions on the financial <br />statements, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the City’s internal <br />control. Accordingly, we do not express an opinion on the effectiveness of the City’s internal control. <br />A deficiency in internal control exists when the design or operation of a control does not allow <br />management or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent, or <br />detect and correct, misstatements on a timely basis. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a <br />combination of deficiencies, in internal control, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a <br />material misstatement of the entity’s financial statements will not be prevented, or detected and <br />corrected, on a timely basis. A significant deficiency is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in <br />internal control that is less severe than a material weakness, yet important enough to merit attention <br />by those charged with governance. <br />Our consideration of internal control was for the limited purpose described in the first paragraph of this <br />section and was not designed to identify all deficiencies in internal control that might be material <br />weaknesses or significant deficiencies. Given these limitations, during our audit we did not identify <br />any deficiencies in internal control that we consider to be material weaknesses. However, material <br />weaknesses or significant deficiencies may exist that were not identified.