Item 10 - Fiscal Year 2024-25 Annual Reports

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EXHIBIT 3 Clifton LarsonAllen LLP CLAconnect.com Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council City of Santa Ana Santa Ana, California We have audited the financial statements of the governmental activities, business -type activities, each major fund, and the aggregate remaining fund information of the City of Santa Ana (the City) as of and for the year ended June 30, 2025, and have issued our report thereon dated December 12, 2025. We have previously communicated to you information about our responsibilities under auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America and Government Auditing Standards, as well as certain information related to the planned scope and timing of our audit in our engagement agreement dated April 8, 2025. Professional standards also require that we communicate to you the following information related to our audit. Significant audit findings Qualitative aspects of accounting practices Accounting policies Management is responsible for the selection and use of appropriate accounting policies. The significant accounting policies used by the City are described in Note 1 to the financial statements. As described in Notes 1, 3 and 5, the City changed accounting policies related to compensated absences by adopting Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Statement No. 101, Compensated Absences, in fiscal year 2024-2025. Accordingly, the cumulative effect of the accounting change as of the beginning of the year is reported in statement of net position. We noted no transactions entered into by the City during the year for which there is a lack of authoritative guidance or consensus. All significant transactions have been recognized in the financial statements in the proper period. Accounting estimates Accounting estimates are an integral part of the financial statements prepared by management and are based on management's knowledge and experience about past and current events and assumptions about future events. Certain accounting estimates are particularly sensitive because of their significance to the financial statements and because of the possibility that future events affecting them may differ significantly from those expected. The most sensitive estimates affecting the financial statements were: The other postemployment benefits (OPEB) expense and total OPEB liability, and corresponding deferred outflows of resources and deferred inflows of resources for the City's OPEB plan are based on an actuarial valuation provided by a third -party actuary. • The claims liability for workers' compensation and general liabilities are based on certain actuarial assumptions and methods prepared by an outside consultant. CLA (Clifton LarsonAl len LLP) is an independent network member of CLA Global. See CLAQIobal.com/disclaimer