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Revenue Forecast Report
Discussion

General Fund Cash Flow Borrowing

Current and Prior Year Experience

Due to the timing difference between receipts and expenditures, the Controller
annually requests issuance of Tax and Revenue Anticipation Notes (TRAN) to
ensure that the General Fund has sufficient cash to cover expenditures during
the first half of the fiscal year before the first Property Tax payment arrives in
December. The Controller also has the ability to initiate Reserve Fund and
interfund borrowing during the year for cash flow purposes. Exhibit 6
illustrates cash flow borrowings for 2010-11 through 2019-20.

EXHIBIT 6

GENERAL FUND CASH FLOW BORROWINGS
FOR FISCAL YEARS 2010-11 THROUGH 2019-20
(amounts expressed in thousands)

Total Annual Cash Flow Borrowings
Fiscal Reserve Other
Year Fund Funds TRAN Total
2010-11 -- -- 450,000 450,000
2011-12 -- -- 400,000 400,000
2012-13 -- -- 425,000 425,000
2013-14 -- -- 400,000 400,000

--
2014-15 -- (1) -- 350,000 350,000
2015-16

50,000

400,000

350,000
2016-17 -- -- 400,000 400,000
2017-18 50,000 (1) -- 400,000 450,000
2018-19 35,000 (1) -- 400,000 435,000
2019-20 -- -- 450,000 450,000
Notes:
(1) Short term borrowing until Property Tax receipts were received.

Annually, the Controller estimates an amount of borrowing needed to meet
City short-term cash flow requirements in the first half of the next fiscal year.
The Controller’s Office will work with the Mayor and City Administrative Officer
(CAO), as in prior years, to determine the amount of borrowing required as
better information becomes available. The cash flow borrowing requirement
in 2020-21 will likely be between $450 million to $500 million.

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