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Finance

The Finance Department is responsible for the overall financial management of the City. This Department supplies support services to all other City departments, including accounting, payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable, cashiering, purchasing, budgeting, and data processing. The City Treasurer and is responsible for the investment of approximately $35,000,000 of City funds. 

Budgets
Business Certificates

The Planning Department, Code Compliance and the Fire Prevention Division manage the policies, regulations and enforcement of Business Certificate requirements.  The Finance Department issues annual Business Certificate renewal forms, collects fees, and takes in new Business Certificate applications to forward onto the regulatory departments for zoning, fire and code compliance review.

All businesses with a home address, business address or conducting business in Solana Beach are required to obtain a business certificate issued by the City of Solana Beach.

Please visit the City's Business Certificate page for more information and applications.

Fees
Financial Reports

Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) by Fiscal Year.

Annual Single Audits (if required) by Fiscal Year

Oversight Board Documents
Unclaimed Checks

The City Finance Office administers the Unclaimed Checks program for the City in accordance with California Government Code Section 50050-50056.  Unclaimed checks are defined as checks over $15.00 that have been issued by the City and not cashed by the payee for three or less years.

Government Code section 50050, et seq. provides that unclaimed monies, which remain in the treasury or in the custody of the officers of a local agency for three (3) years, become the property of the agency.  At the end of the three year period, those items in excess of $15.00 are published as notification that the money will become the property of the agency if left unclaimed.  Items under $15.00 need not be published.  In May and November of each year the City, as provided by the Government Code, begins the process of retiring outstanding warrants that are greater than three years old. A list of these warrants is advertised in the local paper for two consecutive weeks. If the warrants remain unclaimed for 30 days after they are advertised they then become the property of the City and are transferred to the City’s General Fund.

The below links will connect you to 1) a list of City of Solana Beach warrants/checks that have been outstanding for more than six months and 2) a claim form that can be submitted to the City if you are the rightful recipient of one of the outstanding warrants/checks on the list. This list will be updated on the City’s website on a bi-annual basis.

To claim outstanding warrants/checks, please complete the Recover Unclaimed Checks form and email mail rjacobs@cosb.org or mail forms to:

City Finance Office – Unclaimed Checks
City of Solana Beach
635 South Highway 101
Solana Beach, CA 92075

The City has a duty to release funds only to the rightful payee.  In this regard, we ask the payee to provide documentation to validate the claim to ensure that no one but the rightful payee can receive unclaimed monies.

Outstanding Check list

Unclaimed Check Form

Short Term Vacation Rental (STVR)

The City has special regulations and a permit process for the rental of residential property for 7 to 30 consecutive days, regardless of building size, including multiple-family buildings, duplexes, and single-family residences. Short-term vacation rental (STVR) regulations, permit applications, and notices (signs) to post on and in your short-term vacation rental are available below.

Please visit the City's STVR & TOT page for more information and applications.

Solana Beach Redevelopment Agency (RDA) Basic Financial Statements (and Supplementary Schedules)
Successor Agency Documents
Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT)

The Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) is a percentage of the rent charged to transient guests in hotels/motels, including properties rented through home sharing services like Airbnb.

Contact Us

Finance Director/Treasurer: Rachel Jacobs (858) 720-2463