City of Oakland

Oakland City Auditor

This person independently audits how the city spends its money. They also audit how the city runs its programs.

Only one candidate qualified for this seat. Incumbent Michael C. Houston, elected in 2024, appears unopposed again. This contest is settled, and your vote here does not change the outcome.

The city auditor is Oakland's independent watchdog: an elected office that audits how the city spends money and runs programs, reporting to the public rather than to the mayor or council. The term is four years.

With no opponent, the useful question is not who to choose but what the office has produced and what to watch next. An unopposed return means accountability for this watchdog runs through its own published audits and the press rather than through the ballot.

Michael C. Houston

Michael C. Houston is the sitting city auditor, elected in 2024. Houston is unopposed again this year. Their office has published audits of illegal dumping and the vacant property tax. It has also audited funding for police oversight bodies and how the city collects business taxes.

Financial info

Self-funding

Michael C. Houston

$2,500 raised

Self-funding$2,500100%

Figures are CA Form 460 filings through 2026-06-30, per the Oakland Public Ethics Commission's e-filed transaction exports, retrieved 2026-09-21.

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A nonpartisan office: candidates do not run as Democrats or Republicans, and no party appears on the ballot.

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