BCHD Honored for Budget Presentation for Sixth Straight Year

Government Finance Officers Assoc. salutes BCHD for 2024-2025 budget document

REDONDO BEACH, Calif. (July 30, 2025) – The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) has awarded Beach Cities Health District (BCHD) its Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for the current fiscal period (July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025).

This is the sixth consecutive year GFOA has awarded BCHD its Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for its budget document.

“This award represents a significant achievement by Beach Cities Health District,” said Michele Mark Levine, Director, Technical Services for GFOA. “The GFOA encourages state and local governments to go beyond the minimum requirements of generally accepted accounting principles and prepare comprehensive annual financial and budget reports demonstrating transparency and full disclosure.”

“Our Finance team is extremely thorough in providing this information for our community, and their work represents our commitment to transparency,” said Tom Bakaly, CEO for BCHD. “That we have received this award six years in a row demonstrates a high level of professionalism and validates their many hours of work on behalf of BCHD and the Beach Cities communities we serve.”

In August, for the fifth straight year, GFOA presented a Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting to BCHD for its annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024.

In addition, BCHD was recently recognized by the California Society of Municipal Finance Officers with its Operating Budget Excellence Award for the 2024-2025 fiscal year BCHD’s budgetary practices are available to the public online, and the budget is reviewed by the District’s resident advisory Finance Committee and discussed at public Board meetings. An annual report with an overview is also mailed to Beach Cities households each year.