Modesto, California

===Local government===
Modesto is governed under a [[Council–manager government|council-manager]] system.<ref name=form /> The Mayor is elected [[at-large]]. The six members of the [[city council]] are elected from districts by the voters within the respective district.

According to the city's most recent Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the city's various funds had $357,631,225 in Revenues, $1,826,668,511 in total assets, and $876,459,686 in total liabilities. The city has adopted a policy to achieve and maintain a General Fund reserve at 8% of the fund's total operating expenditures for fiscal year 2017–2018.
At the end of the fiscal year, the General Fund balance was $26,745,582 or 22.5% of total General Fund expenditures.<ref name="City of Modesto CAFR">{{cite web|url=http://www.modestogov.com/fin/docs/financials/CAFR2009.pdf|title=City of Modesto CAFR|access-date=September 28, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714110349/http://www.modestogov.com/fin/docs/financials/CAFR2009.pdf|archive-date=July 14, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Residents of Modesto also participate in the [[Government of Stanislaus County, California|Government of Stanislaus County]] and elections for [[Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors]] district 1 as well as the [[Stanislaus County Sheriff-Coroner|Sheriff-Coroner]], [[Stanislaus County District Attorney|District Attorney]], [[Stanislaus County Assessor|Assessor]], [[Stanislaus County Auditor-Controller|Auditor-Controller]], [[Stanislaus County Treasurer-Tax Collector|Treasurer-Tax Collector]], and [[Stanislaus County Clerk-Recorder|Clerk-Recorder]]. As of January 2013 these were represented by Supervisor William O'Brien, Sheriff-Coroner Adam Christianson, District Attorney Birgit Fladager, Assessor David Cogdill Sr., Auditor-Controller Lauren Klein, Treasurer-Tax Collector Gordon Ford, and Clerk-Recorder Lee Lundrigan.

The current mayor and council members are:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.modestogov.com/706/Council-Members |title=Council Members |website=modestogov.com |access-date=February 3, 2020}}</ref>
*  Mayor: Sue Zwahlen
* Council Members: Rosa Escutia-Braaton, Tony Madrigal, Chris Ricci, Bill Zoslocki, Jenny Kenoyer, and David Wright.