Case Study: Santa Cruz County saves 500+ hours and earns GFOA Distinguished Budget Award with OpenGov

Santa Cruz County saves 500+ hours with OpenGov

Santa Cruz County wanted to shift from a reactive budget process to proactive, long-term financial planning that better addressed community needs like housing. Their old manual process was extremely time-consuming. The county chose OpenGov for its budgeting and capital projects software to modernize this approach.

With OpenGov, the county automated manual data compilation and document formatting, saving over 500 hours annually in budget development. This freed staff to provide better department support and financial planning. The transparent, user-friendly platform also helped Santa Cruz County win a GFOA Distinguished Budget Award and a California State Association of Counties award for its online budget presentation.

Santa Cruz County