CITY AUDITOR

Andy Hanau joined the Office of the City Auditor in 2011, and was appointed San Diego City Auditor in November 2020. Since his appointment, several OCA reports have won awards for being amongst the best local government audits in North America, including performance audits of the City’s Major Building Acquisition Process (2021), SDPD’s Use and Management of Body Cameras (2022), and Brush Management and Fire Prevention (2023). OCA has also issued reports on a variety of other notable topics, including the Climate Action Plan, Street Maintenance, Homelessness, City Employee Hiring, Contract Management, Workplace Safety and Workers’ Compensation, Parks and Recreation Program Equity, Police Overtime, Pothole Repair, the Capital Improvement Program (CIP), and many others.  

From 2011 to 2020, Andy held several other positions at OCA, including Performance Auditor, Senior Performance Auditor, Principal Performance Auditor, and Interim Assistant City Auditor. 

Prior to joining OCA, Andy worked on affordable housing and transportation policy at the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles, and also worked as a Transportation Planner for the City of Santa Monica. Andy also worked for the City of San Diego as a Land Use Planner in the Development Services Department from 2005 to 2008, where he was responsible for analyzing entitlement proposals, reviewing technical reports, and identifying regulatory conflicts.

Andy holds a Master of Public Policy from the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs. He also has a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California, San Diego. Andy is a Certified Internal Auditor and a Certified Fraud Examiner.