Editing Modesto, California (section)

==Government==
{{see also|Government of Stanislaus County, 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.

===List of mayors===
This is a non-exhaustive list of Modesto mayors by year.
*1923 Sol P. Elias.<ref name="politicalgraveyard_mayor"/>
*1952 Harry Marks.<ref name="politicalgraveyard_mayor"/>
*1960 Don D. Hammond.<ref name="politicalgraveyard_mayor">{{cite web |url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/modesto.html |title=Mayors of Modesto, 1914-60 |website=politicalgraveyard.com |access-date=June 19, 2020}}</ref>
*1979 Peggy Mensinger - First woman mayor.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.modbee.com/news/local/article236630933.html |title=Modesto's mayoral candidates are older white men. Is that bad? Experts weigh in |website=modbee.com |first=Kevin |last=Valine|date=October 26, 2019 |access-date=June 19, 2020}}</ref>
*1987 Carol Whiteside.<ref name="thevalleycitizen_mayor2012">{{cite web |url=https://thevalleycitizen.com/history-comes-alive-at-modesto-mayors-reception/ |title=History Comes Alive at Modesto Mayors' Reception |website=thevalleycitizen.com |first=Eric |last=Caine |date=March 2, 2012 |access-date=June 19, 2020}}</ref>
*2000 Carmen Sabatino.<ref name="thevalleycitizen_mayor2012"/>
*2003 Jim Ridenour.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.modbee.com/news/local/article237679229.html |title=Former Modesto mayor is running for state Senate. I want the people to have a voice. |website=modbee.com |date=November 23, 2019 |access-date=June 19, 2020}}</ref>
*2012 Garrad Marsh.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thevalleycitizen.com/whats-happened-to-garrad-marsh-and-jenny-kenoyer/ |title=What's Happened to Garrad Marsh and Jenny Kenoyer? |website=thevalleycitizen.com |first=Eric |last=Caine |date=April 6, 2014 |access-date=June 19, 2020}}</ref>
*2016 Ted Brandvold.
*2021 Sue Zwahlen.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.modestogov.com/717/Mayor---Sue-Zwahlen/ |title=Mayor Sue Zwahlen Bio |website=modestogov.com |access-date=June 18, 2021}}</ref>

===Federal and state representation===
In the [[California State Senate]], Modesto is split between {{Representative|casd|5|fmt=sdistrict}}, and {{Representative|casd|12|fmt=sdistrict}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wedrawthelines.ca.gov/downloads/meeting_handouts_072011/handouts_20110729_q2_sd_finaldraft_splits.zip |title=Communities of Interest – City |publisher=California Citizens Redistricting Commission |access-date=October 18, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151023054153/http://wedrawthelines.ca.gov/downloads/meeting_handouts_072011/handouts_20110729_q2_sd_finaldraft_splits.zip |archive-date=October 23, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In the [[California State Assembly]], Modesto is split between {{Representative|caad|12|fmt=adistrict}}, and {{Representative|caad|21|fmt=adistrict}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wedrawthelines.ca.gov/downloads/meeting_handouts_072011/handouts_20110729_q2_ad_finaldraft_splits.zip |title=Communities of Interest – City |publisher=California Citizens Redistricting Commission |access-date=October 18, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151023054757/http://wedrawthelines.ca.gov/downloads/meeting_handouts_072011/handouts_20110729_q2_ad_finaldraft_splits.zip |archive-date=October 23, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In the [[United States House of Representatives]], Modesto is in {{Representative|cacd|13|fmt=district}}.<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|13|access-date=April 18, 2023}}</ref>