Michael C. Houston
Candidate for City Auditor, Oakland · Oakland City Auditor
Michael Houston was born in San Francisco and earned a bachelor's degree from Sonoma State University in 2001 and a graduate degree from UC Berkeley in 2006. A Certified Internal Auditor with more than 15 years of experience in audits and investigations, he previously served as Director of Compliance and Internal Control at Cal State University East Bay and as a Performance Auditor for the City of San Jose for over a decade. He joined the Oakland City Auditor's Office in 2019 as Whistleblower Program Manager, was promoted to Assistant City Auditor in 2021, and led audits of homelessness services, business tax refunds, emergency medical and paramedic services, the city's financial condition, and public campaign financing. He was elected Oakland's City Auditor in March 2024 and was sworn in that May.
Positions in brief
Houston's priorities as Auditor focus on rigorous performance audits, timely investigation of fraud, waste, and abuse reported through the whistleblower hotline, and responsible stewardship of tax dollars.
Houston says that as City Auditor he will continue to advocate for good government and the responsible stewardship of tax dollars through timely and rigorous performance audits and investigations into allegations of fraud, waste, and abuse submitted to the whistleblower hotline he helped establish.
On the issues
- Government, Elections & Democracy
Will continue rigorous performance audits and whistleblower-hotline investigations into fraud, waste, and abuse.
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