Hollister Independence Day Rally

Physical PDF pages 17–22 examine security procurement, expenditure records and decision-making for the 2025 Rally. Four findings and seven recommendations call for earlier security contracts, vendor compliance, actual-cost disclosure, advance budgets and clearer ad hoc committee responsibilities. The report expressly does not determine whether the Rally had a positive or negative overall community impact. The jury says it lacked a complete final accounting; this does not establish a verified total loss or economic benefit. Its claims about vendor experience, sleeping arrangements and ordinance compliance remain attributed to the investigation. Recommendations naming the 2026 event retain their source timing without assuming that event occurred or that follow-up was completed. No verified final Hollister response was provided.