Simi Valley's government uses the "Council-Manager" form of government.
 This means that the city council is composed of one mayor, elected every two years, and four council members elected for four-year terms.
 The city council appoints both the city attorney and city manager, who heads the executive branch of the city government.
 The city manager appoints the various department heads for the city, and acts as the city clerk and city treasurer.

According to the 2008-2009 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report Fund Financial Statements, the city's various funds had $89.3 million in Revenues, $86.3 million in expenditures, $139.9 million in total assets, $26.1 million in total liabilities, and $158.5 million in investments.

The structure of the management and coordination of city services is:
Simi Valley's government uses the "Council-Manager" form of government.  This means that the city council is composed of one mayor, elected every two years, and four council members elected for four-year terms.  The city council appoints both the city attorney and city manager, who heads the executive branch of the city government.  The city manager appoints the various department heads for the city, and acts as the city clerk and city treasurer.
According to the 2008-2009 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report Fund Financial Statements, the city's various funds had $89.3 million in Revenues, $86.3 million in expenditures, $139.9 million in total assets, $26.1 million in total liabilities, and $158.5 million in investments.
The structure of the management and coordination of city services is:
Simi Valley, California