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  "batch": 300,
  "scope": "3 selected California agencies, 2019\u20132024",
  "source_release": "July 2026",
  "sources": {
    "annual": "https://data-openjustice.doj.ca.gov/sites/default/files/dataset/2026-07/Crimes_and_Clearances_with_Arson-1985-2025.csv",
    "monthly": "https://data-openjustice.doj.ca.gov/sites/default/files/dataset/2026-07/Crimes_and_Clearances_with_Arson-1985-2025_by%20month.csv",
    "documentation": "https://data-openjustice.doj.ca.gov/sites/default/files/dataset/2026-07/Crimes-Clear-Arson%20Context_06222026.pdf",
    "landing_page": "https://openjustice.doj.ca.gov/data/crimes-and-clearances-including-arson"
  },
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    "monthly": "ec1b521e69b522b289a4ced5ed265e6595b4f36294ce8b12ca25aa897500229c",
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  "annual_field_sums_checked": 180,
  "monthly_sum_mismatches": 0,
  "component_total_checks": 36,
  "component_total_mismatches": 0,
  "records_with_12_distinct_months": 17,
  "partial_records": [
    {
      "agency": "San Jose",
      "year": 2023,
      "months": [
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        2,
        3,
        4,
        5,
        6,
        7,
        8,
        9,
        10
      ]
    }
  ],
  "records_with_violent_exact_and_property_difference_equal_arson": 9,
  "current_preview_records_compared": 16,
  "other_current_preview_records": 7,
  "changes": {
    "official_comparison_records_added": 18,
    "existing_numeric_observations_changed": 0,
    "new_census_city_rates_approved": 0
  },
  "limits": [
    "The monthly source and annual source share a publisher: this reproduces aggregation, not an independent audit of agency submissions.",
    "Twelve monthly rows establish month presence, not independent proof of all incidents being reported.",
    "San Jose 2023 has only January\u2013October in this release; its annual total equals those ten months. Do not interpret its comparison as a complete-year discrepancy.",
    "Other differences may involve revisions, coverage or reporting methods. Their causes are not established.",
    "Candidate ORIs are inherited from Batch 297; official files identify agencies by name and county. No Census boundary equivalence is established.",
    "Missing monthly records are not filled with zero; no arson subtraction changes the original export."
  ],
  "next_priority": "Reconcile Los Angeles 2024 with agency documentation; seek an official complete-year San Jose 2023 series; expand the state-source method."
}