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FY2026-27 Proposed Budget · A receipts investigation

The largest budget in LA history.

Mayor Bass's $14.8 billion budget is the largest the city has ever passed — up 69% in a decade. Underneath the record number, it's held together by one-time money, deferred overtime, optimistic assumptions, and roughly $148 million in gaps the City Administrator flagged in the very same document. Here's the teardown.