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LA receipts

Follow every dollar in Los Angeles. Built with public data from the City of LA.

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Budget

  • 2026-27 Budget
  • Past Budgets
  • Revenue

Spending

  • Checkbook
  • Payroll
  • Deep Dives

Issues

  • Homelessness
  • LAHSA X-Ray
  • Housing
  • Path to 30,000
  • Safety
  • 311

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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.