Granular, transaction-level analysis of city spending — every dollar traced to the vendor, department, and individual payment.
Every dollar the city pays to settle lawsuits — traced to the department, law firm, and individual payment. Source: LA Controller Checkbook (General Fund).
$480M in contracts — IT systems, police technology, transit operations, consulting, and cleanup services. Who gets the contracts and how much?
Every dollar the city spends on homelessness, traced to fund, department, program, and vendor. Source: Controller's Homelessness Expense Tracker.
$490M in health insurance premiums paid to 6 providers — plus per-employee benefits data from payroll records across all 66,000+ city employees.
LA's largest department — ~$2B annual budget, ~8,800 sworn officers. Payroll, vendor contracts, liability payouts, and effectiveness metrics.
LA's second-largest department — ~$820M budget, ~3,250 uniformed firefighters. Fleet replacement, contractual services, overtime, and vendor payments traced.
Sworn officers and firefighters earn the bulk of citywide OT. The rules behind the numbers — call-out minimums, court time, holiday premium, FLSA 7(k), and LAFD constant manning — sourced from MOUs 22, 23, and 24, plus a sparse-but-cited timeline of the LAPD overtime bank.
The 4% transfer tax voters passed in 2022 to fund homelessness — and the housing fight it set off. Two progressive priorities collide inside one ballot measure.
~$1B/year in pension appropriations and growing — covering LACERS (civilian) and LAFPP (police/fire) retirement systems. The city's fastest-growing fixed obligation.