Create YOUR City of LA Budget!

Here’s how to use the app:

  • Click on create your city budget to adjust operating budgets of departments and city spending.
  • Please before you start adjusting numbers so that you can save your work. To download your budget, first submit your budget to the Office of the Controller by hitting the submit button.
  • Navigate through the table by scrolling up and down to see all departments.
  • Use the up and down arrows to adjust numbers.
  • Reset cell values or reset table as needed.
  • You can also view and adjust an even more detailed budget with departmental programs and budget breakdowns. This must be saved and submitted separately.
  • You can share YOUR City of LA Budget with your city council member. To find your city council member, go to NEIGHBORHOOD INFO, and enter your address.

Budget Process

  • The City's fiscal year is from July 1 through June 30.
  • The Charter requires that departments submit budget requests to the Mayor by January 1.
  • The Mayor releases her proposed budget on April 20th which will then fall into the hands of the City’s Budget, Finance, and Innovation (BFI) Committee who will make recommendations on the proposed budget.
  • The Charter requires the City Council, by majority vote, to adopt or modify the Proposed Budget by June 1.
  • Once the City Council has acted, the Mayor has five working days to approve or veto any changes that the City Council made to the Proposed Budget.
  • Once the Mayor has acted, the City Council has five working days to sustain or override by two-thirds vote the Mayor’s actions.
  • The result of this entire process is the adopted budget for the next fiscal year.

For more information on the City of LA's Budget, visit our BUDGET WEBSITE.