LA County Budget Basics
The budget is the engine that powers the County’s work, funding critical services and programs and an ambitious agenda for an even stronger, healthier, more dynamic Los Angeles County. Here’s a snapshot of the budgeting process.
Budget Quest
Budget Quest: Final Changes Edition
Budget Quest: Supplemental Version
Prioritizing the Priorities
Measure H: How Funding is Distributed Countywide
Understanding
LA County’s Budget
Understanding
LA County’s Budget (En Español)
When is Final
Not Really Final?
A Very Large Budget—With Strings Attached
Un Presupuesto Muy Grande – Con Condiciones
El Condado de Los Angeles
a su servicio (video completo)
LA County
at Your Service
LA County at Your Service
(Short Version)
Not All Funding
is the Same
El Condado de Los Angeles
a su servicio (video completo)
El Condado de
Los Angeles a su servicio (versión corta)
No todo el
financiamiento es igual
Finalizing the County Budget
Finalización del presupuesto del condado
The American Rescue Plan
El Plan de Rescate Americano
LA County Budget Basics
The budget is the engine that powers the County’s work, funding critical services and programs and an ambitious agenda for an even stronger, healthier, more dynamic Los Angeles County. Here’s a snapshot of the budgeting process.
Budget Quest
Budget Quest: Final Changes Edition
Prioritizing the Priorities
Understanding LA County’s Budget
Measure H: How Funding is Distributed Countywide
Understanding
LA County’s Budget (En Español)
When is Final
Not Really Final?
A Very Large Budget—With Strings Attached
Un Presupuesto Muy Grande – Con Condiciones
El Condado de Los Angeles
a su servicio (video completo)
LA County
at Your Service
LA County at Your Service
(Short Version)
Not All Funding
is the Same
El Condado de Los Angeles
a su servicio (video completo)
El Condado de
Los Angeles a su servicio
No todo el
financiamiento es igual
Finalizing the County Budget
Finalización del presupuesto del condado
The American Rescue Plan
El Plan de Rescate Americano
The 2025-26 Recommended Budget
April 15, 2025
$47.9 Billion 2025-26 Recommended Budget: Unprecedented Challenges
Los Angeles County’s 2025-26 Recommended Budget includes spending cuts in response to extraordinary budgetary pressures—including more than $1 billion in costs related to the January wildfires and recovery, the potential loss of hundreds of millions of dollars or more in federal funding and the tentative $4 billion settlement of thousands of childhood sexual assault claims brought under AB 218—while maintaining the critical safety net services that County residents rely on.
The 2024-25 Final Adopted Budget
October 8, 2024
Board of Supervisors adopts $49.2 billion final budget
The Supplemental Budget adopted by the Board of Supervisors on October 8, 2024 concludes the County’s annual budget process and results in the Final Adopted Budget for 2024-25. The $49.2 billion budget includes 117,086 budgeted positions and funds a broad range of vital and innovative services to the public.
The 2024-25 Adopted Budget
June 24, 2024
Final Changes Bring LA County Budget to $45.6 Billion
This $45.6 Billion Adopted Budget includes new investments in the Board of Supervisor’s Care First vision, with a focus on diversion and youth development, mental health programming, interim housing, assistance for immigrants and more.
The 2024-25 Recommended Budget
April 23, 2024
$45.4 Billion 2024-25 Recommended Budget: Powering the Priorities
The 2024-25 Recommended Budget proposes major investments in mental health services complemented by substantial funding to sustain our accelerated emergency response to the homelessness crisis, along with programs to create jobs, expand food resources, support families, and advance the Board of Supervisors’ Care First, Jails Last vision.
The 2024-25 Recommended Budget
April 23, 2024
$43 billion 2023-24 Recommended Budget: Sustaining Commitments, Building Momentum
The $43 billion 2023-24 Recommended Budget marks Los Angeles County’s first spending blueprint since the end of the COVID-19 emergency and the start of the local emergency for homelessness.
The 2023-24 Final Adopted Budget
October 3, 2023
LA County’s $46.7 Billion Final Adopted Budget
This final budget for 2023-24 reflects the priorities of the Board of Supervisors and funds the County’s emergency response to homelessness, with a focus on resolving encampments; reforms to our justice system, including improving conditions within the jail system and working to move people with high acuity mental health needs into more appropriate settings; and a wide range of public safety net supports, including help for immigrants.
The 2023-24 Adopted Budget
June 26, 2023
LA County’s $43.4 Billion Adopted Budget: Prioritizing Critical Needs
This Adopted Budget reflects a $367 million increase and an additional 552 budgeted positions from the Recommended Budget approved in April. Funding underscores the urgency of improving conditions and mental health treatment in our County jails, restructuring our juvenile Probation system, and the need to move individuals into non-carceral care settings. The budget also bolsters funding related to both the homelessness emergency and our public health infrastructure, as well as supporting enhanced services for older adults, families, at-risk foster youth, immigrants, and low-income residents in need of a criminal legal defense.
The 2023-24 Recommended Budget
April 18, 2023
$43 billion 2023-24 Recommended Budget: Sustaining Commitments, Building Momentum
The $43 billion 2023-24 Recommended Budget marks Los Angeles County’s first spending blueprint since the end of the COVID-19 emergency and the start of the local emergency for homelessness.
Building a Blueprint for Change
The Recommended Budget is the first step in a blueprint for change and is the starting point, not the final destination.
Building a Blueprint for Change
The Recommended Budget is the first step in a blueprint for change and is the starting point, not the final destination.
How is the County Budget Spent?
Federal, state and locally-generated revenues fund a wide array of programs that the County is legally required to provide—like public health care, assistance to children and families, keeping our communities safe and running fair and accessible elections. The budget also funds culture, education and recreation, including world-class museums and beaches, an expansive park system and an extensive network of community libraries. It supports programs to address some of our toughest social problems and provides a wide range of services to seniors and youth, business and workers and our most vulnerable neighbors, including those experiencing homelessness.
Budget Fast Facts and Fact Sheets
Breaking Down the County Budget
Most of LA County’s budget is funded from state and federal sources and is tied to specific programs and services, some of which are mandated by law. These funds are not available to be used for other purposes. The County also raises money locally from property and sales taxes and by providing services to cities or agencies that reimburse the County’s costs.
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Most of LA County’s budget is funded from state and federal sources and is tied to specific programs and services, some of which are mandated by law. These funds are not available to be used for other purposes. The County also raises money locally from property and sales taxes and by providing services to cities or agencies that reimburse the County’s costs.
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The vast majority of locally generated revenues come from property taxes. Other sources include sales taxes, reimbursement for services—such as sheriff’s patrols in cities without their own police force—state realignment funds and monies unspent as part of the prior year budget.
The County has the greatest flexibility and control in deciding how to spend locally generated revenues, but each year, there are more programs and services proposed than can be fully funded. The Board has also agreed to set aside 10% of locally generated unrestricted revenues to be allocated annually to direct community investments and alternatives to incarceration, under its Care First and Community Investment initiative to reduce the jail population.
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