Overview
Los Angeles' adopted FY 2025-26 budget is headlined at $13.95 billion in total receipts ($8.18 billion General Fund), up from $12.90 billion in FY 2024-25. The booklet's Summary of Appropriations totals $14,103,321,315: $5,942,331,940 departmental and $8,160,989,375 non-departmental. Police ($1,986,961,261) and Fire ($897,786,218) are the largest departmental appropriations, and the budget carries $724 million in total General Fund reserves (8.85%).
Source: City of Los Angeles 2025-26 Budget Summary Booklet (City Administrative Officer).
At a glance — adopted budget FY 2025-26
Source: City of Los Angeles 2025-26 Budget Summary Booklet (City Administrative Officer).
Headline budget and reserves
The booklet's headline figures compare FY 2025-26 with FY 2024-25. The General Fund Budget is $8.18 billion against $8.03 billion in FY 2024-25. The booklet notes the budget appropriates $130,783,127 of General Fund revenues to special funds and $660,480,612 of special-fund revenues to the Reimbursement of General Fund Costs Account.
Headline totals as printed in the booklet (rounded to $0.01 billion in the source).
| Total Budget, FY 2025-26 | $13.95 billion |
| Total Budget, FY 2024-25 | $12.90 billion |
| General Fund Budget, FY 2025-26 | $8.18 billion |
| General Fund Budget, FY 2024-25 | $8.03 billion |
General Fund reserves as printed in the booklet.
| Reserve Fund | $420 million (5.13%) |
| Budget Stabilization Fund | $179 million |
| Unappropriated Balance — Reserve for Mid-Year Adjustments | $125 million |
| Total General Fund reserves | $724 million (8.85%) |
Other booklet highlights.
| Appropriation to the Reserve Fund | $122 million |
| Increase for settlements and judgments | $100 million |
| General Fund expenditure reductions | $191 million |
| Authorized regular positions (excl. proprietary departments) | 34,320 |
| Additional resolution authorities | 3,003 |
Summary of Appropriations — $14,103,321,315
Departmental appropriations sum exactly: salaries $4,609,131,643 + expenses $554,691,113 + equipment $25,901,148 + special $752,608,036 = $5,942,331,940. Adding non-departmental appropriations of $8,160,989,375 gives the $14,103,321,315 total. The booklet does not isolate a General Fund appropriations total in these summary tables, so none is shown.
Largest departmental appropriations (totals as printed).
| Police | $1,986,961,261 |
| Fire | $897,786,218 |
| Bureau of Sanitation | $421,639,022 |
| Recreation and Parks Fund appropriation | $298,411,651 |
| Library Fund appropriation | $269,765,136 |
| General Services | $220,043,173 |
| Transportation | $215,546,917 |
| City Attorney | $186,019,985 |
| Total — Budgetary Departments | $5,223,596,834 |
| Appropriations (Retirement, Library, Recreation and Parks) | $718,735,106 |
| Total — Departmental | $5,942,331,940 |
Non-departmental appropriations (selected lines; total as printed).
| Other Special Purpose Funds | $2,465,520,518 |
| Tax and Revenue Anticipation Notes | $1,413,851,517 |
| Human Resources Benefits | $947,667,548 |
| Capital and Technology Improvement Expenditure Program | $885,524,652 |
| Wastewater Special Purpose Fund | $801,257,795 |
| Proposition A Local Transit Assistance Fund | $312,258,198 |
| Unappropriated Balance | $290,522,442 |
| Liability Claims | $187,370,072 |
| Total — Non-Departmental | $8,160,989,375 |
| Grand total appropriations | $14,103,321,315 |
Source: City of Los Angeles 2025-26 Budget Summary Booklet, Summary of Appropriations.
Proprietary departments — receipts and appropriations
Each proprietary department's receipts equal its appropriations in the booklet. These departments control their own funds under the City Charter and are separate from the $14,103,321,315 summary above.
| Department of Airports — total receipts / appropriations | $10,732,308,000 |
| Harbor Department — total receipts / appropriations | $2,705,630,103 |
| Department of Water and Power — Water Revenue Fund | $3,788,082,000 |
| Department of Water and Power — Power Revenue Fund | $9,169,513,000 |
| Department of Water and Power — retirement / benefit funds | $2,067,490,700 |
Source: City of Los Angeles 2025-26 Budget Summary Booklet, proprietary department sections.
Elected officials
As named in the Budget Summary Booklet. No contact details are shown because none are given in the cited document.
| Mayor | Karen Bass |
| Council, District 1 | Eunisses Hernandez |
| Council, District 2 | Adrin Nazarian |
| Council, District 3 | Bob Blumenfield |
| Council, District 4 | Nithya Raman |
| Council, District 5 | Katy Yaroslavsky |
| Council, District 6 | Imelda Padilla |
| Council, District 7 | Monica Rodriguez |
| Council, District 8 (Council President) | Marqueece Harris-Dawson |
| Council, District 9 | Curren D. Price Jr. |
| Council, District 10 | Heather Hutt |
| Council, District 11 | Traci Park |
| Council, District 12 | John S. Lee |
| Council, District 13 | Hugo Soto-Martinez |
| Council, District 14 | Ysabel Jurado |
| Council, District 15 | Tim McOsker |
| City Attorney | Hydee Feldstein Soto |
| Controller | Kenneth Mejia |
Sources & notes
- Only source used: City of Los Angeles, 2025-26 Budget Summary Booklet (City Administrative Officer). 2025-26 Budget Summary Booklet.
- Sum checks: departmental appropriations exact ($5,942,331,940); grand total exact ($5,942,331,940 + $8,160,989,375 = $14,103,321,315); proprietary receipts equal appropriations in each department section.
- What is not claimed: the booklet's $13.95 billion receipts-based headline is not reconciled to the $14,103,321,315 appropriations total (different definitions, stated above); no council vote count is cited; no General Fund appropriations total is shown because the summary tables do not isolate one; the full adopted budget book was not isolated, so this page rests on the official summary booklet.
- Jurisdiction palette: no verified Los Angeles palette was on file, so this page uses the neutral Hometown Numbers dark-glass theme rather than a city color.