Overview
Los Angeles County's FY 2025-26 Supplemental Budget totals $52,477 million: $40,097 million Total General County plus $12,380 million Special Funds/Special Districts. That is $3,670 million (7.5%) above the $48,807 million Final Changes budget, with 115,966 budgeted positions — a net decrease of 1,125. About 73% ($38.3 billion) is program-specific revenue and fixed costs; 27% ($14.2 billion) is net county cost.
Source: County of Los Angeles FY 2025-26 Supplemental Budget Fact Sheet (CEO).
At a glance — Supplemental Budget FY 2025-26
Source: County of Los Angeles FY 2025-26 Supplemental Budget Fact Sheet (CEO).
Supplemental Budget summary — $ in millions
The fact sheet's summary table is exact at $1 million precision: $40,097 million + $12,380 million = $52,477 million, and $52,477 million − $48,807 million = $3,670 million.
Total budget by fund, from the fact sheet's summary table ($ in millions).
| Total General County — 2025-26 Supplemental | $40,097 |
| Special Funds / Special Districts — 2025-26 Supplemental | $12,380 |
| Total Budget — 2025-26 Supplemental | $52,477 |
| Total Budget — 2025-26 Final Changes | $48,807 |
| Change from Final Changes | $3,670 (7.5%) |
| Total Budget — 2024-25 Final Adopted | $49,173 |
| Total Budget — 2025-26 Recommended | $47,921 |
Budgeted positions from the same table.
| Budgeted positions — 2025-26 Supplemental | 115,966 |
| Budgeted positions — 2025-26 Final Changes | 117,091 |
| Net change from Final Changes | −1,125 (−1.0%) |
| Budgeted positions — 2024-25 Final Adopted | 117,086 |
| Net change from FY 2024-25 Final Adopted | −1,120 |
Source: County of Los Angeles FY 2025-26 Supplemental Budget Fact Sheet, p. 3.
What drives the $3,670 million increase
The fact sheet attributes the increase to one-time year-end savings identified after closing the books, updated revenue estimates, and use of reserves. The four quantified drivers below sum to $3,645.1 million — $24.9 million short of the stated $3,670 million increase at stated precision. That gap is disclosed, not plugged.
| Unspent prior-year funds (one-time) | $1,800.0 million |
| Funding previously set aside in reserves | $910.1 million |
| New State, federal, and non-locally generated revenue | $886.8 million |
| New ongoing locally generated revenue (2025 Assessment Roll, +3.91% assessed valuation) | $48.2 million |
| Sum of listed drivers | $3,645.1 million |
| Stated increase from Final Changes | $3,670 million |
| Unexplained at stated precision | $24.9 million |
Flexibility split as printed in the fact sheet (rounded to $0.1 billion).
| Program-specific revenues and fixed costs | $38.3 billion (73%) |
| Net county cost (NCC) | $14.2 billion (27%) |
| Total (at $0.1 billion precision) | $52.5 billion |
Source: County of Los Angeles FY 2025-26 Supplemental Budget Fact Sheet, pp. 1-2.
Pressures, settlements, and position cuts
The supplemental presentation and fact sheet name the same pressures: legal settlements and liabilities (including financing the $4.0 billion AB 218 childhood sexual assault settlement), January 2025 wildfire disaster recovery (approximately $800 million impact), labor and structural cost growth, and federal cuts.
AB 218 settlement, first installment.
| First installment allocated | $815 million |
| Of which: Rainy Day Fund | $400 million |
| Total AB 218 settlement | $4.0 billion |
Position cuts by department, from the supplemental presentation (net decrease 1,125).
| Probation | −262 |
| Health Services | −271 |
| District Attorney | −99 |
| Children and Family Services | −92 |
| Public Health | −86 |
| Sheriff | −84 |
| Public Defender | −72 |
| Public Social Services | −68 |
Recommended use of the $48.2 million in new ongoing funding.
| Wage increase ($0.74/hour) for In-Home Supportive Services providers | $40.0 million |
| Appropriations for Contingencies (Board Policy 4.030, 17% of new ongoing discretionary revenues) | $8.2 million |
Source: County of Los Angeles CEO budget page and FY 2025-26 Supplemental Budget materials.
Elected officials
As listed on the County's official Board of Supervisors page. No contact details are shown because none are given in the cited budget documents.
| Board of Supervisors, District 1 (Chair) | Hilda L. Solis |
| Board of Supervisors, District 2 | Holly J. Mitchell |
| Board of Supervisors, District 3 | Lindsey P. Horvath |
| Board of Supervisors, District 4 | Janice Hahn |
| Board of Supervisors, District 5 | Kathryn Barger |
Source: County of Los Angeles Board of Supervisors (official page).
Sources & notes
- Sources used: County of Los Angeles CEO, FY 2025-26 Supplemental Budget Fact Sheet (“Budget at a Glance”). Supplemental Budget Fact Sheet; CEO budget page. ceo.lacounty.gov/budget.
- Sum checks: fund-group total exact at $1 million precision ($40,097 + $12,380 = $52,477); increase exact ($52,477 − $48,807 = $3,670); position changes exact (115,966 vs 117,091 = −1,125; vs 117,086 = −1,120).
- What is not claimed: the four listed increase drivers sum to $3,645.1 million, $24.9 million short of the stated $3,670 million (disclosed above); no dollar-exact (to the dollar) budget total is shown because the fact sheet states millions; the June 2025 final adoption (~$48.8 billion) and May 21, 2025 recommended budget ($47.9 billion) are earlier phases of the same FY 2025-26 process, not separate budgets.
- Jurisdiction palette: no verified Los Angeles County palette was on file, so this page uses the neutral Hometown Numbers dark-glass theme rather than a county color.