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The City of LA is planning to declare a FISCAL EMERGENCY due to: 📈 Massive Liability Payouts 📈 Spending Over Budget 📉 Revenue Shortfalls In order to balance the budget, 614 LAYOFFS are on the table. 🚨 (The City will do its best to transfer employees/fill vacant positions)

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

🧊 UPDATE: ICE RAIDS HAVE NOW COST LA TAXPAYERS $32 MILLION 🚔 $29.5 million or 92% relates to LAPD's response to protests against ICE including citywide tactical alert costs 🛠️ $1.4 million relates to clean-up / public property damage 🧑‍⚖️ Does not include potential lawsuits

submitted 5 days ago • 6 comments

UPDATE: The City of LA has spent $19.7 MILLION so far in response to the June protests against ICE. This spans a week-and-a-half thru June 16, 2025. (These do not include potential lawsuits or liability claims)

submitted 9 days ago • 14 comments

🧊 You all asked HOW MUCH the City of LA has spent so far related to the June protests against ICE 🧊 • $11,463,435 (estimated/preliminary costs thru Friday, June 13, 4:30pm) • These mainly relate to the City's response (e.g. labor costs), followed by clean-up / damage costs

submitted 10 days ago • 11 comments

As the City's Accountant, we're working to calculate City related costs to protests in response to the violent ICE raids & militarization of our City. One question we've been getting asked a lot is: "HOW MUCH HAVE LA TAXPAYERS PAID IN LAPD LIABILITIES RE: PROTEST EVENTS?" 🧵

submitted 13 days ago • 3 comments

Re: Today's ICE Raids in the City of LA As City Controller, we will be formally requesting information from the LAPD to determine the financial impact these ICE raids have had in using City resources, such as the LAPD’s involvement and response to the resulting demonstrations.

submitted 19 days ago • 38 comments

Our auditors found multiple instances of roach infestations at affordable housing units. The City’s Housing Department (LAHD) should be able to – but does not – enforce infestations and mold issues through citation.

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

🚨 NEW AUDIT: AFFORDABLE HOUSING OVERSIGHT We found: 📉Financially distressed properties ❌Income & rent limit violations 🪳Habitability issues (e.g., infestations) The City needs stronger oversight & enforcement instead of a reactive & siloed approach. bit.ly/ah-audit

submitted 20 days ago • 3 comments

On Fox LA to discuss the City's finances and the City's overpayment of nearly $40 million (than we needed to make when it came to the City's police pension contribution). Although nothing will happen, unfortunately, all I can say is that we tried to save hundreds of jobs.

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

REMINDER: This is tonight! RSVP at bit.ly/lacontroller-64

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

Did you know that before we took office, the City of LA had never tracked homelessness spending? RSVP at bit.ly/lacontroller-64 to learn how to use our homelessness dashboard!

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

Check out our Fraud, Waste, & Abuse report on wrongully issued parking tickets: bit.ly/fwa-redcurb We got the City to refund $22,571 of red zone tickets.

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

🚨 NEW FRAUD, WASTE & ABUSE REPORT These vehicles ALL got parking tickets for parking in red curb zones. Do these look like red curb violations to you?🤔 We didn’t think so either. We got the City to refund $22,571 for these kinds of tickets. Report: bit.ly/fwa-redcurb

submitted 27 days ago • 2 comments

Looking for homelessness data and spending? There's an app for that! 🤳 Our Homelessness Dashboard provides transparency on the City of LA's homelessness efforts. JOIN US next Wed at 7pm on Zoom to learn how to make the most out of our tool. RSVP: bit.ly/lacontroller-64

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

There are still ~600 potential layoffs of City employees. Here is a quick budget recap & info on potential FILLED position eliminations. - Visit bit.ly/labudget-fy2026 and check out the first six slides for information - It's NOT FINAL, and it might be more or less

submitted 29 days ago • 1 comment

🚨 BREAKING 🚨 City Council APPROVED 12-3 the FY2025-26 LA City Budget HIGHLIGHTS 🏦 Layoffs decreased from 1,647 to ~600 🚒 LAFD $76M budget increase 🚔 LAPD officer hiring reduced from 480 to 240 recruits ❤️‍🩹 More unarmed crisis response 🔎 NEW Bureau of Homelessness Oversight

submitted 34 days ago • 6 comments

📢 HOW the City of LA SCREWED UP and paid around $40 MILLION in EXCESS police pension contributions than WE NEEDED TO this fiscal year (one of the worst financial times). FULL VIDEO on Instagram / Tiktok below: Instagram: instagram.com/lacontroller TikTok: www.tiktok.com/t/ZP863S4KN/

submitted 36 days ago • 1 comment

We had a GREAT TIME at CicLAvia CicLAmini in Pico Union! 🚴🥳 1.4 miles of streets closed to cars! Everyone was biking, walking, skating, & more! Gave out mugs & hats for our push-up & tic-tac-toe contests! 💪🏼 Most importantly, we talked about the city's budget & finances! 💰

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

📣 60-SECOND BUDGET UPDATE FOR THE CITY OF LA! 💰 Wednesday, May 21, is your LAST CHANCE to give public comment on the proposed budget! 10am at City Hall, get there EARLY. Thursday, May 22, is when the City Council will VOTE on the FINAL Budget!

submitted 40 days ago • 1 comment

Yesterday, I went to the LAFPP Board to try and save the City tens of millions of dollars & avoid hundreds of layoffs for next fiscal year. Unfortunately, we weren't successful. The City is currently paying more than we need to when it comes to making Police Pension Contributions.

submitted 40 days ago • 2 comments

📝 HOW to Create a Budget Deficit (City of LA Edition) 📝 Pause the video at the end to see chart details. (FYI, last chance to give public comment on the Mayor's FY2026 Proposed Budget is on May 21!)

submitted 42 days ago • 1 comment