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LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia @controller.lacity.gov · 28/09/2026
If the Mayor & most of City Council DO NOT want to fight for transparency and accountability on LA28's finances, WE WILL. REMINDER: YOU ALL (LA taxpayers) are financially liable for UNLIMITED amounts if the LA Olympics goes over budget. www.latimes.com/california/s...
Los Angeles Times article that savs
LA Olympics organizers limit some financial disclosures. a times review shows
A picture of the LA Colliseum shows below the headline with stadium red seatsOrganizers of the 2028 Summer
Olympics in Los Angeles have given
vague and sometimes incomplete
annual reports to the city on details
of their preparations for what has
been described as the largest athletic
event in the nation's history, records show.

A review by The Times of five vears
of annual reports from LA28 shows
that the organization appears at
times to have curtailed the reporting
requirements that are spelled out in
its 2021 contract with Los AngelesThe private nonprofit organization's
yearly reports haven't outlined
progress on roughly two dozen
venues around Greater Los Angeles.
Nor have they included details about
contracts LA28 signed with companies providing such services as security and preproduction work for the opening and closing ceremonies.The incomplete updates leave the
with less city's taxpayers information than promised on matters such as who is winning business - and the attendant iobs and profits - from contracts that soared to $687 million in value last year. They also don't have as clear a picture on things like the progress on plans to install a running track at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and swimming pools inside SoFi Stadium in Inglewood
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LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia @controller.lacity.gov · 01/09/2026
Our bathrooms / water fountains map has been used over 10,000 times this summer! 🚽💦 bathrooms.lacontroller.app 🚿NEW: mobile showers has been added to our map. Share this resource with anyone who needs it!
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LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia @controller.lacity.gov · 04/09/2026
We received a Fraud, Waste, & Abuse tip: An affordable housing developer was renting out their affordable units to friends and employees from another related entity. Due to legal ambiguity around covenant language, we couldn't substantiate the claim.
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LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia @controller.lacity.gov · 01/09/2026
Our bathrooms / water fountains map has been used over 10,000 times this summer! 🚽💦 bathrooms.lacontroller.app 🚿NEW: mobile showers has been added to our map. Share this resource with anyone who needs it!
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Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Controller Kenneth Mejia making good on his promise to at least attempt to get LA28 to open up its books. "Today's data request is part of the Controller's robust financial oversight process to force visibility into the spending, commitments, and assumptions built into the Olympic Games budget"
"Open up the books!" - Controller Kenneth Mejia demands transparency over the 2028 Olympic Games, requests LA28 hand over financial records &
statements After years of woefully inadequate financial records and statements, Controller Mejia submits a financial data request to LA28 to provide transparency and
accountability on the Olympics LOS ANGELES - The Controller's Office submitted a data request to LA28 today to demand the organization provide financial records and statements owed to the City of Los Angeles. As the City's accountant, auditor, and paymaster, the Controller has a responsibility to protect City of LA taxpayers from the impact of the LA28 Olympic Games. As agreed in the 2017 Host City Contract, the City of LA is the financial backstop if the LA28 Games result in a financial deficit. LA taxpayers are exposed to potentially unlimited financial obligations and deserve full transparency from LA28 related to all spending and revenue incurred in the
process of planning and executing the 2028 Olympic Games. Today's data request is part of the Controller's robust financial oversight process to force visibility into the spending, commitments, and assumptions built into the Olympic Games budget that the City's taxpayers are ultimately on the hook for if
the Games are financially unsuccessful.The 2021 Games Agreement between the City and LA28 contains nine subsections that detail information LA28 must disclose annually. The Controller’s Office has determined that LA28 is only in compliance with two of those subsections, while six are incomplete and one is unknown. The missing information includes comparisons of financial forecasts vs. actuals, bank statements, schedules and budgets for venues, the identity of contractors and the values and purpose of contracts. When the City agreed to be the financial backstop for the Olympics in 2017, the budget was set at $5.306 billion. Since then, it has grown to $7.263 billion. Each time that expenses have increased, LA28’s projected revenues have similarly increased by the exact same amount. It is essential for LA28 to disclose all contractually required information so the people of Los Angeles understand the scope of the financial risk they are taking.

Controller Mejia said, “We all want a successful 2028 Olympic Games, but its success cannot be at the cost of transparency and accountability to LA taxpayers. Any event of this size and cost requires rigorous financial scrutiny, and I intend to use my full authority under the City Charter to open up LA28’s books. The Controller’s Office looks forward to LA28’s timely cooperation with our data request and we look forward to working with LA28 as a collaborative partner.”
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LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia @controller.lacity.gov · 12/06/2026
🚨TOMORROW City Council may block some Charter reforms that WERE possibly headed for your Nov. ballot: - Council expansion - Ranked choice voting - More LAPD oversight 📣Make your voice heard Fri 1pm at City Hall! ✍️Submit written comment: lacouncilcomment.com CF 26-0489
lacouncilcomment.com
Public Comment Form
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LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia @controller.lacity.gov · 12/06/2026
🚨TOMORROW City Council may block some Charter reforms that WERE possibly headed for your Nov. ballot: - Council expansion - Ranked choice voting - More LAPD oversight 📣Make your voice heard Fri 1pm at City Hall! ✍️Submit written comment: lacouncilcomment.com CF 26-0489
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LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia @controller.lacity.gov · 12/06/2026
🚨TOMORROW City Council may block some Charter reforms that WERE possibly headed for your Nov. ballot: - Council expansion - Ranked choice voting - More LAPD oversight 📣Make your voice heard Fri 1pm at City Hall! ✍️Submit written comment: lacouncilcomment.com CF 26-0489
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LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia @controller.lacity.gov · 10/06/2026
🤝HELP MAKE CITY HALL MORE ACCOUNTABLE! (In less than 10 mins!) ᯓ➤ The Controller’s Office should have an independent budget (NOT decided by Mayor & Council). An independent budget would protect us from political retaliation. YOU can help! Email your Councilmember:
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LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia @controller.lacity.gov · 15/05/2026
🏢We ranked the TOP 100 PROBLEM RENTAL PROPERTIES in the City of LA Top 3 addresses with the most housing violation cases: 🥇636½ N Hill 🥈11700 W Wilshire 🥉6650 W Forest Lawn Look up violations for any residential address, Dec 2013 - Nov 2025: prp.lacontroller.app
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LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia @controller.lacity.gov · 05/05/2026
WANT us to audit & do fraud, waste, and abuse investigations WITHOUT getting our budget cut in retaliation? ✂️ Want us to be able to audit any City program no matter how expensive & regardless of where that program is housed? 🔎 YOU can help us! 💪🏼 Charterreform.lacontroller.app
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LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia @controller.lacity.gov · 21/04/2026
MAYOR'S $14.8 BILLION PROPOSED CITY OF LA BUDGET JUST DROPPED‼️ FEW HIGHLIGHTS 🧵 🚔 LAPD: $223 Million INCREASE to $3.6 Billion Includes increases in salaries, overtime, pensions, benefits, liability claims, & more. Includes hiring 510 officers to maintain a force of 8,555.
Budget Bar chart.
The bigger the category or department's budget, the longer the bar is.
Department Total Budget Police ($3.6B) $3.557.628.561 Other Special Purpose Funds ($2.5B) $2,545,282,776 Fire ($1.5B) $1.514.594.136 Sanitation ($1.1B) $1.069.890,629 Capital & Tech Improvements ($810M) $810,064,173 Wastewater Special Purpose Fund $499,903,538 Street Services $478,429,289 Recreation and Park $474.630.679 Transportation $398,059,754 Housing $384,921,950 Library $365,127,957 City Attorney $314,177,826 Building and Safety $262,923,803 Prop. A Local Transit Assist. Fund $253,358,910
Engineering $242.677,110
Other Agencies $183,707,300 Mavor $154.374.858 Bond Redemption and Interest $115,952,089 Finance $112.615.965 City Planning $111,561,348 Community Investment for Families $108,447,983 Council $106.132.869 Street Lighting $92,072,310 City Administrative Officer $88,310,805 Contract Administration $84.235,266 Prop. C Anti-Gridlock Tr
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LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia @controller.lacity.gov · 08/04/2026
Imagine finding $80 MILLION sitting IDLE around your house that you could have been using! That’s what our office found when we looked at the City’s Special Funds for any funds that hadn’t been used for 2+ years! Read our Idle Funds Report: bit.ly/idlefunds
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LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia @controller.lacity.gov · 02/04/2026
🚨 VENDOR FRAUD The City spent $461k & never got the goods! Our FWA Unit investigated & substantiated the allegation! - City’s response led to $542k judgment against vendor - Vendor can't do business w/ City for 3 years - Defrauded city dept. is implementing our recommendations
The report cover. It's called "Fraud Waste and Abuse Investigative Report: GSD Unauthorized prepayments and vendor fraud"
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LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia @controller.lacity.gov · 01/04/2026
📸 125 SPEED CAMERAS ARE COMING TO THE CITY OF LA! - Coming late summer / fall (first 60 days will be a warning period) - Civil speeding fines will start at $50 if you go 11mph over the speed limit Visit our map: speedcameras.lacontroller.app LADOT info: ladot.lacity.gov/speed-safety...
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LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia @controller.lacity.gov · 19/03/2026
bathrooms.lacontroller.app is a map of public bathrooms in the City of LA. The heat wave is going to reach extreme temps through Friday 3/20. Next week will only cool down a bit (highs will still be in the 80s until the end of the month) Stay cool: Bookmark our map and -
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LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia @controller.lacity.gov · 16/03/2026
In 1999, the Controller’s Office had 205 positions. Today, staffing has fallen to 159 positions. Tomorrow, the Charter Reform Commission could empower us to provide robust oversight & accountability - or keep our budget the same, exposing the City to serious risks.
Letter to charter reform commission 
As you reform the City Charter following the leaked tapes that severely damaged public trust
in local government, it is essential to ensure the Controller has the authority and
independence needed to help restore confidence in City Hall. To that end, we thank you for
voting to recommend an independent budget for the Controller.
However, we are concerned about the proposed language that uses our current operating
budget as a baseline, which now stands at an incredibly low 0.29% of the General Fund after
years of budget cuts. To allow the Controller’s Office to fulfill its Charter-mandated
responsibilities as the City’s chief accountant, auditor and paymaster, we propose a
baseline operating budget of 0.42% of the General Fund. 
The current 0.29% operating budget has hindered our ability to carry out our
Charter-mandated functions due to insufficient staff and resources. In 1999, before the
Charter reforms that gave the Controller the authority and responsibility to conduct
performance audits, this office had 205 positions. Today, after years of budget cuts, staffing
has fallen to 159 positions. Since 1999, the amount of money the Controller’s Office is tasked to
oversee has grown exponentially. The General Fund has grown from $2.8 billion to $8.2 billion,
and the City’s total annual budget now amounts to over $35 billion including proprietary
departments. As the number of City employees, programs, and operations has grown,
staffing at the Controller’s Office has dwindled due to repeated budget cuts.
Our budget constraints create serious risks for the City, including:
● Inability to audit and provide reliable oversight over ALL departments and programs
as mandated by the Charter
● Inability to effectively investigate hundreds of Fraud, Waste, and Abuse claims (We
received 700 claims last year)
● Inability to proactively launch risk-based FWA investigations
● Elimination of the City’s Annual Preliminary report ● Delays in closing the accounting books at year-end and implementing the City’s
budget
● Delays in implementing Council instructions for appropriating funds, including
quarterly instructions from the Financial Status Reports
● Delays in payments to vendors and employees
● Inability to provide effective oversight over all city payments / spending
● Lawsuits and labor grievances due to delays in fixing payroll issues and implementing
labor contract provisions
● Incurring penalties for noncompliance with tax laws
● Inability to train and assist Citywide accountants
Despite these restrictions, the Controller's FWA unit was able to expose a $23 million fraud
case related to a homeless provider not meeting contractual obligations and providing fake
invoices. $23 million is also the size of the annual operating budget of the entire Controller’s
Office. Adequate resources would allow the Controller to provide robust oversight, helping to
restore trust in government.
To empower the Controller to carry out the office’s Charter-mandated duties and provide the
robust level of accountability and oversight expected by the people of Los Angeles, please
support our recommended budget of no less than 0.42% of the General Fund, which would
allow us to hire 240 employees. Less than one-half of one percent of the General Fund is a
small price to pay for transparency and accountability.

Bar chart showing Controller’s staffing levels decreased since 2009
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LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia @controller.lacity.gov · 14/03/2026
TOTAL LIABILITY PAYOUTS THIS FISCAL YEAR (SO FAR): 💲$157M 💲 Police $57M Street Services $41M Sanitation $22M Transportation $6M Fire $6M Rec & Parks $4M Animal Services $3M Street Lighting $1M All other departments combined $15M #piday #piday2026
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LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia @controller.lacity.gov · 14/03/2026
How is the City doing financially in fiscal year 2026? 💰 Unfortunately, expenditures are outpacing revenues (again). Liability claims & departmental spending over budget continues to lead the way! Check out our latest Revenue Forecast Report! revforecast2027.lacontroller.app
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LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia @controller.lacity.gov · 11/03/2026
What's a performance metric you want to see from a City of LA Department? 🤔 Let us know in the comments‼️ Check out LAcitymetrics.lacontroller.app for our City metrics dashboard that shows financial spending metrics and performance metrics!
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LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia @controller.lacity.gov · 26/02/2026
🚨 TODAY IS THE DAY! Support the Controller's Office in person, over Zoom, or send an email to reformLAcharter@lacity.org voicing your OPPOSITION to directly or indirectly take away from the Controller's Office current duties. Charterreform.lacontroller.app
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LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia @controller.lacity.gov · 26/02/2026
We just found out that there is another proposal to destroy the Controller's Office at tomorrow's Charter Reform meeting. Help us protect the Controller's Office! 📢Give public comment: Thursday, February 26, 2026, 4pm City Hall, Board of Public Works Session Room 350
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LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia @controller.lacity.gov · 21/02/2026
What do you notice about the City of LA's budget priorities over the past 13 years? 🤔 I'll point out one thing: the department that maintains, preserves, and enhances our roads, sidewalks, and trees has a SMALLER operating budget than it did 13 years ago! Know which one? 🛠️
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LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia @controller.lacity.gov · 19/02/2026
RECORD liability payouts, underspending on capital infrastructure projects, and revenue shortfalls marked Fiscal Year 2025. 🚨 Read our Annual Comprehensive Financial Report at PAFR25.lacontroller.app We know we can get on the right fiscal path with our recommendations:
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LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia @controller.lacity.gov · 18/02/2026
LOST OUT ON $100 MILLION IN GRANT FUNDS for Active Transportation Projects⁉️ The City doesn't have the staff to implement these grants due to budget/staffing cuts. ✂️ Budget season is NOW! Create your own LA budget at mylabudget.lacontroller.app & submit to your Council Member!
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LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia @controller.lacity.gov · 13/02/2026
💔 Heart to heart on taxes and City of LA spending spending spending. 💔 Check out these sites for budget and financial info on the City of LA: Budget.lacontroller.app Revexp.lacontroller.app Liabilityclaims.lacontroller.app Create your own LA budget at mylabudget.lacontroller.app
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LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia @controller.lacity.gov · 10/02/2026
New and/or increased TAXES coming to Los Angeles?! 🤔 (BUT they're not meant to target Angelenos) Take a watch and let us know if you'd vote for these if they show up on the ballot! 👀
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LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia @controller.lacity.gov · 07/02/2026
In one week, cars killed 5 people in LA, including a pregnant mother & her unborn child. The City paid out $318 million in Dangerous Condition Liabilities since 2020 while investing only 5% of its annual budget in street services & transportation. These deaths were preventable.
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LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia @controller.lacity.gov · 05/02/2026
Thank you to UCLA's Undergraduate Students Association for having us tonight! We had a great time sharing our budget website and empowering students to advocate for their budget priorities. Want Controller Mejia to speak at your school? Reach out at controller.mejia@lacity.org
Kenneth Mejia speaking in a room full n of UCLA students. Text says "Thank you, UCLA Undergraduate Students Association!"
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LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia @controller.lacity.gov · 04/02/2026
Los Angeles cannot trust our financial future to someone connected with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. LA 2028 Olympics Committee Chair Casey Wasserman must take accountability and resign.
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LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia @controller.lacity.gov · 29/01/2026
Since last week's arrest of a homeless service provider for fraud, many of you asked if you can volunteer to help our understaffed Office. We appreciate it, but due to legal reasons, our Fraud, Waste, and Abuse team must operate independently. BUT you can help us through Charter Reform!
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LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia @controller.lacity.gov · 24/01/2026
Even though our Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Unit has only 5 investigators for the whole city, our work led to today's federal arrest of a homeless service provider. See more of our homelessness efforts: Homeless Dashboard: homelessdashboard.lacontroller.app Audits: controller.lacity.gov/audits
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LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia @controller.lacity.gov · 23/01/2026
Controller Kenneth Mejia’s statement on our Fraud, Waste & Abuse investigation into homeless service provider. Today, the US Attorney’s Office arrested Alexander Soofer, Executive Director of Abundant Blessings, charging him with fraudulently obtaining $23 mil in public money.
January 23, 2026
RE: FRAUD, WASTE, AND ABUSE INVESTIGATION ON HOMELESS SERVICE PROVIDEF
In July 2024, and as previously reported by our Office, the Controller's Fraud, Waste, and Abuse (FWA) Unit received a hotline tip alleging contractor fraud by a service provider at an nside Safe hotel. Upon receiving the allegation, our FWA investigators conducted an on-site visit of the location, interviewed residents and staff, and launched a formal investigation intc allegations of contractor fraud. This formal investigation included determining whether the contractor provided food services to unhoused residents in accordance with their contractual obligations. In conjunction with the investigation, the FWA Unit was able to secure immediate relief for vulnerable residents by ensuring corrective action that led to the provision o1 nutritious meals for residents at the Inside Safe site.
The FWA Unit's timely and thorough investigative efforts garnered the attention of local and federal law enforcement agencies. Today, the United States Attorney's Office arrestec Alexander Soofer, executive director of Abundant Blessings, on a federal criminal complaint charging him with fraudulently obtaining $23 million in public money intended to combat homelessness.
Allegations about contractor fraud are especially concerning because the City spends billions on goods and services each year. Multiple performance audits conducted by our Office in recent years have shown a significant lack of contractor oversight by City departments. These conditions increase the risk that taxpayer funds are being wasted, which leaves less money available to deliver critical services to residents during the City's ongoing fiscal emergency.
As a result of the FWA Unit's investigative findings, our investigators will be conducting proactive inspections of shelter facilities to ensure that contractors are providing services in accordance with established requirements. This critical oversight function is imperative…
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LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia @controller.lacity.gov · 22/01/2026
Today, the City Council voted 9-4 to give LAPD more money since they're hiring 170 more officers than what was budgeted for. In the past two fiscal years, LAPD went over budget by $210 million + had $260 million in liability payouts. The City will always find money for LAPD.☑️
Today's vote to give additional funding to LAPD to hire more police officers
Bob Blumenfield absent Marqueece harris-dawson yes Eunisses Hernandez no Heather Hutt ves Ysabel Jurado no John Lee yes Tim McOsker yes Adrin Nazarian Yes Imelda Padilla Yes Traci Park Yes Curren Price Absent Nithya Raman No Monica Rodriguez Yes Hugo Soto-Martinez No Katy Yaroslavsky Yes
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LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia @controller.lacity.gov · 22/01/2026
What the hell does the City of LA do? 🤔 GREAT QUESTION 💡 We've built the City of LA Department Metrics Dashboard so you can know more about what each department does! It shows the department's financial spending metrics + PERFORMANCE METRICS! 🌐 Visit LAcitymetrics.lacontroller.app
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LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia @controller.lacity.gov · 16/01/2026
Introducing our FIRST dashboard for 2026! CAPITAL PROJECTS DASHBOARD 🔨💡 It's hard to track what the City is working on when it comes to capital projects (city roads, sidewalks, buildings, facilities, etc.) so we built a dashboard for you all to know! capitalprojects.lacontroller.app
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LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia @controller.lacity.gov · 15/01/2026
🚨Important Charter Reform update! THIS Saturday 1/17, a Charter Commission committee will meet to significantly whittle down areas of focus. This important committee will largely decide which Charter Reform issues move forward to the full Commission.
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LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia @controller.lacity.gov · 14/01/2026
How is the City of LA doing financially HALFWAY through the fiscal year? 🤔 General Fund Revenues are slightly up compared to this time last fiscal year BUT Expenditures are ALSO UP. We expect spending to continue to increase for the remainder. 💰 Visit revexp.lacontroller.app
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LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia @controller.lacity.gov · 11/01/2026
GREAT NEWS EVERYONE! Trying to decimate the Controller’s Office and mess with transparency and accountability on YOUR TAX DOLLARS is not a good idea. Thank you all for showing up at 10am on a Saturday and sending hundreds of emails defending our Office.
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LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia @controller.lacity.gov · 10/01/2026
Yesterday, City Council unanimously passed two immigration-related motions. Go to immigration.lacontroller.app to see every council file related to immigration and check to see where they are in the legislative process. Use our website to advocate for policies and hold City Hall accountable!
IMMIGRATION COUNCIL FILE TRACKER
Passed City Council 1/9/26 Council File 25-0756
Requests report on maximizing fines for impersonating law enforcement and requesting report to affirm residents right to ask law enforcement for identification Intro: Blumenfield. Hernandez Second: McOsker
Passed City Council 1/9/26 Council File 25-0698
Asks departments to develop best practices tc train civilian marshals to coordinate with protest organizers and liase with the City and law enforcement; requests LAPD incorporate a "graded response"' to protest response Intro: Soto-Martínez Second: Nazarian
Immigration.lacontroller.app
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LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia @controller.lacity.gov · 08/01/2026
WE NEED YOUR HELP! 🚨 A Charter Reform proposal would decimate our office, taking 90% of our functions to give to an unelected political appointment. If you’re free Saturday, give public comment at 10am at Valley Plaza Branch Library at 12311 Vanowen St. in North Hollywood.
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LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia @controller.lacity.gov · 30/12/2025
PARKING TICKETS! 🚗 PARKING TICKETS! 🎫 PARKING TICKETS! 💰 Check out our new City of LA Parking Tickets Dashboard and Heat Map for 2025! Visit: parkingtickets.lacontroller.app We love making City data more transparent and accessible. 🎁
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LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia @controller.lacity.gov · 16/12/2025
HELP US HELP YOU! 🙏🏼 Let us know where you want YOUR TAX DOLLARS to be spent. 💰 Visit mylabudget.lacontroller.app and CREATE your own City of LA budget and submit it! (We are entering budget season so let your elected officials know where you want your tax dollars to be spent!)
mylabudget.lacontroller.app
Your City of LA Budget
Create your own budget for the City of LA
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LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia @controller.lacity.gov · 12/12/2025
When it comes to the LAPD, the City will always find the money to fund them no matter what's been approved in the budget or what the City's spending plan is. If they overspend, rack up liability claims, etc., City Hall will just take the money from elsewhere to give to LAPD.
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LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia @controller.lacity.gov · 12/12/2025
🚨 LAPD is on track to hire more officers than the City budgeted and approved for. What does this mean for the budget?
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LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia @controller.lacity.gov · 11/12/2025
With 7 months left to go in the fiscal year, the City of LA has already spent $90 MILLION or 48% of it's annual liability budget. At this rate, the City will surpass $200 million in liability payouts (like last two fiscal years). It's a BIG REASON why the City is in bad $ shape.
Bar Chart that shows FY2026 CITY OF LA LIABILITY PAYOUTS $90 MILLION (48% of liability budget
the higher the amount. the taller the bar to visualize liability payouts
Police $45.332.565 Street Svces $16.635.000 Misc. $11.295.962 Transportation $5,630,000 Fire $5.576.778 Rec & Parks $2.850.000 Sanitation $2.622.196 General Services $137.500
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LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia @controller.lacity.gov · 04/12/2025
Our 3 budget reforms are part of our Office’s Strategic Approach to Fiscal Health. Thank you to the Charter Reform Commission's Budget & Personnel Committee for having us today! If you want to help fix the City's broken budget process, email ReformLAcharter@lacity.org
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LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia @controller.lacity.gov · 27/11/2025
Nearly 140 people attended‼️ Thank you to everyone who attended our virtual townhall and stayed on till the VERY END to talk about the City's budget and finances! Check out these three sites we made below! Revexp.lacontroller.app Budget.lacontroller.app Liabilityclaims.lacontroller.app
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LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia @controller.lacity.gov · 26/11/2025
GREAT NEWS FOR OUR CHARTER REFORM RECOMMENDATIONS🥳 We got ALL SIX of our Charter Reform recommendations PASSED by the Government Structure Committee. Now let's get it through the full Charter Reform Commission! 💌Email your public comment to reformLAcharter@lacity.org
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LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia @controller.lacity.gov · 24/11/2025
We got FISCALLY FIT and PHYSICALLY FIT at CicLAvia today! 🚲💰💪🏼 A city that values mobility, pedestrian safety, and accessibility is what we need to keep fighting for! Events like CicLAvia truly show what can be achieved!
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