BUDGET & FINANCE QUESTIONS on Animal Services? Police? Housing? Homelessness? City spending in general? Curious to know how the budget process works? 🤔 JOIN US for our virtual townhall next Tuesday, Nov 25, from 8pm to 10pm! Ask a question & RSVP at: bit.ly/lacontroller-townhall

CASH💰 FOR KEYS🔑 UPDATE From January 2019 to July 2025, there were 5,991 “cash for keys” (landlords paying tenants to move out) agreements filed with the Housing Department. Average buyout amount: $25k per unit Check out our map & analysis here: cashforkeys.lacontroller.app

DO YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE RULES THAT GOVERN LA? 🤔 Rewrite LA, a local org working to learn what YOU want, is holding “mini-assemblies” to get your thoughts on how to reform the City Charter. Apply to attend & tell them what YOU want - deadline tonight! rewritela.org/deliberate#registration

NERDING OUT ON BASIC FINANCIAL ANALYSIS! 🥳 So happy to introduce you all to our new technology tool that let's you know how the City is doing financially by showing you a high-level overview of the City's Revenue and Expenses so far for the fiscal year! Revexp.lacontroller.app

On Wednesday, City Council is considering a new formula for allowable rent increases in rent controlled units: Cap rent increases at 3% (it’s currently 8%) No more 1-2% increases if landlord pays utilities No more 10% increase if a child or dependent moves in

How much should rent be allowed to increase each year? City Council is currently debating this for rent-stabilized units. The Housing & Homelessness Committee COULD be voting on WEDNESDAY. Be sure to tell your councilmember what you think!

EVICTIONS UPDATE 🚨 For the first 9 months of 2025, over 54,000 households throughout LA received eviction notices because they were unable to pay rent. See our updated eviction notices map and analysis at 📍 evictions.lacontroller.app

NEW 🚨 In January 2023, LAPD killed three people suffering mental health crises. In response, our Office assessed the LAPD’s Mental Evaluation Unit (MEU) & found that LAPD requires a patrol-first, armed response in mental health calls for service. Full report: bit.ly/lapdmeu

THE CITY OF LA HAS A COMPANY CREDIT CARD?! 🤔 Sort of... we call it the Purchasing Card or P-Card! It's the City's credit card & YOU ALL, as taxpayers, pay the City's credit bills! 💳 🔎 For greater transparency & accountability, we created a dashboard: pcard.lacontroller.app

❗Don’t forget: Taxes are due TOMORROW (10/15)! Tax Day this year was postponed to October 15 for people in LA County. Don’t forget to file! irs.gov/filing/individuals/how-to-file

Los Angeles, YOU MIGHT be PAYING MORE in FEES SOON! 🗑️🚗💰 Whether or not you will be paying more depends, actually! Let's talk about the increased costs facing the City as they try to tackle the budget deficit.

“‘We tried to provide a performance audit but we weren't able to get cooperation,’ Mejia told LAist. We are fighting for Charter Reform in the City of LA and need everyone’s help so that the City has a strong independent watchdog over your tax dollars. laist.com/news/politic...

How much is the City of LA considering paying for an outside monitor on local homeless efforts instead of having our Office do it for FREE? 🤔 AT LEAST $560,000 OR $800 PER HOUR FOR 700 HOURS (MAX) OF WORK! This diverts funds from essential services during financial hardship.

"WHERE THE HELL ARE MY TAX DOLLARS GOING?!?" 🤔 People of Los Angeles, take a look at our easy-to-use budget website to see where your tax dollars are budgeted to be spent this fiscal year! 🔎 Visit: budget.lacontroller.app

"Don't tell me what you value, show me your budget, and I'll tell you what you value" 🔎 The City of LA's Adopted Budget for FY2026 is now up on our website: controller.lacity.gov/budgets See the bar chart to see where your tax dollars ($14,103,321,315) are budgeted to be spent! 💰

Se pregunta qué está haciendo la ciudad en respuesta a las redadas de ICE? Hemos creado un registro que mantiene todas las acciones legislativas por parte de nuestro gobierno municipal relacionadas con ICE. immigration.lacontroller.app

Wondering what the City of LA is doing in response to ICE raids? We made a tool that makes it easy for you to keep track of all ICE-related legislative actions by the City. immigration.lacontroller.app

Voice your support for our Office's recommendations at the next meeting! Monday, September 29 at 5pm RSVP at tinyurl.com/LACharterTownHall

Being City Controller comes with inherent difficulties. This is why WE NEED Charter Reform‼️ Visit bit.ly/lacontroller-charter to read our Charter Reform recommendations AND also join the virtual meeting for the upcoming September 29 Charter Reform Commission meeting at 5pm.

The City of LA spent MILLIONS to avoid transparency and accountability by my Office and is going to do it again to have an outside monitor keep an eye on the city's homelessness spending and efforts! 🤯 BTW 🔎 Check out our homelessness dashboard at homelessdashboard.lacontroller.app

You all asked for it, so we're here to bring you that FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY! 💰🔍 Watch this quick three minute video on HOW TO USE our homelessness dashboard and also hear about some of the difficulties we're facing keeping this updated. Visit homelessdashboard.lacontroller.app

Today, City Council voted 11-2 to approve the Convention Center expansion. This will cost us an additional $104 million each year for the next 30 years. ($104 million = 900 City jobs) The City of LA NEEDS to fundamentally change the way it handles its finances.

STATEMENT RE: LA CONVENTION CENTER EXPANSION We would love to see the City investing in projects like the Convention Center expansion in addition to affordable housing, roads, sidewalks, streetlights, animal shelters, and countless other projects & city services in general. 🧵

Want systemic change in City Hall? Want to help our Office? 🔎 📝 Changes to the City Charter are currently in talks and the next Charter Reform Commission meeting is TONIGHT, Wed 9/17 6pm at City Hall! 📣Give public comment in person OR email [email protected] Details ⏬

Was in Federal Court today to talk about the financial transparency we're bringing to homelessness spending! 💰🔎 (We are short-staffed but we're doing our best to give you all the information you deserve!) Visit our homelessness dashboard at homelessdashboard.lacontroller.app

📍NEW WEBSITE: Immigration Resources & City Response To support immigrant communities during a time of increased ICE activity, our new website: 🔎 brings together resources in one place 💪 empowers the public to track immigration-related City actions immigration.lacontroller.app

Monitoring the City of LA's finances 🔎💰 • The City just finished the second month of the fiscal year (August) • If the City spent less than 16.7% of their Operating Budget thru the end of August, that would be good What financial observations/questions do you have? 🤔

Today is a dark day for LA. The Supreme Court ruled that ICE is allowed to racially profile people. Even when this was ruled illegal in July, ICE continued indiscriminate raids in LA. We fear more kidnappings of Angelenos by the federal government.

Do you think the City will be in another budget deficit this fiscal year? 🤔 With the start of fiscal year, we are tracking to see if the City is going to be in a third year of consecutive budget deficits. With city departments & services getting cut, let's see what happens.

On this day 55 years ago in 1970, more than 20,000 people, mostly Chicanos, marched through East LA to protest the Vietnam War, systemic racism, police brutality & the disproportionate number of Mexican American soldiers dying overseas. It was called the Chicano Moratorium.

An EXTREME Heat Warning is in effect through at least Sunday. To help Angelenos stay hydrated, we made this new bathrooms and water fountains map: bathrooms.lacontroller.app

☀️ An EXTREME Heat Warning is in effect through at least Sunday ‼️NEW‼️ To help Angelenos stay hydrated, WE BUILT THIS MAP of City of LA bathrooms & drinking fountains! 🚽💦 (These facilities are maintained by depts: Rec & Parks, Libraries, & Streets LA) bathrooms.lacontroller.app

Did you know that my Office oversees OVER $35 BILLION as the city's independent financial watchdog? 🔎 Unfortunately, we are nowhere near being sufficiently staffed to provide that independent oversight that YOU all voted for because of the way the City Charter currently is. 😔

NOW is the time to get involved with Charter Reform! Help us STRENGTHEN the Controller's Office so that we can fulfill our role as the City's independent financial watchdog - accountable to the PEOPLE, YOU! 📩 EMAIL your public comment to the Charter Reform Commission at [email protected]

CITY OF LA RESIDENTS:🥺🙏 "PLEASE FIX our sidewalks, roads, street lights, city facilities, & animal shelters!" "PLEASE FUND youth development, senior & disability services, childcare centers, neighborhood empowerment, & economic development!" ___ CITY OF LA GOVERNMENT: 🏛️✂️💩

HOW the City of Los Angeles stays BROKE We encourage everyone to ask your elected officials: "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING ABOUT THESE LIABILITY PAYOUTS?"

Today's the first day of school in LA!📚🍎 We were at Belmont High School this morning with LAUSD & UTLA teachers today to remind students, parents, and families that LAUSD is a sanctuary place! Students should feel safe at school!

What is the City of LA doing to REDUCE HARM & LIABILITY PAYOUTS? 🤔 On ABC7 to talk about our NEW AUDIT that we just launched!🔎

This week marks the 60th anniversary of the Watts Uprising. The initial spark was a drunk driving arrest on August 11, 1965, but below the surface, the ensuing 6 days of civil unrest were fueled by years of neglect and alleged police abuses.

Submitting a public comment to the Charter Reform Commission is quick and easy! 💌Email [email protected] with your ideas. The next meeting is TOMORROW (Sat) at 10am at the Encino Community Center. Visit reformlacharter.lacity.gov for more info!

🚨 NEW AUDIT 🚨 We're auditing the City of LA's risk management practices to REDUCE HARM & LIABILITY PAYOUTS‼️ The City must do its best to manage risks before they lead to injuries, death, and the claims, litigation, & payouts that follow (a BIG reason for our budget deficit).

CITY OF LA LIABILITY PAYOUT NEWS 📰 🚔 $500,000 settlement to two reporters who LAPD arrested while covering a past protest ❌ Recently, a Judge ordered the LAPD to stop shooting journalists covering protests w/ rubber bullets 💰 $9,361,763 paid out in first month of FY2026

UPDATE 📣 - City of LA employee layoffs and - the City paying ANOTHER $40 million more than they needed to for the police pension contribution (watch our May 20th video for details) Keep sharing and following along to know what your City is doing 💰

Despite having only 5 Fraud, Waste, and Abuse investigators for the entire city (40,000+ employees and 40+ departments), our FWA Unit thoroughly evaluates all cases. New report: bit.ly/fwa-2024

What's the Controller's Office up to? 🤔 📚 Closing the books since the fiscal year just ended 📝 Working on two audits (Animal Services & Sanitation) & about to launch a new one 👀 🔎 Fraud, waste, & abuse investigations 💪🏼 Constant financial transparency & handling payments

NEW🚨 In 2024, our FRAUD, WASTE, & ABUSE (FWA) Unit received 708 cases (up 61%)‼️ EXAMPLES🔎 - City employee saved pornographic material on city phone & used position for personal gain on a building project - Officer issued unenforceable parking tickets bit.ly/fwa-2024

Are you tired of the City going broke? Another corruption scandal at City Hall? That can all change with ✨️Charter Reform!✨️ This is your chance to help shape LA and turn it into a fairer, more transparent, accountable, and responsive city! Visit reformlacharter.lacity.gov and give public comment!

✨Ranked Choice Voting✨ ✨Smaller City Council Districts✨ ✨Independent Budgeting for the Controller ✨ These are some reforms to the City that YOU could vote for in 2026! Changes like these are discussed in Charter Reform Commission meetings. Get involved!

🔎 Talking about our latest Performance Audit on the City's oversight and monitoring of our Affordable Housing stock. The City oversees about 47,000 affordable housing units but still needs over 400,000 affordable housing units to meet the needs of low-income households.

The liability payout total for Fiscal Year 2025 is a City of LA record high: $286M. Liability payout totals year over year – FY21: $87M FY22: $91M FY23: $167M FY24: $247M FY25: $286M