LA City Budget 101

It’s budget time! Every year around this time, the LA City Mayor is required to share a draft of the upcoming year’s city budget (in this case, July 1, 2024-June 30, 2025). What’s in the budget, and how does one even access it? Get the rundown and some initial thoughts from Former Councilmember Mike Bonin about how our city budget works and how it’s drafted, vetted, and finalized in the zoom recording below. Want to influence the 2024-2025 budget to ensure money for unarmed crisis response services? Click HERE for more.

A majority of our budget comes from our members’ monthly donations. In 2024, our goal is to raise 70% of our budget from dues-paying members. That will enable us to be 100% accountable to people like you. Your gift allows us to respond rapidly to emerging issues, to take on powerful interests, and spend as little time possible on fundraising so we can focus on the crucial work that needs to get done every day.