Jun 22, 2026
Adopted the FY 2026-27 County budget
Independent tracker · City of Los Angeles
Taxes paid in Los Angeles and the programs they fund
Tally LA collects City, County and State budget and spending figures in one place. Each figure has an explanation, a source and the date it was last updated, and is compared with what was promised.
Sales tax rate in the City of Los Angeles
10.25%
- State General Fund3.9375%
- State realignment for County programs1.5625%
- Prop 172 public safety0.5%
- County transportation fund0.25%
- City of LA (Bradley-Burns)1%
- Metro Prop A (1980)0.5%
- Metro Prop C (1990)0.5%
- Metro Measure R (2008)0.5%
- Metro Measure M (2016)0.5%
- Measure A homelessness & housing0.5%
- Measure ER County health care (from Oct 1, 2026)0.5%
How the rate is split
Sales tax in LA is several taxes stacked together, each created by a different law. The state takes the biggest piece for its own budget. A slice goes to the County for mental health, social services and public safety programs the state handed to counties. The City gets one cent of every dollar. Voters added four half-cent taxes for Metro, a half cent for homelessness and housing in 2024 (Measure A), and a half cent for County health care that started October 1, 2026 (Measure ER).
This month
Recent changes
New since Oct 1 · Measure ER
10.25%
Sales tax in the City of LA rose half a cent for County health care. The money is held in escrow while a lawsuit is decided.
On the Nov 3 ballot · Measure FD
+½¢
A City sales tax for the Fire Department, about $345M a year by the CAO's estimate. It would take the City rate to 10.75% as early as April 2027.
Gas, LA County average
$6.073
Down 13.5¢ from a week ago and 32.7¢ from a month ago, but $1.44 higher than a year ago. The record is $6.493 (Oct 5, 2022).
AAA via City News Service · 2026-10-27
LADWP electricity, Tier 1
27¢
per kWh. Up about 23% from 22¢ in January 2025, per the LA Times as cited by Our Weekly.
2026-10-21
Homelessness, City of LA
45,194
+3.4% vs 2025 in the 2026 count. County: about 73,000 (+1.2% vs 2025).
Released July 24, 2026
Sections
Find a topic
Your taxesEstimate the taxes you pay on purchases, gas, utilities, a car and a home.Your receipt →
BudgetsThe County's $50.33B and the City's $14.9B budgets, department by department.Budgets →
HomelessnessSources of homelessness funding, spending and results.Homelessness money →
VotesVotes from the official record, by member. Filter by year and by body.Votes →
Money timelineA vote authorizes spending. Payment comes later. The steps from vote to first payment.Money timeline →
Latest votes
Decisions on the record
May 27, 2026
Adopted the FY 2026-27 City budget resolution
Apr 29, 2026
Approved the FY 2025-26 Fourth Homelessness Funding Report
Apr 14, 2026
Ordered flea-borne typhus prevention, including encampment sanitation
Promise tracker
Promised vs. delivered
Measure ULA ("mansion tax")City of Los Angeles 24%
City's first estimate, per year (later lowered to about $672M): $900M. Raised in its first year (Apr 2023 to Apr 2024): $215M.
Cumulative revenue reached $1.03B through November 2025, about what was first promised for a single year.
City homelessness budget, FY 2025-26 (ended June 30, 2026)City of Los Angeles No data
Budgeted: about $350M of City money plus $602M from state and federal grants and voter-approved taxes and bonds: $952M
$325.8M of unspent FY 2024-25 money was carried into FY 2025-26, according to the CAO's March 2026 report.
Gap. Year-end spending for FY 2025-26 is not public. The CAO's quarterly report from March 2026 said the next report would include the FY 2025-26 budget breakdown, and the Controller's year-end review of the previous year came out in March. This card will be updated when either is published.
Inside Safe, FY 2025-26City of Los Angeles 131%
Funding authority for the year: $101M. Projected spending, per the CAO in April 2026: $132M.
The program was projected to spend about $31.1M more than its funding authority. The Council's April 29, 2026 vote moved up to $36.2M into the Homelessness Emergency Account and up to $24.0M from it to the Housing Department for Inside Safe's January to June costs.
24 public sources tracked
9 on schedule
7 stale
Last automatic check: not run yet
Sources and update dates →