City Council adopts FY 2025–26 budget resolution after vote and amendment

The Los Angeles City Council adopted the cityfinal budget resolution for fiscal year 20252025on May 30, 2025, approving the measure in a series of roll-call votes and an amendment.

Council President convened the meeting and opened the agenda; council members confirmed a quorum at the start of the session. Early in the meeting the council took votes on consent items identified as items 1 and 3; those passed with 10 votes in favor. Later, after public comment on the budget and related items, the council held roll-call votes on the final budget resolution (identified on the agenda as item 0.4 / item 4). That motion recorded an 11-2 vote in favor on the initial question and, after an amendment that had been circulated to members, a subsequent 13-yes vote on the amended measure.

Why it matters: the annual budget resolution sets spending priorities and authorizes the administrationto proceed with the cityoperational plan for fiscal year 2025and allocates or affirms how departments will implement council direction.

What happened in the meeting

- Agenda and availability: staff noted the annual budget resolution appeared on the council bulletin and in the online agenda. A council member asked to remove or hold certain items (references to items 0.2 and 0.3 were paused earlier in the agenda). The clerk identified which items were available for immediate vote.

- Votes on consent items: the clerk announced that the council could vote on items 1 and 3; the chair called the roll and those items passed with 10 votes in favor.

- Public comment about the budget: several members of the public used the speaker time reserved for the budget item to raise concerns about how federal grants and other funds had been used and about encampment removals and homelessness services. One commenter said the budget materials and the agenda language were "un poquito confuso" and questioned the appearance of veto language in the agenda (Spanish: "Es un poquito confuso porque no vi el veto en el archivo del consejo"). Another commenter raised concerns about federal court activity and the city's homelessness work and urged the council to account for federal funding and enforcement actions during budget deliberations. Those remarks were recorded during the public comment period for the budget item; no formal council action was taken in response to public comment beyond the subsequent roll-call votes.

- Final budget votes and amendment: the council voted to adopt the final budget resolution. The clerk recorded an 11-2 vote on the initial question; after an amendment that was circulated to members and placed in the bulletin, the amended measure carried on a subsequent roll-call with 13 votes in favor. The amendment text was described on the floor as having been circulated and posted; the transcript does not include the full amendment language in the public record of the meeting.

Council direction and next steps

Councilmembers referenced the amendment and instructions to the clerk and the administration to implement the adopted changes. The transcript records a procedural request to forward or place certain material under item 2 for follow-up (the clerk stated a request to "send this point Fortweed, un punto numero 2" and that an amendment had been circulated and posted). The council closed the meeting after additional ceremonial remarks and memorials.

What the record shows and what it does not

The public record in the transcript shows vote tallies (10-0 for the earlier consent votes; 11-2 on the initial budget question; and a later 13-yes vote on the amended measure). The transcript records public commenters raising confusion about agenda language (including references to a possible mayoral veto), homelessness enforcement, and federal court interactions; it does not include full text of the amendment that passed or a line-by-line summary of budget allocations. The council's formal motions (mover/second) and an itemized budget line-by-line were not included verbatim in the publicly provided transcript excerpt.

Votes at a glance

- Consent items 1 and 3: passed (10 yes) — recorded in meeting minutes early in the agenda. - Final Budget Resolution, FY 2025(agenda item 4): initial recorded vote 11 yes, 2 no; subsequent vote on amended measure recorded as 13 yes (amendment had been circulated and posted).