Los Angeles City Council adopts annual budget resolution for FY 2025–26

The Los Angeles City Council on Friday in May 2025 approved the annual budget resolution for fiscal year 2025–26, passing the measure on an 11–2 vote during a regularly scheduled meeting at John Ferraro City Hall.

The vote met the 10-vote threshold required for the item and the council directed the measure to be transmitted “forthwith.” The council also approved an amended motion on a separate housing- and homelessness-related item (file 23-1022-S15) by a 13-0 vote.

Why it matters: The annual budget resolution sets the city’s spending plan and authorizes departmental budgets for the coming fiscal year. Passage by the council moves the resolution to the next procedural steps and, as required by city rules for this item, the measure was approved with more than the minimum votes needed for consideration.

Key facts and procedure - The council’s clerk ran the roll and the council closed the roll for the final tally. The resolution (file no. 25-0600) was approved 11 ayes and 2 no votes; the clerk and council president then recorded a request to transmit the item forthwith. - Item 4 (annual budget resolution, file 25-0600) required 10 votes for consideration; the council surpassed that threshold. - Separately, councilmembers Yaroslavsky and Blumenfield introduced an amendment to item 2 (referred to as motion 2A); that amendment was posted and approved by the council 13-0. The record identifies a housing and homelessness committee report associated with item 2 (file 23-1022-S15) as submitted and uploaded to the council file.

Public comment and meeting context The council opened a public comment period limited to one minute per speaker for the budget item and an additional one minute for general public comment. Multiple speakers used their time to criticize city budget transparency, accessibility of the public-comment process and homelessness spending; other commenters spoke in favor of continuing local community programs. Several public speakers used profane or disruptive language; the presiding officer and clerk repeatedly warned speakers to comply with chamber rules.

What the council did not decide today The council approved the budget resolution itself and the procedural vote to send it forthwith. The text of specific departmental line-item allocations and any mayoral vetoes (if issued after the council vote) were not detailed on the council floor during the recorded discussion preserved in the transcript.

Votes at a glance - Annual budget resolution for FY 2025–26 (Item 4, file 25-0600): outcome approved; tally 11 ayes, 2 nos; legal threshold for consideration (10 votes) met; action: sent forthwith. - Amended motion 2A relating to housing and homelessness (Item 2, file 23-1022-S15): outcome approved; tally 13 ayes; motion introduced by Yaroslavsky and Blumenfield and posted on the bulletin board.

Next steps The council instructed that the budget item be transmitted forthwith. The record does not show additional substantive amendments to the main budget on the council floor during the session recorded in the transcript. Any mayoral actions or subsequent transmittals to implementing departments will appear in the official council file for item 25-0600.

Sources: Los Angeles City Council meeting transcript; council file references provided on the council floor.