Civic transparency
About This Project
LA Budget Explorer makes the city's $13+ billion budget accessible to everyone. Public money should be easy to understand — not buried in hundreds of pages of PDFs.
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Type any question about the LA city budget in plain language — no jargon or document navigation required.
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AI searches official documents
Our system retrieves relevant passages from adopted budgets, CAO reports, and departmental summaries.
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Receive a clear response with citations back to the original budget documents so you can verify every claim.
A note on accuracy
Answers are generated by AI from official city documents and may occasionally contain errors. Always check the cited sources for important decisions. This tool is for informational purposes and is not affiliated with the City of Los Angeles.