Monthly updated records detail Los Angeles's adopted, amended, budgeted, and collected city revenue since fiscal year 2012. The dataset is provided by the Los Angeles City Controller's office and tracks performance across departments, funds, and revenue sources. It includes metrics like the percentage of revenue collected against budgeted amounts.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in REVENUE COLLECTED versus ADOPTED REVENUE BUDGET by FISCAL YEAR to assess budget forecasting accuracy.
- Compare % REVENUE COLLECTED across different DEPARTMENTS or FUND NAMES to identify high or low-performing units.
- Model future REVENUE BUDGET figures using historical REVENUE SOURCE CODE and REVENUE CLASS NAME data for planning.
- Investigate the impact of budget amendments by tracking changes from ADOPTED to AMENDED REVENUE BUDGET for specific FUNDS.
Strengths
- Time series spans from fiscal year 2012 to present, offering over a decade of fiscal history.
- Data is updated monthly, providing regular snapshots of fiscal performance.
- Contains 14 distinct columns tracking budget stages, sources, departments, and collection metrics.
Limitations
- Exact row count and total data size are unknown, making scale assessment difficult.
- Geographic coverage is limited to the city of Los Angeles, not representative of other municipalities.
- Sample data is unavailable, preventing immediate inspection of data formats and value distributions.
Provenance
- Source
- Los Angeles City Controller's Office (controllerdata.lacity.org).
- Collection Method
- Collected as part of official city budgeting and accounting processes.
- Time Range
- Fiscal year 2012 onward.
- Freshness
- Updated monthly, with a last recorded update in April 2026.
- Geography
- City of Los Angeles, California, USA.