🚨 TODAY IS THE DAY!
Support the Controller's Office in person, over Zoom, or send an email to reformLAcharter@lacity.org voicing your OPPOSITION to directly or indirectly take away from the Controller's Office current duties.
Charterreform.lacontroller.app
We just found out that there is another proposal to destroy the Controller's Office at tomorrow's Charter Reform meeting.
Help us protect the Controller's Office!
📢Give public comment:
Thursday, February 26, 2026, 4pm
City Hall, Board of Public Works Session Room 350
What do you notice about the City of LA's budget priorities over the past 13 years? 🤔
I'll point out one thing: the department that maintains, preserves, and enhances our roads, sidewalks, and trees has a SMALLER operating budget than it did 13 years ago!
Know which one? 🛠️
LOST OUT ON $100 MILLION IN GRANT FUNDS for Active Transportation Projects⁉️
The City doesn't have the staff to implement these grants due to budget/staffing cuts. ✂️
Budget season is NOW! Create your own LA budget at mylabudget.lacontroller.app & submit to your Council Member!
💔 Heart to heart on taxes and City of LA spending spending spending. 💔
Check out these sites for budget and financial info on the City of LA:
Budget.lacontroller.app
Revexp.lacontroller.app
Liabilityclaims.lacontroller.app
Create your own LA budget at mylabudget.lacontroller.app
New and/or increased TAXES coming to Los Angeles?! 🤔
(BUT they're not meant to target Angelenos)
Take a watch and let us know if you'd vote for these if they show up on the ballot! 👀
Marissa Roy holding a petition and Kenneth Mejia with his arms raised, large green text above them say “sign our petitions” below them: MON. FEB 9 WESTSIDE 4pm-7pm 11424 Palms Blvd (outside Mar Vista Rec Center) TUES. FEB 10 NOHO 5pm-8pm 6160 Laurel Canyon Blvd (outside Boba Time)
Are you registered to vote in the City of LA? WE NEED YOUR HELP TO GET ON THE BALLOT!
Come out to the Westside tomorrow or North Hollywood on Tuesday to sign for us and @marissaroyla.bsky.social
You MUST be registered to vote in the City of LA to sign.
We are 500 signatures closer to qualifying for the ballot! Huge thanks to everyone who came out today, especially the 80+ volunteers who made this event possible!
If you want to stop by our office tomorrow morning (Sun 2/8 10am-12pm) to sign, COMMENT BELOW!
In one week, cars killed 5 people in LA, including a pregnant mother & her unborn child.
The City paid out $318 million in Dangerous Condition Liabilities since 2020 while investing only 5% of its annual budget in street services & transportation.
These deaths were preventable.
Kenneth Mejia speaking in a room full n of UCLA students. Text says "Thank you, UCLA Undergraduate Students Association!"
Thank you to UCLA's Undergraduate Students Association for having us tonight! We had a great time sharing our budget website and empowering students to advocate for their budget priorities.
Want Controller Mejia to speak at your school? Reach out at controller.mejia@lacity.org
Los Angeles cannot trust our financial future to someone connected with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
LA 2028 Olympics Committee Chair Casey Wasserman must take accountability and resign.
January 23, 2026 RE: FRAUD, WASTE, AND ABUSE INVESTIGATION ON HOMELESS SERVICE PROVIDEF In July 2024, and as previously reported by our Office, the Controller's Fraud, Waste, and Abuse (FWA) Unit received a hotline tip alleging contractor fraud by a service provider at an nside Safe hotel. Upon receiving the allegation, our FWA investigators conducted an on-site visit of the location, interviewed residents and staff, and launched a formal investigation intc allegations of contractor fraud. This formal investigation included determining whether the contractor provided food services to unhoused residents in accordance with their contractual obligations. In conjunction with the investigation, the FWA Unit was able to secure immediate relief for vulnerable residents by ensuring corrective action that led to the provision o1 nutritious meals for residents at the Inside Safe site. The FWA Unit's timely and thorough investigative efforts garnered the attention of local and federal law enforcement agencies. Today, the United States Attorney's Office arrestec Alexander Soofer, executive director of Abundant Blessings, on a federal criminal complaint charging him with fraudulently obtaining $23 million in public money intended to combat homelessness. Allegations about contractor fraud are especially concerning because the City spends billions on goods and services each year. Multiple performance audits conducted by our Office in recent years have shown a significant lack of contractor oversight by City departments. These conditions increase the risk that taxpayer funds are being wasted, which leaves less money available to deliver critical services to residents during the City's ongoing fiscal emergency. As a result of the FWA Unit's investigative findings, our investigators will be conducting proactive inspections of shelter facilities to ensure that contractors are providing services in accordance with established requirements. This critical oversight function is imperative…
Controller Kenneth Mejia’s statement on our Fraud, Waste & Abuse investigation into homeless service provider.
Today, the US Attorney’s Office arrested Alexander Soofer, Executive Director of Abundant Blessings, charging him with fraudulently obtaining $23 mil in public money.
THE ISSUE: As the City's Accountant, we can see every account & dollar that's unused/unspent. If other departments need those funds, they will not get them.
But for LAPD, no problem. They can overspend, have hundreds of millions in liability claims, & EVEN get a budget increase.
Today's vote to give additional funding to LAPD to hire more police officers Bob Blumenfield absent Marqueece harris-dawson yes Eunisses Hernandez no Heather Hutt ves Ysabel Jurado no John Lee yes Tim McOsker yes Adrin Nazarian Yes Imelda Padilla Yes Traci Park Yes Curren Price Absent Nithya Raman No Monica Rodriguez Yes Hugo Soto-Martinez No Katy Yaroslavsky Yes
Today, the City Council voted 9-4 to give LAPD more money since they're hiring 170 more officers than what was budgeted for.
In the past two fiscal years, LAPD went over budget by $210 million + had $260 million in liability payouts.
The City will always find money for LAPD.☑️
What the hell does the City of LA do? 🤔
GREAT QUESTION 💡
We've built the City of LA Department Metrics Dashboard so you can know more about what each department does! It shows the department's financial spending metrics + PERFORMANCE METRICS!
🌐 Visit LAcitymetrics.lacontroller.app
Introducing our FIRST dashboard for 2026!
CAPITAL PROJECTS DASHBOARD 🔨💡
It's hard to track what the City is working on when it comes to capital projects (city roads, sidewalks, buildings, facilities, etc.) so we built a dashboard for you all to know!
capitalprojects.lacontroller.app
📢 If you are a registered voter in the City of Los Angeles, PLEASE SIGN our petition to be on the ballot for City Controller:
SAVE THE DATE: Saturday, February 7, anytime from 1pm to 4pm.
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IMMIGRATION COUNCIL FILE TRACKER Passed City Council 1/9/26 Council File 25-0756 Requests report on maximizing fines for impersonating law enforcement and requesting report to affirm residents right to ask law enforcement for identification Intro: Blumenfield. Hernandez Second: McOsker Passed City Council 1/9/26 Council File 25-0698 Asks departments to develop best practices tc train civilian marshals to coordinate with protest organizers and liase with the City and law enforcement; requests LAPD incorporate a "graded response"' to protest response Intro: Soto-Martínez Second: Nazarian Immigration.lacontroller.app
Yesterday, City Council unanimously passed two immigration-related motions.
Go to immigration.lacontroller.app to see every council file related to immigration and check to see where they are in the legislative process.
Use our website to advocate for policies and hold City Hall accountable!
WE NEED YOUR HELP! 🚨
A Charter Reform proposal would decimate our office, taking 90% of our functions to give to an unelected political appointment.
If you’re free Saturday, give public comment at 10am at Valley Plaza Branch Library at 12311 Vanowen St. in North Hollywood.
Can’t tell you how excited I am for these candidates! Marissa Roy for LA City Attorney, re-electing Kenneth Mejia for LA Controller, and Faizah Malik for LA City Council in District 11! @kennethmejiala.bsky.social @faizahforla.bsky.social @marissaroyla.bsky.social
Have you ever tried looking for a bathroom in LA? We made a map!
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MEET in large letters over the photos of City Controller* Kenneth Mejia, Marissa Roy for City Attorney and Faizah Malik for CD11 below, it says "Sunday, Dec 21, 4-6pm at Sorry Not Sorry, 11520 W Pico Blvd, RSVP at bit.ly/meet1221 *title for identification purposes only"
For the past 3 years, we faced roadblocks when we tried to audit or investigate programs.
We need a City Attorney and City Council that will empower my Office to fight for transparency and accountability on your tax dollars.
Join us on Sunday! bit.ly/meet1221
HELP US HELP YOU! 🙏🏼
Let us know where you want YOUR TAX DOLLARS to be spent. 💰
Visit mylabudget.lacontroller.app and CREATE your own City of LA budget and submit it!
(We are entering budget season so let your elected officials know where you want your tax dollars to be spent!)
Bar chart of the City's budget showing youth development near the bottom with a budget at $2.5 million and LAPD at the top with a budget of $3.3 billion
Currently, the City is scrambling to find $4 million to fund more officers even though the compromise to avoid City layoffs was to reduce class sizes.
For context, the total LAPD is budgeted to get this fiscal year is $3.3 billion. Youth Development Dept. is $2.5 million.
When it comes to the LAPD, the City will always find the money to fund them no matter what's been approved in the budget or what the City's spending plan is.
If they overspend, rack up liability claims, etc., City Hall will just take the money from elsewhere to give to LAPD.
🚨 LAPD is on track to hire more officers than the City budgeted and approved for.
What does this mean for the budget?
Our 3 budget reforms are part of our Office’s Strategic Approach to Fiscal Health.
Thank you to the Charter Reform Commission's Budget & Personnel Committee for having us today!
If you want to help fix the City's broken budget process, email ReformLAcharter@lacity.org
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(LA residents' donations get matched SIX times!)
Nearly 140 people attended‼️
Thank you to everyone who attended our virtual townhall and stayed on till the VERY END to talk about the City's budget and finances!
Check out these three sites we made below!
Revexp.lacontroller.app
Budget.lacontroller.app
Liabilityclaims.lacontroller.app
GREAT NEWS FOR OUR CHARTER REFORM RECOMMENDATIONS🥳
We got ALL SIX of our Charter Reform recommendations PASSED by the Government Structure Committee.
Now let's get it through the full Charter Reform Commission!
💌Email your public comment to reformLAcharter@lacity.org
