Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Budget
In October 2020, the Civilian Oversight Commission created the Budget Ad Hoc Committee to evaluate the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s (LASD) annual budget setting process. The Committee's role is to monitor LASD budget operations, gather information, conduct analysis, and make recommendations for Commission consideration. If recommendations are adopted by the Commission, they are submitted to LASD, the Chief Executive Office (CEO) and the Board of Supervisors (BOS), when appropriate.
Recommendations are based on the review of LASD’s historical budget submissions and spending, collaboration between LASD and the CEO, stakeholder feedback, public comment at Commission Meetings, and examining LASD’s annual budget proposals. The Committee intends to review LASD priority requests each fiscal year.
Commission Budget Priority Recommendations for FY2021-2022
The Budget Ad Hoc Committee reviewed the LASD FY21-22 Budget Priority Requests and then sent a memo recommending support for specific budget priorities to the Commission. As a result, the Commission sent this letter of Budget Priority Recommendations to the CEO and this letter to the BOS. The Commission’s support of specific budget priorities does not imply support of non-referenced priorities or an increase in the department’s total budget. Amongst the items submitted in LASD’s FY 2021-22 Recommended Budget Request Priorities, the Commission supports funding for the listed items in the following priority order:
- Body Worn Cameras (LASD Priority #3)
- Mental Evaluation Team (MET) Restoration (LASD Priority #7)
- Integrated Co-Response & Crisis Intervention Bureau (LASD Priority #8)
- Veterans Mental Evaluation Team (MET) Expansion (LASD Priority #9)
On October 5, 2021, the BOS approved the Supplemental Budget Recommendations Final Changes for FY 2021-22. Among many budget highlights, those directly related to the Commission's recommendations include:
- Body-Worn Camera (BWC) Project — Adds $9 million to LASD, partially offset with $1.0 million of funding previously set aside in the Provisional Financing Uses budget unit, for the completion of the BWC project roll-out
- Veterans Mental Evaluation Team — Adds $2 million and 6 positions to LASD to expand the Mental Evaluation Teams to provide services to veterans
County Budget Resources
- CEO Budget - You can view the current Fiscal Year’s Budget Recommendations at the top of this page. For previous years, scroll to the “Budget Archives” section and select the Fiscal Year you would like to review. See Final Budget and Budget Recommendation documents such as "Final Budget Book" and "Recommended Budget documents" for each year. The documents will contain specific pages for each department. For ease of access, press “ctrl+f” to search the document for "Sheriff’s Department" for information on the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
- County’s Budget Process Map
- Commission’s Budget Oversight Process Map
- Public Hearings - During the County’s Budget Process, Los Angeles County residents and stakeholders are encouraged to provide public comment at the Board of Supervisors Public Hearings for the budget held every May. You can view the Board Agendas here.
- Commission Virtual Conferences on the County Budget
Additional Outside Resources