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Community Matters: State and County Budgets

State funding accounts for one portion of the County’s budget. Federal and local revenues are also used to finance County expenditures. Federal and state revenues are generally available primarily for specific human services. Local sources of funds include the County’s share of the property tax, vehicle license fees, sales and use taxes, and fines and charges for services. These are the primary funding sources for public protection, recreation and cultural services, infrastructure, and general government services. (Source: LA County Annual Report 2007-2008) The County budget is required by law to be approved on a yearly basis. As such, funding for infrastructure projects and government services is committed on an annual basis. Unlike the County, the State is not required by law to approve a budget by a certain date each year. Delays in the State budget process do impact the County’s revenue sources for programmatic expenditures, however, they do not impact the delivery of the general government services listed above. For more information on the County budget, please visit http://portal.lacounty.gov/wps/portal/lac/home.