Santa Monica Budget

Santa Monica is planning for the next two years and wants to hear what is most important to you. 

City staff are currently working on developing the city budget for the period of July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2027. Your opinion is valuable in this process. 

COMMUNITY MEETINGS:

Watch the recording of the virtual community meeting here. View the PowerPoint presentation here.

Previous meetings:

• Feb. 6 at 6 p.m., Main Library Multipurpose Room, 601 Santa Monica Blvd.
  
• Feb. 13 at 6 p.m., Virtual Webinar via Zoom 
• Feb. 18 at 6:30 p.m., Pico Branch Library Annex, 2201 Pico Blvd. 

Santa Monica has biennial operating and capital budgets, and publishes an addendum during the second year, also called the exception-based budget year. The cycles are staggered to provide staff time to focus on budget preparation. All other reports are annual.  

The Public Works Department develops and manages Santa Monica's Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Budget. For Capital budget questions, please contact Public Works.  

To access budget and financial report documents from years before FY 2004-05, please contact the City Clerk's Office.

• FY 2024-25 Adopted Operating Budget Addendum
• FY 2024-26 Adopted Capital Improvement Program Budget
  

• FY 2023-24 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report
• FY 2023-25 Adopted Operating Budget
• FY 2023-25 Adopted Operating Budget - Line Item Detail
• FY 2023-25 Adopted Capital Improvement Program Budget Addendum

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• FY 2022-23 Adopted Operating Budget Addendum
• FY 2022-24 Adopted Capital Improvement Program Budget

• FY 2021-23 Adopted Operating Budget
• FY 2021-23 Adopted Operating Budget - Line Item Detail
• FY 2021-23 Adopted Capital Improvement Program Budget Addendum