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California · 34,938 residents

West Hollywood

$197.4 million spent in FY2024.

$5,649 per resident · California cities of the same size: $1,708

West Hollywood’s spending by policy area

All the city's funds, including the utilities and other services it runs as businesses.

Click a line to see what it pays for

Source: California State Controller's Office — Cities Annual Report (By the Numbers), FY2024.

Capital spending

$23.6M of capital outlay in FY2024, $675 per resident.

  • Transportation$13.4M
  • Culture and leisure$5.6M
  • Community development$2.5M
  • General government$2.0M
  • Public safety$89k

The capital outlay of the city's general and special funds in FY2024, by function. What its utilities invest is not reported as spending in their accounts.

Source: California State Controller's Office — Cities Annual Report (By the Numbers), FY2024.

Revenue

Revenue: $193.1M · spending: $197.4M.

Revenue by source

  • Local taxes59%$113.0M

    Transient occupancy taxes $34.1M · Secured and unsecured property taxes $23.6M · Sales and use taxes $20.0M

  • Fees, charges and utility sales17%$32.7M

    Parking facility charges $19.0M · Plan checking fees $4.7M · Housing revenues $2.4M

  • Interest, rents and other revenue16%$31.8M

    Investment income $12.2M · Other miscellaneous revenues $12.0M · Rents, Leases, and concessions $4.0M

  • Licenses, permits and fines4%$8.2M

    Construction permits $4.0M · Other licenses and permits $2.1M · Streets and curb permits $1.3M

  • Aid from other governments4%$7.4M

    Other state grants $4.3M · Gasoline tax $1.8M · Other county grants $418k

Source: California State Controller's Office — Cities Annual Report (By the Numbers), FY2024. Borrowing and transfers between the city's funds are not counted as revenue.

Debt and taxation

$1 of debt per resident

California cities of the same size: $610

$26k owed in total at the end of FY2024, $23k of it due within a year

$3,235 of local taxes per resident

California cities of the same size: $1,005

$113.0M collected in FY2024

$777 in FY2003

FY2024 accounts, all the city's funds. Per resident: amount divided by the population (U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments). “Of the same size”: median of the 20 California cities closest in population (32,160 to 38,027 residents).

Understanding these figures

What this page covers

All the city's own funds, actual spending, as it reports it to the State Controller each year: the general and special funds, capital outlay and debt service, and each business the city runs (water, sewer, electricity, airport, port, transit, hospital). The internal service fund, which re-spends what departments already paid it, and depreciation, an accounting charge rather than money spent, are left out. California collects no voted budgets.

How is the comparison with cities of the same size made?

The 20 cities of California closest in population (32,160 to 38,027 residents) are ranked from lowest to highest, and the one in the middle is taken (the median). Being above or below says nothing about good or bad: it depends on what each city runs itself. A city with its own power or water utility spends and collects more.

Where do these figures come from?

California State Controller's Office — Cities Annual Report (By the Numbers). The state's records ↗ Population: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments (population reported with the unit), 2023 file. Qipu changes no amount.

Elected officials and staff of West Hollywood: to report a figure to correct or add context, write to Qipu.

Compare with Pleasant Hill or with another California city:

Page published by Qipu, independent of the town · Sources and method

California State Controller's Office — Cities Annual Report (By the Numbers) · U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments (population reported with the unit) · FY2024. The method · See the source