Audit finds LA County Library misreported $1.3 million in utility tax spending
Outside auditors signed off on $46.1 million in phone tax spending for unincorporated areas but flagged one reporting error.
Residents of unincorporated LA County pay a 4.5% tax on phone and utility service that funded $46,116,433 in parks, libraries, sheriff and other services in the year ending June 30, 2025. An outside firm hired by the Auditor-Controller found the library misclassified transfers as spending; the library corrected the report and will add review steps.
What happens next
The library will add supervisory review, written procedures and staff training for quarterly expenditure reports.
Hall of AdministrationPhoto: Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
