Re-elect
Kenneth Mejia
to hold City Hall
accountable.

Kenneth Mejia is the only
CPA running for City Controller.
He has 15 years of accounting
& auditing experience.

The City Controller is the City’s
Accountant & Auditor.

Kenneth Mejia standing in front of the Downtown Los Angeles skyline.
Kenneth Mejia with his two corgis.

“As the City’s
independent financial
watchdog, it’s my job to
tell you where your tax
dollars are going and
call out financial
decisions that hurt YOU,
the taxpayer; even when
it makes City Hall
uncomfortable.”

We made the City’s data and finances more accessible than ever before.

Through the Controller’s website, you can now:

  • Track homelessness spending
  • Look up any City official’s salary
  • Create your own city budget
  • Find affordable housing
  • Dig into the City’s liability payouts
  • and SO MUCH MORE!

Our audits, transparency, & accountability work led to policy changes, making a difference in the lives of Angelenos.

  • LAHSA agreeing to strengthen oversight over homeless service providers
  • City Hall following our recommendation to budget more honestly to help avoid disruptions during the fiscal year
  • Our Office is providing more real-time financial oversight to make faster decisions
  • Championed the animal breeding moratorium to alleviate the shelter overcrowding crisis
  • Housing Dept improving oversight over affordable housing, ensuring that property owners are not charging higher rents than allowed
  • LAPD implementing our recommendations to provide greater transparency over their use of military equipment
  • Dept of Transportation refunded red curb tickets that were incorrectly issued and improving oversight over the issuance of parking tickets and the appeal process

In the News

LA Controller's Office website tracking city spending on homelessness
LA's tenant harassment law rarely enforced
Cost of responding to Anti-ICE protests in LA
LA City Controller warns of financial crisis as liability payouts exceed budget
City Controller Report Details Understaffing, Overcrowding at LA Animal Shelters
LA City Controller pushes for greater independence and power to audit programs by other elected city officials.
LA Controller's audit on LAPD helicopters questions benefit of program
As LA evictions rise, City Controller releases map showing where renters are getting pushed out
LA Controller reiterates long-term structural reform needed to fix budget
LA Controller's report finds $500 million in unspent homelessness funding
Los Angeles Wasted $218 Million on Unused Beds for Homeless, Audit Finds
LA Animal Services Department to be under audit by City Controller's Office
Inside 'Safe Noodles': Controller Investigation
Audit finds 1 in 4 shelter beds in Los Angeles went unused, costing taxpayers $218 million
LAPD mental health teams should take lead at crisis events, city controller says
City Controller says LA is in financial trouble, raises alarm on state of budget