Village government · Los Angeles County, CA

Westlake's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Westlake took in $19.6 million and spent $24.1 million.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2022Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Village taxes82%Fees for services (parks and recreation, garbage collection)8.5%State tax money7.3%Fines and other2.4%Federal tax money0.2%

What stands out

31%

of Westlake's money comes from sales tax.Most U.S. cities, towns and villages of under 10,000 people get none.

Village taxes82%

Other taxes
32%$6.3 million
What's in other taxesOther selective sales taxes; other licenses and 3 more
  • Other selective sales taxes$4.1 million
  • Other licenses$1.4 million
  • Public utility taxes$456 thousand
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$230 thousand
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$188 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Sales tax
31%$6.1 million
Property tax
18%$3.6 million

Fees for services8.5%

Fees for services
8.5%$1.7 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; parks and recreation and 2 more
  • Other service charges$1.4 million
  • Parks and recreation$157 thousand
  • Garbage collection$28 thousand
  • Transit fares$28 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.2%

Grants from Washington, paid for by the federal taxes residents also pay.

From the federal government
0.2%$33 thousand

State tax money7.3%

Money the state passes on, paid for by the state taxes residents also pay.

From the state
7.3%$1.4 million

Fines and other2.4%

Interest, rents and other
2.1%$420 thousand
Fines
0.3%$58 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs30%Roads, transit and parking28%Sent to other local governments15%Police, fire, courts and jails15%Parks, recreation and libraries5.3%All other spending6.6%

What stands out

15%

of Westlake's spending goes to local governments.Most U.S. cities, towns and villages of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
30%$7.3 million
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); finance, tax collection and budgeting and 1 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$4.4 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1.6 million
  • Other and not broken out$1.3 million
Roads, transit and parking
28%$6.8 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and public transit
  • Roads and highways$6.3 million
  • Public transit$441 thousand
Sent to other local governments
15%$3.6 million
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$3.6 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
15%$3.5 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; courts and legal services and 1 more
  • Police$3.1 million
  • Courts and legal services$221 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$211 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
5.3%$1.3 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$1.2 million
  • Libraries$39 thousand
Interest on debt
4.9%$1.2 million
Health and hospitals
0.9%$219 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$219 thousand
Housing and community development
0.8%$193 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Village of Westlake. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2022. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of Village of Westlake itself. Other governments that serve the same area (the city, county, school district and state) are separate and not included. Borrowing, transfers between a government's own funds, and pension trust funds are not counted as revenue.