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Los Altos Hills Budget Overview
FY 2025-26 Budget and Recent Trends
Draft budget previewBudget document: FY 2025-26 adopted PDF
Los Altos Hills's CivicCause budget overview highlights major current-year budget changes, department shifts, recent trends, and the official public source documents behind them.
This Los Altos Hills budget preview is available for internal and prelaunch review. The all-funds summary currently implies an approximately $2.27M projected gap, revenue comparisons are General Fund-focused, capital output is a high-level category rollup, and city launch status remains coming soon.
Total Budget
$28.0M
Derived from current total expenditures in the expenditure summary.
Projected Deficit
$2.3M
Derived as current total revenues minus current total expenditures.
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Taxation and Fiscal Policy
What Changed
Largest department-level changes in the strongest currently loaded comparison layer.
Community Services
↓
Decrease-20.80%
2024/25: $1,833,728
2025/26: $1,452,365
-$381.4K
↓Decrease
Public Safety
↑
Increase+10.24%
2024/25: $3,695,061
2025/26: $4,073,524
+$378.5K
↑Increase
Community Development
↓
Decrease-6.18%
2024/25: $5,243,641
2025/26: $4,919,808
-$323.8K
↓Decrease
General Administration
↑
Increase+9.18%
2024/25: $2,307,341
2025/26: $2,519,074
+$211.7K
↑Increase
Finance and Administrative Services
↑
Increase+11.11%
2024/25: $1,446,307
2025/26: $1,607,028
+$160.7K
↑Increase
Public Works
↑
Increase+0.68%
2024/25: $3,550,836
2025/26: $3,574,951
+$24.1K
↑Increase
Department comparison
Los Altos Hills department-level total expenditure comparison from the published Department Spending table.
| Name | 2024/25 | 2025/26 | Delta | % Change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community Services | $1,833,728 | $1,452,365 | -$381.4K | -20.80% | ↓Decrease |
| Public Safety | $3,695,061 | $4,073,524 | +$378.5K | +10.24% | ↑Increase |
| Community Development | $5,243,641 | $4,919,808 | -$323.8K | -6.18% | ↓Decrease |
| General Administration | $2,307,341 | $2,519,074 | +$211.7K | +9.18% | ↑Increase |
| Finance and Administrative Services | $1,446,307 | $1,607,028 | +$160.7K | +11.11% | ↑Increase |
| Public Works | $3,550,836 | $3,574,951 | +$24.1K | +0.68% | ↑Increase |
Expenditure categories
Los Altos Hills FY 2024/25 to FY 2025/26 expenditure comparison from the adopted operating budget PDF.
| Name | 2024/25 | 2025/26 | Delta | % Change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Expenditures | $29,308,765 | $27,961,848 | -$1.3M | -4.60% | ↓Decrease |
| Personnel | $4,900,238 | $5,518,513 | +$618.3K | +12.62% | ↑Increase |
| Contractual Services | $6,509,654 | $6,018,859 | -$490.8K | -7.54% | ↓Decrease |
| Miscellaneous Expenditures | $242,000 | $4 | -$242.0K | -100% | ↓Decrease |
| Professional Services | $449,555 | $347,204 | -$102.4K | -22.77% | ↓Decrease |
| Total General Fund Expenditures | $18,076,915 | $18,153,369 | +$76.5K | +0.42% | ↑Increase |
| Allocations Out | $4,299,969 | $4,364,056 | +$64.1K | +1.49% | ↑Increase |
| Operations | $1,683,498 | $1,662,737 | -$20.8K | -1.23% | ↓Decrease |
| Capital Outlay Spending | $511 | $0 | -$511 | -100% | ↓Decrease |
Revenue
Los Altos Hills FY 2024/25 to FY 2025/26 revenue comparison from the adopted operating budget PDF, centered on General Fund published revenue categories plus an all-funds topline.
| Name | 2024/25 | 2025/26 | Delta | % Change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Revenues and Other Financing Sources | $29,140,942 | $25,696,280 | -$3.4M | -11.82% | ↓Decrease |
| General Fund Revenues | $17,691,367 | $18,481,207 | +$789.8K | +4.46% | ↑Increase |
| Property Taxes | $8,914,040 | $9,483,540 | +$569.5K | +6.39% | ↑Increase |
| Licenses and Permits | $1,647,892 | $2,012,774 | +$364.9K | +22.14% | ↑Increase |
| Allocations In | $3,711,885 | $3,407,530 | -$304.4K | -8.20% | ↓Decrease |
| Charges for Services | $1,036,800 | $1,241,925 | +$205.1K | +19.78% | ↑Increase |
| Use of Money and Property | $1,127,000 | $955,186 | -$171.8K | -15.25% | ↓Decrease |
| Franchise Fees | $589,000 | $705,500 | +$116.5K | +19.78% | ↑Increase |
| Intergovernmental Subventions | $36,000 | $46,001 | +$10.0K | +27.78% | ↑Increase |
| Miscellaneous Revenues | $18,000 | $18,000 | +$0 | +0.00% | →Flat |
| Taxes Other Than Property | $610,750 | $610,750 | +$0 | +0.00% | →Flat |
5-year department trends
This is the deeper trend section. Priority departments are shown first with labeled fiscal years, values, and a simple direction read.
Public Works
↑Increase
2021/22 Actual$2,416,467
2025/26 Adopted$3,574,951
2021/22 Actual: $2.4M2022/23 Actual: $2.8M2023/24 Actual: $2.8M2024/25 Estimated: $3.2M2025/26 Adopted: $3.6M
5-year change: +$1.2M
↑Increase
More department series
| Department | Latest year | Latest value | 5-year change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Development | 2025/26 Adopted | $4,919,808 | +$1.2M↑Increase |
| Community Services | 2025/26 Adopted | $1,452,365 | +$190.6K↑Increase |
| Finance and Administrative Services | 2025/26 Adopted | $1,607,028 | +$270.9K↑Increase |
| General Administration | 2025/26 Adopted | $2,519,074 | +$905.8K↑Increase |
| Public Safety | 2025/26 Adopted | $4,073,524 | +$1.9M↑Increase |
Community and Organization Perspectives
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Methodology and caveats
- Revenue comparison is General Fund-focused. The all-funds revenue total is preserved separately using the published Town-Wide Financial Summary. The Los Altos Hills budget PDF was read from a manually saved local file because CivicPlus DocumentCenter downloads can be brittle in scripted workflows. Revenue comparison rows are General Fund-focused; the all-funds topline row comes from the Town-Wide Financial Summary, while category detail comes from the General Fund Revenues and Expenditures by Category table. All-funds toplines compare FY 2024/25 estimated actual to FY 2025/26 budget because the Town-Wide Financial Summary is presented on that basis. General Fund comparison rows use FY 2024/25 adopted budget to FY 2025/26 budget proposal/adopted values from the published category table. Department trend output is a published multi-year series from the Department Spending table and includes FY 2024/25 estimated actual as the latest pre-adoption point. The published Non-departmental line was omitted from department comparison and trend output because dropped placeholder columns in the extracted PDF text made its budget-year alignment ambiguous. CIP category output is a high-level current-year capital rollup by category/fund (General Capital, Pathways, Westwind Community Barn, Drainage, Street, Sewer) rather than a project-level classification. Optional supporting PDFs for the proposed FY 2025/26 budget and FY 2024/25 adopted budget were not required for this first-pass extraction.
- Uses all-funds total outflows from the Town-Wide Financial Summary plus General Fund operating categories from the published category table. The Los Altos Hills budget PDF was read from a manually saved local file because CivicPlus DocumentCenter downloads can be brittle in scripted workflows. Revenue comparison rows are General Fund-focused; the all-funds topline row comes from the Town-Wide Financial Summary, while category detail comes from the General Fund Revenues and Expenditures by Category table. All-funds toplines compare FY 2024/25 estimated actual to FY 2025/26 budget because the Town-Wide Financial Summary is presented on that basis. General Fund comparison rows use FY 2024/25 adopted budget to FY 2025/26 budget proposal/adopted values from the published category table. Department trend output is a published multi-year series from the Department Spending table and includes FY 2024/25 estimated actual as the latest pre-adoption point. The published Non-departmental line was omitted from department comparison and trend output because dropped placeholder columns in the extracted PDF text made its budget-year alignment ambiguous. CIP category output is a high-level current-year capital rollup by category/fund (General Capital, Pathways, Westwind Community Barn, Drainage, Street, Sewer) rather than a project-level classification. Optional supporting PDFs for the proposed FY 2025/26 budget and FY 2024/25 adopted budget were not required for this first-pass extraction.
- Compares FY 2024/25 adopted budget to FY 2025/26 budget proposal using the published department total lines, with the ambiguous Non-departmental row intentionally omitted. The Los Altos Hills budget PDF was read from a manually saved local file because CivicPlus DocumentCenter downloads can be brittle in scripted workflows. Revenue comparison rows are General Fund-focused; the all-funds topline row comes from the Town-Wide Financial Summary, while category detail comes from the General Fund Revenues and Expenditures by Category table. All-funds toplines compare FY 2024/25 estimated actual to FY 2025/26 budget because the Town-Wide Financial Summary is presented on that basis. General Fund comparison rows use FY 2024/25 adopted budget to FY 2025/26 budget proposal/adopted values from the published category table. Department trend output is a published multi-year series from the Department Spending table and includes FY 2024/25 estimated actual as the latest pre-adoption point. The published Non-departmental line was omitted from department comparison and trend output because dropped placeholder columns in the extracted PDF text made its budget-year alignment ambiguous. CIP category output is a high-level current-year capital rollup by category/fund (General Capital, Pathways, Westwind Community Barn, Drainage, Street, Sewer) rather than a project-level classification. Optional supporting PDFs for the proposed FY 2025/26 budget and FY 2024/25 adopted budget were not required for this first-pass extraction.
- This dataset is a published multi-year series (2021/22 actual through 2025/26 budget proposal) and should not be treated as a normalized audited history. The Los Altos Hills budget PDF was read from a manually saved local file because CivicPlus DocumentCenter downloads can be brittle in scripted workflows. Revenue comparison rows are General Fund-focused; the all-funds topline row comes from the Town-Wide Financial Summary, while category detail comes from the General Fund Revenues and Expenditures by Category table. All-funds toplines compare FY 2024/25 estimated actual to FY 2025/26 budget because the Town-Wide Financial Summary is presented on that basis. General Fund comparison rows use FY 2024/25 adopted budget to FY 2025/26 budget proposal/adopted values from the published category table. Department trend output is a published multi-year series from the Department Spending table and includes FY 2024/25 estimated actual as the latest pre-adoption point. The published Non-departmental line was omitted from department comparison and trend output because dropped placeholder columns in the extracted PDF text made its budget-year alignment ambiguous. CIP category output is a high-level current-year capital rollup by category/fund (General Capital, Pathways, Westwind Community Barn, Drainage, Street, Sewer) rather than a project-level classification. Optional supporting PDFs for the proposed FY 2025/26 budget and FY 2024/25 adopted budget were not required for this first-pass extraction.
Sources and official documents
FY 2024-25 Adopted Budget PDF
Section: Adopted Operating Budget and CIMMP PDF
Fiscal year: FY 2024/25
Column used: fy-2024-2025-adopted-budget.pdf
Notes: Local PDF artifact imported from /Users/Gumby/Projects/civicpulse/tmp/budget/losaltoshills/source/fy-2024-2025-adopted-budget.pdf. Document title: Town of Los Altos Hills FY 2024-25 Adopted Budget. The Los Altos Hills budget PDF was read from a manually saved local file because CivicPlus DocumentCenter downloads can be brittle in scripted workflows. Revenue comparison rows are General Fund-focused; the all-funds topline row comes from the Town-Wide Financial Summary, while category detail comes from the General Fund Revenues and Expenditures by Category table. All-funds toplines compare FY 2024/25 estimated actual to FY 2025/26 budget because the Town-Wide Financial Summary is presented on that basis. General Fund comparison rows use FY 2024/25 adopted budget to FY 2025/26 budget proposal/adopted values from the published category table. Department trend output is a published multi-year series from the Department Spending table and includes FY 2024/25 estimated actual as the latest pre-adoption point. The published Non-departmental line was omitted from department comparison and trend output because dropped placeholder columns in the extracted PDF text made its budget-year alignment ambiguous. CIP category output is a high-level current-year capital rollup by category/fund (General Capital, Pathways, Westwind Community Barn, Drainage, Street, Sewer) rather than a project-level classification. Optional supporting PDFs for the proposed FY 2025/26 budget and FY 2024/25 adopted budget were not required for this first-pass extraction.
Los Altos Hills town budget page
Section: Official budget page
Fiscal year: FY 2025-26
Column used: official_budget_page
Notes: Reference only.
Relevant printed pages in the adopted budget PDF
https://www.losaltoshills.ca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/7423/FY-2025-26-Adopted-Budget---6262025?bidId=
Section: Relevant printed pages
Fiscal year: FY 2025-26
Column used: page_references
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FY 2025-26 Adopted Budget PDF
https://www.losaltoshills.ca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/7423/FY-2025-26-Adopted-Budget---6262025?bidId=
Section: Adopted Operating Budget and CIMMP PDF
Fiscal year: FY 2025/26
Column used: fy-2025-2026-adopted-budget.pdf
Notes: Local PDF artifact imported from /Users/Gumby/Projects/civicpulse/tmp/budget/losaltoshills/source/fy-2025-2026-adopted-budget.pdf. Document title: Town of Los Altos Hills FY 2025-26 Operating Budget and FY 2026-2030 Five Year Capital Improvement Plan. The Los Altos Hills budget PDF was read from a manually saved local file because CivicPlus DocumentCenter downloads can be brittle in scripted workflows. Revenue comparison rows are General Fund-focused; the all-funds topline row comes from the Town-Wide Financial Summary, while category detail comes from the General Fund Revenues and Expenditures by Category table. All-funds toplines compare FY 2024/25 estimated actual to FY 2025/26 budget because the Town-Wide Financial Summary is presented on that basis. General Fund comparison rows use FY 2024/25 adopted budget to FY 2025/26 budget proposal/adopted values from the published category table. Department trend output is a published multi-year series from the Department Spending table and includes FY 2024/25 estimated actual as the latest pre-adoption point. The published Non-departmental line was omitted from department comparison and trend output because dropped placeholder columns in the extracted PDF text made its budget-year alignment ambiguous. CIP category output is a high-level current-year capital rollup by category/fund (General Capital, Pathways, Westwind Community Barn, Drainage, Street, Sewer) rather than a project-level classification. Optional supporting PDFs for the proposed FY 2025/26 budget and FY 2024/25 adopted budget were not required for this first-pass extraction.