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MEASURE W LOCAL RETURN FUND

BASIS FOR THE PROPOSED BUDGET

The 2021-22 Proposed Budget for the Measure W Local Return Fund (Measure W) relates to current year funding as
follows:

Amount % Change

2020-21 Adopted Budget $ 34,100,000

2021-22 Proposed Budget $ 32,671,072

Change from 2020-21 Budget $ (1,428,928) (4.2%)

On November 6, 2018, County of Los Angeles voters approved Measure W – The Los Angeles Region Safe, Clean
Water Program (Measure W), a parcel tax of 2.5 cents per square foot of impermeable surface to support the costs of
stormwater-related projects and activities. Revenues are allocated to municipal, regional, and administrative sub-
programs. Forty percent of revenues are allocated to municipalities in the same proportion as the amount of revenues
collected within each municipality. Fifty percent is allocated for region-wide projects and is awarded on a competitive
basis. The remaining ten percent is allocated to the Los Angeles County Flood Control District for implementation and
administration of the Measure W Program. Eligible uses for revenues include projects that provide a water supply
and/or quality benefit and a community investment benefit. Measure W can be used to fund Enhanced Watershed
Management Program projects and the operation and maintenance of completed water quality improvement projects.

REVENUE

The County of Los Angeles has developed guidelines and funding eligibility requirements for the Measure W Program
and executed transfer agreements with the various municipalities. Measure W revenues collected by the County during
2019-20 were received in January 2021. The delay in revenues is attributed to unforeseen delays in receiving final
transfer agreements from the County. Pursuant to the executed transfer agreement (C.F. 18-0384), funds for 2021-22
are expected to be received in August 2021.

BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS

 Funding for five positions in the Bureau of Engineering are reassigned from the Sewer Construction and
Maintenance Fund to Measure W. These positions develop and implement EWMP projects. Funding for two
new positions is also included for a Program Manager and accounting support.

 Funding for ten water quality projects ($13.5 million) is provided in the Capital and Technology Improvement
Expenditure Program (CTIEP) – Physical Plant Budget.

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