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Parks Budget
The Culver City Parks, Recreation, and Community
Services department operates recreational,
wellness, and park related services as well as
senior and social services each year which is
funded through budget allocations in the overall
Annual City Budget. In the spring of 2024, the
Annual City Budget presented to City Council
included a PRCS budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 24/25 of
$14,017,895. This represented a 9.9% increase from
the FY 23/24 adjusted budget of $12,750,686.78 Over
91% of Culver City PRCS budget comes from the
City General Fund with the remaining percentages
coming from grant-supported categories such
as the Cultural Trust Fund and the Community
Development Block Grant Operating Fund.79
Over the past ten years of Culver City annual budgets,
the PRCS budget has generally steadily increased
at around 5-10% per year, with the exception of
the period during the COVID-19 pandemic. The
FY 24/25 budget is the first year where monies are
allocated from the Cultural Trust Fund for PRCS. This
fund is proposed to cover over 8% of the annual
budget. The COVID-19 pandemic caused the
budget to reduce over 16% from over $11 million
in FY19/20 to $9.7 million in FY 20/21.80,81 Since that
time period the budget has begun to rebound at
pre-pandemic rates. See the figure below for a line
graph showing the PRCS budget from 2015-2025.
There is a need for additional funding to meet the
goals of this Parks Plan. Chapter 7 includes more
information on funding opportunities.
Figure 238. The Parks Plan team meets with PRCS staff. Source:
Geosyntec, 2024.
Figure 239. PRCS’s Annual Operating Budget (2015/16 adjusted through 2024/25 proposed). Source: Culver City Budget Annual Budgets:
Adopted Budget FY 2015-16 through Proposed budget FY 2025/2025., Accessed May 30, 2024.
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