Proposition K - LA for Kids Program Fact Sheet
- The passage of Proposition K (hereinafter “Prop K”) created a citywide assessment district which generates twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) each year in funds for the acquisition, improvement, construction, and maintenance of City parks, recreation facilities, and other projects through an annual real property tax assessment on City residents over a 30-year period. Funding is for capital improvements and maintenance. Click here for the text of the Prop K referendum.
- The primary purpose of Prop K is to combat the inadequacies and decay of the City’s youth infrastructure, which has resulted in serious unmet needs for park, recreation, childcare and community facilities.
- Under Prop K, two hundred ninety eight million, eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($298,850,000) of the total amount generated over 30 years will be set aside to the City for 183 specified projects. Currently, as of August, 2025, of the 183 specified projects identified in the ballot measure, there are 32 remaining specified projects, or portions of specified projects, in progress from pre-design through post-construction. Eight (8) specified projects have been found to be infeasible to date.
- Prop K also ordered the allocation of one hundred forty three million, six hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($143,650,000) of the total amount generated over 30 years through an open and competitive process for public agencies, City departments and nonprofit organizations. All recipients of funds under Prop K must demonstrate an ability to provide ongoing programming at the facility in order to receive funds. This is the match required under Prop K.
- Originally, the City of Los Angeles designated the Commission for Children, Youth and Their Families (CCYF) as the agency charged with administering the open and competitive process, under the L.A. FOR KIDS Program. Ordinance No. 175654, which became effective January 3, 2004, designated the City Engineer as the person responsible for administering the open and competitive process to allocate funds under the L.A. FOR KIDS Program. This ordinance relieved the CCYF of that responsibility.
- All Proposition K – L.A. for Kids competitive grant funds have now been awarded to eligible projects, in all eight identified funding categories. It is not anticipated that another Proposition K funded RFP cycle will be required.
- It is currently anticipated that an RFP for Vermont/Western Station Neighborhood Area Plan (SNAP) Trust Funds and Health Alternatives to Tobacco Smoking will be released in late September, 2025, assuming City Council approval. The link to the draft RFP is as follows:
https://engineering.lacity.gov/about-us/divisions/recreation-and-cultural-facilities/competitive-grants/2025-parks-first-trust-fund-snap-competitive-grant-funding-request-proposal
- The City Engineer is also responsible for creating and convening Local Volunteer Neighborhood Oversight Committees (LVNOC) in each Council District. These LVNOCs are responsible for reviewing and monitoring the progress of all non- Recreation and Parks competitive grant projects in their respective districts. Each LVNOC is comprised of no more than a total of seven voting members, including four neighborhood representatives and one youth representative appointed by their Council Member and neighborhood representatives appointed by the City Engineer (BOE Prop K).
- The City Engineer is also responsible for developing and monitoring the service and maintenance agreements for each completed competitive grant project.