according to this: https://cao.lacity.org/budget22-23/2022-23Budget_Summary.pdf https://cao.lacity.org/budget22-23/2022-23Budget_Summary.pdf the Los angeles P

according to this: https://cao.lacity.org/budget22-23/2022-23Budget_Summary.pdf https://cao.lacity.org/budget22-23/2022-23Budget_Summary.pdf the Los angeles Police is 1.9b of a 4.9b departmental operational city budget, but there are 600m appropriations and 6.2b non departmental that are in other areas, that aren't terribly clear. So if you have 1.9b of a 11.7b budget, that about 16%. It looks like property tax accounts for the largest chunk of revenues--20%--but keep in mind that property tax usually fund school districts and county covernment as well (here in NM something like 90% of county budget is property tax.) So yes, at any place you happen to live your taxes and other governmental fees can easily go to a number of different entities, so while it may be true that LAPD accounts for 16% of the LA budget, it amounts to a much smaller percentage of the taxes you pay. (Its also possible that the LAPD budget receives funding from other sources and is not accounted in the 1.9b above.)