Money
The city’s books — 23 years of State Controller filings
Official Financial Transactions Reports (FTR) and CalPERS actuarial valuations filed by the City of Burbank with the California State Controller’s Office (FY 2003–2025), covering General Fund, Enterprise Utilities (Burbank Water and Power, Sewer, Refuse), Transient Occupancy Tax (Measure C baseline), and pension obligations.
Data as of Nov 11, 2026 from CA State Controller ByTheNumbers (Socrata API) , Download 23-Year Fiscal & Pension CSV and Download FY 2024–2025 Line-Item CSV . Recomputed from official source records; see methodology.
The Prop. 13 Commercial Land Audit (21.8× Divide)
Why Burbank’s 1975–79 corporate land cohort averages $3.57/sq. ft. while 2018–26 reassessed commercial parcels average $77.77/sq. ft. — and how AT&T’s 2018 buyout reset Warner Bros.’s tax base.
SPE & CMBS Investigation100 Wilshire Suite 2100: Worthe & Stockbridge’s $1.70B Roll
How a single Santa Monica tax-bill mailing address connects 17 SPE LLCs across 33 Burbank parcels (74.24 acres, 4.34M sq. ft., $1.695B assessed value).
Featured Investigation · Corporate & Tax RollInside Burbank’s $7.4B Media Ecosystem
How Disney’s 1940 Prop. 13 land shield ($266.7K/acre) compares to Worthe/Stockbridge’s reassessed Warner Ranch Lot ($4.38M/acre), plus 1,000+ D&B media units, Wall Street CMBS landlords, and the 908-vendor supply chain.
Fiscal & GIS SynthesisBurbank by the Numbers: 6 Findings
Examining the $439.1M CalPERS unfunded pension swing, BWP’s 37% budget share, $16.15M Hotel Tax receipts, and neighborhood socioeconomic divides.
Top FY 2025 Expenditures & Revenues (All Funds)
Largest Expenditure Categories (FY 2025)
| Category / Department | Line Item | FY 2025 Actual |
|---|---|---|
| Operating Expenses | Electricity Purchases | $130,702,565 |
| Public Safety | Police | $76,037,729 |
| Operating Expenses | Transmission and Distribution | $39,863,040 |
| Public Safety | Fire | $38,417,181 |
| Public Utilities | Other Public Utilities 2 | $30,214,514 |
| Community Development | Housing | $24,405,876 |
| Operating Expenses | Depreciation and Amortization Expenses | $22,662,851 |
| Operating Expenses | Other Operating Expenses | $18,871,182 |
| General Government | Management and Support | $18,849,757 |
| Culture and Leisure | Parks and Recreation | $17,348,760 |
| Public Safety | Emergency Medical Services | $17,087,337 |
| Operating Expenses | Pumping | $16,972,260 |
Largest Revenue Sources (FY 2025)
| Category / Fund | Line Item | FY 2025 Actual |
|---|---|---|
| Electric Enterprise Fund | Commercial and Industrial | $125,258,319 |
| Electric Enterprise Fund | Residential | $57,250,839 |
| Internal Service Fund | Charges for Services | $53,098,902 |
| Taxes | Secured and Unsecured Property Taxes | $44,757,495 |
| Taxes | Sales and Use Taxes | $44,219,085 |
| Charges for Current Services | Other Charges for Current Services (Specify) | $33,484,258 |
| Taxes | Other Taxes – Other (Specify) | $32,130,272 |
| Intergovernmental – Federal, County, and Other Taxes In-Lieu | Other Federal Grants (Specify) | $25,627,896 |
| Electric Enterprise Fund | Sales to Other Utilities for Resale | $22,452,178 |
| Sewer Enterprise Fund | Service Charges | $19,462,358 |
| Water Enterprise Fund | Residential — Within Local Agency Boundaries | $19,216,648 |
| Taxes | Utility Users Taxes | $18,938,966 |
23-Year Fiscal, TOT & CalPERS Pension History (FY 2003–2025)
Full dataset downloadable at /data/city-finance-sco/ and via JSON API at /api/v1/finance/annual.
| FY | Pop. | Total Revenues | Rev / Cap | Total Expenditures | Exp / Cap | Hotel Tax (TOT) | CalPERS Unfunded (UAL) | Funded % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 106,146 | $765,180,234 | $7,209 | $705,060,772 | $6,642 | $13,352,395 | — | — |
| 2024 | 105,603 | $705,883,355 | $6,684 | $632,443,340 | $5,989 | $13,184,332 | $439,142,771 | 75.4% |
| 2023 | 104,535 | $638,877,106 | $6,112 | $623,636,463 | $5,966 | $12,208,382 | $432,690,522 | 74.9% |
| 2022 | 105,451 | $554,073,576 | $5,254 | $539,479,699 | $5,116 | $10,525,619 | $247,567,386 | 85.1% |
| 2021 | 106,268 | $581,865,992 | $5,475 | $556,784,835 | $5,239 | $5,531,388 | $416,234,662 | 73.7% |
| 2020 | 105,861 | $562,804,298 | $5,316 | $537,082,224 | $5,073 | $9,343,816 | $397,374,642 | 74% |
| 2019 | 105,952 | $552,493,727 | $5,215 | $504,781,705 | $4,764 | $11,112,273 | $390,882,641 | 73.7% |
| 2018 | 107,149 | $522,051,757 | $4,872 | $525,214,619 | $4,902 | $11,733,719 | $349,989,950 | 74.8% |
| 2017 | 105,033 | $504,457,338 | $4,803 | $475,133,262 | $4,524 | $11,204,152 | $365,445,526 | 72.6% |
| 2016 | 105,110 | $477,798,809 | $4,546 | $451,419,979 | $4,295 | $10,594,875 | $286,176,784 | 77.7% |
| 2015 | 106,084 | $492,874,631 | $4,646 | $500,079,554 | $4,714 | $7,902,190 | $238,945,683 | 80.8% |
| 2014 | 105,543 | $486,828,010 | $4,613 | $465,125,665 | $4,407 | $7,145,382 | $266,636,179 | 76.8% |
| 2013 | 104,982 | $517,005,538 | $4,925 | $566,063,258 | $5,392 | $6,548,098 | $308,739,517 | 72% |
| 2012 | 104,427 | $460,407,616 | $4,409 | $482,542,464 | $4,621 | $5,943,049 | $251,841,636 | 76.5% |
| 2011 | 104,304 | $539,530,452 | $5,173 | $515,970,926 | $4,947 | $5,685,802 | $333,223,654 | 67.3% |
| 2010 | 108,469 | $540,803,516 | $4,986 | $494,296,541 | $4,557 | $5,272,544 | $362,223,443 | 63% |
| 2009 | 108,082 | $545,591,077 | $5,048 | $550,904,339 | $5,097 | $5,941,073 | $15,648,566 | 98.2% |
| 2008 | 108,029 | $669,546,694 | $6,198 | $702,515,030 | $6,503 | $5,980,727 | $40,743,709 | 110.4% |
| 2007 | 107,921 | $660,512,104 | $6,120 | $617,134,560 | $5,718 | $5,691,068 | $32,145,475 | 95.7% |
| 2006 | 106,879 | $587,041,592 | $5,493 | $571,381,428 | $5,346 | $5,632,367 | $14,309,251 | 97.2% |
| 2005 | 106,739 | $477,182,826 | $4,471 | $450,808,197 | $4,223 | $4,605,858 | $6,762,362 | 99% |
| 2004 | 105,437 | $529,047,385 | $5,018 | $495,310,258 | $4,698 | $4,238,498 | $26,197,862 | 95.7% |
| 2003 | 104,497 | $488,173,050 | $4,672 | $426,544,744 | $4,082 | $3,416,927 | -$17,230,451 | 103% |
Primary public records repositories
- California State Controller’s Office — ByTheNumbers Open Data Portal ↗ — Source of the 23-year municipal revenue, expenditure, TOT, and CalPERS datasets above.
- City of Burbank Adopted Budget & Capital Improvement Program ↗ — Official municipal budget PDF books and financial documents.
- California State Controller’s Office Government Compensation in California (SCO Public Pay) ↗ — Certified annual employee and executive salary data.
- City of Burbank Campaign Finance & Form 460 eFile Portal ↗ — Public campaign disclosures and FPPC filings.