The City Council unanimously adopted the updated Parks, Recreation and Community Services Comprehensive Fee Schedule at the May 26, 2026 meeting. Fees had not been raised in more than a decade, and the gap between what participants were paying and the actual cost of presenting a program was wider than could be sustained any longer.
The June 2, 2026 meeting of the Parks, Recreation and Community Services Commission,Commission Chair Crystal Alexander called the fee schedule update an “Herculean effort…to have the city council adopt the fees and charges..the amended ones, so we can be more fiscally sustainable …as a department.”
Culver City parks are often in high demand, and the outside organizations that use them, such as Little League baseball and the American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO) have contractual agreements with the city.
Updating the fees that people pay for rentals, reservations and classes became essential to maintaining services and standards.
The June 2 meeting was also the first meeting for new PRCS Director Tomás Herrera‑Mishler.
From the city, “The PRCS fee schedule is based on a separate cost-of-service review and a new methodology that gro. ups programs by public purpose and community benefit. The framework establishes subsidy and cost-recovery targets across categories such as open access programs, community events, health and human services, recreational activities, specialized activities, out-of-school activities, rentals and reservations, and resales.”
As before, residents will receive a ten percent discount on all PRCS programs and services, and there is a ten percent discount for nonprofits renting meeting space or fields.
PRCS also plans to continue exploring scholarship options, grants, and donations to support access to programs.
Judith Martin-Straw
