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What has the City paid on purchase order GAEAE12AE24001022M?

$109K paid to 12 different vendors (the largest, West Publishing Corporation, received $37.9K) across 59 payments from August 2, 2023 to June 2, 2025, charged to City Attorney / Office and Administrative.

Checkbook LA · Updated Sep 22, 2026
A blanket order, not one firm's contract

12 different vendors draw against this purchase order, so the $109K above is the whole order, not the spend of whichever vendor you arrived from. The City uses these for standing arrangements like outside counsel, library materials and expert witnesses. Per-vendor amounts are below.

What it was for

Office and Administrative

Budget line.

Approval records

No council file, contract number or payment authority appears in this order's checkbook records.

Paid from

General Fund

discretionary tax dollars — this competes with police, fire, parks and everything else.

Department: City Attorney

Paid to

West Publishing Corporation$38K · 7 payments
First American Data Tree LLC$22K · 12 payments
Pacer Service Center$14K · 13 payments
Courthouse News Service$11K · 2 payments
Matthew Bender & Co Inc$7K · 4 payments
Portfolio Media Inc$6K · 1 payment
Daily Journal Corp$6K · 1 payment
Lri History LLC$2K · 4 payments
Harvard Law Review Association$956 · 1 payment
California District Attorney's$725 · 1 payment
Jan Raymond$540 · 1 payment
File & Serve Express Holdings LLC$472 · 12 payments

Every payment, in order

Payment requests are numbered sequentially by the City, so the order here is the order they were approved. Several requests clearing on one day usually means invoices were held and released together.

#PaidInvoicedLagReferenceAmount
1August 2, 2023July 12, 202321dACCT# 0014386 (6 COPIES - 1 YR SUB) - LA CITY ATTY-LIBRARY$5,828
2August 4, 2023July 5, 202330dLOS ANGELES FED, STATE & BRANCH NEWS -6/1/23 - 5/31/24$5,745
3August 7, 2023July 19, 202319dACCT# 1000807362 LIBRARY PLAN CHARGES JUL 2023$5,288
4August 10, 2023July 26, 202315dONLINE STORE 1968-CH1222-SB1178/J EISENMAN/CITY ATTY OFC$275
5September 7, 2023September 5, 20232dCUST. ID 0003925701 RESEARCH FEES AUG 2023$120
6September 7, 2023September 6, 20231dCUST. ID 0003925701 RESEARCH FEES JULY 2023$32
7October 12, 2023October 7, 20235dACCT #900834 PROPERTY SEARCH REPORT AUG 2023$2,097
8October 12, 2023October 2, 202310dACCT #900834 PROPERTY SEARCH REPORT SEPT 2023$2,091
9October 12, 2023October 7, 20235dACCT #900834 PROPERTY SEARCH REPORT JULY 2023$1,334
10October 12, 2023October 3, 20239dCUST. ID 0003925701 RESEARCH FEES SEPT 2023$32
11October 23, 2023October 2, 202321dTHE BLUEBOOK-UNIFORM SYSTEM OF CITATION & 1YR ONLINE SUB-LA CITY ATTY$956
12October 25, 2023October 17, 20238dACCT# 2584482 ONLINE COURT DOCUMENT SEARCH 7/1/23 TO 9/30/23$1,207
13October 25, 2023October 11, 202314dACCT# 4379606 ONLINE COURT DOCUMENT SEARCH 7/1/23-9/30/23$1,101
14November 3, 2023October 7, 202327dACCT# 1003088324/CCR T 2 FAIR POLITICAL PRAC$264
15December 7, 2023November 27, 202310dFOOD AND AGRICULTURE 30503/HALL MARSTON$540
16December 15, 2023December 14, 20231dACCT# 6735220 ONLINE COURT DOCUMENT SEARCH 7/1/23 TO 9/30/23$72
17December 15, 2023December 14, 20231dACCT# 6295474 ONLINE COURT DOCUMENT SEARCH 7/1/23 TO 9/30/23$39
18January 22, 2024January 9, 202413dACCT# 4379606 ONLINE COURT DOCUMENT SEARCH 10/1/23-12/31/23$1,575
19January 22, 2024January 9, 202413dACCT# 2584482 ONLINE COURT DOCUMENT SEARCH 10/1/23-12/31/23$1,476
20February 1, 2024February 1, 20240dACCT# 41210 CDAA 2023-24 - LARGE AGENCY WEBINAR SUBSCRIPTION$725
21February 22, 2024February 6, 202416dACCT #900834 PROPERTY SEARCH REPORT JAN 2024$2,276
22February 22, 2024February 21, 20241dACCT #900834 PROPERTY SEARCH REPORT NOV 2023$1,819
23February 22, 2024February 21, 20241dACCT #900834 PROPERTY SEARCH REPORT OCT 2023$1,593
24February 22, 2024February 21, 20241dACCT #900834 PROPERTY SEARCH REPORT DEC 2023$1,286
25March 4, 2024February 21, 202412dCUST. ID 0003925701 RESEARCH FEES JAN 2024$32
26March 4, 2024February 21, 202412dCUST. ID 0003925701 RESEARCH FEES DEC 2023$32
27March 4, 2024February 21, 202412dCUST. ID 0003925701 RESEARCH FEES OCT 2023$32
28March 4, 2024February 21, 202412dCUST. ID 0003925701 RESEARCH FEES NOV 2023$32
29March 6, 2024February 21, 202414dENTERPRISE LAW360 ANN SUB RENEWAL 12/29/23-12/28/24 - ANDREW HOLLE$5,877
30March 21, 2024March 1, 202420dACCT# 6197450001/WORKERS COMP LAW OF CA 2023E$2,489
31March 21, 2024March 4, 202417dACCT #900834 PROPERTY SEARCH REPORT FEB 2024$1,765
32March 27, 2024March 1, 202426dACCT# 6197450001/CA DEER DESKTOP CIVIL 23 HB$260
33March 27, 2024March 4, 202423dCUST. ID 0003925701 RESEARCH FEES FEB 2024$32
34April 4, 2024March 13, 202422dACCT# 6197450001 WORKERS COMP LAW OF CA 2024E$2,743
35May 2, 2024April 10, 202422dACCT# 1000807362 LIBRARY PLAN CHARGES AUG 2023$5,288
36May 2, 2024April 10, 202422dACCT# 1000807362 LIBRARY PLAN CHARGES SEP 2023$5,111
37May 9, 2024April 12, 202427dACCT# 4379606 ONLINE COURT DOCUMENT SEARCH 1/1/24-3/31/24$2,510
38May 9, 2024April 12, 202427dACCT# 2584482 ONLINE COURT DOCUMENT SEARCH 1/1/24 - 3/31/24$1,936
39May 22, 2024May 15, 20247dCUST. ID 0003925701 RESEARCH FEES MAR 2024$32
40May 22, 2024May 13, 20249dCUST. ID 0003925701 RESEARCH FEES APR 2024$32
41May 23, 2024May 13, 202410dACCT #900834 PROPERTY SEARCH REPORT APRIL 2024$2,636
42May 23, 2024May 23, 20240dACCT #900834 PROPERTY SEARCH REPORT MARCH 2024$1,889
43June 3, 2024May 21, 202413dONLINE STORE/LASC #23STCP03499; JHA /CITY ATTY OFC$959
44June 3, 2024May 30, 20244dONLINE STORE 1990-CH264-SB1985/CITY ATTY OFC222-SB1178/J EISENMAN/CITY ATTY OFC$550
45June 10, 2024May 13, 202428dLOS ANGELES FED, STATE & BRANCH NEWS -6/1/24 - 5/31/25$5,745
46June 10, 2024June 3, 20247dACCT# 6197450001 FISH & GAME/CRM DISCOVERY/LA CITY ATTY$1,383
47June 13, 2024June 11, 20242dACCT #900834 PROPERTY SEARCH REPORT MARCH 2024$2,189
48June 13, 2024June 11, 20242dCUST. ID 0003925701 RESEARCH FEES MAY 2024$32
49July 10, 2024June 28, 202412dACCT# 2815481 ONLINE COURT DOCUMENT SEARCH 01/01/24 - 03/31/24 JAMES AUTREY$49
50August 12, 2024July 23, 202420dONLINE STORE -DIGITAL PROCESSING FEE -LASC #23STCP03499; JHA V CITY$140
51August 22, 2024July 23, 202430dACCT# 1000807362 VARIOUS CODE BOOKS-LIBRARY$16,674
52August 22, 2024July 23, 202430dACCT# 1000807362 VARIOUS CODE BOOKS-LIBRARY$3,876
53August 22, 2024August 20, 20242dACCT# 2584482 ONLINE COURT DOCUMENT SEARCH 4/1/24 - 6/30/24$1,783
54August 22, 2024August 20, 20242dACCT# 4379606 ONLINE COURT DOCUMENT SEARCH 4/1/24 - 6/30/24$1,539
55August 22, 2024July 23, 202430dACCT# 1000807362 VARIOUS CODE BOOKS-LIBRARY$1,444
56September 11, 2024September 4, 20247dACCT# 6910583 4/1 -6/30/24 -MERETE RIETVELD -REF: ACCT # 4379606 -LACITYATTY$208
57September 16, 2024August 29, 202418dACCT #900834 PROPERTY SEARCH REPORT JUNE 2024$1,475
58September 19, 2024September 16, 20243dCUST. ID 0003925701 RESEARCH FEES JUNE 2024$32
59June 2, 2025May 30, 20253dACCT# 5739179 J GROSSMAN- ONLINE COURT DOC SEARCH 4/1/24 - 6/30/24$69

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Sources

LA Controller, Checkbook LA (pggv-e4fn), read live and grouped by po_num, which is populated on about 90% of payments. Council files link to the City Clerk's Council File Management System. The City's biggest contracts · The checkbook.