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What has the City paid on purchase order GAEAE12AE25001022M?

$96K paid to 10 different vendors (the largest, First American Data Tree LLC, received $34.9K) across 47 payments from July 22, 2024 to August 25, 2025, charged to City Attorney / Office and Administrative.

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

10 different vendors draw against this purchase order, so the $96K 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.

Order description, as published:

GAEAE - VARIOUS LIBRARY & SUBSCRIPTIONS INVOICES

Approval records

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

Order dated July 15, 2024.

Paid from

General Fund

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

Department: City Attorney

Paid to

First American Data Tree LLC$35K · 12 payments
West Publishing Corporation$23K · 3 payments
Pacer Service Center$11K · 11 payments
Daily Journal Corp$6K · 1 payment
Courthouse News Service$6K · 1 payment
Relx Inc.$5K · 1 payment
Matthew Bender & Co Inc$4K · 1 payment
Thomson Reuters$4K · 1 payment
Lri History LLC$2K · 4 payments
File & Serve Express Holdings LLC$384 · 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
1July 22, 2024July 17, 20245dACCT# 0014386 (6 COPIES - 1 YR SUB) - LA CITY ATTY-LIBRARY FY24-25$5,828
2September 16, 2024August 29, 202418dACCT #900834 PROPERTY SEARCH REPORT JULY 2024$1,854
3September 19, 2024September 16, 20243dCUST. ID 0003925701 RESEARCH FEES JULY 2024$32
4September 23, 2024September 16, 20247dACCT #900834 PROPERTY SEARCH REPORT AUG 2024$1,831
5October 21, 2024October 10, 202411dACCT# 4379606 ONLINE COURT DOCUMENT SEARCH 7/1/24 - 9/30/24$2,016
6October 21, 2024October 10, 202411dACCT# 2584482 ONLINE COURT DOCUMENT SEARCH 7/1/24 - 9/30/24$1,131
7November 4, 2024November 1, 20243dACCT# 1000807362 SUBCRIPTION 7/1/24-6/30/25 CCR T 2 FAIR POLITICAL PRACTICIES$290
8November 6, 2024October 28, 20249dONLINE STORE: CHECK PAYMENT 1981-CH968-SB879ESSING FEE -LASC #23STCP03499; JHA V CITY$275
9February 12, 2025February 7, 20255dACCT# 904336028/ CHECKPOINT FED TAX-11/18/23 TO 11/17/24$3,824
10February 20, 2025February 18, 20252dONLINE STORE: CHECK PAYMENT 1989-CH257-AB2027$275
11February 26, 2025February 26, 20250dACCT# 4379606 ONLINE COURT DOCUMENT SEARCH 10/1/24 - 12/31/24$1,337
12February 26, 2025February 26, 20250dACCT# 2584482 ONLINE COURT DOCUMENT SEARCH 10/1/24 - 12/31/24$797
13February 26, 2025February 26, 20250dACCT# 7845531 BRIAN CHENG DOCUMENT SEARCH 10/1/24 - 12/31/24$34
14February 26, 2025February 7, 202519dCUST. ID 0003925701 RESEARCH FEES AUG 2024$32
15February 26, 2025February 7, 202519dCUST. ID 0003925701 RESEARCH FEES OCT 2024$32
16February 26, 2025February 7, 202519dCUST. ID 0003925701 RESEARCH FEES NOV 2024$32
17February 26, 2025February 7, 202519dCUST. ID 0003925701 RESEARCH FEES DEC 2024$32
18March 7, 2025March 3, 20254dACCT# 009736630/SANCTION RENEWAL 07/24-06/25$4,390
19April 2, 2025March 25, 20258dLIBRARY SUBCRIPTION INVOICES$22,369
20May 5, 2025May 2, 20253dACCT #900834 PROPERTY SEARCH REPORT JAN 2025$6,412
21May 5, 2025May 2, 20253dACCT #900834 PROPERTY SEARCH REPORT MAR 2025$5,844
22May 5, 2025May 2, 20253dACCT #900834 PROPERTY SEARCH REPORT SEP 2024$3,980
23May 5, 2025May 2, 20253dACCT #900834 PROPERTY SEARCH REPORT FEB 2025$2,793
24May 5, 2025May 2, 20253dACCT #900834 PROPERTY SEARCH REPORT OCT 2024$2,011
25May 5, 2025May 2, 20253dACCT #900834 PROPERTY SEARCH REPORT NOV 2024$1,610
26May 5, 2025May 2, 20253dACCT #900834 PROPERTY SEARCH REPORT NOV 2024$1,404
27May 5, 2025May 2, 20253dCUST. ID 0003925701 RESEARCH FEES MARCH 2024$32
28June 2, 2025May 13, 202520dACCT #900834 PROPERTY SEARCH REPORT APR 2025$3,810
29June 2, 2025May 29, 20254dACCT# 4379606 ONLINE COURT DOCUMENT SEARCH 1/1/25 - 3/31/25RT DOCUMENT SEARCH 10/1/24 - 12/31/24$1,687
30June 2, 2025May 29, 20254dACCT# 2584482 ONLINE COURT DOCUMENT SEARCH 1/1/25 - 3/31/25 SEARCH 10/1/24 - 12/31/24$1,428
31June 2, 2025May 12, 202521d1977-854 -PUB RES: CODE SEC 21080$895
32June 2, 2025May 12, 202521dONLINE STORE CHECK PAYMENT 1972-CH1154-AB889$550
33June 2, 2025May 15, 202518dACCT# 1000807362 CALIFORNIA WATER CODE 2025$138
34June 2, 2025May 30, 20253dACCT# 5739179 J GROSSMAN- ONLINE COURT DOC SEARCH 07/01/24-09/30/24$109
35June 2, 2025May 30, 20253dACCT# 5739179 J GROSSMAN- ONLINE COURT DOC SEARCH 10/1/24 - 12/31/24$47
36June 2, 2025May 22, 202511dCUST. ID 0003925701 RESEARCH FEES JAN 2025$32
37June 2, 2025May 22, 202511dCUST. ID 0003925701 RESEARCH FEES SEP 2024$32
38June 2, 2025May 22, 202511dCUST. ID 0003925701 RESEARCH FEES FEB 2024$32
39June 9, 2025May 9, 202531dLOS ANGELES FED, STATE & BRANCH NEWS -6/1/25 - 5/31/26$5,820
40June 23, 2025June 9, 202514dCUST. ID 0003925701 RESEARCH FEES APR 2025$32
41June 23, 2025June 9, 202514dCUST. ID 0003925701 RESEARCH FEES MAY 2025$32
42July 10, 2025July 10, 20250dCUST# 100009EX4 ACCT# 4256TN77D/020525/LA CITY ATTY-LAW360 1/1/25-12/31/25$4,662
43August 11, 2025August 4, 20257dCUST. ID 0003925701 RESEARCH FEES JUNE 2025$32
44August 12, 2025August 4, 20258dACCT #900834 PROPERTY SEARCH REPORT JUNE 2025$1,742
45August 12, 2025August 4, 20258dACCT #900834 PROPERTY SEARCH REPORT MAY2025$1,600
46August 25, 2025August 15, 202510dACCT# 4379606 ONLINE COURT DOCUMENT SEARCH 04/01/25-06/30/25$1,533
47August 25, 2025August 15, 202510dACCT# 2584482 ONLINE COURT DOCUMENT SEARCH 04/1/25-06/30/25$1,249

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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.