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What has the City paid on purchase order GAEAE12AE26001022M?

$144K paid to 11 different vendors (the largest, West Publishing Corporation, received $44.9K) across 52 payments from July 10, 2025 to August 13, 2026, charged to City Attorney / Office and Administrative.

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

11 different vendors draw against this purchase order, so the $144K 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 8, 2025.

Paid from

General Fund

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

Department: City Attorney

Paid to

West Publishing Corporation$45K · 5 payments
First American Data Tree LLC$36K · 11 payments
Relx Inc.$25K · 4 payments
Pacer Service Center$11K · 8 payments
Matthew Bender & Co Inc$6K · 3 payments
Daily Journal Corp$6K · 1 payment
Courthouse News Service$6K · 1 payment
Thomson Reuters$4K · 1 payment
Lri History LLC$4K · 6 payments
Regents of the University of California /C$1K · 1 payment
FSX Holdings LLC$340 · 11 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 10, 2025July 10, 20250dCUST# 100009EX4 ACCT# 4256TN77D/020525/LA CITY ATTY-LAW360 1/1/25-12/31/25$4,662
2August 7, 2025July 31, 20257dACCT# 0014386 (6 COPIES - 1 YR SUB) - LA CITY ATTY-LIBRARY FY25-26$5,841
3August 11, 2025July 31, 202511dACCT# 6197450001 WORKERS COMP LAW OF CA 2025E -EXECUTABLE FILE$3,696
4August 12, 2025August 4, 20258dACCT# 1003088324 CCR T FAIR POLITICAL PRACTICES COMM 7/1/25-6/30/26$319
5October 6, 2025October 6, 20250dSTATUES OF 2023 CHAPTER 754 ASS BILL 1218$529
6October 31, 2025October 7, 202524dACCT #900834 PROPERTY SEARCH REPORT JULY 2025$3,921
7November 14, 2025October 27, 202518dACCT# 4379606 ONLINE COURT DOCUMENT SEARCH 7/1/25 - 9/30/25$1,728
8November 14, 2025October 27, 202518dACCT# 2584482 ONLINE COURT DOCUMENT SEARCH 7/1/25 - 9/30/25$1,567
9November 14, 2025October 27, 202518dONLINE STORE - 1972-CH1154-AB889- CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE$275
10November 26, 2025November 25, 20251dACCT# 4257LPTN9/SANCTIONS -TRIAL PRESENTATION SOFTWARE-LA CITY ATTY$5,544
11December 29, 2025December 29, 20250dACCT #900834 PROPERTY SEARCH REPORT OCT 2025$3,992
12December 29, 2025December 29, 20250dACCT #900834 PROPERTY SEARCH REPORT AUG 2025$2,914
13December 29, 2025December 29, 20250dACCT #900834 PROPERTY SEARCH REPORT SEP 2025$2,819
14December 29, 2025December 16, 202513dACCT #900834 PROPERTY SEARCH REPORT NOV 2025$2,317
15January 8, 2026October 23, 202577dACCT# 904336028/ CHECKPOINT FED TAX-11/18/23 TO 11/17/24$4,091
16January 15, 2026January 14, 20261dACCT# 1003088324 WEST LAW -SUBCRIPTION 10/1/25-10/31/25$21,193
17February 18, 2026February 13, 20265dONLINE STORE - 1984-CH1667-SB2274- CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE$275
18February 26, 2026February 25, 20261dCUST. ID 0003925701 RESEARCH FEES DEC 2025$32
19February 26, 2026February 25, 20261dCUST. ID 0003925701 RESEARCH FEES JULY 2025$32
20February 26, 2026February 25, 20261dCUST. ID 0003925701 RESEARCH FEES AUG 2025$32
21February 26, 2026February 25, 20261dCUST. ID 0003925701 RESEARCH FEES SEP 2025$32
22February 26, 2026February 25, 20261dCUST. ID 0003925701 RESEARCH FEES OCT 2025$32
23February 26, 2026February 25, 20261dCUST. ID 0003925701 RESEARCH FEES NOV 2025$32
24February 26, 2026February 18, 20268dCUST. ID 0003925701 RESEARCH FEES JAN 2026$32
25March 4, 2026February 18, 202614dACCT #900834 PROPERTY SEARCH REPORT JAN 2026$3,405
26March 4, 2026March 2, 20262dACCT #900834 PROPERTY SEARCH REPORT DEC 2025$2,967
27March 4, 2026March 2, 20262dACCT# 2584482 ONLINE COURT DOCUMENT SEARCH 10/1/25 - 12/31/25$1,433
28March 4, 2026March 2, 20262dACCT# 4379606 ONLINE COURT DOCUMENT SEARCH 10/1/25 - 12/31/25$1,077
29March 31, 2026March 13, 202618dACCT #900834 PROPERTY SEARCH REPORT FEB 2026$2,873
30March 31, 2026March 13, 202618dCUST. ID 0003925701 RESEARCH FEES FEB 2026$32
31April 2, 2026March 27, 20266dACCT# 1000807362/VARIOUS BOOKS-SUB 2026$22,198
32April 2, 2026April 1, 20261dCUST# 100009EX4 ACCT# 4256TN77D/010326/LA CITY ATTY-LAW360 1/1/26-12/31/26$10,260
33April 2, 2026March 27, 20266dACCT# 1000807362/CALIF RULES OF COURT FEDERAL 2026$778
34April 2, 2026March 27, 20266dACCT# 1000807362/CALIF CIVIL PRAC STATUES & RULES ANNONTATED$415
35April 16, 2026March 27, 202620dACCT# 6197450001/WORKERS COMP LAWS 2026$2,022
36April 16, 2026March 27, 202620dACCT# 6197450001/CA FISH & GAME CODE HANDBK 2026$190
37April 24, 2026April 7, 202617d2017-35 ASSEMBLY BILL-RESEARCH & PRINTING /CITY ATTY OFC$1,239
38April 24, 2026April 3, 202621dONLINE STORE 1989-CH60-AB579$550
39May 14, 2026May 14, 20260dACCT# 2584482 ONLINE COURT DOCUMENT SEARCH 1/1/26 - 3/31/26$1,602
40May 14, 2026May 14, 20260dACCT# 4379606 ONLINE COURT DOCUMENT SEARCH 1/1/26 - 3/31/26$1,192
41June 1, 2026May 21, 202611dLOS ANGELES FED, STATE & BRANCH NEWS - 4/14/26-5/31/27$5,760
42June 1, 2026May 19, 202613dACCT# 4257LPTN9/SANCTIONS -TRIAL PRESENTATION SOFTWARE-LA CITY ATTY 7/1/25 - 6/30/26$4,620
43June 2, 2026May 28, 20265dCUST. ID 0003925701 RESEARCH FEES MAR 2026$32
44June 2, 2026May 14, 202619dCUST. ID 0003925701 RESEARCH FEES APR 2026$26
45June 5, 2026May 28, 20268dACCT #900834 PROPERTY SEARCH REPORT APR 2026$4,379
46June 5, 2026May 28, 20268dACCT #900834 PROPERTY SEARCH REPORT MAR 2026$1,920
47June 11, 2026June 5, 20266dACCT# 903039 CA CRIM LAW PROC PRACT 5/20/26$1,188
48June 11, 2026June 2, 20269d2011-724STATUTES OF 2011, CHAPTER 724, ASSEMBLY BILL 22 - LA CITY ATTY$813
49June 11, 2026June 11, 20260dCUST. ID 0003925701 RESEARCH FEES MAY 2026$26
50June 22, 2026June 11, 202611dACCT #900834 PROPERTY SEARCH REPORT MAY 2026$4,599
51August 13, 2026August 10, 20263dACCT# 4379606 ONLINE COURT DOCUMENT SEARCH 4/1/26 - 6/30/26$2,218
52August 13, 2026August 10, 20263dACCT# 2584482 ONLINE COURT DOCUMENT SEARCH 4/1/26 - 6/30/26$261

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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.