SpendingContractsPurchase order
What has the City paid on purchase order GAEAE17AE26875013M?
$1.26M paid to Re-Elect Karen Bass for Mayor 2026 across 11 payments from April 15, 2026 to June 1, 2026, charged to City Ethics Commission / Mayoral Candidates.
What it was for
Mayoral CandidatesBudget line.
Order description, as published:
2026 MATCHING FUNDS CANDIDATE MAYOR
Approval records
No council file, contract number or payment authority appears in this order's checkbook records.
Order dated April 1, 2026.
Paid from
Matching Campaign Fund Trust
restricted revenue (grants, fees or a dedicated tax) that can only be spent on this purpose — not general-fund tax dollars.
Department: City Ethics Commission
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.
| # | Paid | Invoiced | Lag | Reference | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | April 15, 2026 | April 15, 2026 | 0d | 2026 PRIMARY ELECTION - MAYOR | $873,937 |
| 2 | May 11, 2026 | May 11, 2026 | 0d | 2026 PRIMARY ELECTION - MAYOR | $139,467 |
| 3 | May 18, 2026 | May 18, 2026 | 0d | 2026 PRIMARY ELECTION - MAYOR | $67,368 |
| 4 | May 21, 2026 | May 21, 2026 | 0d | 2026 PRIMARY ELECTION - MAYOR | $23,925 |
| 5 | May 22, 2026 | May 22, 2026 | 0d | 2026 PRIMARY ELECTION - MAYOR | $4,824 |
| 6 | May 28, 2026 | May 28, 2026 | 0d | 2026 PRIMARY ELECTION - MAYOR | $54,816 |
| 7 | May 28, 2026 | May 28, 2026 | 0d | 2026 PRIMARY ELECTION - MAYOR | $28,194 |
| 8 | May 28, 2026 | May 28, 2026 | 0d | 2026 PRIMARY ELECTION - MAYOR | $25,872 |
| 9 | May 28, 2026 | May 28, 2026 | 0d | 2026 PRIMARY ELECTION - MAYOR | $16,506 |
| 10 | June 1, 2026 | June 1, 2026 | 0d | 2026 PRIMARY ELECTION - MAYOR | $17,465 |
| 11 | June 1, 2026 | June 1, 2026 | 0d | 2026 PRIMARY ELECTION - MAYOR | $4,626 |
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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.