SpendingContractsPurchase order
What has the City paid on purchase order GAEAE17AE27875001M?
$900K paid to Re-Elect Karen Bass for Mayor across 4 payments from July 13, 2026 to September 3, 2026, charged to City Ethics Commission / Mayoral Candidates.
What it was for
Mayoral CandidatesBudget line.
Order description, as published:
MATCHING FUNDS CANDIDATE - MAYOR
Approval records
No council file, contract number or payment authority appears in this order's checkbook records.
Order dated July 6, 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 | July 13, 2026 | July 7, 2026 | 6d | 2026 GENERAL ELECTION - MAYOR | $301,400 |
| 2 | July 29, 2026 | July 29, 2026 | 0d | 2026 GENERAL ELECTION - MAYOR | $373,968 |
| 3 | August 26, 2026 | August 24, 2026 | 2d | 2026 GENERAL ELECTION - MAYOR | $52,002 |
| 4 | September 3, 2026 | September 3, 2026 | 0d | 2026 GENERAL ELECTION - MAYOR | $172,626 |
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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.