SpendingContractsPurchase order
What has the City paid on purchase order GAEAE44AE26440006M?
$13K paid to 5 different vendors (the largest, Self-Help Graphics/Art Inc, received $3.5K) across 5 payments from September 17, 2025 to October 27, 2025, charged to Library / Contractual Services.
5 different vendors draw against this purchase order, so the $13K 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
Contractual Services
Budget line.
Order description, as published:
OPEN ORDER FOR CORP/NON-PROFIT VENDORS 25304003
Approval records
No council file, contract number or payment authority appears in this order's checkbook records.
Order dated September 4, 2025.
Paid from
Library
restricted revenue (grants, fees or a dedicated tax) that can only be spent on this purpose — not general-fund tax dollars.
Department: Library
Paid to
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 | September 17, 2025 | September 17, 2025 | 0d | TO PAY INVOICE # 04-091325. | $2,600 |
| 2 | October 15, 2025 | October 1, 2025 | 14d | LA LIBROS FESTIVAL 9-13/25 | $591 |
| 3 | October 20, 2025 | September 25, 2025 | 25d | LA LIBROS FESTIVAL 9-13/25 | $3,387 |
| 4 | October 22, 2025 | October 2, 2025 | 20d | LA LIBROS FESTIVAL 9-13/25 | $3,475 |
| 5 | October 27, 2025 | September 29, 2025 | 28d | SPEAKING FEE FOR LA LIBROS FESTIVAL 9-13/25 | $3,000 |
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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.