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What has the City paid on purchase order GAEAE44AE26440018P?

$3K paid to 6 different vendors (the largest, John Manuel Ildefonso, received $650.0) across 6 payments from November 24, 2025 to December 29, 2025, charged to Library / Contractual Services.

A blanket order, not one firm's contract

6 different vendors draw against this purchase order, so the $3K 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:

AE26440018P OPEN ORDER FOR 11/2/2025

Approval records

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

Order dated October 30, 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

John Manuel Ildefonso$650 · 1 payment
Adolfo Arteaga$650 · 1 payment
Xochitl Palomera$400 · 1 payment
Josue Martinez$400 · 1 payment
Denise Romero$400 · 1 payment
Gloria Arjona$400 · 1 payment

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
1November 24, 2025November 3, 202521dDIA DE LOS MUERTOS PROGRAM 11/2/25$650
2November 24, 2025November 6, 202518dDIA DE LOS MUERTOS PROGRAM 11/2/25$400
3November 24, 2025November 6, 202518dDIA DE LOS MUERTOS PROGRAM 11/2/25$400
4December 24, 2025December 24, 20250dDIA DE LOS MUERTOS PROGRAM 11/2/25$400
5December 29, 2025December 24, 20255dDIA DE LOS MUERTOS PROGRAM 11/2/25$650
6December 29, 2025December 24, 20255dDIA DE LOS MUERTOS PROGRAM 11/2/25$400

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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.