SpendingContractsPurchase order
What has the City paid on purchase order GAENV43CF24201282Y?
$294K paid to 2 different vendors (the largest, Relman Colfax PLLC, received $293.8K) across 6 payments from January 4, 2024 to August 7, 2024, charged to Los Angeles Housing / Plaintiff Counsel.
2 different vendors draw against this purchase order, so the $294K 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
Plaintiff CounselBudget line.
Order description, as published:
ENC FY 24 - PLAINTIFF COUNSEL
Approval records
- Council file 20-1282Vote 14–0, 1 absent, on Dec 3, 2025 (latest of 2 votes)Cited by the checkbook as the authority for these payments. Votes from the City Clerk's unofficial vote records; the official file.
Order dated August 21, 2023.
Paid from
Accessible Housing Fund
discretionary tax dollars — this competes with police, fire, parks and everything else.
Department: Los Angeles Housing
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 | January 4, 2024 | December 22, 2023 | 13d | KC: ILC V CITY OF LA , CASE NO.12 CV-551 FMO (PJWX) JUL-SEP 23 | $68,750 |
| 2 | February 15, 2024 | January 25, 2024 | 21d | KC: ILCC V CITY OF LA , CASE NO.12 CV-551 FMO (PJWX) 10/01/23-01/02/24 | $45,000 |
| 3 | March 13, 2024 | January 25, 2024 | 48d | KC: ILCC V CITY OF LA , CASE NO.12 CV-551 FMO (PJWX) 10/01/23-01/02/24 | -$45,000 |
| 4 | July 2, 2024 | June 18, 2024 | 14d | KC: ILC V CITY OF LA , CASE NO.12 CV-551 FMO (PJWX) OCT-DEC 23 | $75,000 |
| 5 | August 7, 2024 | July 22, 2024 | 16d | KC: ILC V CITY OF LA , CASE NO.12 CV-551 FMO (PJWX) JAN-MAR 24 | $75,000 |
| 6 | August 7, 2024 | July 22, 2024 | 16d | KC: ILC V CITY OF LA , CASE NO.12 CV-551 FMO (PJWX) APR-JUN 24 | $75,000 |
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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.