SpendingContractsPurchase order
What has the City paid on purchase order GAENV43CF26201282Y?
$395K paid to 2 different vendors (the largest, Relman Colfax PLLC, received $350.0K) across 3 payments from January 16, 2026 to April 16, 2026, charged to Los Angeles Housing / Plaintiff Counsel.
2 different vendors draw against this purchase order, so the $395K 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 26 - 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 October 22, 2025.
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 16, 2026 | December 23, 2025 | 24d | KC: ILC V CITY OF LA , CASE NO.12 CV-551 FMO (PJWX) JUL-SEP 25, INV #00601-00005-0031 | $175,000 |
| 2 | February 3, 2026 | January 17, 2026 | 17d | KC: ILCC V CITY OF LA , CASE NO.12 CV-551 FMO (PJWX), INV #IYALOMHE-10/01/25-12/12/25 | $44,850 |
| 3 | April 16, 2026 | March 18, 2026 | 29d | KC: ILC V CITY OF LA , CASE NO.12 CV-551 FMO (PJWX) OCT - DEC 25, INV #00601-00005-0032 | $175,000 |
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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.