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What has the City paid on purchase order GAETL08TL250860001?

$45K paid to 4 different vendors (the largest, National Society of Black Engineers, received $18.7K) across 45 payments from August 22, 2024 to May 20, 2025, charged to Building and Safety / LADBS Expense & Equipment.

Checkbook LA · Updated Sep 22, 2026
A blanket order, not one firm's contract

4 different vendors draw against this purchase order, so the $45K 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

LADBS Expense & Equipment

Budget line carrying the most money, of 2 this order is charged to.

Order description, as published:

NON FABRICATORS-(VARIOUS) BLANKET AUTHORITY

PRIVACY-BUILDING AND SAFETY

Approval records

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

Order dated July 2, 2024.

Paid from

Building & Safety Permit Enterpris

restricted revenue (grants, fees or a dedicated tax) that can only be spent on this purpose — not general-fund tax dollars.

Department: Building and Safety

Paid to

National Society of Black Engineers$19K · 3 payments
Privacy-Building and Safety$14K · 19 payments
Society of Women Engineers$7K · 1 payment
US Bank$5K · 22 payments

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
1August 22, 2024August 22, 20240dREGISTRATION-SWE BOOTH RENTAL, 10/24-25/24, SWE CONFERENCE, CHICAGO, IL$7,000
2August 22, 2024August 21, 20241dPRIVACY-BUILDING AND SAFETY$443
3August 22, 2024August 22, 20240dPRIVACY-BUILDING AND SAFETY$148
4September 17, 2024September 13, 20244dAIRFARE-LINN MELVIN, 08/12-14/24, BURLINGTON WI, LDV INSPECTION$498
5September 17, 2024September 13, 20244dAIRFARE-CHARLENA FREEMAN, 10/23-26/24, CHICAGO IL, SWE CONF$452
6September 17, 2024September 13, 20244dAIRFARE-ANSINEE TOWNSEND, 10/23-26/24, CHICAGO IL, SWE CONF$304
7September 17, 2024September 13, 20244dAIRFARE-SUGAR BALTAZAR, 10/16-18/24, LAS VEGAS NV, CRISIS COMMUNICATION CAMP$200
8September 17, 2024September 13, 20244dAIRFARE-SUGAR BALTAZAR, 10/16-18/24, LAS VEGAS NV, CRISIS COMMUNICATION CAMP$10
9September 17, 2024September 13, 20244dAIRFARE-LINN MELVIN, 08/12-14/24, BURLINGTON WI, LDV INSPECTION$10
10September 17, 2024September 13, 20244dAIRFARE-CHARLENA FREEMAN, 10/23-26/24, CHICAGO IL, SWE CONF$10
11September 17, 2024September 13, 20244dAIRFARE-ANSINEE TOWNSEND, 10/23-26/24, CHICAGO IL, SWE CONF$10
12October 16, 2024October 15, 20241dAIRFARE-GADELYNN GADDI, 10/16-18/24, LAS VEGAS, NV, COMMUNICATION BOOT CAMP$173
13October 16, 2024October 15, 20241dAIRFARE-GADELYNN GADDI, 10/16-18/24, LAS VEGAS, NV, COMMUNICATION BOOT CAMP$10
14October 30, 2024October 29, 20241dPRIVACY-BUILDING AND SAFETY$617
15October 30, 2024October 29, 20241dPRIVACY-BUILDING AND SAFETY$468
16October 30, 2024October 29, 20241dPRIVACY-BUILDING AND SAFETY$436
17November 8, 2024November 8, 20240dREGISTRATION-NSBE CONFERENCE, 11/23/24, SAN DIEGO, CA$11,500
18November 8, 2024November 8, 20240dREGISTRATION-NSBE CONFERENCE, 11/23/24, SAN DIEGO, CA$220
19November 19, 2024November 14, 20245dHOTEL-CHARLENA FREEMAN, 10/23-26/24, CHICAGO IL, SWE CONF$741
20November 19, 2024November 14, 20245dAIRFARE-ALVIN LUONG, 11/18-22/24, CHICAGO IL, MICROSOFT IGNITE 2024$534
21November 19, 2024November 14, 20245dAIRFARE-SAAD TARIQ, 11/18-22/24, CHICAGO IL, MICROSOFT IGNITE 2024$534
22November 19, 2024November 14, 20245dAIRFARE-ALVIN LUONG, 11/18-22/24, CHICAGO IL, MICROSOFT IGNITE 2024$10
23November 19, 2024November 14, 20245dAIRFARE-SAAD TARIQ, 11/18-22/24, CHICAGO IL, MICROSOFT IGNITE 2024$10
24November 27, 2024November 25, 20242dPRIVACY-BUILDING AND SAFETY$2,550
25November 27, 2024November 25, 20242dPRIVACY-BUILDING AND SAFETY$2,225
26November 27, 2024November 25, 20242dPRIVACY-BUILDING AND SAFETY$1,499
27November 27, 2024November 25, 20242dPRIVACY-BUILDING AND SAFETY$1,461
28December 5, 2024December 4, 20241dPRIVACY-BUILDING AND SAFETY$288
29December 5, 2024December 4, 20241dPRIVACY-BUILDING AND SAFETY$225
30December 11, 2024December 10, 20241dPRIVACY-BUILDING AND SAFETY$206
31December 12, 2024December 12, 20240dPRIVACY-BUILDING AND SAFETY$270
32December 19, 2024December 18, 20241dPRIVACY-BUILDING AND SAFETY$225
33December 20, 2024December 18, 20242dPRIVACY-BUILDING AND SAFETY$227
34January 29, 2025January 29, 20250dREGISTRATION-NSBE CONFERENCE, 03/06-07/25, CHICAGO, IL$7,000
35March 12, 2025March 11, 20251dPRIVACY-BUILDING AND SAFETY$1,072
36March 12, 2025March 12, 20250dAIRFARE-JUAN BORJAS, 03/09-12/25, COLUMBUS OH, NBBI TRAINING$571
37March 12, 2025March 12, 20250dAIRFARE-JUAN BORJAS, 03/09-12/25, COLUMBUS OH, NBBI TRAINING$10
38March 12, 2025March 12, 20250dAIRFARE-ZENA HADDIS, 03/05-08/25, CHICAGO, IL, NSBE$10
39March 12, 2025March 12, 20250dAIRFARE-CHARLENA FREEMAN, 03/05-08/25, CHICAGO, IL, NSBE$10
40March 17, 2025March 12, 20255dAIRFARE-CHARLENA FREEMAN, 03/05-08/25, CHICAGO, IL, NSBE$432
41April 4, 2025April 4, 20250dPRIVACY-BUILDING AND SAFETY$993
42April 4, 2025April 4, 20250dPRIVACY-BUILDING AND SAFETY$452
43May 12, 2025May 8, 20254dPRIVACY-BUILDING AND SAFETY$627
44May 20, 2025May 8, 202512dAIRFARE-MICHAEL PEREZ, 04/22-27/25, ORLANDO FL, ICC CONF$466
45May 20, 2025May 8, 202512dAIRFARE-MICHAEL PEREZ, 04/22-27/25, ORLANDO FL, ICC CONF$10

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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.