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What has the City paid on purchase order SC12CO24139740A?

$140K paid to Best Best & Krieger LLP across 36 payments from April 12, 2024 to September 8, 2025, charged to City Attorney / City Attorney Outside Counsel.

Checkbook LA · Updated Sep 22, 2026

What it was for

City Attorney Outside Counsel

Budget line.

Order description, as published:

DTSC V. NL INDUSTRIES, USDC CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CA CASE NO.

Approval records

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

Order dated April 10, 2024.

Paid from

General Fund

discretionary tax dollars — this competes with police, fire, parks and everything else.

Department: City Attorney

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
1April 12, 2024April 3, 20249dDTSC. V NL INDUSTRIES SHARED 11/23 65446.00001$14,401
2April 12, 2024April 8, 20244dDTSC. V NL INDUSTRIES SOLE 02/24 65446.0002$8,058
3April 12, 2024April 8, 20244dDTSC. V NL INDUSTRIES SHARED 01/2024 65446.0001$6,498
4April 12, 2024April 3, 20249dDTSC. V NL INDUSTRIES SHARED 12/23 65446.00002$5,812
5April 12, 2024April 3, 20249dDTSC. V NL INDUSTRIES SHARED 02/24 65446.00001$5,595
6April 12, 2024April 3, 20249dDTSC. V NL INDUSTRIES SOLE 10/23 65446.00001$4,385
7April 12, 2024April 8, 20244dDTSC. V NL INDUSTRIES SOLE 01/2024 65446.0001$2,015
8April 12, 2024April 3, 20249dDTSC. V NL INDUSTRIES SOLE 11/23 65446.00002$1,304
9April 12, 2024April 3, 20249dDTSC. V NL INDUSTRIES SHARED 10/23 65446.00001 2ND PAYMENT$1,092
10April 12, 2024April 3, 20249dDTSC. V NL INDUSTRIES SOLE 12/23 65446.00002$1,027
11May 31, 2024May 30, 20241dDTSC V. NL INDUSTRIES 03/24 65446.00001 SOLE$3,555
12May 31, 2024May 30, 20241dDTSC V. NL INDUSTRIES 03/24 65446.00001 SHARED$3,060
13June 17, 2024June 13, 20244dDTSC 65446.00001 SHARED 04/24$3,184
14June 17, 2024June 13, 20244dDTSC 65446.00002 SOLE 04/24$1,817
15June 17, 2024June 13, 20244dDTSC 65446.00001 SHARED PARTIAL PAYMENT 2 03/23$445
16July 2, 2024June 26, 20246dDTSC V. NL INDUSTRIES SHARED 65446.00001 05/24$1,995
17July 2, 2024June 26, 20246dDTSC V. NL INDUSTRIES SOLE 65446.00002 05/24$790
18August 7, 2024August 5, 20242dDTSC 65446.000012 06/24 SOLE$3,284
19August 7, 2024August 5, 20242dDTSC 65446.00001 06/24 SHARED$2,651
20October 24, 2024October 22, 20242d65446.00002 SOLE 07/24$5,016
21October 24, 2024October 22, 20242d65446.0001 SHARED 7/24$1,430
22December 30, 2024December 24, 20246dDTSC 10/24/24 65446.00001$2,138
23December 30, 2024December 24, 20246dDTSC 10/24/24 65446.00001$1,607
24January 2, 2025December 24, 20249dDTSC 65446.0002 SOLE$9,993
25March 4, 2025March 4, 20250dDTSC 65446.00002 08/24 SOLE$6,973
26March 4, 2025March 4, 20250dDTSC 65446.00002 10/24SOLE$2,840
27March 4, 2025March 4, 20250dDTSC 65446.00001 08/24 SHARED$929
28May 22, 2025May 20, 20252dDTSC V. NL INDUSTRIES- SOLE CV20-11293-SVW-JPR 65446.00002 L22-00322$2,943
29May 22, 2025May 20, 20252dDTSC V. NL INDUSTRIES- SHARED CV20-11293-SVW-JPR 65446.00002 L22-00322$2,390
30September 8, 2025September 3, 20255dDTSC V.NL INDUSTRIES SOLE 65446.00001 CV20-11293-SVW-JPR L22-00322 12/24$13,715
31September 8, 2025September 3, 20255dDTSC V.NL INDUSTRIES SHARED 65446.00001 CV20-11293-SVW-JPR L22-00322 05/25$9,162
32September 8, 2025September 3, 20255dDTSC V.NL INDUSTRIES SHARED 65446.00001 CV20-11293-SVW-JPR L22-00322 03/25$3,732
33September 8, 2025September 3, 20255dDTSC V.NL INDUSTRIES SHARED 65446.00001 CV20-11293-SVW-JPR L22-00322 01/25$2,253
34September 8, 2025September 3, 20255dDTSC V.NL INDUSTRIES SHARED 65446.00001 CV20-11293-SVW-JPR L22-00322 03/25$2,018
35September 8, 2025September 3, 20255dDTSC V.NL INDUSTRIES SHARED 65446.00001 CV20-11293-SVW-JPR L22-00322 02/25$1,330
36September 8, 2025September 3, 20255dDTSC V.NL INDUSTRIES SHARED 65446.00001 CV20-11293-SVW-JPR L22-00322 12/24$572

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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.