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What has the City paid on purchase order SC12CO24141690A?

$524K paid to 2 different vendors (the largest, Hurrell Cantrall LLP, received $490.8K) across 67 payments from December 21, 2023 to June 4, 2026, charged to City Attorney / City Attorney Outside Counsel.

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

2 different vendors draw against this purchase order, so the $524K 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

City Attorney Outside Counsel

Budget line.

Approval records

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

Paid from

General Fund

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

Department: City Attorney

Paid to

Hurrell Cantrall LLP$491K · 62 payments
Hurrell- LLP$33K · 5 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
1December 21, 2023December 12, 20239dZELAYA 355.0033 08/2023$14,477
2December 21, 2023December 12, 20239dSCULLS 355.0034 05/2023$14,310
3December 21, 2023December 12, 20239dZELAYA 355.0033 09/202$11,713
4December 21, 2023December 12, 20239dSCULLS 355.0034 04/2023$1,524
5February 9, 2024February 1, 20248dSCULLS 10/2023 355.0034$53,027
6February 9, 2024February 3, 20246dSCULLS 9/2023 355.0034$31,682
7February 20, 2024February 1, 2004—SCULLTS 355.0034 11/30/23$42,109
8February 27, 2024February 20, 20247dZELAYA 355.0033 11/2023$13,181
9February 27, 2024February 20, 20247dASHLEY 355.0036 11/2023$10,340
10February 27, 2024February 20, 20247dASHLEY 355.0036 10/2023$6,291
11February 27, 2024February 20, 20247dZELAYA 355.0033 10/2023$1,347
12April 11, 2024April 10, 20241dZELAYA 355.0033 10/23 2ND PAYMENT$71,318
13April 12, 2024April 10, 20242dSCULLS 355.0034 12/2023$11,453
14April 12, 2024April 10, 20242dSCULLS 355.0034 01/31/24$2,904
15May 16, 2024May 10, 20246dSCULLS 355.0034 03/2024$8,913
16May 16, 2024May 14, 20242dSCULLS 355.0034 02/24$5,154
17May 24, 2024May 20, 20244dZELAYA 02/2024 355.0033$825
18May 24, 2024May 20, 20244dASHLEY 355.0036 03/24$788
19May 24, 2024May 20, 20244dZELAYA 01/2024 355.0033$780
20May 31, 2024May 29, 20242dZELAYA 355.0033 12/23$32,678
21May 31, 2024May 24, 20247dASHLEY 355.0036 12/23$30,521
22May 31, 2024May 23, 20248dASHLEY 355.0036 01/24$13,847
23May 31, 2024May 24, 20247dASHLEY 355.0036 02/24$11,175
24May 31, 2024May 29, 20242dSCULLS 355.0034 04/24$4,315
25May 31, 2024May 29, 20242dZELAYA 355.0033 04/24$425
26May 31, 2024May 29, 20242dASHLEY 355.0036 04/30/24$342
27May 31, 2024May 23, 20248dZELAYA 355.0033 03/24$50
28June 20, 2024June 17, 20243dZELAYA 355.0033 05/24$1,488
29June 20, 2024June 17, 20243dASHLEY 355.0036 05/24$818
30June 20, 2024June 17, 20243dSCULLS 355.0034 05/24$63
31August 9, 2024August 6, 20243dSCULLS 355.0034 06/24$1,029
32August 30, 2024August 26, 20244dG. ASHLEY - 06/2024$50
33September 9, 2024September 3, 20246dNICOLE JUAREZ ZELAYA - 06/2024$3,325
34September 10, 2024August 21, 202420dZELAYA - 07/2024$7,195
35September 10, 2024August 21, 202420dSCULLS - 07/2024$3,507
36September 10, 2024August 21, 202420dASHLEY - 07/2024$100
37November 8, 2024November 1, 20247dSCULLS 355.0034 08/24$588
38November 8, 2024November 1, 20247dSCULLS 355.0034 09/24$105
39November 8, 2024November 1, 20247dASHLEY V MOORE 355.0036 09/24$75
40April 4, 2025March 28, 20257dSCULLS 355.0034 08/23$7,833
41April 4, 2025March 28, 20257dZELAYA 355.0033 12/24$1,425
42April 4, 2025March 28, 20257dZELAYA 355.0033 10/24$650
43April 4, 2025March 28, 20257dZELAYA 355.0033 11/24$300
44May 5, 2025April 29, 20256dSCULLS 355.0034 12/24$2,275
45May 5, 2025April 29, 20256dMOORE 355.0036 12/24$490
46May 5, 2025April 29, 20256dMOORE 355.0036 11/24$209
47May 5, 2025April 29, 20256dSCULLS 355.0034 11/24$42
48May 5, 2025April 29, 20256dSCULLS 355.0034 10/24$21
49September 24, 2025September 11, 202513dSCULLS 355.0034 CV2108624 L22-00780 05/25$17,767
50September 24, 2025September 11, 202513dSCULLS 355.0034 CV2108624 L22-00780 04/25$13,888
51September 24, 2025September 11, 202513dSCULLS 355.0034 CV2108624 L22-00780 03/25$7,392
52September 24, 2025September 9, 202515dASHLEY, G. V. MOORE, MICHAEL REY, ET AL 355.0036 USDC CASE NO. 2:22-CV-04909-DMG (KSX) L23-00370 01$5,589
53September 24, 2025September 11, 202513dSCULLS 355.0034 CV2108624 L22-00780 07/25$4,781
54September 24, 2025September 11, 202513dSCULLS 355.0034 CV2108624 L22-00780 01/25$4,774
55September 24, 2025September 11, 202513dSCULLS 355.0034 CV2108624 L22-00780 06/25$4,668
56September 24, 2025September 11, 202513dSCULLS 355.0034 CV2108624 L22-00780 02/25$2,142
57September 24, 2025September 9, 202515dLEGAL REPRESENTATION IN LITIGATION INVOLVING LAPD$1,190
58September 24, 2025September 9, 202515dZELAYA 355.0033 CV20-08382 L2100445 01/25$975
59September 24, 2025September 9, 202515dASHLEY, G. V. MOORE, MICHAEL REY, ET AL 355.0036 USDC CASE NO. 2:22-CV-04909-DMG (KSX) L23-00370 02$217
60September 24, 2025September 9, 202515dZELAYA 355.0033 CV20-08382 L2100445 04/25$145
61September 24, 2025September 9, 202515dASHLEY, G. V. MOORE, MICHAEL REY, ET AL 355.0036 USDC CASE NO. 2:22-CV-04909-DMG (KSX) L23-00370 04$100
62September 24, 2025September 9, 202515dASHLEY, G. V. MOORE, MICHAEL REY, ET AL 355.0036 USDC CASE NO. 2:22-CV-04909-DMG (KSX) L23-00370 07$75
63March 26, 2026March 24, 20262dSCULLS 355.0034 CV-08624-AH(JCX) L22-00780 09/25$12,390
64March 26, 2026March 24, 20262dSCULLS 355.0034 CV-08624-AH(JCX) L22-00780 10/25$10,206
65March 26, 2026March 24, 20262dSCULLS 355.0034 CV-08624-AH(JCX) L22-00780 08/25$2,562
66April 30, 2026April 27, 20263dASHLEY 355.0036 USDC CASE NO.: CV21-08624 L22-00780 03/26$84
67June 4, 2026May 14, 202621dSCULLS 355.0034 USDC CASE NO.: 21-CV-08624-AH(JCX) L22-00780 11/25$8,155

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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.