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What has the City paid on purchase order SC12CO25145432A?

$140K paid to Manning & Kass Ellrod Ramirez Trester LLP across 56 payments from June 20, 2025 to December 16, 2025, charged to City Attorney / City Attorney Outside Counsel.

Checkbook LA · Updated Sep 22, 2026RAMP awards · Updated Oct 3, 2026

What it was for

City Attorney Outside Counsel

Budget line.

Order description, as published:

FIREWORKS LITIGATION

Approval records

  • Contract C-145432Award recorded in the City's procurement portal; see below.

Order dated June 18, 2025.

Paid from

General Fund

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

Department: City Attorney

Awarded and paid so far

The City's procurement portal, RAMP, records contract C-145432 (the number embedded in this order's number, SC12CO25145432A) as awarded to Manning & Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez, Trester LLP for $125.0K (request for proposal), effective April 1, 2024 and expiring March 31, 2027. This order has paid $140.0K, 112% of that figure.

The award amount and dates are as entered in RAMP; later amendments that change a contract's ceiling or term are not always reflected there, and a contract can be paid through orders not shown on this page. RAMP title: “RFP for Outside Counsel Assistance with Fireworks Litigation”. See the award on RAMP

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
1June 20, 2025June 17, 20253dREYEZ 05129-055722 22STCV20728 L23-00388 12/24$30,127
2June 20, 2025June 17, 20253dREYES, JESSE 05129-055722 22STCV20728 L23-00388 09/24$8,882
3June 20, 2025June 17, 20253dDE AVILA, MIGUEL 05129-055725 23STCV15527 L24-01288 12/24$7,076
4June 20, 2025June 17, 20253dBELTRAN- MARTINEZ LAURA 05129-055720 23STCV15108 L24-00361 08/24$4,638
5June 20, 2025June 17, 20253dDE AVILA 05129-055725 23STCV15527 L24-01288 9/24$4,447
6June 20, 2025June 17, 20253dCARLON C22-01383 05129-055718 L23-02436 23STCV12744 08/24$4,098
7June 20, 2025June 17, 20253dTORRES, ESTEBAN DENICIA 05129-055723 23STCV12771 L23-02437 09/24$3,560
8June 20, 2025June 17, 20253dTORRES, ESTEBAN DENICIA 05129-055723 23STCV12771 L23-02437 12/24$2,659
9June 20, 2025June 17, 20253dBELTRAN- MARTINEZ 05129-05572023STCV15108 L24-00361 12/24$2,385
10June 20, 2025June 17, 20253dBELTRAN- MARTINEZ LAURA 05129-055720 23STCV15108 L24-00361 09/24$1,883
11June 20, 2025June 17, 20253dRODRIGUEZ 05129-055716 23STCV15511 L24-01492 09/24$1,100
12June 20, 2025June 17, 20253dBUCIO 05129-05571723STCV12477 L23-02392 09/24$401
13June 20, 2025June 17, 20253dGUZMAN, DAVID ANGELES 05129-055719 22STCV38942 L23-01236$256
14June 20, 2025June 17, 20253dCARLON C22-01383 05129-055718 L23-02436 23STCV12744 09/24$255
15June 20, 2025June 17, 20253dGUZMAN, DAVID ANGELES 05129-055719 23STCV12668 L24-01066 PARTIAL PAYMENT 12/24$48
16December 10, 2025December 10, 20250dBELTRAN MARTINEZ 05129-055720 L24-00361 05/25$1,540
17December 10, 2025December 10, 20250dBELTRAN MARTINEZ 05129-055720 L24-00361 06/25$883
18December 10, 2025December 10, 20250dBELTRAN MARTINEZ 05129-055720 L24-00361 01/25$528
19December 10, 2025December 10, 20250dBELTRAN MARTINEZ 05129-055720 L24-00361 04/25$510
20December 10, 2025December 10, 20250dBUCIO 05129-055717 23STCV12477 L23-02392 01/25$425
21December 10, 2025December 10, 20250dRODRIGUEZ 05129-055716 22STCV20728 L23-00388 05/25$400
22December 10, 2025December 10, 20250dGUZMAN 05129-055719 23STCV12668 L24-014066 01/25$375
23December 10, 2025December 10, 20250dCARLON 05129-055718 23STCV12744 L23-02436 01/25$375
24December 10, 2025December 10, 20250dRODRIGUEZ 05129-055716 22STCV20728 L23-00388 06/25$350
25December 10, 2025December 10, 20250dBELTRAN MARTINEZ 05129-055720 L24-00361 02/25$278
26December 10, 2025December 10, 20250dRODRIGUEZ 05129-055716 22STCV20728 L23-00388 01/25$275
27December 10, 2025December 10, 20250dRODRIGUEZ 05129-055716 22STCV20728 L23-00388 02/25$275
28December 10, 2025December 10, 20250dRODRIGUEZ 05129-055716 22STCV20728 L23-00388 04/25$100
29December 10, 2025December 10, 20250dBUCIO 05129-055717 23STCV12477 L23-02392 05/25$100
30December 10, 2025December 10, 20250dGUZMAN 05129-055719 23STCV12668 L24-014066 05/25$100
31December 10, 2025December 10, 20250dRODRIGUEZ 05129-055716 22STCV20728 L23-00388 03/25$75
32December 10, 2025December 10, 20250dBUCIO 05129-055717 23STCV12477 L23-02392 03/25$75
33December 10, 2025December 10, 20250dGUZMAN 05129-055719 23STCV12668 L24-014066 02/25$50
34December 10, 2025December 10, 20250dBUCIO 05129-055717 23STCV12477 L23-02392 04/25$50
35December 10, 2025December 10, 20250dCARLON 05129-055718 23STCV12744 L23-02436 2/25$50
36December 10, 2025December 10, 20250dBUCIO 05129-055717 23STCV12477 L23-02392 02/25$50
37December 10, 2025December 10, 20250dGUZMAN 05129-055719 23STCV12668 L24-014066 04/25$25
38December 10, 2025December 10, 20250dCARLON 05129-055718 23STCV12744 L23-02436 4/25$25
39December 11, 2025December 10, 20251dREYES 05129.055722 22STCV20728 L23-00388 08/24$7,494
40December 11, 2025December 10, 20251dDE AVILA 05129.055725 23STCV15527 L24-01288 01/25$3,234
41December 11, 2025December 10, 20251dREYES 05129.055722 22STCV20728 L23-00388 04/25$2,511
42December 11, 2025December 5, 20256dDE AVILA 05129.055725 23STCV15527 L24-01288 03/25$1,862
43December 11, 2025December 10, 20251dDE AVILA 05129.055725 23STCV15527 L24-01288 02/25$839
44December 11, 2025December 10, 20251dREYES 05129.055722 22STCV20728 L23-00388 06/25$695
45December 11, 2025December 10, 20251dREYES 05129.055722 22STCV20728 L23-00388 05/25$584
46December 11, 2025December 5, 20256dDE AVILA 05129.055725 23STCV15527 L24-01288 05/25$515
47December 11, 2025December 5, 20256dDE AVILA 05129.055725 23STCV15527 L24-01288 04/25$410
48December 11, 2025December 5, 20256dDE AVILA 05129.055725 23STCV15527 L24-01288 06/25$385
49December 16, 2025December 10, 20256dREYES 05129-055722 22STCV20728 L23-00388 02/25$34,384
50December 16, 2025December 15, 20251dREYES 05129-055722 22STCV20728 L23-00388 03/25 PARTIAL PAYMENT$4,545
51December 16, 2025December 10, 20256dTORRES 05129-055723 23STCV12771 L23-02437 06/25$1,343
52December 16, 2025December 10, 20256dTORRES 05129-055723 23STCV12771 L23-02437 01/25$822
53December 16, 2025December 10, 20256dBELTRAN MARTINEZ 05129-055720 23STCV15108 L24-0036105/25$653
54December 16, 2025December 10, 20256dTORRES 05129-055723 23STCV12771 L23-02437 05/25$545
55December 16, 2025December 10, 20256dTORRES 05129-055723 23STCV12771 L23-02437 04/25$378
56December 16, 2025December 10, 20256dTORRES 05129-055723 23STCV12771 L23-02437 02/25$75

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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. Award from RAMP Opportunity Awards (h8mw-iegk), matched on the contract number embedded in this order's number and on the vendor's name. The City's biggest contracts · The checkbook.