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What has the City paid on purchase order SC12CO25145555A?
$158K paid to Burke Williams & Sorensen LLP across 20 payments from January 9, 2025 to August 6, 2026, charged to City Attorney / City Attorney Outside Counsel.
What it was for
City Attorney Outside CounselBudget line.
Order description, as published:
THE HIGHROAD LLC 21STCV37436
Approval records
- Contract C-145555Award recorded in the City's procurement portal; see below.
Order dated January 6, 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-145555 (the number embedded in this order's number, SC12CO25145555A) as awarded to Burke, Williams & Sorensen for $55.0K (request for proposal), effective April 1, 2024 and expiring March 31, 2027. This order has paid $158.5K, 288% 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 LEGAL REPRESENTATION_ FIRST HIGHROAD CASE”. 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.
| # | Paid | Invoiced | Lag | Reference | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | January 9, 2025 | December 24, 2024 | 16d | HIGHROAD 8513-002 11/24 | $9,496 |
| 2 | January 9, 2025 | December 18, 2024 | 22d | HIGHROAD 8513-002 08/24 | $5,269 |
| 3 | January 9, 2025 | December 24, 2024 | 16d | HIGHROAD 8513-002 10/24 | $1,255 |
| 4 | May 16, 2025 | May 13, 2025 | 3d | HIGHRAOD LINKAGE FEE 08513-0002 21STCV37436, 23 STCV24554 L22-00559/L24-01352 02/25 | $28,070 |
| 5 | May 16, 2025 | May 13, 2025 | 3d | HIGHRAOD LINKAGE FEE 08513-0002 21STCV37436, 23 STCV24554 L22-00559/L24-01352 12/24 | $15,378 |
| 6 | May 16, 2025 | May 13, 2025 | 3d | HIGHRAOD LINKAGE FEE 08513-0002 21STCV37436, 23 STCV24554 L22-00559/L24-01352 01/25 | $14,324 |
| 7 | May 16, 2025 | May 15, 2025 | 1d | HIGHRAOD LINKAGE FEE 08513-0002 21STCV37436, 23 STCV24554 L22-00559/L24-01352 | $13,804 |
| 8 | October 1, 2025 | September 29, 2025 | 2d | HIGHROAD LINKAGE FEE LIT 08513-0002 21STCV37436, 23 STCV24554 L22-00559 / L24-01352 05/25 | $10,757 |
| 9 | October 1, 2025 | September 29, 2025 | 2d | HIGHROAD LINKAGE FEE LIT 08513-0002 21STCV37436, 23 STCV24554 L22-00559 / L24-01352 07/25 | $9,214 |
| 10 | October 1, 2025 | September 29, 2025 | 2d | HIGHROAD LINKAGE FEE LIT 08513-0002 21STCV37436, 23 STCV24554 L22-00559 / L24-01352 04/25 | $4,632 |
| 11 | October 1, 2025 | September 29, 2025 | 2d | HIGHROAD LINKAGE FEE LIT 08513-0002 21STCV37436, 23 STCV24554 L22-00559 / L24-01352 06/25 | $4,498 |
| 12 | December 9, 2025 | December 2, 2025 | 7d | HIGHROAD LINK 08513-0002 21STCV37436, 23 STCV24554 L22-00559 / L24-01352 09/25 | $1,353 |
| 13 | December 9, 2025 | December 2, 2025 | 7d | HIGHROAD LINK 08513-0002 21STCV37436, 23 STCV24554 L22-00559 / L24-01352 08/25 | $600 |
| 14 | March 23, 2026 | March 9, 2026 | 14d | HIGHROAD 08513-0004 21STCV37436, 23 STCV24554 21STCV37436, 23 STCV24554 12/25 | $1,040 |
| 15 | March 23, 2026 | March 9, 2026 | 14d | HIGHROAD 08513-0004 21STCV37436, 23 STCV24554 21STCV37436, 23 STCV24554 01/26 | $584 |
| 16 | March 23, 2026 | March 16, 2025 | 372d | HIGHROAD 08513-0004 21STCV37436, 23 STCV24554 21STCV37436, 23 STCV24554 11/25 | $219 |
| 17 | June 2, 2026 | May 19, 2026 | 14d | HIGHROAD 08513.0004 21STCV37436, 23STCV24554 L22-00559/L24-01352 03/26 | $4,801 |
| 18 | June 15, 2026 | June 2, 2026 | 13d | HIGHROAD 08513-0004 21STC37436/ 23STCV24554 L22-00559/L24-01352 04/26 | $3,096 |
| 19 | July 7, 2026 | June 17, 2026 | 20d | HIGHROAD 08513-0004 L22-00559/ L24-01352 05/26 | $17,916 |
| 20 | August 6, 2026 | July 31, 2026 | 6d | HIGHROAD 08513-0004 21STCV37436, 23 STCV24554 L22-00559 / L24-01352 06/26 | $12,190 |
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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.