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What has the City paid on purchase order SC12CO26145367A?
$485K paid to Burke Williams & Sorensen LLP across 29 payments from December 11, 2025 to August 28, 2026, charged to City Attorney / City Attorney Outside Counsel.
What it was for
City Attorney Outside CounselBudget line.
Order description, as published:
SMITH 22STCV11178/DENTON 22STCV13267
Approval records
- Contract C-145367Award recorded in the City's procurement portal; see below.
Order dated December 9, 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-145367 (the number embedded in this order's number, SC12CO26145367A) as awarded to Burke, Williams & Sorensen for $100.0K (sole source), effective February 5, 2024 and expiring March 31, 2027. This order has paid $484.6K, 485% 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: “Legal representation in the matters of Johnny Smith, et al. and Eric Denton et. al”. See the award on RAMP RAMP lists 2 matching award records for this contract; the largest is shown.
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 | December 11, 2025 | November 13, 2025 | 28d | SMITH 06491.0025 22STCV11178 L22-01508 02/25 PARTIAL PAY,MENT | $31,605 |
| 2 | December 11, 2025 | November 13, 2025 | 28d | DENTON 06491.0024 22STCV13267 L22-01765 02/24 | $9,518 |
| 3 | December 11, 2025 | November 13, 2025 | 28d | JOHNNY SMITH,22STCV11178 / ERIC DENTON 22STCV13267 | $8,463 |
| 4 | December 11, 2025 | November 13, 2025 | 28d | SMITH 06491.0025 22STCV11178 L22-01508 04/25 | $819 |
| 5 | January 13, 2026 | January 5, 2026 | 8d | DENTON 06491-0024 22STCV113267 L22-01765 04/25 | $88,266 |
| 6 | January 13, 2026 | January 5, 2026 | 8d | DENTON 06491-0024 22STCV13267 L22-01765 10/25 | $48,335 |
| 7 | January 13, 2026 | January 5, 2026 | 8d | DENTON 06491-0024 22STCV13267 L22-01765 08/25 | $12,020 |
| 8 | January 13, 2026 | January 5, 2026 | 8d | SMITH 06491-0025 22STCV11178 L22-01508 10/25 | $9,743 |
| 9 | January 13, 2026 | January 5, 2026 | 8d | SMITH 06491-0025 22STCV11178 L22-01508 06/25 | $7,703 |
| 10 | January 13, 2026 | January 5, 2026 | 8d | SMITH 06491-0025 22STCV11178 L22-01508 07/25 | $2,830 |
| 11 | January 13, 2026 | January 5, 2026 | 8d | SMITH 06491-0025 22STCV11178 L22-01508 09/25 | $2,555 |
| 12 | January 13, 2026 | January 5, 2026 | 8d | SMITH 06491-0025 22STCV11178 L22-01508 05/25 | $488 |
| 13 | January 15, 2026 | January 5, 2026 | 10d | DENTON 06491-0024 22STCV13267 05/25 | $38,923 |
| 14 | January 15, 2026 | January 5, 2026 | 10d | JOHNNY SMITH,22STCV11178 / ERIC DENTON 22STCV13267 | $23,246 |
| 15 | January 15, 2026 | January 5, 2026 | 10d | DENTON 06491-0024 22STCV13267 07/25 | $17,776 |
| 16 | January 15, 2026 | January 5, 2026 | 10d | DENTON 06491-0024 22STCV13267 06/25 | $15,683 |
| 17 | April 23, 2026 | March 24, 2026 | 30d | DENTON 06491-0024 22STCV13267 L22-01765 11/25 | $24,177 |
| 18 | April 23, 2026 | March 24, 2026 | 30d | SMITH 06491-0025 22STCV11178 L22-01508 11/25 | $7,068 |
| 19 | April 23, 2026 | March 24, 2026 | 30d | SMITH 06491.0025 22STCV11178 L22-01508 12/25 | $2,636 |
| 20 | April 28, 2026 | March 24, 2026 | 35d | SMITH 06491 - 0025 22STCV11178 L22-01508 01/26 | $33,045 |
| 21 | April 28, 2026 | March 24, 2026 | 35d | DENTON 06491-0024 22STCV13267 L22-01765 01/26 | $25,023 |
| 22 | April 28, 2026 | March 24, 2026 | 35d | DENTON 06491-0024 22STCV13267 L22-01765 01/26 | $12,549 |
| 23 | June 5, 2026 | May 18, 2026 | 18d | DENTON 06491.0024 22STCV13267 L22-01765 02/26 | $19,891 |
| 24 | June 5, 2026 | May 18, 2026 | 18d | DENTON 06491.0024 22STCV13267 L22-01765 03/26 | $9,883 |
| 25 | June 5, 2026 | May 22, 2026 | 14d | DENTON 06491.0024 22STCV13267 L22-01765 04/26 | $5,274 |
| 26 | June 5, 2026 | May 22, 2026 | 14d | SMITH 06491-0025 22STCV11178 04/26 | $1,629 |
| 27 | June 5, 2026 | May 22, 2026 | 14d | SMITH 06491-0025 22STCV11178 02/26 | $1,304 |
| 28 | July 24, 2026 | July 10, 2026 | 14d | SMITH 06491-0025 22STCV11178 L22-01508 08/25 | $10,147 |
| 29 | August 28, 2026 | August 17, 2026 | 11d | DENTON 06491-0024 22STCV13267 06/26 | $13,995 |
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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.