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What has the City paid on purchase order SC12CO26145432A?

$57K paid to Manning & Kass Ellrod Ramirez Trester LLP across 19 payments from March 4, 2026 to July 6, 2026, charged to City Attorney / City Attorney Outside Counsel.

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 February 11, 2026.

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, SC12CO26145432A) 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 $57.4K, 46% 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
1March 4, 2026February 16, 202616dDE AVILA 05129-055725 23STCV15527 L24-01288 12/25$301
2March 25, 2026March 21, 20264dDE AVILA 05129-055725 23STCV15527 L24-01288 07/25$3,450
3March 25, 2026March 21, 20264dDE AVILA 05129-055725 23STCV15527 L24-01288 09/25$1,581
4May 13, 2026May 11, 20262dDE AVILA 05129-055725 23STCV15527 L24-01288 08/25$883
5May 13, 2026May 11, 20262dTORRES 05129-055723 23STCV12771 L23-02437 08/25$455
6May 13, 2026May 11, 20262dCARLON 05129-055718 23STCV12744 L23-02436 07/25$300
7May 13, 2026May 11, 20262dTORRES 05129-055723 23STCV12771 L23-02437 07/25$255
8May 13, 2026May 11, 20262dCARLON 05129-055718 23STCV12744 L23-02436 08/25$248
9May 13, 2026May 5, 20268dREYES 05129-055722 22STCV20728 L23-00388 08/25$75
10May 13, 2026May 11, 20262dCARLON 05129-055718 23STCV12744 L23-02436 09/25$25
11June 5, 2026May 29, 20267dMARTINEZ 05129-05572 23STCV15108 L24-00361 08/25$353
12June 5, 2026May 29, 20267dMARTINEZ 05129-05572 23STCV15108 L24-00361 07/25$98
13June 5, 2026May 29, 20267dMARTINEZ 05129-05572 23STCV15108 L24-00361 09/25$53
14June 22, 2026April 30, 202653dRODRIGUEZ 05129-055716 22STCV20728 L23-00388 08/24$1,464
15June 22, 2026June 12, 202610dDE AVILA 05129-055725 23STCV15527 L24-01288 10/25$459
16July 6, 2026June 23, 202613dREYES 05129-055722 22STCV20728 L23-00388 01/25$38,748
17July 6, 2026June 23, 202613dDE AVILA 05129-055725 23STCV15527 L24-01288 08/24$5,515
18July 6, 2026June 23, 202613dBUCIO 05129-055717 23STCV12477 L23-02392 08/24$2,913
19July 6, 2026June 23, 202613dDE AVILA 05129-055725 23STCV15527 L24-01288 10/25$266

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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.