CheckbookBudget line

What has the City spent on Capital Equipment Purchases?

$35.9M across 329 payments, November 3, 2017 to September 9, 2026 — 38 purchase orders and 9 vendors, run by Transportation.

Checkbook LA · Through Sep 9, 2026

As published: CAPITAL EQUIPMENT PURCHASES

Spans more than one contract

This budget line has run for 10 fiscal years across 38 separate purchase orders. A single payment in the register shows none of that — the commitment outlives any one order, and the orders are how it gets renewed.

$35.9MTotal spent
38Purchase orders
9Vendors
91%Largest vendor's share

Spending by fiscal year

FY2017-18
$7.2M
FY2018-19
$5.5M
FY2019-20
$6.0M
FY2020-21
$423K
FY2021-22
$85K
FY2022-23
$36K
FY2023-24
$5.2M
FY2024-25
$7.0M
FY2025-26
$4.1M
FY2026-27 *
$355K

* FY2026-27 is still in progress — not a full year. Same point of FY2025-26 (payments dated through Sep 9, 2025): $1.2M.

Who was paid

Under which orders

20 payments · November 3, 2017 to September 19, 2018

17 payments · December 10, 2018 to November 12, 2019

21 payments · July 16, 2025 to August 12, 2026

14 payments · March 19, 2020 to April 1, 2020

26 payments · August 28, 2024 to December 16, 2024

30 payments · December 12, 2023 to March 21, 2024

12 payments · February 14, 2019 to September 20, 2019

11 payments · December 26, 2017 to October 20, 2020

13 payments · November 13, 2024 to March 28, 2025

15 payments · March 21, 2024 to April 18, 2024

13 payments · November 13, 2024 to June 13, 2025

6 payments · January 16, 2025 to March 10, 2025

5 payments · February 22, 2024 to February 23, 2024

16 payments · March 17, 2020 to July 13, 2020

3 payments · November 14, 2018 to June 5, 2019

2 payments · August 7, 2025 to August 7, 2025

2 payments · April 10, 2025 to May 2, 2025

12 payments · February 19, 2020 to July 1, 2020

13 payments · December 15, 2020 to February 8, 2022

25 payments · October 22, 2018 to June 21, 2024

1 payment · December 26, 2023 to December 26, 2023

3 payments · September 4, 2026 to September 4, 2026

2 payments · March 4, 2026 to March 4, 2026

6 payments · December 1, 2025 to December 1, 2025

6 payments · April 30, 2026 to September 9, 2026

3 payments · April 14, 2020 to April 14, 2020

2 payments · July 16, 2026 to July 16, 2026

1 payment · October 10, 2024 to October 10, 2024

1 payment · May 6, 2019 to May 6, 2019

1 payment · May 24, 2022 to May 24, 2022

2 payments · March 10, 2025 to March 10, 2025

5 payments · May 30, 2025 to May 30, 2025

2 payments · October 19, 2022 to October 19, 2022

3 payments · December 11, 2024 to December 11, 2024

2 payments · March 10, 2025 to March 10, 2025

6 payments · May 21, 2025 to May 21, 2025

2 payments · December 1, 2020 to December 1, 2020

2 payments · March 3, 2025 to March 10, 2025

Sources

LA Controller, Checkbook LA (pggv-e4fn), totalled nightly. Grouped by account_name, the budget line a payment is booked against — populated on every row, and the most useful field for understanding what a payment actually bought. Back to the checkbook.