CheckbookBudget line

What has the City spent on Capital Improvement?

$15.6M across 1,765 payments, July 12, 2017 to September 9, 2026 — 314 purchase orders and 93 vendors, run by Recreation and Parks.

Checkbook LA · Through Sep 9, 2026

As published: CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT

Spans more than one contract

This budget line has run for 10 fiscal years across 314 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.

$15.6MTotal spent
314Purchase orders
93Vendors
23%Largest vendor's share

Spending by fiscal year

FY2017-18
$1.3M
FY2018-19
$1.3M
FY2019-20
$1.2M
FY2020-21
$1.3M
FY2021-22
$791K
FY2022-23
$235K
FY2023-24
$1.3M
FY2024-25
$2.8M
FY2025-26
$4.0M
FY2026-27 *
$1.3M

* FY2026-27 is still in progress — not a full year. Same point of FY2025-26 (payments dated through Sep 9, 2025): $261K.

Who was paid

The 25 largest of 93 vendors on this line.

Under which orders

The 39 largest of 314 purchase orders booked to this line.

17 payments · July 28, 2025 to September 4, 2026

4 payments · November 6, 2024 to January 21, 2025

10 payments · September 18, 2024 to August 5, 2025

3 payments · February 27, 2026 to May 20, 2026

25 payments · September 24, 2025 to August 25, 2026

2 payments · October 3, 2017 to December 26, 2017

5 payments · August 24, 2021 to January 13, 2022

4 payments · March 19, 2026 to June 16, 2026

6 payments · February 23, 2023 to August 15, 2023

3 payments · October 25, 2024 to January 15, 2025

5 payments · November 25, 2024 to May 15, 2025

6 payments · September 25, 2018 to September 19, 2019

9 payments · July 13, 2023 to February 27, 2024

9 payments · December 6, 2019 to July 28, 2020

9 payments · March 4, 2019 to July 28, 2020

7 payments · May 2, 2024 to August 22, 2024

7 payments · July 29, 2020 to March 17, 2021

4 payments · September 5, 2017 to June 4, 2018

2 payments · March 22, 2024 to April 11, 2024

10 payments · November 14, 2018 to November 27, 2018

1 payment · July 6, 2020 to July 6, 2020

4 payments · August 13, 2020 to October 8, 2020

1 payment · November 5, 2021 to November 5, 2021

2 payments · July 28, 2017 to August 7, 2017

8 payments · October 2, 2018 to August 26, 2019

4 payments · January 2, 2024 to August 22, 2024

4 payments · September 15, 2020 to June 9, 2021

5 payments · November 8, 2018 to February 19, 2019

3 payments · June 2, 2020 to January 4, 2021

2 payments · December 26, 2019 to June 5, 2020

6 payments · December 17, 2024 to January 24, 2025

6 payments · September 11, 2018 to August 19, 2019

3 payments · July 14, 2025 to July 23, 2025

3 payments · January 13, 2022 to March 31, 2022

3 payments · March 25, 2021 to November 23, 2021

3 payments · August 9, 2021 to August 9, 2021

1 payment · April 11, 2024 to April 11, 2024

1 payment · July 13, 2026 to July 13, 2026

2 payments · December 18, 2020 to December 18, 2020

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.