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What has the City spent on Children's Play Equipment?

$7.6M across 1,288 payments, July 24, 2017 to September 4, 2026 — 303 purchase orders and 27 vendors, run by Recreation and Parks.

Checkbook LA · Through Sep 9, 2026

As published: CHILDREN'S PLAY EQUIPMENT

Spans more than one contract

This budget line has run for 10 fiscal years across 303 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.

$7.6MTotal spent
303Purchase orders
27Vendors
44%Largest vendor's share

Spending by fiscal year

FY2017-18
$484K
FY2018-19
$1.3M
FY2019-20
$822K
FY2020-21
$177K
FY2021-22
$1.0M
FY2022-23
$751K
FY2023-24
$395K
FY2024-25
$1.6M
FY2025-26
$598K
FY2026-27 *
$435K

* FY2026-27 is still in progress — not a full year. Same point of FY2025-26 (payments dated through Sep 9, 2025): $310K.

Who was paid

The 25 largest of 27 vendors on this line.

Under which orders

The 40 largest of 303 purchase orders booked to this line.

7 payments · November 23, 2020 to October 20, 2021

7 payments · October 18, 2019 to November 21, 2019

2 payments · November 14, 2018 to November 14, 2018

5 payments · November 19, 2024 to March 6, 2025

4 payments · December 4, 2025 to August 25, 2026

5 payments · December 12, 2022 to May 24, 2023

5 payments · January 17, 2025 to August 25, 2025

4 payments · March 10, 2025 to August 18, 2025

4 payments · August 21, 2018 to October 19, 2018

1 payment · February 7, 2018 to February 7, 2018

7 payments · October 28, 2021 to January 13, 2023

4 payments · January 13, 2023 to January 24, 2024

6 payments · November 25, 2024 to December 26, 2024

5 payments · December 7, 2018 to January 24, 2019

4 payments · May 20, 2026 to May 26, 2026

2 payments · November 14, 2024 to November 14, 2024

1 payment · August 25, 2017 to August 25, 2017

1 payment · December 21, 2023 to December 21, 2023

3 payments · August 18, 2023 to December 21, 2023

1 payment · June 13, 2023 to June 13, 2023

5 payments · November 20, 2024 to May 5, 2025

20 payments · November 6, 2025 to November 6, 2025

2 payments · October 28, 2024 to October 28, 2024

16 payments · June 24, 2022 to June 24, 2022

2 payments · October 19, 2018 to January 8, 2019

14 payments · August 27, 2025 to August 27, 2025

1 payment · July 19, 2024 to July 19, 2024

28 payments · March 6, 2023 to March 6, 2023

2 payments · April 14, 2020 to April 14, 2020

5 payments · November 6, 2025 to November 6, 2025

24 payments · March 6, 2023 to March 6, 2023

50 payments · January 11, 2023 to January 11, 2023

5 payments · January 27, 2021 to January 27, 2021

5 payments · February 8, 2021 to February 8, 2021

19 payments · December 3, 2019 to February 11, 2020

1 payment · June 10, 2019 to June 10, 2019

30 payments · March 6, 2023 to March 6, 2023

1 payment · August 8, 2022 to August 8, 2022

3 payments · August 28, 2017 to August 28, 2017

3 payments · May 31, 2022 to May 31, 2022

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.