CheckbookBudget line

What has the City spent on City Attorney Candidates?

$4.0M across 86 payments, March 25, 2022 to September 3, 2026 — 11 purchase orders and 11 vendors, run by City Ethics Commission.

Checkbook LA · Through Sep 9, 2026

As published: CITY ATTORNEY CANDIDATES

Spans more than one contract

This budget line has run for 4 fiscal years across 11 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.

$4.0MTotal spent
11Purchase orders
11Vendors
14%Largest vendor's share

Spending by fiscal year

FY2021-22
$1.6M
FY2022-23
$583K
FY2025-26
$990K
FY2026-27 *
$788K

* FY2026-27 is still in progress — not a full year. Same point of FY2025-26 (payments dated through Sep 9, 2025): $0.

Who was paid

Marissa Roy for Los Angeles City$566K

4 payments

Hydee Feldstein Soto for City Attorney 2022 General$517K

12 payments

Teddy Kapur$474K

24 payments

Hydee Feldstein Soto for City$424K

12 payments

Marissa Roy for Los Angeles$347K

2 payments

Kevin James$310K

2 payments

Richard Y Kim$307K

7 payments

Hydee Feldstein Soto$285K

5 payments

Marina Torres$278K

15 payments

John McKinney for City Attorney$234K

1 payment

John McKinney for City$207K

2 payments

Under which orders

GAEAE17AE26875004M$566K

4 payments · March 23, 2026 to May 28, 2026

GAEAE17AE23875002M$517K

12 payments · July 6, 2022 to November 17, 2022

GAEAE17AE22875009M$474K

24 payments · March 25, 2022 to June 6, 2022

GAEAE17AE26875009M$424K

12 payments · April 2, 2026 to June 2, 2026

GAEAE17AE27875003M$347K

2 payments · July 13, 2026 to September 1, 2026

GAEAE17AE22875008M$310K

2 payments · April 21, 2022 to May 24, 2022

GAEAE17AE22875010M$307K

7 payments · May 18, 2022 to June 17, 2022

GAEAE17AE22875007M$285K

5 payments · March 31, 2022 to July 1, 2022

GAEAE17AE22875011M$278K

15 payments · April 21, 2022 to September 8, 2022

GAEAE17AE26875026M$234K

1 payment · August 20, 2026 to August 20, 2026

GAEAE17AE27875004M$207K

2 payments · August 26, 2026 to September 3, 2026

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.