CheckbookBudget line

What has the City spent on Communications Equipment?

$5.1M across 227 payments, May 26, 2022 to September 4, 2026 — 30 purchase orders and 12 vendors, run by Fire.

Checkbook LA · Through Sep 9, 2026

As published: COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT

Spans more than one contract

This budget line has run for 6 fiscal years across 30 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.

$5.1MTotal spent
30Purchase orders
12Vendors
75%Largest vendor's share

Spending by fiscal year

FY2021-22
$129K
FY2022-23
$1.7M
FY2023-24
$1.7M
FY2024-25
$57K
FY2025-26
$823K
FY2026-27 *
$696K

* 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

129 payments

18 payments

14 payments

1 payment

23 payments

2 payments

6 payments

3 payments

4 payments

Under which orders

21 payments · December 23, 2022 to August 18, 2023

17 payments · July 23, 2026 to July 23, 2026

22 payments · April 7, 2023 to July 25, 2023

17 payments · January 19, 2024 to February 22, 2024

12 payments · December 29, 2023 to July 2, 2024

16 payments · February 27, 2026 to February 27, 2026

15 payments · May 6, 2026 to May 6, 2026

17 payments · January 4, 2024 to January 16, 2024

1 payment · November 15, 2022 to November 15, 2022

5 payments · May 26, 2022 to July 11, 2022

6 payments · September 26, 2022 to December 27, 2022

18 payments · May 4, 2023 to May 4, 2023

1 payment · July 23, 2026 to July 23, 2026

23 payments · April 1, 2024 to May 29, 2024

1 payment · March 24, 2023 to March 24, 2023

2 payments · August 29, 2023 to August 29, 2023

4 payments · May 31, 2024 to May 31, 2024

4 payments · July 25, 2022 to August 15, 2022

1 payment · September 4, 2026 to September 4, 2026

2 payments · May 14, 2024 to July 1, 2024

1 payment · March 6, 2024 to March 6, 2024

2 payments · March 10, 2023 to March 24, 2023

2 payments · June 9, 2022 to June 20, 2022

2 payments · October 18, 2023 to August 22, 2024

1 payment · May 23, 2023 to May 23, 2023

1 payment · August 23, 2023 to August 23, 2023

1 payment · March 17, 2023 to March 17, 2023

3 payments · February 28, 2024 to February 28, 2024

4 payments · August 1, 2022 to August 1, 2022

5 payments · November 30, 2023 to November 30, 2023

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.