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What has the City spent on Consumer Protection Penalty?

$1.7M across 1,517 payments, July 13, 2017 to September 2, 2026 — 298 purchase orders and 99 vendors, run by City Attorney.

Checkbook LA · Through Sep 9, 2026

As published: CONSUMER PROTECTION PENALTY

Spans more than one contract

This budget line has run for 10 fiscal years across 298 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.

$1.7MTotal spent
298Purchase orders
99Vendors
13%Largest vendor's share

Spending by fiscal year

FY2017-18
$211K
FY2018-19
$361K
FY2019-20
$174K
FY2020-21
$151K
FY2021-22
$201K
FY2022-23
$293K
FY2023-24
$290K
FY2024-25
$10K
FY2025-26
$33K
FY2026-27 *
$8K

* FY2026-27 is still in progress — not a full year. Same point of FY2025-26 (payments dated through Sep 9, 2025): $418.

Who was paid

The 25 largest of 99 vendors on this line.

22 payments

15 payments

2 payments

24 payments

3 payments

91 payments

11 payments

81 payments

6 payments

2 payments

1 payment

11 payments

3 payments

40 payments

Under which orders

The 40 largest of 298 purchase orders booked to this line.

24 payments · January 12, 2023 to August 24, 2023

59 payments · September 21, 2018 to October 3, 2019

4 payments · April 4, 2019 to April 4, 2019

19 payments · August 22, 2022 to June 1, 2023

60 payments · July 16, 2019 to October 6, 2021

1 payment · February 7, 2022 to February 7, 2022

1 payment · March 28, 2023 to March 28, 2023

55 payments · July 26, 2017 to June 18, 2018

27 payments · December 21, 2017 to July 20, 2018

34 payments · July 30, 2018 to February 14, 2019

37 payments · December 21, 2020 to August 22, 2022

15 payments · July 13, 2017 to April 27, 2018

41 payments · December 21, 2020 to November 24, 2021

27 payments · November 24, 2021 to January 12, 2023

24 payments · February 11, 2021 to May 17, 2022

1 payment · May 11, 2023 to May 11, 2023

49 payments · July 27, 2018 to June 21, 2019

7 payments · March 12, 2019 to April 3, 2019

2 payments · April 8, 2020 to April 8, 2020

19 payments · June 1, 2026 to July 13, 2026

2 payments · February 19, 2020 to February 19, 2020

23 payments · August 24, 2023 to July 15, 2026

11 payments · August 13, 2021 to August 13, 2021

7 payments · July 19, 2018 to October 10, 2018

12 payments · January 26, 2023 to June 16, 2023

10 payments · May 18, 2022 to August 22, 2022

1 payment · March 10, 2022 to March 10, 2022

15 payments · September 25, 2019 to February 25, 2021

9 payments · October 25, 2019 to February 11, 2021

36 payments · September 14, 2018 to July 23, 2020

11 payments · October 7, 2021 to July 14, 2022

1 payment · May 11, 2023 to May 11, 2023

8 payments · September 18, 2023 to February 29, 2024

4 payments · November 17, 2017 to November 17, 2017

23 payments · August 14, 2019 to February 17, 2021

11 payments · July 27, 2018 to March 7, 2019

1 payment · December 20, 2023 to December 20, 2023

3 payments · March 5, 2019 to October 2, 2019

7 payments · August 23, 2022 to February 5, 2024

2 payments · May 30, 2018 to June 12, 2018

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.