CheckbookBudget line

What has the City spent on Controller Candidates?

$2.7M across 54 payments, March 29, 2022 to May 27, 2026 — 7 purchase orders and 7 vendors, run by City Ethics Commission.

Checkbook LA · Through Sep 9, 2026

As published: CONTROLLER CANDIDATES

Spans more than one contract

This budget line has run for 3 fiscal years across 7 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.

$2.7MTotal spent
7Purchase orders
7Vendors
19%Largest vendor's share

Spending by fiscal year

FY2021-22
$1.3M
FY2022-23
$833K
FY2025-26
$503K

Who was paid

Mejia for City Controller 2026$503K

8 payments

Mejia for City Controller 2022$440K

6 payments

Kenneth Mejia$428K

10 payments

Paul Koretz$423K

9 payments

Koretz for Controller 2022 General$380K

12 payments

David T Vahedi$275K

7 payments

Reid Lidow for LA City Controller 2022$203K

2 payments

Under which orders

GAEAE17AE26875003M$503K

8 payments · March 23, 2026 to May 27, 2026

GAEAE17AE23875004M$440K

6 payments · July 6, 2022 to November 7, 2022

GAEAE17AE22875014M$428K

10 payments · March 29, 2022 to March 31, 2022

GAEAE17AE22875012M$423K

9 payments · March 29, 2022 to June 8, 2022

GAEAE17AE23875003M$380K

12 payments · July 6, 2022 to January 4, 2023

GAEAE17AE22875015M$275K

7 payments · April 22, 2022 to September 29, 2022

GAEAE17AE22875013M$203K

2 payments · May 12, 2022 to May 12, 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.