CheckbookBudget line

What has the City spent on Council District 3 Candidates?

$651K across 10 payments, April 18, 2022 to September 3, 2026 — 5 purchase orders and 5 vendors, run by City Ethics Commission.

Checkbook LA · Through Sep 9, 2026

As published: COUNCIL DISTRICT 3 CANDIDATES

Spans more than one contract

This budget line has run for 3 fiscal years across 5 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.

$651KTotal spent
5Purchase orders
5Vendors
29%Largest vendor's share

Spending by fiscal year

FY2021-22
$132K
FY2025-26
$378K
FY2026-27 *
$141K

* 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

Barri Worth Girvan for City Council$189K

2 payments

Tim Gaspar for LA City Council 2026$189K

3 payments

Bob Blumenfield$132K

2 payments

Barri Worth Girvan for City$94K

2 payments

Tim Gaspar for LA City Council$47K

1 payment

Under which orders

GAEAE17AE26875005M$189K

3 payments · March 23, 2026 to April 13, 2026

GAEAE17AE26875012M$189K

2 payments · April 6, 2026 to April 29, 2026

GAEAE17AE22875019M$132K

2 payments · April 18, 2022 to June 2, 2022

GAEAE17AE27875006M$94K

2 payments · July 13, 2026 to September 3, 2026

GAEAE17AE27875005M$47K

1 payment · July 13, 2026 to July 13, 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.