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What has the City spent on Council District 5 Candidates?

$1.2M across 22 payments, March 29, 2022 to September 1, 2026 — 8 purchase orders and 8 vendors, run by City Ethics Commission.

Checkbook LA · Through Sep 9, 2026

As published: COUNCIL DISTRICT 5 CANDIDATES

Spans more than one contract

This budget line has run for 4 fiscal years across 8 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.

$1.2MTotal spent
8Purchase orders
8Vendors
16%Largest vendor's share

Spending by fiscal year

FY2021-22
$624K
FY2022-23
$402K
FY2025-26
$189K
FY2026-27 *
$11K

* 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

Katy Young Yaroslavsky for City Council 2022 General$201K

2 payments

Sam Yebri for City Council 2022- General$201K

3 payments

Katy Yaroslavsky for City Council$189K

1 payment

Katy Young Yaroslavsky$161K

1 payment

Sam Yebri$161K

2 payments

Jimmy Biblarz for LA City Council 2022$160K

7 payments

Scott Epstein for LA City Council 2022$142K

5 payments

Henry Mantel for Los Angeles City$11K

1 payment

Under which orders

GAEAE17AE23875005M$201K

3 payments · July 6, 2022 to September 15, 2022

GAEAE17AE23875006M$201K

2 payments · July 6, 2022 to September 19, 2022

GAEAE17AE26875016M$189K

1 payment · May 7, 2026 to May 7, 2026

GAEAE17AE22875022M$161K

3 payments · May 4, 2022 to June 7, 2022

GAEAE17AE22875023M$161K

2 payments · March 29, 2022 to March 29, 2022

GAEAE17AE22875024M$161K

1 payment · April 11, 2022 to April 11, 2022

GAEAE17AE22875021M$160K

7 payments · May 16, 2022 to September 8, 2022

GAEAE17AE26875025M$11K

1 payment · September 1, 2026 to September 1, 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.