CheckbookBudget line

What has the City spent on Dot Percent for the Art?

$61K across 13 payments, July 12, 2019 to November 22, 2024 — 8 purchase orders and 7 vendors, run by Cultural Affairs.

Checkbook LA · Through Sep 9, 2026

As published: DOT PERCENT FOR THE ART

Spans more than one contract

This budget line has run for 5 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.

$61KTotal spent
8Purchase orders
7Vendors
95%Largest vendor's share

Spending by fiscal year

FY2019-20
$16K
FY2020-21
$82
FY2021-22
$13K
FY2022-23
$24K
FY2024-25
$7K

Who was paid

Art & Contraptions LLC$57K

7 payments

Eric T Tillinghast$800

1 payment

Pontus Willfors$800

1 payment

John David Obrien$500

1 payment

Olga Lah$500

1 payment

Slideroom Technologies Inc$500

1 payment

Privacy-Cultural Affairs$82

1 payment

Under which orders

SC30CO20135358M$50K

5 payments · June 22, 2020 to April 27, 2023

SC30CO25135358M$7K

1 payment · October 18, 2024 to October 18, 2024

GAEAE30AE19000052P$800

1 payment · July 15, 2019 to July 15, 2019

GAEAE30AE19000053M$800

1 payment · July 12, 2019 to July 12, 2019

GAEAE30AE19000172P$800

1 payment · July 12, 2019 to July 12, 2019

GAEAE30AE20000003P$500

1 payment · July 12, 2019 to July 12, 2019

GAEAE30AE20000004P$500

1 payment · July 23, 2019 to July 23, 2019

GAEAE30AE25000023M$500

1 payment · November 22, 2024 to November 22, 2024

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.