CheckbookBudget line

What has the City spent on General Administration?

$1.5M across 284 payments, July 27, 2017 to September 2, 2026 — 64 purchase orders and 20 vendors, run by Non-departmental.

Checkbook LA · Through Sep 9, 2026

As published: GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

Spans more than one contract

This budget line has run for 10 fiscal years across 64 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.

$1.5MTotal spent
64Purchase orders
20Vendors
23%Largest vendor's share

Spending by fiscal year

FY2017-18
$259K
FY2018-19
$98K
FY2019-20
$168K
FY2020-21
$269K
FY2021-22
$96K
FY2022-23
$120K
FY2023-24
$180K
FY2024-25
$180K
FY2025-26
$131K
FY2026-27 *
$4K

* FY2026-27 is still in progress — not a full year. Same point of FY2025-26 (payments dated through Sep 9, 2025): $10K.

Who was paid

Under which orders

The 39 largest of 64 purchase orders booked to this line.

1 payment · January 5, 2018 to January 5, 2018

6 payments · December 21, 2020 to June 11, 2021

3 payments · March 25, 2025 to June 17, 2025

5 payments · September 18, 2020 to June 11, 2021

4 payments · February 1, 2024 to May 31, 2024

6 payments · January 29, 2025 to February 12, 2026

1 payment · July 19, 2022 to July 19, 2022

16 payments · July 25, 2019 to March 10, 2021

3 payments · January 10, 2018 to January 10, 2018

1 payment · August 11, 2023 to August 11, 2023

1 payment · June 13, 2022 to June 13, 2022

1 payment · August 29, 2017 to August 29, 2017

1 payment · December 4, 2018 to December 4, 2018

1 payment · April 15, 2020 to April 15, 2020

1 payment · March 3, 2021 to March 3, 2021

3 payments · December 3, 2019 to May 28, 2020

1 payment · September 7, 2021 to September 7, 2021

18 payments · September 19, 2017 to June 22, 2018

7 payments · December 14, 2018 to January 10, 2019

1 payment · June 23, 2020 to June 23, 2020

2 payments · May 2, 2018 to May 2, 2018

1 payment · May 16, 2024 to May 16, 2024

1 payment · May 22, 2025 to May 22, 2025

1 payment · May 4, 2020 to May 4, 2020

1 payment · June 7, 2023 to June 7, 2023

5 payments · September 20, 2023 to June 7, 2024

10 payments · July 26, 2023 to June 6, 2024

2 payments · December 2, 2020 to June 11, 2021

4 payments · September 24, 2025 to December 5, 2025

4 payments · February 12, 2026 to May 1, 2026

35 payments · August 30, 2018 to June 18, 2019

10 payments · January 15, 2025 to May 27, 2026

10 payments · August 20, 2021 to February 6, 2023

2 payments · June 16, 2026 to June 18, 2026

2 payments · October 19, 2022 to May 15, 2023

10 payments · August 1, 2019 to December 18, 2020

8 payments · August 25, 2021 to June 14, 2022

3 payments · June 4, 2024 to July 8, 2024

13 payments · July 25, 2022 to May 15, 2023

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.