CheckbookBudget line
What has the City spent on Library Materials?
$175.0M across 19,935 payments, July 6, 2017 to September 9, 2026 — 74 purchase orders and 390 vendors, run by Library.
As published: LIBRARY MATERIALS
This budget line has run for 10 fiscal years across 74 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.
Spending by fiscal year
* FY2026-27 is still in progress — not a full year. Same point of FY2025-26 (payments dated through Sep 9, 2025): $5.2M.
Who was paid
The 25 largest of 390 vendors on this line.
6,130 payments
1,630 payments
1,517 payments
1,716 payments
970 payments
432 payments
256 payments
278 payments
388 payments
224 payments
217 payments
402 payments
564 payments
425 payments
92 payments
610 payments
84 payments
56 payments
182 payments
52 payments
198 payments
185 payments
63 payments
33 payments
36 payments
Under which orders
The 40 largest of 74 purchase orders booked to this line.
1,695 payments · July 15, 2025 to June 23, 2026
1,695 payments · July 16, 2024 to July 25, 2025
1,912 payments · July 19, 2022 to July 18, 2023
1,543 payments · August 2, 2023 to June 25, 2025
2,082 payments · July 30, 2021 to April 5, 2023
1,343 payments · July 9, 2019 to August 19, 2020
1,310 payments · July 17, 2020 to July 28, 2021
1,564 payments · July 11, 2018 to July 18, 2019
1,222 payments · July 6, 2017 to June 25, 2018
401 payments · July 16, 2026 to September 9, 2026
209 payments · July 23, 2025 to May 28, 2026
236 payments · August 30, 2017 to September 26, 2018
169 payments · July 24, 2024 to March 26, 2025
142 payments · August 9, 2023 to June 6, 2024
182 payments · August 4, 2020 to May 22, 2024
213 payments · July 31, 2019 to May 9, 2024
132 payments · August 30, 2017 to September 27, 2018
182 payments · August 3, 2023 to June 7, 2024
165 payments · October 31, 2022 to June 12, 2023
88 payments · August 7, 2017 to September 26, 2018
279 payments · July 24, 2020 to June 16, 2023
233 payments · July 31, 2020 to November 23, 2022
175 payments · July 28, 2020 to November 25, 2024
126 payments · August 7, 2017 to September 27, 2018
90 payments · August 1, 2019 to August 26, 2020
53 payments · October 2, 2020 to April 17, 2024
185 payments · August 2, 2023 to June 6, 2024
85 payments · August 1, 2019 to June 16, 2020
42 payments · August 3, 2023 to October 18, 2024
153 payments · March 2, 2023 to March 29, 2024
144 payments · August 13, 2021 to May 30, 2023
70 payments · July 25, 2019 to June 23, 2020
110 payments · July 23, 2024 to March 24, 2025
72 payments · August 13, 2021 to May 9, 2023
93 payments · August 17, 2021 to March 4, 2024
105 payments · August 13, 2021 to April 28, 2025
51 payments · July 21, 2026 to September 8, 2026
49 payments · August 2, 2018 to January 29, 2019
147 payments · July 24, 2025 to May 28, 2026
47 payments · September 5, 2018 to January 29, 2019
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.