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What has the City spent on Mayoral Candidates?

$9.0M across 167 payments, March 25, 2022 to September 3, 2026 — 10 purchase orders and 10 vendors, run by City Ethics Commission.

Checkbook LA · Through Sep 9, 2026

As published: MAYORAL CANDIDATES

Spans more than one contract

This budget line has run for 4 fiscal years across 10 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.

$9.0MTotal spent
10Purchase orders
10Vendors
14%Largest vendor's share

Spending by fiscal year

FY2021-22
$2.6M
FY2022-23
$1.3M
FY2025-26
$3.0M
FY2026-27 *
$2.1M

* 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

Karen Bass for Mayor 2022- General$1.3M

3 payments

Nithya Raman for Mayor 2026$1.3M

30 payments

Re-Elect Karen Bass for Mayor 2026$1.3M

11 payments

Nithya Raman for Mayor - General$1.1M

25 payments

Bass Karen$1.1M

2 payments

Re-Elect Karen Bass for Mayor$900K

4 payments

Michael Feuer$858K

32 payments

Kevin De Leon$652K

12 payments

Rae Huang for Mayor 2026$608K

47 payments

Joe Buscaino$40K

1 payment

Under which orders

GAEAE17AE23875001M$1.3M

3 payments · July 6, 2022 to September 29, 2022

GAEAE17AE26875013M$1.3M

11 payments · April 15, 2026 to June 1, 2026

GAEAE17AE26875014M$1.3M

30 payments · April 14, 2026 to May 13, 2026

GAEAE17AE27875002M$1.1M

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

GAEAE17AE22875001M$1.1M

2 payments · April 21, 2022 to July 25, 2022

GAEAE17AE27875001M$900K

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

GAEAE17AE22875004M$858K

32 payments · March 25, 2022 to July 6, 2022

GAEAE17AE22875003M$652K

12 payments · April 21, 2022 to July 12, 2022

GAEAE17AE26875022M$608K

47 payments · June 11, 2026 to September 2, 2026

GAEAE17AE22875002M$40K

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

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.