CheckbookBudget line

What has the City spent on Npdes Permit Compliance?

$4.2M across 76 payments, August 4, 2017 to September 1, 2026 — 28 purchase orders and 12 vendors, run by Non-departmental.

Checkbook LA · Through Sep 9, 2026

As published: NPDES PERMIT COMPLIANCE

Spans more than one contract

This budget line has run for 10 fiscal years across 28 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.

$4.2MTotal spent
28Purchase orders
12Vendors
30%Largest vendor's share

Spending by fiscal year

FY2017-18
$54K
FY2018-19
$30K
FY2019-20
$794
FY2020-21
$74K
FY2021-22
$49K
FY2022-23
$38K
FY2023-24
$1.9M
FY2024-25
$535K
FY2025-26
$1.4M
FY2026-27 *
$155K

* FY2026-27 is still in progress — not a full year. Same point of FY2025-26 (payments dated through Sep 9, 2025): $99K.

Who was paid

Under which orders

18 payments · March 3, 2025 to September 1, 2026

8 payments · March 8, 2024 to October 28, 2024

3 payments · January 4, 2024 to January 4, 2024

9 payments · July 24, 2023 to November 3, 2025

2 payments · April 24, 2024 to April 24, 2024

2 payments · September 11, 2025 to September 11, 2025

3 payments · March 22, 2024 to March 22, 2024

1 payment · October 12, 2023 to October 12, 2023

1 payment · November 20, 2025 to November 20, 2025

1 payment · April 21, 2025 to April 21, 2025

1 payment · March 20, 2026 to March 20, 2026

1 payment · June 11, 2025 to June 11, 2025

1 payment · July 31, 2025 to July 31, 2025

1 payment · August 5, 2026 to August 5, 2026

2 payments · September 19, 2017 to September 19, 2017

1 payment · June 14, 2024 to June 14, 2024

1 payment · May 3, 2023 to May 3, 2023

1 payment · September 22, 2021 to September 22, 2021

1 payment · July 20, 2020 to July 20, 2020

1 payment · February 17, 2021 to February 17, 2021

1 payment · April 30, 2019 to April 30, 2019

3 payments · October 9, 2025 to October 9, 2025

3 payments · April 14, 2026 to April 14, 2026

4 payments · December 26, 2019 to September 16, 2021

2 payments · April 20, 2026 to June 12, 2026

1 payment · June 9, 2025 to June 9, 2025

1 payment · September 17, 2024 to September 17, 2024

2 payments · August 4, 2017 to December 21, 2017

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.