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What has the City spent on Observatory Surcharge Acct?
$8.0M across 500 payments, July 25, 2017 to September 3, 2026 — 111 purchase orders and 43 vendors, run by Recreation and Parks.
As published: OBSERVATORY SURCHARGE ACCT
This budget line has run for 10 fiscal years across 111 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): $26K.
Who was paid
The 25 largest of 43 vendors on this line.
36 payments
4 payments
4 payments
66 payments
8 payments
46 payments
7 payments
1 payment
6 payments
19 payments
21 payments
13 payments
1 payment
2 payments
1 payment
1 payment
40 payments
91 payments
8 payments
8 payments
6 payments
1 payment
3 payments
16 payments
4 payments
Under which orders
The 39 largest of 111 purchase orders booked to this line.
27 payments · August 24, 2018 to August 13, 2019
3 payments · June 5, 2019 to February 1, 2022
8 payments · August 13, 2019 to December 2, 2019
4 payments · November 21, 2017 to November 21, 2017
6 payments · November 20, 2024 to October 21, 2025
4 payments · February 14, 2019 to January 9, 2020
23 payments · June 4, 2018 to June 4, 2018
1 payment · April 15, 2025 to April 15, 2025
6 payments · April 3, 2019 to November 5, 2019
2 payments · April 2, 2024 to April 2, 2024
1 payment · February 20, 2020 to February 20, 2020
4 payments · June 17, 2019 to June 17, 2019
1 payment · April 29, 2024 to April 29, 2024
1 payment · June 17, 2024 to June 17, 2024
2 payments · June 9, 2025 to June 9, 2025
1 payment · December 2, 2019 to December 2, 2019
1 payment · May 21, 2018 to May 21, 2018
1 payment · August 14, 2018 to August 14, 2018
3 payments · January 19, 2018 to January 19, 2018
6 payments · June 15, 2023 to June 19, 2023
1 payment · May 21, 2018 to May 21, 2018
1 payment · February 4, 2026 to February 4, 2026
2 payments · July 25, 2017 to September 28, 2017
8 payments · June 21, 2018 to October 30, 2018
6 payments · September 11, 2017 to October 31, 2017
5 payments · May 12, 2025 to May 12, 2025
1 payment · June 21, 2021 to June 21, 2021
3 payments · December 23, 2019 to December 23, 2019
24 payments · July 22, 2025 to July 22, 2025
2 payments · September 27, 2018 to September 27, 2018
8 payments · April 2, 2024 to April 2, 2024
3 payments · July 24, 2019 to July 24, 2019
2 payments · October 2, 2024 to October 2, 2024
4 payments · November 20, 2025 to November 20, 2025
5 payments · June 23, 2025 to June 23, 2025
5 payments · February 26, 2018 to April 6, 2018
5 payments · November 26, 2025 to November 26, 2025
3 payments · January 12, 2018 to January 12, 2018
4 payments · November 9, 2022 to November 9, 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.